Language: R (189 swears, 36 “f”); Mature Content: R (alcohol use including underage drinking, mentions of drugs, kissing, innuendo, nudity, and sex); Violence: PG13 (assault; blood and gore; mentions of guns, rape, and murder; and suicide)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
Ten years ago, her father killed her mother and confessed that his wife wasn’t his first victim. With one parent in the grave and the other in prison, her name was changed to Ryan, and she went to live with her grandmother. But then her grandmother dies (of natural causes), and Ryan has to finish out high school in the town where her father committed his crimes, hoping that no one discovers who she really is.
Ryan is a deeply troubled protagonist, struggling to find a way to live her life in the limbo between pretending to be normal and being convinced that her father’s actions have stained her—her past, her present, and her future. As a result of this perspective, Ryan can’t see past her own dark life to realize that no one is all light. Everyone has secrets. As secrets around town start to be revealed, Kennedy shows readers that peace can be found in the space between full dark and full light.
Reviewer: Carolina Johnson
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