pagesofpins 's review for:

Bone Gap by Laura Ruby

5.0

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Maybe I'm a sucker for quirky love stories (OK, not maybe, I am), but I really liked what this story had to say about beauty, blindness, what you notice in the world around you. Finn and his town-hero brother Sean have been miserable since Rosa, the beautiful and battered girl who appreared mysteriously in their barn disappears just as suddenly. Finn knows that Rosa didn't run away, that she was taken by a mysterious man whose face he can't remember, but no one believes him--not even Sean. Petey, the scorned "ugly desperate girl" down the road might just have the key to what Finn is overlooking. Also, why is Finn's best friend convinced the corn is sentient? And where did this random horse come from?

Not the book for you if you dislike unexplained magic and ridiculous small towns, but a really fun read otherwise.