Review: A Must Read for Adults and the YA version for young adults.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2013
DESTRUCTIVE SILENCE should be on the high school required reading list across the country. The subject matter is portrayed in a brutally honest way and deals with some of today’s toughest subjects; child molestation, alcoholism, physical and emotional abuse.Lacey is a high school senior who resides in a suburb of Baltimore where she moved when she was 10. She struggles with balancing her good girl upbringing and her fun loving wild side. But Lacey has a past, a past she wants desperately to leave behind.Becca, is Lacey’s best friend. Equally as fun loving as Lacey, Becca has a strong sense of self and a take no crap attitude. She keeps Lacey centered while helping her to cut loose from time to time. The strength of their friendship never waivers.Caine is who Lacey thought would be a one night stand. After meeting him in a club and having an instant attraction, Lacey decides the best way to leave her past behind her is to create a new one. Caine was to be the ends to that mean.The story takes us on the tumultuous ride that is Lacey and Caine’s relationship. It illustrates how through manipulation, physical and verbal abuse, the self esteem of a young woman can be chipped away at so thoroughly she feels trapped with nowhere to go.I was impressed with the writing quality of this book considering it is the author’s first published work. L.U. Ann did an amazing job laying out difficult subject matter in a way that was spot on. The dialog between the characters was very natural and she did an equally excellent job injecting age appropriate jargon and music references in this story. (Loved the Ting Tings mention)