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Perfect Glass
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When I dove into Glass Girl, I had no idea what a treasure I had found in the fairly new YA Author, Laura Kurk. As a reader, I love a great story. As a writer, I love the beauty of words woven together to turn simple thoughts into lyrical tidal waves on the oceans of pages. Or E-reader screens, in the case of the ever-growing market of E-books. Laura Kurk's writing and storytelling talent takes me there.
In the sequel to her debut YA Book, Kurk introduces some new, complex and likable characters in Perfect Glass. First there's Quinn O'Neil, and I'm such a lover of music and all things eccentric, didn't take much for me to fall for him. But then the infamous love triangle ensues, and our beloved Henry is off in Nicaragua trying to find his own way as he pursues his heart's leading to care for forgotten children, making Henry only available by Skype for most of the Meg-Henry dialogue. Which by the way is so romantic, and Kurk describes these scenes so well, you can just feel the tension and taste the bitter and sweet of long distance love.
Then there's Jo Russell, an elderly woman who builds and burns bridges for Meg to reach her throughout the story, and just watching Meg grapple with the deep issues of loving someone that pushes you away both sobers and wows readers. Because isn't that just how so much of life's truest moments are? Struggling with how to love each other? We all have a Jo Russell in our lives.
In the dual-narrated novel, Kurk allows us to hear the story from both Henry and Meg's voices, and when I delved in Henry's world, I found myself captured by the very real challenges of a young man's search for his place in this world. His purpose and his direction. And his divided heart between two worlds that both called his name: Nicaragua and a troubled teen named Raf and the love of his life back home in Wyoming.
But I think the character that I most adore is Meg herself. While the average high school teen gravitates to what's popular and trendy, she's drawn to the hurting and seemingly un-shiny people around her, and I love that about her. Because she values real and authentic friends and questions and moments. And that's what draws me to Meg and her story.
If you haven't read Glass Girl, pick it up and meet Meg at the start of her hurt and journey toward healing from immeasurable loss. Then dive into Perfect Glass and walk with Meg as she stumbles and blossoms, falls and thrives, fails and learns to forgive herself. No one's perfect. But Laura Kurk's talent to tell Meg and Henry's story... nearly Perfect. Perfect Glass, that is!
In the sequel to her debut YA Book, Kurk introduces some new, complex and likable characters in Perfect Glass. First there's Quinn O'Neil, and I'm such a lover of music and all things eccentric, didn't take much for me to fall for him. But then the infamous love triangle ensues, and our beloved Henry is off in Nicaragua trying to find his own way as he pursues his heart's leading to care for forgotten children, making Henry only available by Skype for most of the Meg-Henry dialogue. Which by the way is so romantic, and Kurk describes these scenes so well, you can just feel the tension and taste the bitter and sweet of long distance love.
Then there's Jo Russell, an elderly woman who builds and burns bridges for Meg to reach her throughout the story, and just watching Meg grapple with the deep issues of loving someone that pushes you away both sobers and wows readers. Because isn't that just how so much of life's truest moments are? Struggling with how to love each other? We all have a Jo Russell in our lives.
In the dual-narrated novel, Kurk allows us to hear the story from both Henry and Meg's voices, and when I delved in Henry's world, I found myself captured by the very real challenges of a young man's search for his place in this world. His purpose and his direction. And his divided heart between two worlds that both called his name: Nicaragua and a troubled teen named Raf and the love of his life back home in Wyoming.
But I think the character that I most adore is Meg herself. While the average high school teen gravitates to what's popular and trendy, she's drawn to the hurting and seemingly un-shiny people around her, and I love that about her. Because she values real and authentic friends and questions and moments. And that's what draws me to Meg and her story.
If you haven't read Glass Girl, pick it up and meet Meg at the start of her hurt and journey toward healing from immeasurable loss. Then dive into Perfect Glass and walk with Meg as she stumbles and blossoms, falls and thrives, fails and learns to forgive herself. No one's perfect. But Laura Kurk's talent to tell Meg and Henry's story... nearly Perfect. Perfect Glass, that is!
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Reading Progress
Started Reading
May 31, 2013
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Finished Reading
June 3, 2013
– Shelved
June 3, 2013
– Shelved as:
young-adult
