ProseWorthy
  • Home
  • Adventure Journal
  • Rachel's Reads
  • Fiction
  • About
  • Contact

"we read
to know
we're not
alone."
C. S. Lewis

Dust By Kara Swanson

7/30/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
I have been so very VERY excited for this release! (It may possibly be my most anticipated release of 2020!) Kara is one of my instructors on the Young Writer's Workshop, so I got to see some of the behind-the-scenes work (without spoilers, of course). So I eagerly counted down the days until Dust found its way to my mailbox.

I. Was. Not. Disappointed.

But first, what's this Dust deal about?

Claire Kenton hasn't given up on her brother. Not through anything--and she's been through a lot. Abandoned as a child, tossed in and out of foster homes, tested due to the strange dust that seeps from her skin at the oddest of times.

Even losing her twin brother, Connor.

Claire Kenton also hates Peter Pan. Because it was him--or his story, rather--that convinced her brother to step on a plane with a stranger to London.

Which is why Claire is headed for London herself.

She's about to find out that Peter Pan is no fairy tale. In fact, he's stuck in London, with a dozen things he can't remember, and all too many memories he wishes he could forget. He's hunted by his own Lost Boys, he can't fly, and worst of all, he's aging.

His only hope to get back and save his island? A girl named Claire Kenton.

A girl who hates him.

So much was packed into this modern-day Peter Pan retelling. Almost any issue a teenager faces was addressed through this sparkling allegory, even heavier topics such as depression and suicide. The themes of self-image and facing your past flew side-by-side and never faltered.

The imagery in this book is absolutely gorgeous. There were scenes that literally took my breath away. I saw it all and felt like I was there.

And the character voices were largely to blame for that. Both were so unique. I was especially interested in Peter's--how Kara conveyed both this new mature side of him that he's not quite sure how to deal with, and then sometimes even in the next second, his fun-loving childish side would jump out into the light.

The retelling was very interesting--hints of the original story seeped into the plot and characters, while at the same time created something entirely new.

Dust  has quickly become one of my most recommended books and one of my very favorite. Now I'm looking forward to Shadow's release next year!


0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Rachel's Reads

    Hi there! Rachel again. Check out this section for book reviews and cover reveals of some of my favorites!

    Archives

    March 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    October 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    April 2019
    January 2019
    October 2017

    Categories

    All
    Action/Adventure
    Adult
    Best Of
    Blog Tags
    Blog Tours
    Book Reviews
    Christmas
    Contemporary
    Cover Reveals
    Dystopian
    Fairy Tale Retellings
    Fantasy
    Historical
    Middle Grade
    Science Fiction
    Supernatural
    Suspense
    Young Adult

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • Adventure Journal
  • Rachel's Reads
  • Fiction
  • About
  • Contact