Review: Loved it!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 10, 2012
So immediately after finishing Grounding Quinn, I picked up Delicate.  I just couldn't resist!Delicate takes place about a year before Grounding Quinn and includes many of the same character less Ben.  It is yet another very realistic book by Steph Campbell!  . It dealt with physical and emotional abuse and a girl's journey to finding her voice.Sydney tries really hard to be perfect - the perfect athlete, girlfriend, student, and daughter and alot of times she does it at her own expense.  Sydney doesn't understand what Trevor sees in her and doesn't necessarily think she is good enough to be Trevor's girlfriend.  For this reason, I think she puts up with more from Trevor than she should.  Trevor is so great that everything must be her fault right?Things may have been different for Sydney if she had her mother around to talk to.  Besides her crumbling relationship with Trevor, she is also dealing with her mother's death.  Her mother's death has affected her relationships with her father and sister and many times I felt that it would have been rather lonely to be Sydney in a house where your father is always busy with work and your sister barely talks to you.  I think it is another big reason that the idea of Trevor was one she couldn't let go of.Trevor is selfish, jealous and not supportive. He is all sorts of wrong for Sydney but I think she likes the idea that this cute boy wants her and gives her attention.  I felt sick to my stomach every time she would say "sorry" after Trevor did something to her.  Her self-esteem coupled with the loss of her mother and the pressures of life had left her weak.  I desperately wanted her to find her voice and begin to heal herself.  If she could do that with Grant, it would just be a cherry on top of the sundae!I absolutely LOVED Grant.  He is exactly the type of guy I would want my daughter to date (she is three and I don't have to worry about that for awhile).  Sydney spends so much time putting up this wall of strength and what she desperately needs is someone to take care of her.  Grant is that person.  He brings her soup when she is sick, offers her encouragement even when she thinks she isn't worthy and tries to protect her from her jerk of a boyfriend.I am glad Steph Campbell wrote Delicate and touched on a very sensitive issue.  I hope this book has or will help at least one young girl who may be in a similar situation as Sydney.  This type of treatment is never okay and everyone is worth more than the type of life that involves physical and/or emotional abuse!I am really looking forward to more Steph Cambell books!