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Menthol Kisses
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Abby Stewart (Goodreads Author)
When Logan’s sister, and closest confidant, moves off to college, Logan must get used to her new life. A solitary high school student in a small town, Logan embarks on a journey to follow in her sister’s footsteps and do something that will allow her to escape, forever.
Logan’s new friends bring weekends of alcohol and drug fueled pasture parties -- but friendship turns to...more
Logan’s new friends bring weekends of alcohol and drug fueled pasture parties -- but friendship turns to...more
Kindle Edition, 125 pages
Published
July 27th 2012
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This is undeniably one of the saddest books I've read recently. Logan Day is a neglected child who grows up with little supervision or care. Her father is an arsonist. Her mother is afraid of her father. Her sister spends every waking hour studying and doing service projects to win a scholarship and escape to college.
Logan is working at McDonald's as soon as she's old enough to get a job. Her parents work nearly around the clock at the family business, a liquor store on the county line next to a...more
Logan is working at McDonald's as soon as she's old enough to get a job. Her parents work nearly around the clock at the family business, a liquor store on the county line next to a...more
I debated for a while whether to give this book three stars or four stars. In the end, four stars won because I enjoyed the book and because I read it in one sitting. It was almost impossible for me to stop until I got to a point that made me lose interest. That being said, let me clarify something. The story in itself is a great one. However, it does have a few issues. Let's start with the bad.
The number one problem was comma issues. The story flowed well, so that I was able to forgive missing...more
The number one problem was comma issues. The story flowed well, so that I was able to forgive missing...more
I really enjoyed this book, and found that I was really willing Logan to find a way to make her life better. She was an interesting character that really got to experience the worst of life.
Whilst the subject matter is quite dark, ultimately I found that this was a story about development, coming of age, and hope.
I had read the review about the couple of errors and I noticed them, but it doesn't in anyway detract from the quality of the story and the well constructed characters.
I will be intere...more
Whilst the subject matter is quite dark, ultimately I found that this was a story about development, coming of age, and hope.
I had read the review about the couple of errors and I noticed them, but it doesn't in anyway detract from the quality of the story and the well constructed characters.
I will be intere...more
Logan is a girl we have all been at one time-lost, confused, and looking for excitement in all the wrong places. Her story is deeply heartbreaking, as she fumbles through various friends and crushes in small town Texas.
I wanted to know so much more about Logan,(especially after the epilogue!)and was sad when I reached the last page.
I loved that this book was authentic and honest. That is a rare thing to find, especially in a piece that makes the reader care so much about the characters in such...more
I wanted to know so much more about Logan,(especially after the epilogue!)and was sad when I reached the last page.
I loved that this book was authentic and honest. That is a rare thing to find, especially in a piece that makes the reader care so much about the characters in such...more
I couldn't put this book down. I have been so busy this week but I have been squeezing in reading time everywhere to make room for this book. It's a fantastic read. The characters in this book feel so real and the pain that Logan goes through becomes very tangible. She is terrific character; perfectly flawed and searching for a better life that she doesn't know how to find. It's a dark story but one that shows how people are capable of overcoming so much. I highly recommend this book.
Without divulging too much about myself, I felt as if the author had a secret window into little points of my life where I was much like Logan. The pain, the lonliness, the hopelessness was all so real and you could feel the sadness seep thru the pages. We were all (or many of us) that lost and lonely girl at one point. The authors ability to allow us to relate to the characters and reminise about ones past is truly magical.
Don't bother. What can I say? New Kindle. Free books - some are good, some aren't. This is a bad one. I was fooled by the 4.7 star rating. I give it one star, and that's stretching it. Why did I finish it? I'm not sure except that I was riding in the car and it seemed the thing to do at the time.
3.5 - the ending was so brief after that whirlwind story. i wanted more :)
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Abby Stewart was born and raised in Texas, but has spent much of her adult life traveling to different locales. She graduated from Sam Houston State University with a B.A. in English Literature and Secondary Education. She spent three years teaching high school English and presently teaches ESL in Seoul, South Korea.
Menthol Kisses is her debut novella. Unsent Letters is a poetry collection based o...more
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