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All Our Pretty Songs

All Our Pretty Songs, August 2013
by Sarah McCarry

St. Martin's Griffin
Featuring: Aurora; Jack
224 pages
ISBN: 1250040884
EAN: 9781250040886
Kindle: B00B223H2I
Hardcover / e-Book
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"Original Love Triangle with a Musical Twist"

Fresh Fiction Review

All Our Pretty Songs
Sarah McCarry

Reviewed by Samantha R
Posted September 20, 2013

Young Adult

Two girls and one boy can only equal disaster right? When best friends, Aurora and the narrator, meet gorgeous musician Jack, the narrator dares to hope for love for herself, but she knows Aurora is irresistible. While they struggle through friendship and young love, they may not realize that Jack is awakening something else...something not human... ALL OUR PRETTY SONGS reads in a way I haven't encountered often. The narrator uses first person, but she almost seems detached from the story at times. She sees the world and her surroundings is a unique way. She cares about her best friend, practically sister, Aurora so much, but at the same time, you can hear the touches of resentment in her voice. Up until Jack comes into the picture, it is clear that she, at least, feels like she has taken a back seat in her own life, even if that is what she has always wanted. I have read of numerous characters who feel invisible or quiet, but none quite like this narrator. Even after finishing the story, I am not sure if I like that or dislike it. It is merely something different at the moment. The narrator is exceptionally deep. I love the character development with her. She finds her own journey that she needs to take, whether she wants to or not, or whether she even understands it. I can't say that I liked how her story ended, but it is not unfitting for the character. I can see her continuing to grow once the story is done. In the end, I didn't love ALL OUR PRETTY SONGS, but something about it still appealed to me. I enjoyed the journey the characters took overall, even if I didn't always like where they went. I will definitely still be looking for more from the author, Sarah McCarry, to see what other directions she takes.

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SUMMARY

This is a story about love, but not the kind of love you think. You’ll see… In the lush and magical Pacific Northwest live two best friends who grew up like sisters: charismatic, mercurial, and beautiful Aurora, and the devoted, watchful narrator. Each of them is incomplete without the other. But their unbreakable bond is challenged when a mysterious and gifted musician named Jack comes between them. His music is like nothing I have ever heard. It is like the ocean surging, the wind that blows across the open water, the far call of gulls. Suddenly, each girl must decide what matters most: friendship, or love. What both girls don’t know is that the stakes are even higher than either of them could have imagined. They’re not the only ones who have noticed Jack’s gift; his music has awakened an ancient evil—and a world both above and below which may not be mythical at all. We have paved over the ancient world but that does not mean we have erased it. The real and the mystical; the romantic and the heartbreaking all begin to swirl together in All Our Pretty Songs, Sarah McCarry's brilliant debut, carrying the two on journey that is both enthralling and terrifying. And it’s up to the narrator to protect the people she loves—if she can.


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