Ciao ( Stories about Melissa #3)
Source: received from the author in exchange for a fair and honest review.
From goodreads:Melissa has had a fantastic summer hanging out with her friends and making new ones. Life as she knows it will change when they all come together to begin their sophomore year at Dearborn High. Connections will be made and friendships will be tested. Will Melissa’s family and friends be able to help her through the challenges she will face in the upcoming months?
My thoughts:
3 stars - a sweet growing-up story with some serious pain
Like the first two books in this series, Ciao is a journal entry story. Melissa comes from a big family and she is trying to find her place in the world as the oldest of the children. She's pretty confused about how she feels about Jimmy and Brian. She knows she wants them all to stay friends. This story is her sophomore year of high school and the struggles she faces with her friends as they face the normal struggles of growing up, and the pain of losing one of their group. It's a sweet story and I love the characters. I'm not sure that journal entry stories are really my thing. I love the action of the play-by-play. But this is a sweet story and reads like a middle grade read. I would recommend it to those who enjoy reading coming of age stories.
Favorite scene is the one shown on the cover. Loved it more when I realized it was the cover. I love when covers mean something to the book and aren't just something pretty to sell a book.
About the author:
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The thing I love most in YA books are I can relate to them somehow. I`m still a young-adult too, and what ties me more on them is that they experience what I dream of experiencing. :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite thing is that I can relate to what's happening in the books. That's probably why I prefer contemporary over paranormal/fantasy too :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking the time to read and review, Valerie. I appreciate it. I took the cover photo myself. I did a mini photo shoot, trying out different poses and scenes, it was a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteI really like books that are written as journal entries. I seem to fly through them. Glad you liked the book, Val!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy the stories better than adult books for some reason. An the covers are awesome! Thanks for the giveaway. :)
ReplyDeleteI like that I can relate to them better. Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI like the fact that problems can be solved and life can be lived without a whole lot of bad language and sex.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE YA cause it makes me feel so young, with a adventure, pure love, not too complex.
ReplyDeleteI love all the romance, and how the characters are easily relatable. They are someone we can strive to be. An inspiration. Not to mention I just love that we can be taken out of our world and into another
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ReplyDeleteI like this series. This book was a little more difficult to read. The tone was different because of what happened, but I enjoyed it. Nice review!
ReplyDeleteI love all the first... The growing of the characters in the story... I just love everything about it
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ReplyDeleteI like books that are narrated differently - Letters (Daddy-Long-Legs) and Blog Posts (Things I know about Love)
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I love the intense and chaotic moments that I remember feeling while growing up. Also, I kinda think I have a young at heart personality...maybe a peter pan complex :)
ReplyDeleteWhy not? The character go through what im curently going through, growing up and stuff!
ReplyDeleteI love how the characters are different, in some ways there relateable, the worlds, schools, everything is unique! The fun!
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