"He was a destiny it was possible to run from, but one I would never escape"
I was given a copy of this book from Penguin Random House (Crown Publishing) in exchange for a honest review.
I loved this book a lot, it was shocking in so many ways and mind opening to many things surrounding us that we can't see or we let ourselves not to see or acknowledge. This book will make great sales I'm sure, and it may be a movie oneway, that I really hope to see and probably one the actors will get to win an Oscar. Yup, that's how good this book is and how much I loved it.
Can you really run away from your past? The above quote interprets many definitions and realities of the main character Lane Roanoke. After you finish reading the book, you'll come to that quote and have a deep thinking about it. How cannot she escape her destiny with him yet the ending is the opposite. I don't want to talk about this in details for I don't want to have any spoilers in my review.
Let's talk about the story. The Roanoke Girls share the same destiny, either they run away or they end up dead.
Lane Roanoke, comes back to live with her grandparents and cousin Allegra in Kensas City at the age of 16 after the death of her mother. Living with her cousin made her see things, horrible things she didn't believe that she'll be able to see oneway, but it will give her a closure to her mother's horrible life and treatment with her. She'll finally come to understand why her mother was so miserable.
Lane finds love with Cooper Sullivan who is 2 years older than her. A boy so messed up like her and comes from a horrible family just like her too. They relate and they became lovers, but will she be able to let him in her life?
Lane escapes from her Roanoke ... She leaves ... Hoping she'll never come back!
But she comes back after leaving that horrible place 10 years ago. She comes back after one call from her Grandad. She comes back after Allegra is gone missing. Something she never expected to happen, for Allegra loved the place, loved her life, loved her destiny with him, or that's what she made her believe.
Lane comes back to know what happened to Allegra. She comes back to the man she loved and ran away from before saying her goodies. Laney girls comes back to set everything straight, to have a closure and set herself free from everything and everyone that were keeping her locked in Roanoke.
I loved all of the characters, all of them had depth. Some were able to move on, some were stuck in where they were 10 years ago, and some believed in what they've done was right, as if it was their destiny to live like that. I loved Cooper Sullivan, he moved on to be a good man even though he was raised by a horrible father. Tommy tried to move on but couldn't, he loved Allegra knowing that she'll never be his, he couldn't admit it but he felt it. The grandparents were a piece of art. I will not talk about them for I want you to discover their characters. And Lane Roanoke's character was beautifully written, developed and sculptured. How she was so cruel to those she loved, how she couldn't express her love and couldn't let those feelings out, but can anyone blame her?
This book has a great story in its pages that everyone must read.
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