The great outdoors isn’t so great for Sydney It-Girl Lien Hong. It’s too dark, too quiet, and there are spiders in the toilet of the cabin she is sharing with friends on the way to a New South Wales music festival. To make matters worse, she’s been separated from her companions and taken a bad fall. With a storm approaching, her rescue comes in the form of a striking wilderness ranger named Claudia Sokolov, whose isolated cabin, soulful voice and collection of guitars bely a complicated history. While they wait out the weather, the women find an undeniable connection—one that puts them both on new trajectories that last long after the storm has cleared.
Author: Pene Henson
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Interlude Press
Rating: ★★★★★
One of my first New Adult books! I never tend to read much new adult because I don’t enjoy books focused on romance – unless they’re gay, obviously.
The first thing that came to mind when I first saw this book was how beautiful the cover is! It’s incredibly detailed, perfect for the theme of the book, and the title overlay fits beautifully.
I really liked the pace of this book. If it had been written differently, then I may have found the book slow. However, there was a good amount of detail but not so much that it was boring or overwhelming.
Another detail of the book I enjoyed was the third person narrative, and how it was overlapped with switched points of view. I never tend to see this happen, and it was interesting how the chapters didn’t look at exactly the same events, but kind of followed on from what had happened just before.
There genuinely wasn’t one thing I didn’t enjoy about this book. It was refreshing to read a book with an lgbt+ storyline that didn’t focus on one or more character coming out or facing discrimination in some way, as is the case with a lot of young adult books focused on this topic.
Happy reading xo
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