Sunday, November 15, 2020

The Map from Here to There by Emery Lord - OPTIONAL

The Map from Here to There (The Start of Me and You, #2) by Emery Lord, 353 pages. Bloomsbury, 2020. $18  

Content: Language: R (89 swears; 1 ‘f’); Mature Content: PG-13; Violence: G

BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Paige and her three best friends are preparing for college and trying to get everything in for their senior year.  Paige is excited/nervous about her relationship with her boyfriend Max, worried about college acceptance letters and nostalgic about her memories with her friends.  As the year progresses, Paige’s anxieties take over her life and she can’t seem to enjoy the journey.  Paige has to learn to be honest and communicate and also to trust those she loves.  

This book was slow and not as exciting as the first book in the series.  I felt like the first book could stand on its own, but in order to read this book you would need the background info from the first book. Paige was frustrating and hard to relate to, even though senior year does come with a lot of anxieties.  I felt like Paige's character was self-destructing for too long, even though the ending had a satisfying enough conclusion. The content includes underage drinking and sexual references. 

Reviewer, C. Peterson  

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