Parker Grant is blind. She has a clear set of rules that she likes people to follow. These coping mechanisms work well for helping her manage her physical needs, but don’t really address her emotional needs. These have been neglected to say the least since her father died three months ago.
This sounds like a great story. It also reads a lot like the book of the movie, where you can almost picture the scenes on screen as you read. This is not a criticism, but it does impact on how emotionally you can get into the story and characters.
Parker is, in many ways, quite an unlikeable character, then a rare glimpse of something quite lovely is given. It’s snatched away before we really get to see it developed – but this might be a conscious way of exploring the psyche of a seventeen year old high school student. I can see this being a book that will grow on people.
This digital copy was received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.