Really more of a 3.5, but it was a quick read and I liked it enough to be generous. It reads like a pretty straightforward YA novel in terms of plot: teen girl with a troubled past moves to a strange town, tries to fit in, gets a boyfriend, then realizes how strange the place really is and has to...
I read this book when I was on the YALSA best fiction committee. I enjoyed it so much that I nominated it to be included on the list that year. Either I have very odd tastes (which I do), I didn't make a strong enough case, or the other committee members didn't know a good book when it bit them. ...
This is YA lit? Well, if this passes for acceptable YA lit, then I am pleased as punch. "Slice of Cherry" is a bloodier, ballsier coming-of-age story about two sisters, Kit and Fancy, who have to decide whether or not to follow in their serial killer father's footsteps. Kit and Fancy are interest...
3 out of 5 starsThis book was actually kind of a quick read but packing for college has taken up most of my time.I really don't know how I feel about this book. On one hand, I enjoy the creepy, morbid humor and casual air of this heavy setting and plot. But there wasn't really a plot. It was almo...