Review: It broke my heart....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 1, 2012
Crayons is the story of Josh and Amy, two high school kids that share a class. Josh is completely in love, but feels that Amy barely sees him as a person. Just before a school break he receives a note from her and an unrelated notebook titled only Crayons. These two things set things into action on a path that tosses these two together in a dramatic fashion.The story is slightly atypical for a love story, being a little more realistic (as too the love story part of things) than most are, lacking the unrealistic gooey center that most of them do. It still tugs at the heart strings though. It's clear that Josh is both incredibly intelligent and also willing to do anything to protect Amy through the whole thing, even when it goes horrible wrong.This is a young adult novel, but has some sexual content. I think that's fine considering it's written for intelligent modern kids that see a whole lot worse (or better?) on television each night.There are some minor typo's, but nothing too distracting. I personally would love to see a sequel to this book, or at least more similar stories from P.S. Power.This story holds a mystery, but the obvious focus is the relationship, with the rest being the color that binds it all together. I saw someone in the reviews saying it wasn't a full book, so did a word count (OK, so I'm a geek.) and it was about sixty thousand words, which is a short novel, but right in line for a young adult book.Caution: This book has an ending that's bitter sweat. It leaves the idea of hope, but not the promise of it. Be ready for it.