Review: An exquisite book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 3, 2013
I received this book from the author in exchange for my honest review.When I started reading the book, I couldn't imagine how two different people, from two different worlds could fall in love. One is Iraqi and one is American, and they both know what suffering means, especially Mirrian who saw her father gunned down by an American soldier...heartbreaking. This is an unique story, I never imagined I would have the chance to read such an incredible story.The story is told in alternating first-person POV and that will make you jump right into the story. Beth Fred changes things up the entire story, a lot of twists that I could't see. I anticipated something is coming well before Caleb and Mirriam do, but it was much more than I expected. I think Beth Fred did a good job with this book.Miriam is a girl from Iraq in military town Texas. She hates american soldiers because of what they did to her father. But, here we have Caleb, who also hates Iraqis, he wants revenge for his father's death. Even, if he realizes that not all of them are evil and bad or terrorists.Mirriam and Caleb are characters that I enjoyed from the beginning. Caleb is attracted to Mirriam but she doesn't give him a chance. She is embarrassing him in front of their classmates. Then Caleb gets caught up in a dare that involves him taking Mirriam to the prom. They have so much working against them. Will they make it? Will they leave all that hatred behind? You will have to read the book to understand better.This is definitely a book that held my attention every single page. There are so many things I loved about this book. The multicultural aspects, the romance, the strong characters, all of these are the reasons I loved the book so much. I highly recommend this book!