I want to discuss a little on Ariel’s dad, Mark. I feel like I touched based a little too much with Ariel and Maya in the summary/plot, therefore I will move onto the other characters in this book that we get to meet.
With a few words, Ellen Hopkins will paint you the world and characters with vivid emotions. Sometimes she’s saying two different things in the same page and I’m still trying to figure out HOW she does that. As a poetry writer myself, Ellen is like my mom lol.Įllen Hopkins uses different techniques when she writes in verse. I don’t know if any of you know this but Ellen Hopkins is one of my all time favorite authors and a big inspiration to me because of the way she writes her books. Ariel’s POV is verse and Maya’s POV is in prose. I loved the writing! The book is written both in verse and prose but mostly verse. Maya’s mom wants to move them to LA to be a part of the Church of Scientology but Maya has other plans.Īnd somehow in all of this, Maya and Ariel meet and things take a turn. All of a sudden her father dies and she even goes to his funeral without consent of her mother because she would’ve refused.
Maya cannot stand her mom because she can’t even have a relationship with her father. She blames Scientology for changing her mom and her parents divorce. Maya is trying to run away from her mother who happens to be obsessed with Scientology and Maya wants nothing to do with her and that “cult” as Maya likes to call it. And having a father who’s a homophobe, living in Sonora that is super conservative, she doesn’t know who to talk to about these feelings she’s experiencing for both Monica and Gabe (I’ll get to them later on in the review). Ariel is also shaken up because she’s experiencing internal battles with herself and sexuality. Ariel has friends, she’s been to school for a full grade, she’s feeling optimistic about the future, and maybe her and her dad will stop moving around so much. However, for once in Ariel’s life, her and her dad (Mark) have stayed in Sonora, California for a little over a year and Ariel finally feels normal. According to her dad, home is wherever the both of them are since Ariel’s mom abandoned them when she was little. She doesn’t know friendships, education, or a household. All Ariel knows is moving around the USA with her dad, she doesn’t know stability and staying in one place. Told by two different characters, Ariel and Maya. I’m going to summarize the book the best way I can, however I really do recommend to start this one blind =) Summary/Plot If you’re really interested in checking it out on Goodreads, then click here. I will not be placing a synopsis because it gives the whole plot and purpose of the book away. Genre: YA, Verse, Realistic Fiction, LGBTQ+
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