Category: Coming Of Age

Review: Blue Running

9/1/2022

Youth on the Run
Review: Blue Running

John Castle

Lori Ann Stephens
Novel
Moonflower Books, pp. 336
Cost: £8.90 (paperback)

Coming of age stories are nothing new, and neither are stories about characters who are “on the run.” Yet when these types of stories are executed in an original fresh way, it’s impossible to not find yourself being invested in the characters and themes. That was my experience when reading Lori Ann Stephens’ upcoming novel, Blue Running. In this novel, Stephens manages to take the classic thriller style story of a young girl, or rather two young women, on the run, desperate to escape their past actions, and melds it with a heartfelt coming of age story. The end result of this can only be described as one of the most nail-biting depictions of adolescence I’ve ever read.

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Review: Reinventing Jenna Rose

5/1/2020

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Taking Control of One’s Life After Abuse
Review: Reinventing Jenna Rose

Taylor Blum

Joni Marie Iraci
Novel
Fat Dog Books, pp.268
Cost: $16.95

Jenna Rose is a prisoner in her own home. Shut off from the world and abused by her parents, she sees an opportunity to escape across the country and takes it.

Reinventing Jenna Rose is a story of overcoming trauma and taking control of one’s life. We meet Jenna, a lost seventeen-year-old, who is abandoned in her California home once again by her mother, Meghan. For fear of her father and his heinous gaze, Jenna escapes to New York City to find a grandmother she didn't know existed. Through her grandmother, Katherine, Jenna learns of generations of female suffering.

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