A review by monicalaurette
Pax, Journey Home by Sara Pennypacker

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Book is out in September 7th 2021

When I heard that this book was a thing I was so excited, I had only read the first one ‘Pax’ earlier this same year and loved it. I saw that it wasn’t released yet and that there was a giveaway on Goodreads for an ARC version of the book, and knowing that I don’t win a lot of them, I entered.

Flash forward a month later and I got a wonderful email letting me know that this time was different and I would be getting an ARC copy! I was so excited and grew even more so when it showed up on my door. I was able to read this in one day (if you remove the times in between reading that I had to take for work and eating and spending time with family).

This book was a really wonderful closing to the ending of ‘Pax’. It answered some questions on what happened with both Pax and Peter after they said their goodbyes.

From the cover, you can infer that Pax and Bristle had some kits, and I wish that my ARC had the art in it so I could see how cute they looked, but alas I’ll have to get a final copy once it’s released into the wild. But even without the art in the book I really liked this story and how it connected the stories again in the end.

Seeing the way that Peter and Pax looked differently at their families, both related by blood and love, was a really fun way and an insight on ways to deal with grief and guilt. Also how to deal with those who have passed, and how we go about our lives afterwards because of them and the way that they raised us/inspired us.

I gave Pax: Journey Home 5 stars because I just loved it so much and it was nice for me to have an ending like that.

*No quotes in this as the ARC may be slightly different from the final text sold in stores. Will add quotes once I can compare them to the final text and see if they are the same or changed slightly.

I loved how Jade and Sam played their part in this story for Peter. Trying to get him to accept that he has a very different family now. He has no parents, but he has a grandfather that’s starting to be more emotional and Vola who cares for him as if he was her own.

Meanwhile Pax has his own children but knows that his boy is the only thing that can save his daughter.

LET ME TELL YOU I THOUGHT PETER WAS GOING TO SHOOT HER I WAS ABOUT TO THROW THE BOOK LIKE HOW HOW HOW!

I loved that Peter named the kit Sliver, because she was the ‘sliver or crack in his exterior that let the emotions in’ like Jade said.
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