2016 Spotlight: Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman: Teaser review

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Publication Date May 5th 2016 From Little Brown.

Source: Netgalley

Girls on Fire tells the story of Hannah and Lacey and their obsessive teenage female friendship so passionately violent it bloodies the very sunset its protagonists insist on riding into, together, at any cost. Opening with a suicide whose aftermath brings good girl Hannah together with the town’s bad girl, Lacey, the two bring their combined wills to bear on the community in which they live; unconcerned by the mounting discomfort that their lust for chaos and rebellion causes the inhabitants of their parochial small town, they think they are invulnerable.

But Lacey has a secret, about life before her better half, and it’s a secret that will change everything…

Whilst it is way to early to do an in depth review of Girls on Fire, having finished it yesterday it is impossible for me to do anything other than tell you just a little about the reading experience. When 2016 is upon us and May approaches, which will be sooner than you think, I shall be talking a lot about this one and writing a much longer article about this whole wonderful, heartbreaking, intensely authentic piece of storytelling genius. Liz is about to get fanatical.

It is powerful, hard hitting, so full of beautiful and yes often unrelentingly emotional language, the very definition of words having power. It sucked me in and stole my soul. On the list of reads I’ll never forget this just went somewhere near the top of the pile.

I will read it again. And my “Quotes” book in which I keep a note of all the quotes from books that speak to me hard in the moment has over 3 pages added to it from this novel alone. So, you know. There it is.

Incredibly insightful, a novel that fills all the senses, I have never read a book quite like it and possibly never will again.

Highly Recommended in every way possible. If you are the type of reader that  feels every moment of the good ones you’d better hold onto your hats and be prepared.

Pre -order here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Girls-Fire-Robin-Wasserman/dp/1408707101/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1448457401&sr=1-1&keywords=girls+on+fire+robin+wasserman

Find out more about Robin Wasserman here: http://www.robinwasserman.com/

Follow her on Twitter here : https://twitter.com/robinwasserman

Read it. Live it. Love it. (Then sob into your pillow)

Happy Reading Folks!

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One Response to 2016 Spotlight: Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman: Teaser review

  1. crimeworm says:

    This sounds great. I just love your enthusiasm for books Liz – it’s so infectious! And I like the idea of a quotes book – I may just steal that idea! x

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