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sandyreadss 's review for:
Rise to the Sun
by Leah Johnson
Mentionable Quotes:
“Sometimes the best thing you can give someone is their space, you know? Goodbye can be the right answer, even if it doesn’t feel like it.”
“What good is the music if you don’t get to share it with the person who makes you want to sing in the first place?”
“I read a Zora Neal Hurston quote once that said, ‘if you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.”
Olivia is a girl that is an expert at falling in love but always seems to get hurt and heartbroken in the end. She is struggling with how she wants to deal with her latest break up. One that involved some pictures circulating that were meant for her boyfriend’s eyes only.
Toni is a lover of all things music. Her dad is the one that introduced her to it and pushed her to pursue her dreams. She is grappling still with the loss of her dad that was sudden.
Olivia and Toni meet at a music festival called The Farmland. It turns into a whirlwind of a friendship/relationship. Both girls are working through trauma in their own lives. Will their blooming relationship be too much?
Rating:
A 4.75/5 ⭐️s.
I really enjoyed this book. Leah Thomas has a way of creating characters that you fall in love with and end up report c for. I will admit though throughout at least 3/4 of the book Olivia was an unlovable character. She seemed very self-centered and I just wanted to scream at her to make better decisions. #teenagerthings
After reading Leah’s second book I know that anything she writes I will be reading. She always has a character who I adore and this book was no different.
TW: parental loss, panic attacks, gun violence, and non-consensual image sharing
“Sometimes the best thing you can give someone is their space, you know? Goodbye can be the right answer, even if it doesn’t feel like it.”
“What good is the music if you don’t get to share it with the person who makes you want to sing in the first place?”
“I read a Zora Neal Hurston quote once that said, ‘if you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.”
Olivia is a girl that is an expert at falling in love but always seems to get hurt and heartbroken in the end. She is struggling with how she wants to deal with her latest break up. One that involved some pictures circulating that were meant for her boyfriend’s eyes only.
Toni is a lover of all things music. Her dad is the one that introduced her to it and pushed her to pursue her dreams. She is grappling still with the loss of her dad that was sudden.
Olivia and Toni meet at a music festival called The Farmland. It turns into a whirlwind of a friendship/relationship. Both girls are working through trauma in their own lives. Will their blooming relationship be too much?
Rating:
A 4.75/5 ⭐️s.
I really enjoyed this book. Leah Thomas has a way of creating characters that you fall in love with and end up report c for. I will admit though throughout at least 3/4 of the book Olivia was an unlovable character. She seemed very self-centered and I just wanted to scream at her to make better decisions. #teenagerthings
After reading Leah’s second book I know that anything she writes I will be reading. She always has a character who I adore and this book was no different.
TW: parental loss, panic attacks, gun violence, and non-consensual image sharing