Rating: 6.5/10On the morning of her wedding, Pell Ridley creeps out of bed in the dark, kisses her sisters goodbye and flees — determined to escape a future that offers nothing but hard work and sorrow. She takes the only thing that truly belongs to her: Jack, a white horse, and small mute Bean who refuses to be left behind.
Summary by Goodreads.com
Another story by Meg Rosoff, as simple and lacking in complexity as What I Was, with a hint of a sub-story that the aforementioned novel definitely wanted. The story itself was sweet and reminded me of a much lighter-hearted equivalent of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Again for a romance novel it lacked a great deal of the romance that the blurb suggested. However, what little it contained was sweet and charming and the conclusion was by far better than What I Was.
Good Points:
- Easy ready, comfortable and just nice.
Bad points:
- Doesn't quite live up to the claims of the blurb.
- Lacks sincere complexity.
Buy/Borrow/Avoid:
Borrow
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