April started off as a really good reading month, but ended up not being so great towards the end because that's when I went into a reading slump that I couldn't really get out of it. I spent this month trying to catch up to my Goodreads goal so I read a lot of shorter books. It would've worked out if I kept it up but unfortunately, life had other plans. But, reviews! Reviews Bossman by Vi Keeland I don't know what it was about this book that didn't do it for me. I really thought this was going to be another one of those steamy books I love, but for the most part, it was okay. I think the past vs. present story line wasn't something I really enjoyed. While I get that the author was trying to show the tragic past of the male protagonist, I felt like it was dragged on too long. It could've been told as a prologue and then I would've felt more attachment seeing his side of the story as well. I found this to be a little predictable and overall meh in the sex...
Title: Saint DeathAuthor: Marcus Sedgwick
Released: April 2017
In a shack on the outskirts of the border city of Juarez, a teenage boy is visited by a long-lost friend.Released: April 2017
Arturo scrapes together a living working odd jobs and staying out of sight. His friend Faustino has joined one of the city’s violent drug gangs. Now Faustino is in trouble: he’s stolen money from the narcos to smuggle his girlfriend and her baby into the U.S., and he wants Arturo’s help getting it back before they kill him for what he’s done.
If you only have a second: Interesting read that left me thinking.
If you have a few minutes: This is the first Marcus Sedgwick book I've read, and I wasn't disappointed. I know he won the Printz award once and a few honorable mentions, so I was expecting good. He delivered. It was an intense book that always felt like it was teetering on the edge of collapse. That was a good thing! It was how the characters in the book felt, so I liked that the book made me feel that way as well. The language in the book is amazing. The way Sedgwick draws the world is fascinating. He describes things in ways I would've never thought. It really brought Arturo's world alive for me, and that was important because his life is one I have no experience with. That too was a strength of the book - it gave me a look at a world I no nothing about. The look was real, detailed and unforgiving. It's not a book you pick up for a light-hearted read. It's a book that will make you think, fear, worry, question and learn.
I do have to note - the writing style is different. It's realistic fiction, but at times it seems to have some magical realism. It doesn't really have it, but the way it's written gives it that feel.
Best stick with you image: The way the book opens when the pick-up truck comes into town. Started the book off intensely.
Best for readers who: Can handle very realistic fiction
Best for ages: 14+
Book provided in exchange for an honest review.
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