Willow by Julia Hoban.
I haven't read a book this good in a while. Not since When She Hollers by Cynthia Voight.
But, this is really such an intelligent book. Not just the plot of the story, which is actually a love story, twisted by the fact that the main character, Willow, self-injures after being the driver in a hideous car accident that claimed the lives of her parents.
So, Willow moves in with her older brother, his wife, and their infant daughter. And the relationship between her and her brother is tense and frayed, which causes Willow even more pain. Then she meets Guy.
He's sensitive, he's smart, he's into anthropology (the field into which her parents and brother are, or were, in), actually, he took a class taught by her brother, and he KNOWS about her after their, like, second meeting. And he's just so CONCERNED. And, as a girl, I think that's just incredibly cute and sweet that he sticks by her and cares about her even though he knows that she's do effed up. (I didn't check off the "uses curse words" thing while creating my blog so I try to avoid using that word if I can...Don't think I'm lame!!!!!)
And really, how it all plays out is so sweet. But it's told in this chilling kind of third person. There's no hiding, no pretending. Everything just...happens.
And I really think you should read it. My crappy book review is really not doing it any justice. Otherwise I know you'd be dying to go the Borders Ink (the teen section of Borders.) In which case pick up The Nature of Jade by Deb Caletti, Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanen, then go over to the Adult Lit section and get a copy of The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. (A POTO post WILL come!!! I'm obsessed!)
Now, back to Willow.
No, not really, I just didn't want you to forget with the crapload of recommended/required reading load I just piled on for you.
Just remember, it's only because I love you.
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