I feel lucky
I feel lucky to have found this series at all. Kudos to the publisher/distributor for keeping it alive. It's one of the best series ever written in the genre. A realistic (not falsely beautiful or endowed) young woman's journey without too much meanness, though she has a friend like that. Pretty realistic on that count too. The meanness isn't the main focus, the journey is, and it's a realistic journey with a lot to offer readers in terms of growing up sane and finding every part of yourself. Most relationship issues resolved, but also realistic there. There's some good horror and a lot of soul searching, a lot of tough romance. It's more about a girl finding her strengths and what calls to her . . . and going for it. Some good craft work included throughout the entire series.<br /><br />Not as fond of the diary portions being chapter/book adjacent myself, synchronicity and all, but the info provided in the diary bits adds to the series overall--you can skip or skim the journaled "flashbacks" on the first read through (I did). When you want that much detail on every main character, you can go back and read the off rhythm diary entries.<br /><br />Too bad it wasn't discovered by Hollywood/television, but the saga is sweeping and would require a lot of film locations. Just had to repurchase after giving first copy away to a young adult. Glad I could find this second copy at all, no less at a reasonable price. Thank you.
Rating: 5 stars