Senior
year is over, and Lucy has the perfect way to celebrate: tonight she’s going to
find Shadow, the mysterious graffiti artist whose work appears all over the
city. Somewhere in the glassy darkness, he’s out there, spraying color,
spraying birds and blue sky on the night. And Lucy knows that a guy who paints
like Shadow is someone she could fall for—really fall for.
The
last person Lucy wants to spend this night with is Ed, the guy she’s managed to
avoid since punching him in the nose on the most awkward date of her life. But
when Ed tells Lucy he knows where to find Shadow, the two of them are suddenly
on an all-night search to places where Shadow’s pieces of heartbreak and escape
echo off the city walls. And what Lucy can’t see is the one thing that’s right
before her eyes.
I have to say that this is one of my
favorite contemporary books so far. It was a sleek, urban story about love,
life and art. The way that Cath Crowley so vividly described the urban
nightlife of this city in Australia was superb. Even better, though, was the
way in which she describing all of the art. It was beautiful. From Lucy’s
glassblowing to Ed’s graffiti to Leo’s poetry to all the rest of the art
referenced throughout. The book had no magic in it whatsoever, but it was one
of the more magical books I’ve read in a while.
In general, I really loved the way
Crowley laid this book out. The story was told through the dual perspectives of
Ed and Lucy, with the occasional poetry intermission by Leo. Though the story
took place through the course of one, singular night, there was still so much
going on. Nothing was revealed until it had to be, and everything had a reason
or a place in the overall story.
Along with that, the characters were
amazing. I simply can’t choose which one I enjoyed the most. Ed was this
perfectly imperfect character who could only really speak properly through his
art. And Lucy’s view could only be described as looking through a kaleidoscope.
Then there was the psychic, Jazz, who started the whole crazy night, and then
we see his and Leo’s love progress through Leo’s poems. It was just a perfect
book if I’m being honest.
Okay, but I think my favorite
character might actually be Ed’s mom. She was barely mentioned (talk about
super secondary character), but it was the little things about her that made me
cry like a baby. I don’t know why, but she got to me. And the mother of the
year award goes to her. She had no money and spent most of the book working on
her budget, but she had this money jar that went toward Ed’s pens and Pez but
she didn’t have a jar for herself. The only thing that made me cry most was the
book ending. If I could give this book more than five stars I would.
XOXO Tia
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