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A review by the_bookish_escape
Some Faraway Place by Lauren Shippen
3.75
Damien deserves rights after all?? How did this bastard made me cry?
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Okay back to the start.
At first I was very sceptical. The slang felt very forced and I hated the overuse of Caps. I also didn’t klick with the journal-ish writing style since it made it really hard for me to connect to the lovestory. But then it became very clear that this isn’t about the lovestory. Rose left A LOT of things out from what we got in the bright sessions. Her character in combination with her ability and her complicated friendship with Damien + her family situation was just sooo interesting! I really loved the complexity she had in all of her relationships (not to mention with herself). That book got me hooked in a non stop binge read after she meet Damien. Although, it was a frustrating reading experience a lot of times (especially the sibling dynamic).
I could go on and on but overall:
A book with many unexpected twists and turns, that definitely picks up after 100 pages or so. It really gave me a little bit of closure on Damian’s storyline and I enjoyed Rose as morally grey character a lot. A must read for every bright session fan out there.
..
Okay back to the start.
At first I was very sceptical. The slang felt very forced and I hated the overuse of Caps. I also didn’t klick with the journal-ish writing style since it made it really hard for me to connect to the lovestory. But then it became very clear that this isn’t about the lovestory. Rose left A LOT of things out from what we got in the bright sessions. Her character in combination with her ability and her complicated friendship with Damien + her family situation was just sooo interesting! I really loved the complexity she had in all of her relationships (not to mention with herself). That book got me hooked in a non stop binge read after she meet Damien. Although, it was a frustrating reading experience a lot of times (especially the sibling dynamic).
I could go on and on but overall:
A book with many unexpected twists and turns, that definitely picks up after 100 pages or so. It really gave me a little bit of closure on Damian’s storyline and I enjoyed Rose as morally grey character a lot. A must read for every bright session fan out there.