Review: A Different Blue by Amy Harmon
A Different Blue by Amy Harmon
Best read of 2013 so far!
Does that about sum it up?
A Different Blue is about a girl, Blue Echohawk, who has a bit of an identity crisis. Heck, she doesn't even know her real name. But she has come to somewhat accept that through the love of her caring guardian. Entering her senior year, she winds up with a new history teacher. His job is not to just teach history, but to make each and every student understand the importance of His/Her-story.
This book hits on so many different levels it's hard to even say what the most striking part is. Blue has finally come to a point in her life where she realizes that she wants to know who she really is. The unfortunate part is that no one knows. As she tries to figure out who she is, she meets people that help her piece the puzzle together. And much support comes from her teacher, Wilson, who takes her under his wing.
This is not a typical romance book. First and foremost it centers on the raw emotions of its characters. How would you feel if you knew absolutely nothing about your life? Not a name, a birth date, an ethnicity. Nothing. Imagine a huge hole in your life that you've managed to sidestep around for 18 years and pretend that you really don't care, and then suddenly someone comes into your life and you fall right into that hole? And if that's not enough, some huge life/death/altering/ decisions need to be made. How do you handle it? How do you stay sane?
I don't know. By Amy Harmon does an excellent job portraying that.
Moral of the story: Life happens. And you can either take what life has given you and hole up in a corner and pity yourself, or you can grab life by the horns.
I'm going to do a little bit different of a rating system for this one just because it deserves it.
Ratings:
(*) full star (+) half star
* Disliked **Very Poor *** Ok, readable **** Really liked ***** Read again!
Steam *** ( character connection and steamy scenes)
Character development *****
Writing Quality *****
Plot (Originality) *****
Emotion *****
My rating:
Amazon: 4.8
Good Reads: 4.37
Best read of 2013 so far!Does that about sum it up?
A Different Blue is about a girl, Blue Echohawk, who has a bit of an identity crisis. Heck, she doesn't even know her real name. But she has come to somewhat accept that through the love of her caring guardian. Entering her senior year, she winds up with a new history teacher. His job is not to just teach history, but to make each and every student understand the importance of His/Her-story.
This book hits on so many different levels it's hard to even say what the most striking part is. Blue has finally come to a point in her life where she realizes that she wants to know who she really is. The unfortunate part is that no one knows. As she tries to figure out who she is, she meets people that help her piece the puzzle together. And much support comes from her teacher, Wilson, who takes her under his wing.
This is not a typical romance book. First and foremost it centers on the raw emotions of its characters. How would you feel if you knew absolutely nothing about your life? Not a name, a birth date, an ethnicity. Nothing. Imagine a huge hole in your life that you've managed to sidestep around for 18 years and pretend that you really don't care, and then suddenly someone comes into your life and you fall right into that hole? And if that's not enough, some huge life/death/altering/ decisions need to be made. How do you handle it? How do you stay sane?
I don't know. By Amy Harmon does an excellent job portraying that.
Moral of the story: Life happens. And you can either take what life has given you and hole up in a corner and pity yourself, or you can grab life by the horns.
I'm going to do a little bit different of a rating system for this one just because it deserves it.
Ratings:
(*) full star (+) half star
* Disliked **Very Poor *** Ok, readable **** Really liked ***** Read again!
Steam *** ( character connection and steamy scenes)
Character development *****
Writing Quality *****
Plot (Originality) *****
Emotion *****
My rating:
Amazon: 4.8
Good Reads: 4.37
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