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tamarasbff 's review for:
Cold Summer
by Gwen Cole
This book was exactly what I wanted it to be. I love time travel books, and COLD SUMMER blended the excitement of time travel beautifully with the complexities of PTSD, war, romance, friendship, and family. It was more than just a time travel book; it had heart and emotion and depth.
I especially loved the family dynamics. There were family members who didn't act like family, and non-family members who did. I love found family, and COLD SUMMER did a fantastic job of exploring those relationships that can fill the holes in your heart made by those who are supposed to love you unconditionally, but don't.
And the writing is so contemplative, full of powerful lines like, "It's weird to miss something I'll never have and never did," and "He's only half of what he used to be, slowly learning how to become himself again."
If time travel is even the tiniest bit up your alley, you should definitely pick up this one.
I especially loved the family dynamics. There were family members who didn't act like family, and non-family members who did. I love found family, and COLD SUMMER did a fantastic job of exploring those relationships that can fill the holes in your heart made by those who are supposed to love you unconditionally, but don't.
And the writing is so contemplative, full of powerful lines like, "It's weird to miss something I'll never have and never did," and "He's only half of what he used to be, slowly learning how to become himself again."
If time travel is even the tiniest bit up your alley, you should definitely pick up this one.