A review by katieneedsabiggerbookshelf
Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge

4.0

Sophie and Barry have practically nothing in common. Well, except that they both boarded the small plane to an island, and when it crashed, they both survived. Sophie’s new husband, and the pilot did not make it, but both Sophie and Barry end up stranded on a small island nobody knows about in the South Pacific. Their dislike for each other is palpable at first, but the two know they need to learn tog et along in order to survive. 

 

So first of all you should know that I WILL resort to bribery to get my friends to read The Guncle. When Kirsten from @beyondthebookends still hadn’t read it, we made a deal that if I read Castle of Water she would read The Guncle (spoiler alert: she loved it, just like I knew she would! I don’t know why y’all don’t listen to me about this book!) Anyway, this book was weirdly sold out everywhere and my library didn’t have it, and since I refuse to pay 15 bucks for a kindle book, I had to wait for her to lend me her copy. Once she did I devoured this baby in a single day. I had no idea what to expect going in, but this book as so beautifully written and the story was just heart wrenching. I finished this one with tears in my eyes slightly cursing Kirsten for making me cry!