Title: You Are the Everything
Author: Karen Rivers
Genre: Contemporary/Realistic Fiction
Pages: 272 (Hardcover)
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
Can you want something—or someone—so badly that it changes your destiny?
Elyse Schmidt never would have thought so, until it happened to her. When Elyse and her not-so-secret crush, Josh Harris, are the sole survivors of a plane crash, tragedy binds them together. It’s as if their love story is meant to be. Everything is perfect, as perfect as it can be when you’ve literally fallen out of the sky and landed hard on the side of a mountain—until suddenly it isn’t.
When the pieces of Elyse’s life stop fitting together, what’s left?
When the pieces of Elyse’s life stop fitting together, what’s left?
You Are the Everything is a story about the fates we yearn for, the fates we choose, and the fates that are chosen for us.
THOUGHTS
I received a free copy from Thomas Allen & Son in exchange for an honest review - thank you!Going into this book, I was prepared for a super cute, super sweet love story, mingled with a fair amount of sadness, and I got exactly what I was expecting!
This book is about two teenagers, who are the (un)fortunate survivors of a plane crash where everyone else they are with are killed. It is about suffering, survival, pain, and most importantly, love.
This book had a good amount of super cute elements, which I was very much a fan of. I loved how much Elyse is crushing on Josh (it brought back a lot of memories from when I was in high school and felt that way about someone) and I really loved how much she loved him.
I also really enjoyed how the author was able to continually remind the reader that these two, who did survive, are struggling with it. It's not easy to survive such a traumatic experience, and it for sure is not easy to survive an experience with one other person when everyone else doesn't. I liked how the author had these two struggle with survivor's guilt, how she had them struggling with their own and each other's injuries, and how she had them trying to figure out their lives not only as teenagers, but also as people who had been through something so difficult that it changed every single thing about them as individuals, and as a team.
And the ending. OH MY GOSH the ending. No spoilers, but all I can say is that I DID NOT EXPECT THAT ENDING.
Overall - ★★★☆☆.5
About the author:
Karen Rivers' books have been nominated for a wide range of literacy awards and have been published in multiple languages. When she's not writing, reading, or visiting schools, she can usually be found hiking in the forest that flourishes behind her tiny old house in Victoria, British Columbia,, where she lives with her two kids, two dogs, and two birds. Find her online at karenrivers.com and on Twitter: @karenrivers and Goodreads
Q&A with Karen Rivers!
- What is your favourite place to write?
I have four place in my house where I technically write: In bed, at my desk, at the dining room table, and on the couch. But most of my "writing" takes place when I walk in the woods behind my house. That's where my ideas are untangled and smooth out and become fully formed. The rest is just typing.
- How many books do you read in a year?
Between 100 and 150. More in the summer (in vacation) and in the winter (cozy, in front of the fire!) I read every day. Best part of the day!
- What do you hope readers will take away from You are the Everything?
I hope they know that love is always the point, in whatever form: friends, family, romantic partners. Love is the reason. <3
TOUR-WIDE GIVEAWAY
The winner will receive 1 copy of You Are the Everything (Hardcover) by Karen Rivers.
Giveaway details:
TOUR-WIDE GIVEAWAY
The winner will receive 1 copy of You Are the Everything (Hardcover) by Karen Rivers.
Giveaway details:
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