(remember, because I can't work my blog (ugh), you need to click on the link above to read the entire review on my blogsite, Thank you!!)
I may never give another five star rating again.
Yeah, ok, I will, but THIS is the kind of book that truly deserves the five stars. This is the book those stars should be reserved for.
Gorgeous writing. Poignant. Gut punching. Deeply introspective. So many sentences I wanted to copy down and post and reread and just BE IN.
Timely topics not many writers would be brave enough to tackle. Vernacular you can hear in your head, easily. Identity as you see it, as you feel it, as you CHOOSE others to see. Very interesting. Heartbreaking secrets and sliding doors.
Intrigued, yet???? You should be.
Two sisters (twins!). Two cousins (who did not know the other existed - until...). Very different lives. So many threads here, it is hard to review. I liked Desiree's story more I think, but Stella's is equally important and heartbreaking for so many different reasons. Choices really do alter lives. Sometimes for the better, but not always for the best. The ending is my only complaint - it seemed abrupt - but really I think what the author wanted to say had been said. The characters moved on, but I was not ready to let them go. I wanted to know more of where they were going.
But the story was about where they'd been. Loved how the author jumped around in time a bit, ever moving forward. Hopefully her characters will all move forward after the end. I can see them just nodding, like, yep, ok, we're good now.
So, go read this book.
The End.
