Book Blurb:
Paper Girl by Cindy R. Wilson
Genre: YA Contemporary Fiction
Release date: December 4th 2018
Entangled Teen
I haven’t left my house in over a year. My doctor says it’s social anxiety, but I know the only things that are safe are made of paper. My room is paper. My world is paper. Everything outside is fire. All it would take is one spark for me to burst into flames. So I stay inside. Where nothing can touch me.
Then my mom hires a tutor. Jackson. This boy I had a crush on before the world became too terrifying to live in. Jackson’s life is the complete opposite of mine, and I can tell he’s got secrets of his own. But he makes me feel things. Makes me want to try again. Makes me want to be brave. I can almost taste the outside world. But so many things could go wrong, and all it takes is one spark for everything I love to disappear…
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My Review:
5 Out Of 5 Stars
Genre: Heart-Wrenching, Romance, Teen--
The nice thing about this book was that not only was this a (super cute and oh so sweet) YA romance, but it was also a sort of coming of age book about learning to love yourself and realizing what potential you have as well as how to have forgiveness. We have romantic love, familial love and self love all swirled together to create the perfect blend of angsty, hard emotions and aww moments. And the writing style was just about perfect to snag and keep my attention with the short engaging chapters that I had to read "just one more" until the whole book was over.
Paper Girl was dual narrated by Zoe and Jackson, two characters so different from each other yet almost fated to be together. Zoe has the most wonderful and involved of families, money, seemingly no real concerns- but debilitating anxiety that traps her inside her own home (and her dislike of small talk is 100% relatable- it too is the bane of my existence. Jackson is calm, confident and top of his class, yet hides the secret that he has lived out of his car for the last few years since his family life is a disaster. I loved how the two had basically 2 relationships, and how an online interaction can help take away the fear of judgement and bring out hard truths. I loved every interaction between the two (even the super awkward ones- ok, those were the best!) and I wanted to adopt Jackson, he was so sweet.
The side characters were also a win for me and really helped to show the character's growth and move the plot. We have Mae, the happy, normal older sister/best friend, who just wants her sister to be part of her life again and supports every way she can. There is Zoe's mom who has such enthusiasm for her family, projects and website and just wants to feed everyone. And then their was Gina the new therapist who knew how to motivate Zoe in the right ways with a past of her own (Gina deserves a hug). The people were what made this book, them and all the emotional/relationship dynamics going on during the pages that made me feel like part of the book family.
I found this to be an emotional, cute fast read that I highly recommend to any YA contemporary fan. This is the first book by Cindy and I can't wait to get my hands of more.
Ps I really wished that Jackson's photo of the incredible paper universe was included at the back of the book because I do not think my imagination did the art work justice and I so desperately want to see! (and yes, I am aware that the picture is fictional...as are the people...but still!)
She lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and loves using Colorado towns and cities as settings for her stories. She’s the mother of three girls who provide plenty of fodder for her YA novels.
When she’s not writing, you can find her hiking some of Colorado’s tallest peaks, reading, or listening to playlists she’s created for her next story idea.
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