Review: Willow by Julia Hoban

This is a book I've read months ago, but I only JUST got to reviewing it... because I was busy. No, not really :) I'm just a procrastinator, I swear... its a problem. haha

Disclaimer: Spoiler Alert... don't say I didn't warn you ;)

The front cover is the face of a girl, and there's text that reads "It's hard to keep a secret, when it's written all over your body..." Ohh.... sound interesting?

The back says: "Seven months ago, on a rainy March night, Willow's parents drank too much at dinner and asked her to drive them home. But they never made it- Willow lost control of the car, and both of her parents were killed. Now the only way she knows how to survive and control the pain is by secretly cutting herself. But when Willow meets Guy, a boy as secretive and complicated as she is, she finds it hard to keep the secret that's written all over her body."

My two cents: Willow becomes a very... paranoid person after the accident. She thinks that everyone is suspicious of her cutting and she is always overly afraid that people will find out. She is not social, and doesn't have many friends, mainly because even though people try to make friends with her, in her paranoia, she thinks that everyone thinks of her as the girl who killed her parents. But they don't. It's all just in her head. She thinks that her brother, David, who is now married with a baby girl, hates her for "killing" their parents, and she believes that he doesn't love her. Which... again, is NOT  true. 

Guy is the very sensitive guy who tries to understand why she does what she does and tries to get her to stop. Honestly, he's wayyy better of a person than me, I would get soo frustrated. :P

Willow honestly kind of does irritate and annoy me at times in the book just because of how freaking paranoid she is. She just really makes Guy's life difficult sometimes. 

Hey, I'm not mean... but it's just my opinion ;) 

Rating: I rate this book a... 7/10. It's good... but not the best book I've ever read. But, hey, who knows, you might disagree with me! It might just end up being your favorite book!

Price: paperback- $8.99 US, $10.99 CAD

Length: 329 pages

Last thing... I felt the need to say. Yes, it's a happy ending. I thought you might want to know. :) It's also kind of predictable. But's an easy, fast read. I'd say... borrow it from the library, then if you REALLY like it, THEN buy it. :)

Anyways, that's it for now, sorry for the whole loonngg babbling. 

xox

-Alyse