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Avery
by Charlotte McConaghy
I honestly expected this to be trash. From the cover to the plot, it sounded like cliched garbage and everything I usually hate in a book. I have never been more surprised to be wrong.
Yes, the plot isn't exactly innovative, but the characters have a depth and honesty to them that's utterly refreshing. There is something so....genuine about the whole story, which sets it apart from the shallow insta-love bad-boy boring shit that's everywhere these days, even if on the surface that's what we have here. McConaghy doesn't stay on the surface though- her characters are people- and what a difference that makes. Hell, there's literally a character whose eyes change color with her emotions, but instead of shaking my head in disgust I'm thinking "you are telling me true, essential lessons." This book melted my hardened death-before-romance heart into a stupid mushball that just wants to poignantly contemplate life and love. Damn you, McConaghy, look what you did to me.
Yes, the plot isn't exactly innovative, but the characters have a depth and honesty to them that's utterly refreshing. There is something so....genuine about the whole story, which sets it apart from the shallow insta-love bad-boy boring shit that's everywhere these days, even if on the surface that's what we have here. McConaghy doesn't stay on the surface though- her characters are people- and what a difference that makes. Hell, there's literally a character whose eyes change color with her emotions, but instead of shaking my head in disgust I'm thinking "you are telling me true, essential lessons." This book melted my hardened death-before-romance heart into a stupid mushball that just wants to poignantly contemplate life and love. Damn you, McConaghy, look what you did to me.