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Book in Review: Love Letters to The Dead by Ava Dellaira

2014 publication

Title: Love Letters to The Dead

Author: Ava Dellaira

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Publication Date: April 1, 2014

Hardcover: 323 pages

Rating: 4/5

Laurel was given an assignment in her English class to write a letter to a dead person. She wrote more than just one letter to more than just one dead person. Through the letters we are able to see her life. She adjusts to her new school. She meets new people and gets new friends. She finds herself a boyfriend. At first we think it's pretty normal but as you go on, you realize that something's not right. What is wrong in Laurel's life? What's going on? Will her secrets stop her from going further in her relationship with Sky?

This book was really good. The writing was beautiful and never boring. When the secret was revealed, I wasn't really shocked since the author has already dropped a lot of clues. That didn't ruin the book though since I didn't really mind.

I loved how the author wrote the book. I think that if the book wasn't written in letter form, it wouldn't be as great. I loved how the book didn't try to gloss over what happened to Laurel but didn't give too much information either. The moments wherein Laurel and May are shown together were definitely my favorite parts of the book. May seemed like such a great sister and you could see that Laurel adored her. As for Laurel's friends, they were great but to be perfectly honest, I didn't like them all that much. Sky seems great too but I feel like the author wasn't able to show much about him, Hannah, Natalie, and Laurel's other friends.

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

audrey

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is where we gather to share what we have read for the past week and what we plan to read this week. It's a great way to meet new blogs, add new titles to your TBR list, and network with other bloggers.

Though we've all been busy this week, we managed to find an opportunity to make this post. We've also managed to read a couple of books last week, even though Audrey had her periodical tests last week and Beryl was prepping for her periodical tests the week after. Kimi has been doing college-y things that people in college do so we can guarantee that she has been very busy as well. We have compiled all of the books that we have read last week, books that we plan to read this week, and books that we plan to read next week.