Back to Blog
![]() ![]() And, not to give too much away, but there's a happily ever after ending with a good guy," Lord tells Bustle. It's a story about grief and healing, but also about feeling in-between, which I think is fitting for the junior year of high school. “ The Start of Me and You followed a bookish girl named Paige and her friend group. Because they'll finally be getting one with The Map from Here to There, a sequel to her 2015 release, The Start of Me and You. ![]() The way in which Emery Lord conveyed the feelings of the main characters in the context of these two feelings brought me to tears quite often, particularly towards the end. ![]() And this is especially good news for readers who have been desperate to see a sequel to one of her standalone novels. The themes in The Start of Me and You were very well explored in different ways, the standout ones being grief and love which are two emotions which are often very closely linked. Her books have become synonymous with feels-inducing, thought-provoking YA, as she combines the romance and teen angst with discussions of real world, sometimes taboo, issues like mental health, religion, grief, and loss.Īnd fans will be thrilled to know that Lord is not taking a break from churning out compulsively readable books anytime soon. ![]() Since then she has released three more fan-favorites: The Start of Me and You, When We Collided and 2017's The Names They Gave Us. Emery Lord has become a YA contemporary powerhouse since her debut. ![]()
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |