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Dear Emmie Blue
by Lia Louis
Dear Emmie Blue by Lia Louis 4 stars
Dear Emmie Blue is the story of Emmie, a lonely girl who releases a balloon from England into the air reaching out for someone. Lucas is the boy who finds the balloon on the shores of France. There begins a long-term friendship. But the story opens with Emmie getting her dreams crushed, and her heart hurt. She and Luke share a birthday, and on their 30th, while his life is taking off, hers has stagnated. She thought by 30 she would know who she was and where her life is going. Her mom is very emotionally unavailable, and her father is unknown. She’s also been traumatized in high school by a male teacher, and has let that trauma stunt her as a person, being unable to move past it, and hiding herself from the world because of it. But as she is influenced by others in both hers and Luke’s life, she begins to discover the truth about her parents, her friends, herself, Luke and his family, especially his brother, Eliot. And there’s a wonderful, older woman, Louise, who I just adored and who also adores Emmie, which just made me love her more!
This is a simmering story. Meaning, it doesn’t boil with passion, but it’s emotionally on a simmer through the whole story. If at times, Ms. Louis turns the heat down just a little, and the story becomes a little slow, it soon heats back up again. I was so entranced by Emmie and Luke, that when I realized what was going on with Eliot, I was just so thrilled!
This isn’t a rom-com, although there are some funny parts. It reminded me a little of My Best Friend’s Wedding, but there was something off from that that just didn’t ever sit well. When I realized what it was I just fell head over heels.
If you are looking for a good, light-ish, book, good for reading at the beach, in the pool, on the couch by a fire, this is the book for you!
Thank you to #Netgalley and Atria books for the advanced e-copy of #DearEmmieBlue. I look forward to reading more from Lia Louis.
Dear Emmie Blue is the story of Emmie, a lonely girl who releases a balloon from England into the air reaching out for someone. Lucas is the boy who finds the balloon on the shores of France. There begins a long-term friendship. But the story opens with Emmie getting her dreams crushed, and her heart hurt. She and Luke share a birthday, and on their 30th, while his life is taking off, hers has stagnated. She thought by 30 she would know who she was and where her life is going. Her mom is very emotionally unavailable, and her father is unknown. She’s also been traumatized in high school by a male teacher, and has let that trauma stunt her as a person, being unable to move past it, and hiding herself from the world because of it. But as she is influenced by others in both hers and Luke’s life, she begins to discover the truth about her parents, her friends, herself, Luke and his family, especially his brother, Eliot. And there’s a wonderful, older woman, Louise, who I just adored and who also adores Emmie, which just made me love her more!
This is a simmering story. Meaning, it doesn’t boil with passion, but it’s emotionally on a simmer through the whole story. If at times, Ms. Louis turns the heat down just a little, and the story becomes a little slow, it soon heats back up again. I was so entranced by Emmie and Luke, that when I realized what was going on with Eliot, I was just so thrilled!
This isn’t a rom-com, although there are some funny parts. It reminded me a little of My Best Friend’s Wedding, but there was something off from that that just didn’t ever sit well. When I realized what it was I just fell head over heels.
If you are looking for a good, light-ish, book, good for reading at the beach, in the pool, on the couch by a fire, this is the book for you!
Thank you to #Netgalley and Atria books for the advanced e-copy of #DearEmmieBlue. I look forward to reading more from Lia Louis.