Book Review
Title: The Tower
Author: Nicole Campbell
Rating: ★★★★★
Date Published: June 21st, 2017
Publisher: Self-published
Genre: YA Contemporary/Paranormal
Page Count: 345
Synopsis:
"On our sixteenth birthdays, our kind is gifted with awesome powers. Except no, not really because this isn’t Narnia, or Hogwarts, or whatever other mythical realm where witches supposedly live. This is Elizabethtown, Illinois, and much to the chagrin of the local chapter of Susie-Homemakers, we live here."
All witches understand that the universe is a scary sort of powerful on a good day. On a bad day? Well, that’s when The Tower card shows its face during a reading. As summer draws to a close before the beginning of junior year, Rowyn Black is tired of seeing that card stare up at her from the table. Rowyn, Reed, and Rosalyn have made it through just about every dramatic storm their sarcasm could weather during their seventeen year friendship, and it would be nice to have a quiet semester. Rowyn hopes that the only thing The Tower foretells is the frightening sight of the school parking lot come the first day- full of more jacked-up trucks and cut off shorts than a Luke Bryan video. True to its nature, however, the universe doesn’t care much for hopes and wishes, and when the promise of The Tower comes crashing down, they might fall right along with it.
My Thoughts:
I was sent a copy of this book by the author in exchange for an honest review.
Rowyn, Reed and Rosalyn families are in the same circle so, these three have known each other since they were in diapers, they have learned spells together, and now they're all in high school trying to figure life out together! I really liked all these characters, but my favorite must be Reed, I know, I know, I am adding another book boyfriend to my ever-growing list. I absolutely loved everything about him how he treated his friends, the way he joked, how he put Row before himself. Rosalyn was another one of my favorites she was so bubbly, and it was impossible to now feel bubbly reading her chapters. I really liked Rowyn, but I really did feel like shaking her around in some chapters, but at the same time I knew exactly where her emotions where coming from, learning to cope with loss is not easy especially when you are a teenager, she went through such amazing character growth and towards the end I absolutely fell in love with her characters flaws and all.
All witches understand that the universe is a scary sort of powerful on a good day. On a bad day? Well, that’s when The Tower card shows its face during a reading. As summer draws to a close before the beginning of junior year, Rowyn Black is tired of seeing that card stare up at her from the table. Rowyn, Reed, and Rosalyn have made it through just about every dramatic storm their sarcasm could weather during their seventeen year friendship, and it would be nice to have a quiet semester. Rowyn hopes that the only thing The Tower foretells is the frightening sight of the school parking lot come the first day- full of more jacked-up trucks and cut off shorts than a Luke Bryan video. True to its nature, however, the universe doesn’t care much for hopes and wishes, and when the promise of The Tower comes crashing down, they might fall right along with it.
My Thoughts:
I was sent a copy of this book by the author in exchange for an honest review.
This book had my emotions all over the place, I
laughed, swooned, got mad, cried, ugly cried and then cried some more! I
absolutely loved this book and every character in it! It was not what I
was expecting, it was better! Nicole has become one of my favorite authors and
has loved to make me cry, but I am not mad because this book was so real and
raw! It dealt with friendship, loss, grieve, first love, depression, and family
relationships; it tackles so many things that we go through when we lose a
loved one and the author did it so well, she did not try to sugar coat it one
bit.
Rowyn, Reed and Rosalyn families are in the same circle so, these three have known each other since they were in diapers, they have learned spells together, and now they're all in high school trying to figure life out together! I really liked all these characters, but my favorite must be Reed, I know, I know, I am adding another book boyfriend to my ever-growing list. I absolutely loved everything about him how he treated his friends, the way he joked, how he put Row before himself. Rosalyn was another one of my favorites she was so bubbly, and it was impossible to now feel bubbly reading her chapters. I really liked Rowyn, but I really did feel like shaking her around in some chapters, but at the same time I knew exactly where her emotions where coming from, learning to cope with loss is not easy especially when you are a teenager, she went through such amazing character growth and towards the end I absolutely fell in love with her characters flaws and all.
The author tackled the topic of grieve so well, like I said
above she left nothing out! The emotions the characters were feeling, and the
way they were acting was so raw and real. She also talked about how the
characters got bullied because they were different, I really enjoyed how the
author dealt with those situations. The
author also when into depth about the catchers beliefs, I learned so much about
paganism what they believe in, the holidays they celebrate, how they learn
about spells and so much more! I absolutely adored this novel and miss the
characters so much. If you are looking for a good contemporary look no
further this is the book for you and even if you are not looking for a
contemporary, I highly recommend it to anyone!
SandraTheBookWorm
