Eventually,

by Emma Laird

Kora radiates talent, passion and beauty, and has a heavy love for music and nature. When she falls madly for a musician in the sodden fields of an English music festival, she is faced with her biggest ultimatum. An ultimatum that soon sees her spiralling downwards, unhinging all that others perceive her to be.This is not a love story. Nor one of heartbreak. But a poetic telling of self discovery and acceptance through the eyes of a girl whose life is turned upside down by love.Eventually, is Emma's debut novel exploring the experiences of young love, falling in love with both boys and girls and coping with the mess that is often inside our heads. The book also features an extensive collection of poems written from Kora's perspective, but also from Emma's personal life. Both she and Kora hope you enjoy the book as much as she did creating it.

148 pages, Paperback

Published March 11, 2019

Reviews

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Do those people know what's it like to replace love, conversations, everything you might hold value to in life with a substance?"
Very mature and hopeful and honest perspective on relationships. Kora's reckless and selfish ways mean she ends up on her own, but she still enjoyed the loves of her life.

[Charlie Wright · Rating 1 out of 5]

Needs a lot of work.

[Karleah Olson · Rating 3 out of 5]

The standout of this book is definitely the poetry, it's flowy and lyrical and very good. The story itself I found a bit over-written and under-edited. I enjoyed the story itself, I loved that it shied away from a cliche happy ending, and the very last piece made my heart hurt that it could've had that ending. I found the uncertainty, and acceptance, and mistakes all very real.
Overall I found this an artsy, creative, good attempt at a first novel, but you can tell that it hasn't been professionally edited and it needed it. Laird definitely shows promise and I hope she releases more in the future.

[Alice · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a good quick read, the poetry in this book is the real star its lovely to read and flows nicely. The story itself was engaging but it feels very tentative, like something that wasn't supposed to be seen by the public, it almost makes you feel like an intruder in the authors personal world. It needs work but I will love to see what Emma Laird writes next.