Review: loved!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 22, 2013
When Kathy Petrakis offered me Passion and Pain to review I did hesitate because I am not passionate about The Arts and I wondered if that would affect how I thought about the book. However, on beginning the story it is quickly apparent that Kathy Petrakis' fervour for all things performance radiates through her writing and she inspired an excitement in me.The characters in Passion in Pain are carefully thought out and have strong personalities. The relationships they share are at times complex, and it was easy to forget that the majority of the characters are fifteen. Despite their different school life I liked the fact that Kathy Petrakis gives this group very normal teenage experiences, from drinking to deciding about losing their virginity to dealing with bullying to falling in love.The end of the book is highly emotional, and the author handles this very well, as this is an opportunity for the reader to connect on a deeper level with some of the characters and form opinions about others.Passion and Pain is a different novel than I am used to reading but it is a brilliant start to the Dancers and Divas series and I love Kathy Petrakis' style of writing.One to read.