review for Atticus by Beth Rustenhaven!!
5 Through The Window Stars!
You know how you think something is going one way and then it doesn't? Like you think you had a great conversation with someone and then you find out they got really mad at you? Or you knew...just knew....what you were getting a new bike for Christmas and you really got socks. Or the worst....biting into what you think is a great piece of chocolate only to find out it's that strawberry filling stuff.
Yeah, Ms Fear pulls a switcheroo on us. She takes you down on path and then....BAM takes you through a whole other door. Or in this case... a window. But this time it's not strawberry filling. This time the filling is dark chocolate liqueur. Intoxicating.
Candice is in a new town. Again. She and her mom have been bouncing from one place to the next. Every time her mom gets fired or breaks up with some random man, Candice gets a new school. She is pretty tired of it, but only has to last a few more years until she can take off on her own.
...telling myself to suck it up because sucking it up is what I do on a daily basis.
Brad meets Candice on her first day at school. He's really cute and sweet and wants to get to know her better. Brad does exactly what Candice doesn't want him to do. He sees her. And pays attention to her. Candice gets by on getting by. Under the radar. And she is definitely on Brad's radar.
I needed to make the suffering behind those beautiful eyes go away.
But every town has its's secrets. The places you shouldn't go. Or at least not tell you parents about. Candice is finding more than just a new boyfriend in her new town. She is also finding that she is drawn to a place she shouldn't be. Drawn to someone she should avoid. Someone she can't explain. New feelings she can't process.
What's even scarier is my overwhelming urge to go inside. And that's probably a really bad idea.
She finds that she is more confused than ever. Between her mom's temper, Brad's cute smile and the house she can't stay away from, she is losing herself.
This is not what I had planned. It feels like my world is spinning out of control...
Ms Fear likes that out of control feeling. She likes make the reader feel it too. Ms Fear sets you up...leads you on. You are never really sure you trust her to characters. There is just too much going on for you to know what they will do. The story is unpredictable and unconventional. And you will love it. Atticus is not the story you think it will be. It's better.
It's as if he's a raging river, and I'm swirling in the rapids. Maybe for once I should allow myself to let go and drift over to the other side.
Doesn't that make you want to dive in? So let go. Drift over. Step through the window. Find yourself in Atticus' world.
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