Review: Losing Francesca
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2013
I got a copy in exchange for an honest reviewI really enjoyed Tragic by JA Huss, so when I heard about Losing Francesca I knew I wanted to be part of that blog tour and read it. I didn't expect it to be this good.Losing Francesca started of a bit slow for me and I got annoyed at all the italian sentences that where trown around without translation. I wanted to understand what she was saying. After this slow start the story really came alive for me. If you are expecting a book like Tragic you won't get it. This story is sweet and filled with love. Really I almost sat there crying a few times, because it was just so sweet and I could feel the love and the emotions. I really like JA Huss her writing style and plan on also checking out her science fiction series too, because I have to know if it's as good as her contemporary books.This story is about love and family mostly, but it also has some mystery that only get's cleared up at the end. I loved the mystery aspect, although at the beginning it just was really confusing. The story starts off after most of what is stated in the blurb already has happened and I just wanted to go back in time and read about that too, because I was a bit lost and I had no idea who the main character was. And even though it is told in I perspective, you don't get to know everything that goes on in her head. A lot stays secret until the rest of the characters find out. And I am not saying this book is perfect, it certainly missed some more in depth explanations at the end, but I loved this book and once I started reading I couldn't put it down.The characters are great, but what I loved most about them was that I could feel their emotions. The main character ends up in a strange place and you feel her fear and sadness and panic. And the other characters are great too, although I wished I could get to know some of them better. Brody and the main character are the two I got to know best, the other character also play a role, but less so. I did like the Sullivan family and how they felt so real and alive. And even though I don't get to know everything about them, I still liked them.To conclude: this book is so sweet and full of emotions and I loved it. I couldn't stop reading. There is romance and mystery and love and family. And I loved getting swept up in all the emotions. There where some explanations that could've been a bit more elaborate and some characters I wanted to get to know better, but all in all it's a great book and I loved it.