Review: 4.5 stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2014
The teenage Anasofiya Deschanel feels adrift, scared of letting anyone get too close.  She's uncomfortable with intimacy and feels awkward with her peers. The only people she feels comfortable with and close to are her cousin, Nicolas, and Oz Sullivan, a close friend of both Ana and Nicolas since they were children."If anyone could understand, it would be him, although no-one would ever really know the intricacies of Ana’s mind. Not even her."Even though this story is about Ana and Oz as teenagers their characters have a depth and charm. It’s a lovely story, giving more insight into the complicated character that is Ana Deschanel and gives an inkling of why she and Oz made their choices, good or bad, in later life. It was interesting to see the dynamics of the relationships between the young Ana, Oz and Nicolas. This is a great addition to the House of Crimson and Clover and, like the other stories and novellas in this series, adds another dimension to the whole.I'm really enjoying Sarah Cradit’s writing and following this series as it evolves.