Word Revel

Book blogger, recent Sociology grad in her twenties. Stares at labels when no books are in sight. Disproportionately reads YA. This is a companion blog to http://wordrevel.com.

8:00 am 25 January 2015

Sweethearts

Actual rating: 3.5 stars

Initial thoughts: With that, I've read all of Sara Zarr's published novels, including Roomies, which she co-authored with Tara Altebrando. It's evident that Sara Zarr tries to tackle the difficult issues. For her earlier works, I think she showed brat promise and did it well but still had a lot of potential. There were some things I thought she could've pushed more but she left them to rest instead. Either way, I think Sweethearts was well-written and I liked the way Sara Zarr narrated her own book. Plot-wise, some parts didn't entirely add up but that's probably also because it's a fairly short book.