Sunday, March 11, 2012

Review: Guest Review: Blue by Lou Aronica


Blue by Lou Aronica

***This book was received in exchange for an honest review.

Amazon Product Description:
Chris Astor is a man in his early forties who is going through the toughest stretch of his life. Becky is Chris's fourteen-year-old daughter, a girl who overcame enormous challenges to become a vibrant, vital young woman - and now faces her greatest obstacle yet. Miea is the young queen of a fantasy land that Becky and Chris created when Becky was little, a fantasy land that has developed a life of its own and now finds itself in terrible, maybe fatal trouble. Together, Chris, Becky, and Miea need to uncover a secret. The secret to why their worlds have joined at this moment. The secret to their purpose. The secret to the future. It is a secret that, when discovered, will redefine imagination for all of them. Blue is a novel of trial and hope, invention and rediscovery. It might very well take you someplace you never knew existed.


Guest Review: 

- from the back jacket cover -

Do not begin this novel unless you are prepared to be moved, willing to open your heart, and available to the possibility that life can bring you magic.

Chris Astor is a man in his early forties who is going through the toughest stretch of his life.

Becky is Chris’s fourteen-year-old daughter, a girl who overcame enormous challenges to become a vibrant, vital young woman 0 and now faces her greatest obstacle yet.

Miea is the young queen of a fantasy land that Becky and Chris created when Becky was little, a fantasy land that has developed a life of its own and now finds itself in terrible, maybe fatal trouble. 

Together, Chris, Becky, and Miea need to uncover a secret.  The secret to why their worlds have joined at this moment.  The secret to their purpose.  The secret to the future.  It is a secret that, when discovered, will redefine imagination for all of them. 

Blue is a novel of trial and hope, invention and rediscovery.  It might very well take you someplace you never knew existed. 

My thoughts:
I truly enjoyed reading Blue!  The author developed characters as people you could relate to in real life.  The hopes and dreams of a four-teen-year old girl, the balance between a parent’s enduring love and sacrifices they make for their child while only wanting the best for them, and a magical place that resides in each of us.  The challenges Chris, Becky, and Miea must engage are all together different but are masterfully intertwined into a heart felt story about  life’s ups and downs, believing, and real magic that can be found if one looks.  A reader’s voyage that will inspire!



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