Title: Red at
Night
Author: Katie
McGarry
Publisher: Harlequin
Publication Date: April
1, 2014
Genres: YA,
Romance
Reviewed by: Angie
Edwards
My rating: 5/5
SUMMARY
In Red at Night, Stella and Jonah are total
opposites. She's the girl with purple hair from the wrong part of town. He's a
high school senior who hangs with the cool crowd. Until a car accident leaves
him haunted by guilt, and Jonah starts spending time at Stella's favorite
refuge…the local cemetery.
Stella knows she should keep her distance—after all, she spent her girlhood being bullied by Jonah's friends. Once he's sorted out his tangled emotions, Jonah won't have time for her anymore. Too bad she's already fallen for him.
Stella knows she should keep her distance—after all, she spent her girlhood being bullied by Jonah's friends. Once he's sorted out his tangled emotions, Jonah won't have time for her anymore. Too bad she's already fallen for him.
REVIEW
You know, one thing I firmly believe after having read
a couple of her books is that you can never go wrong with a Katie McGarry novel
or novella. Never. I mean, I’m not really big on romance, and that’s exactly
what McGarry writes, but I would never hesitate to read any of her books. I’m
always bowled over by her characters and the way they fall in love. I don’t
know how she does it, but her books constantly fill me with warm fuzzies.
Red at Night is no exception. In
the span of a few pages these two beautifully-crafted characters grew on me,
and I just wanted to push them together and tell them to make it work. Stella
is a character from a disadvantaged background and has absolutely no-one to
rely on. Despite the hardships and bullying she’s endured, she’s still such a
delightful character. Jonah is the type of guy you want to be with. He’s had
life easy, but has suffered a traumatic experience that left him re-evaluating
his life and the choices he’s made. Seeing these two characters coming together
and healing each other was simply heartwarming. Even if you’re not a fan of
romance, I’m positive you’ll be won over by how this author slowly immerses you
into the lives of her characters, and makes you fall helplessly in love with
them while they’re falling for each other.
I loved how skillfully McGarry worked the charity,
Goodie Two Shoes Foundation, into the story and how naturally it fit into one
of the characters background story. There were actually several times I got
tears in my eyes realizing how much hope this Foundation can bring to a child
and what a difference it makes. Red at
Night is a wonderfully enjoyable novella that I finished in less than two
hours, and makes for the ultimate quick read when you need a little feel-good
lift.
*You
can check out the Goodie Two Shoes Foundation’s website here to see what they do and how you can help.
(At the time of posting, this novella was still FREE on Amazon and B&N)
ABOUT the AUTHOR
KATIE MCGARRY was a
teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as
the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, and
reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan.
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