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Almost There (Dani Deane #3)

by Laurel Garver (Goodreads Author)

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read in June 2016

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Kathryn said: " SYNOPSIS: This is a really well written Christan YA Novel by Laurel Graver. The story itself circles around the main character Dani, a 17 year old girl who is living a normal teenage life, dreaming about going to Paris and trying to maintain a pure r SYNOPSIS: This is a really well written Christan YA Novel by Laurel Graver. The story itself circles around the main character Dani, a 17 year old girl who is living a normal teenage life, dreaming about going to Paris and trying to maintain a pure relationship with her boyfriend.
Drama ensues when her grandfather becomes ill and Dani has to navigate going to stay at his house in Pennsylvania. During her time there she learns a great deal about love, truth and what it really means to be alive.

( I realize that I am giving you a pretty short synopsis of the book that is because I honestly think you should read it for yourself!)

WHAT I LIKED: As I said this book is really well written with a good message attached to it, The characters are really fun and supremely real, particularly Dani's boyfriend Theo, who is very sweet and loving, even through some of Dani's not so loving times. I knew before hand that this novel would be pretty clean, and even read some of it aloud with my 3 children around, though I am sure that they didn't understand exactly what was going on, they laughed at some of the funnier parts, and my 8 year old said he could visualize some of the descriptions. I honestly love the journey that is taken by the main character! She starts out as an angsty, drama driven teenager and ends up in a much better place.

WHAT I DIDN"T LIKE: I have to say that honestly there wasn't a whole lot in this book that I didn't REALLY enjoy. I will say that at the beginning Dan is a little dramatic I actually found myself rolling my eyes a few times at her. BUT this is normal teenage angst, so really that isn't a negative point. ( she really reminded me of myself as a 17/18 year old) This also is not a bad thing really, but the author gets a little wordy, and very descriptive, and I felt like the book itself might be better suited as for adults rather then teens. But again that isn't really a bad thing.

FINAL THOUGHTS: If you like a book with a lot of description and well developed characters I would definitely say you should read this book. It is a fun and very interesting read. There are some heavy parts but this is balanced out well. There is nothing in this that you need to beware of with language or sex and the message is great and easy to follow!!! Give this one the time it deserves!!!

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Jun 09, 2016 02:42PM · see review