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A review by beckyrendon
Playing with Fire by L.J. Shen
5.0
You will be burned!
I would love to feign surprise that LJ Shen made me cry but I'm not that good an actress. I am an emotional reader. I always have been. I have to assume in order to make a reader feel it, the author does too. I honestly don't know if LJ cries, throws tantrums/rages, or sits primly at her desk and types 9-5 until she is done and I don't want to. I want to believe that she felt every hurt, every tear, every lash of disappointment/heartache/painful memories because that is how I experienced Playing with Fire. I said experienced, because I did. I didn't read it and go on my merry way. This book is a live action movie playing in your mind. The words the script. Your emotions the proof that its a blockbuster.
The title, Playing with Fire, is undoubtedly the most apt title ever. I completely understand why LJ Shen sat on it for what seemed like forever. Even the title evokes feelings and emotions...the most difficult part is that they change, morph, and adapt throughout the book. Just when you think you know...you have no idea.
Grace and West are a dream, a goal, and an ideal. Their paths are chaotic, crumbled, and filled with shadows but when they merge and become one- it is breathtaking.
Prepare yourself for waterworks, overly emotional responses, and a need for chocolate/wine/or whatever your soothing method of choice is because it may take awhile before your smile becomes a megawatt grin you can't contain. Also, please use food trucks responsibly some of us are in fear of our next taco!
I would love to feign surprise that LJ Shen made me cry but I'm not that good an actress. I am an emotional reader. I always have been. I have to assume in order to make a reader feel it, the author does too. I honestly don't know if LJ cries, throws tantrums/rages, or sits primly at her desk and types 9-5 until she is done and I don't want to. I want to believe that she felt every hurt, every tear, every lash of disappointment/heartache/painful memories because that is how I experienced Playing with Fire. I said experienced, because I did. I didn't read it and go on my merry way. This book is a live action movie playing in your mind. The words the script. Your emotions the proof that its a blockbuster.
The title, Playing with Fire, is undoubtedly the most apt title ever. I completely understand why LJ Shen sat on it for what seemed like forever. Even the title evokes feelings and emotions...the most difficult part is that they change, morph, and adapt throughout the book. Just when you think you know...you have no idea.
Grace and West are a dream, a goal, and an ideal. Their paths are chaotic, crumbled, and filled with shadows but when they merge and become one- it is breathtaking.
Prepare yourself for waterworks, overly emotional responses, and a need for chocolate/wine/or whatever your soothing method of choice is because it may take awhile before your smile becomes a megawatt grin you can't contain. Also, please use food trucks responsibly some of us are in fear of our next taco!