Review: A brilliant debut
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2012
19 year-old Emma Ward has made the decision to spend her summer with fun-loving and carefree Aunt Daisy in the small town of Riverview, a move which would enable her to assert her own independence and not be ruled by her mother whom she had always tried to please.Emma had planned her entire life out from the time she was in grade school but things hadn't gone as she expected and after being out of school for a year, she was still indecisive about what she wanted to do. She needed a plan and focus.On arrival in Riverview Emma meets Nicholas Shaw who was an absolute dream of a guy - good-looking, understanding and so sweet! But Nicholas has a personal struggle of his own and it really saddened me to read about his journey with a very real and very serious disease, it was heartbreaking, believable and emotional what he was having to endure.From the very start I loved Emma; she reminded me of me for some reason right down to her love of U2 who I know Marie also loves. She was believable and her emotions and thought process was true to what was happening.Blue Sky Days has a wonderful cast of compelling characters, each were well thought out with very real emotions which they were having to work through daily to overcome their personal struggles. From the amazing Aunt Daisy who was everything Emma's cold and distant mother was not to best friends Vince and Maggie and even Emma's father who really came through in the end.The emotions evoked in Blue Sky Days were strong from beginning to end and ranged from complete happiness to utter grief, it was a journey of self-discovery for Emma and Nicholas and showed the love, respect and devotion they shared for one another, it is a beautiful and touching romance.Ms Landry pulls you into the creative and unique story she has created and you are able to truly experience the exciting story she is telling. Her writing is absolutely amazing, it flows beautifully and you are literally immersed in all of the glorious details. I was completely engrossed from the start to finish; the details and imagery were vivid as were each of the characters.Blue Sky Days is a wonderful, mesmerizing debut from Marie Landry. I've fallen completely for this story and the amazing characters and I really hope to be able to read more by this wonderful author in the not too distant future.