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A review by abbynlewis
Mercury Boys by Chandra Prasad
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Happy pub. date to Mercury Boys by Chandra Prasad! This book hits shelves today, August 3, 2021. I received an advanced egalley from Books Forward in exchange for an honest review.
Mercury Boys is a story of family, friendship, and love, but not a traditional story. Sixteen-year-old Saskia Brown has just moved to a new town with her dad after discovering her mother has been sleeping with a much younger teacher at her school. Saskia doesn’t expect to make many friends at her new school–at least not quickly. So she is surprised when she and Lila become fast friends. Lila works at the library in a nearby university, and when one of Saskia’s assignments leads her to research daguerreotypes, Lila offers to sneak her into the library’s closed collection room. After talking Lila into letting her borrow a daguerreotype of Robert Cornelius, the man she is researching, Saskia makes a startling discovery.
Continue reading: https://freeairforfish.com/2021/08/03/book-review-mercury-boys-chandra-prasad/
Mercury Boys is a story of family, friendship, and love, but not a traditional story. Sixteen-year-old Saskia Brown has just moved to a new town with her dad after discovering her mother has been sleeping with a much younger teacher at her school. Saskia doesn’t expect to make many friends at her new school–at least not quickly. So she is surprised when she and Lila become fast friends. Lila works at the library in a nearby university, and when one of Saskia’s assignments leads her to research daguerreotypes, Lila offers to sneak her into the library’s closed collection room. After talking Lila into letting her borrow a daguerreotype of Robert Cornelius, the man she is researching, Saskia makes a startling discovery.
Continue reading: https://freeairforfish.com/2021/08/03/book-review-mercury-boys-chandra-prasad/