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Walk Through Cold Fire
Desiree tries to deal with her mother's death, father's remarriage, and learn about herself through the conflict between her middle-class values and her outlaw gang friends
215 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 1985
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August 23, 2011
I have read this book so many times that I have lost count. I guess this particular book holds a special place in my heart because I knew the author when I was an adolescent, and she gave me a copy of this at a very significant point in my life.
To this day...over 20 years later, I still read, and re-read this book and it always takes me back to a world I know so very well.
To this day...over 20 years later, I still read, and re-read this book and it always takes me back to a world I know so very well.
November 19, 2014
I read this story years ago...it has stayed with me ever since. A great story and well written. Unfortunately, it would appear to be a one off from the author who wrote it at a young age. I can't find anything else by her which is a shame because she was a good writer.
Any teenager would love to read this story...it is written in the first person about a summer the heroine spent staying with relatives. Its about first love, friendship, heartache and full of angst. I couldn't wait for my daughter to be old enough to read my aged copy and she too loved it.
I have re-read it myself many times.
Any teenager would love to read this story...it is written in the first person about a summer the heroine spent staying with relatives. Its about first love, friendship, heartache and full of angst. I couldn't wait for my daughter to be old enough to read my aged copy and she too loved it.
I have re-read it myself many times.
September 22, 2013
This book was hugely influential during my teen years-that was a while back admittedly ;) but it's a book I've never forgotten and I love the title. I think it's high time I delve back in and see how it feels over twenty years later...I hope the magic remains. Without a doubt it influenced some of my early writing and I can only hope that my own novel moves someone in the way this book moved me all those years ago.
May 22, 2013
I haven't read this book since I was a teenager, but it stands in my memory as one of the most powerful books of my teen years. I don't know how many times I read it then, but it was more than a few.
May 22, 2015
This book is the reason why I fell in love with angsty romance. I read this when I was 14 years old. By high school best friend handed it to me. I read it in one day (and I was not a reader) and cried my eyes out. It's out of print now but you can still find used copies on Amazon and I've googled the author, who was 18 I believe at the time the book was published, but there are no signs of her or any other publications under this name. I wonder if she's still writing and maybe she's doing it under a different name--I'd certainly like to think so.
September 14, 2012
I read this book in my teen years, and it holds a special place in my memory. One of the most memorable and touching stories I remember from that time of my life. Tragic, but filled with so many bittersweet moments that accurately reflect growing up, and all the joys and pitfalls associated with finding a place in life.
November 2, 2012
First novel I ever read was Walk Through Cold Fire and to this day is still my All-Time favorite story. Absolutely love it.
February 6, 2016
My absolute favorite book of all time. I bought it in a bookstore on summer vacation when I was about 12. I read it once and it didnt resonate with me because I was still a little too young. Re-read it when I was 14 and had a group of friends similiar to character in book and fell in love with it. Read it so many times, too many to count. I lost my copy a million years ago and was able to borrow a copy from my local library. Would love to own again.
October 31, 2024
Read this in high school and loved it. I'd forgotten all about it until the other night when a memory of this book just suddenly hit me so I had to mark a little review of it here. I wish I could find a copy. I checked it out of my library when I read it and my library here does not carry it.
September 24, 2018
"All my life, people have tried to change me. When I hurt, they told me to be strong. When I’m strong, they demanded I cringe in weakness."
This book looked like it had everything going for it. The cover reminded me of desperate times and the synopsis sounded like pure entertainment but that’s not what happened here. What you get is a poorly made biker movie from the 70’s.
The wrong side of the track kids befriends a rich girl who’s living with some relatives until her Dad and new wife come back from their honeymoon. She falls in love with “bad boy” Billy who is apart of the Outlaws. Things escalate too quickly and some blood is shed and obviously some tears.
This was kind of painful to get through. Nothing about this stood out. It read just like those horrible biker films that are only good for a laugh. For its time it may have been edgy but it was eye-rollingly dreadful now.
This book looked like it had everything going for it. The cover reminded me of desperate times and the synopsis sounded like pure entertainment but that’s not what happened here. What you get is a poorly made biker movie from the 70’s.
The wrong side of the track kids befriends a rich girl who’s living with some relatives until her Dad and new wife come back from their honeymoon. She falls in love with “bad boy” Billy who is apart of the Outlaws. Things escalate too quickly and some blood is shed and obviously some tears.
This was kind of painful to get through. Nothing about this stood out. It read just like those horrible biker films that are only good for a laugh. For its time it may have been edgy but it was eye-rollingly dreadful now.
October 26, 2024
In Walk Through Cold Fire, Cin Forshay-Lunsford invites readers to explore the delicate, often perilous world of teenage defiance and love. Through Desiree’s eyes, we confront the limits of rebellion and the complexity of choosing conformity—or rejecting it. Discover the gritty heart of this novel and why it remains a YA classic on https://www.tusharmangl.com/2024/10/b...
March 25, 2016
I searched for this book for 25 years, so I'm not going to give it less than 5 stars. Maybe the sentiments about true friendship and love and adversity don't ring as true anymore. And maybe I can't really remember what it feels like to be 14. But for the time being it was enough to immerse myself back into this book and remember back when we felt everything so deeply, when we loved, and hurt, and cried and our friends were our whole world.
April 7, 2017
I borrowed this book from the library when I was 15 and still remember it 30 years later. I see from other comments that I'm not the only one. I'd love to know what happened to the author, did she write any more books? I'll keep looking out for this book to buy and keep, it had such a profound effect on me at such a young age and I'd love to re read it to wallow in some nostalgia.
June 3, 2013
One of my favorite books during my early teen years after purchasing a battered copy from the library book sale and reading it over and over again until it fell apart. Out of print now, unfortunately, but found a copy on Amazon - looking forward to enjoying it all over again!
July 14, 2013
I read this book when I was 16 or 17 years old and it deeply resonated with me. I threw away my dog-eared copy when I got married, then found a used copy online in my late thirties. I couldn't swim through the teen angst, but I can't bring myself to let go of this copy of the book again either!
January 9, 2008
this was one of my favorite books from 4th grade to...well now...its the ultimate cheesy teen romance novel...and ill always have a thing for it.
July 29, 2008
This was my favorite pre-teen book back in 1988. Cheesy but well written. Loved it.
January 16, 2009
Loved this book. All-time favorite.
March 6, 2009
Loved it when I was young. Can't remember how old I was though.
December 11, 2009
i was 12 when i read this but it holds a special place in my heart, even after all these years :)
August 30, 2016
Loved this book back when I was an emo young adult.
January 13, 2013
This had been a comfort book of mine since I was about 14. I have a weakness for stories about unusual groups of people who choose to become family to each other.
April 20, 2013
My favorite book from my teenage years. I absolutely loved it then and I keep reading it over and over.
November 19, 2013
This was the first book I ever read that actually made me cry real tears. Amazing, amazing, amazing. I just wish there was somewhere I could buy it for read online. It's too good to wait for!
October 8, 2015
This is my ALL Time FAVORITE!!! I wish it could be put on my Nook HD ...
January 23, 2016
This book was like reading about me and my friends in high school the problems and the friendship and the heartache
March 15, 2017
At least one of those stars is pure nostalgia but come at bro! IDC!
July 22, 2016
Influential fiction in my younger years. What happened to this author? I wish there were more...
March 21, 2018
My favorite book when I was in middle school.
June 11, 2019
This was the book that began my love for reading. I was probably 13 years old when I read this it and it resonated with me so much! I related to this book on so many levels and I never forgot it.
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