Review: This was really different (in a good way)
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 18, 2014
Being basically an escapist reader, I tend to shy away from reading about real life pain (child abuse, rape, animal cruelty, etc... though I seem to like murder mysteries a good bit for some reason).  I do like angst in stories, but not when it makes me believe it actually happened.  Winter on Spring Street brought me really close to my discomfort zone but was so beautifully written, I couldn't give up on it.  So worth it!  Raven Viiramonte was a unique character.  Her constant cussing and sarcasm was tiring at times, but the truth of her was covered up by layer upon layer of deep pain.  Don't take this wrong, the story was very entertaining, very funny and felt far longer than it's 170+ pages.  Somehow it covered her life from birth to present quite well.  It was not a downer at all, but took some time to get there.  There are witches, lovely ghosts and other paranormal happenings--that part certainly added to the plot but didn't dominate it.  Raven is on a journey to transcend her past and take a chance at finding what she's really looking for.  Really touching and I'm still thinking about it days after.