Ways the World Could End by Kim Hooper
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

4.5 stars

I have read and loved Hooper’s books before and this was no exception.

This is the story of Cleo and Dave. They alternate telling their story. Cleo is a teenager and Dave is her dad with aspergers. Something terrible happened to them and they are working on moving forward and finding how to live their life, now.

The story is told in bits and pieces and it’s not possible to not fall in love with both of these characters. You feel for them, you root for them, you want the very best for them. There are some serious topics tackled in this story so trigger warnings for violence. But it will stay with me for a long, long time.

with gratitude to edelweiss and Keylight BooksIngram for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

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The Sign for Home by Blair Fell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I loved this book. I studied sign language many, many years ago and have always dreamt of being an interpreter (I am nowhere as good as I would need to be but it always looks so amazing when I watch interpreters.) so I loved reading a book centered around an interpreter and a deafblind main character.

There was so much depth and also levity to this book. A colorful list of characters. Definitely many important and triggering subjects were discussed and I also felt connected to each of the characters. I felt there was depth and dimensionality in each of them.

with gratitude to edelweiss and atria books for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

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