The Bookish Island's Book Review:
Year of Mistaken Discoveries by Eileen Cook
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Title: Year of Mistaken Discoveries
Author: Eileen Cook
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Pages: 272
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2014
Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Fiction
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Date Read: December 22, 2018
Rating: ★★★★★
As first graders, Avery and Nora bonded over a special trait they shared: they were both adopted.
Years later, Avery is smart, popular, and on the cheerleading squad, while Nora spends her time on the fringes of school society, wearing black, reading esoteric poetry, and listening to obscure music. They never interact...until the night Nora approaches Avery at a party, saying it's urgent. She tells Avery that she thought she found her birth mom, but it turned out to be a cruel lie. Avery feels for Nora, but returns to her friends at the party.
Then Avery learns that Nora overdosed on pills. Left to cope with Nora's loss and questioning her own actions, Avery decides to honor her friend by launching a search for her own birth mother. Aided by Brody, a friend of Nora's who is also looking for a way to respect Nora's legacy, Avery embarks on an emotional quest. But what she's really seeking might go far deeper than just genetics.
The Rating:
My Review:
Year of Mistaken Discoveries was a part of my December TBR for 2018. It was such a good book. I read it in one sitting and cried a handful of times. Loved it.
Year of Mistaken Discoveries was a cute contemporary book. While the main character was going through some serious stuff, all throughout it was still too cute.
The main character Avery changed so much from the beginning of the book to the end. She was a popular cheerleader with a football player boyfriend and because of Nora's suicide she changes and takes life more seriously. And the change was done well not exaggerated or messy.
There were parts that bothered me like how concentrated she was into getting into Duke rather than properly dealing with her emotions and what happened to her. but I get it getting into Duke was her life. Her way of establishing that road to her future and her education. Something like that is so important sometimes that you can't see anything but that goal.
In the end, it was good to see Avery growing up. Understanding what her friend had been going through. It was nice. I'm happy that Avery and Brody got together and sorted things out. But then again it was obvious they were going to end up together.
Avery and Brody were so cute together. Wonder Woman and Batman.
Year of Mistaken Discoveries was a cute contemporary book. While the main character was going through some serious stuff, all throughout it was still too cute.
The main character Avery changed so much from the beginning of the book to the end. She was a popular cheerleader with a football player boyfriend and because of Nora's suicide she changes and takes life more seriously. And the change was done well not exaggerated or messy.
There were parts that bothered me like how concentrated she was into getting into Duke rather than properly dealing with her emotions and what happened to her. but I get it getting into Duke was her life. Her way of establishing that road to her future and her education. Something like that is so important sometimes that you can't see anything but that goal.
In the end, it was good to see Avery growing up. Understanding what her friend had been going through. It was nice. I'm happy that Avery and Brody got together and sorted things out. But then again it was obvious they were going to end up together.
Avery and Brody were so cute together. Wonder Woman and Batman.
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