Katherine Grace Bond

I really enjoyed this book. Don’t let the cover fool you. This is much more than a love story. I would consider the love story more of a subplot. It seemed to be more of a coming of age story for 16-year-old Brigitta. As with many YA stories, she was trying to understand herself. But the story itself was very unique and included a possible movie star, blogs posts, finding and attempting to raise two cougar cubs, and many family issues stemming from the recent loss of her grandmother. In fact one of my favorite aspects of this story was Brigitta’s family. They lived in a rural area in an Earthship made of recycled materials and hosted retreats for all types of religious groups. Her family was very much a backstory, but I loved how their lifestyle affected Brigitta in so many scenes from her food selections to her thoughts on water usage. She was a very well developed character. As an adult, this story held my interest, which isn’t always the case with YA. I will pass along this book to my young teenage daughter as I felt it was appropriate for her, (it lacked the foul language, drinking, and sex scenes that is often in YA meant for older teens.)… (meer)