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trisha_thomas's review
4.0
what an amazing and sweet love story.
Mackenzie (Muck-and-zee) was born and raised in Canada. Suddenly, her dad moves the to Israel and she is plunked right into a new world. A new culture, language, customs and deep rooted religious beliefs.
and she is female - not the safest thing to do. She doesn't know right from wrong or even how to communicate.
So she doesn't stray far from her front door, just mainly stumbling to the local corner store. And her gum and candy habit isn't what brings her there.
Meet Nasir. A boy raised Muslim in Jerusalem. He's instantly drawn to Mackenzie. He knows English and wishes every day to speak to her. But he's terrified of doing it - knowing his parents would never approve and that it would never be allowed. And he knows what others think of him and his faith.
A coming of age set in the beautiful landscape of Israel. It's a lovely story and I enjoyed it. I would have loved at least 200 more pages ;)
Mackenzie (Muck-and-zee) was born and raised in Canada. Suddenly, her dad moves the to Israel and she is plunked right into a new world. A new culture, language, customs and deep rooted religious beliefs.
and she is female - not the safest thing to do. She doesn't know right from wrong or even how to communicate.
So she doesn't stray far from her front door, just mainly stumbling to the local corner store. And her gum and candy habit isn't what brings her there.
Meet Nasir. A boy raised Muslim in Jerusalem. He's instantly drawn to Mackenzie. He knows English and wishes every day to speak to her. But he's terrified of doing it - knowing his parents would never approve and that it would never be allowed. And he knows what others think of him and his faith.
A coming of age set in the beautiful landscape of Israel. It's a lovely story and I enjoyed it. I would have loved at least 200 more pages ;)
littlebooklover's review
4.0
I didn't expect to really like this book, but as I read through it, I loved it. Until, the ending. God how I hate it, I wanted to cry. Its so not fair. I mean Deborah spent all this time on their relationship and they don't even end up together! You don't even find out what happens to him!!!!!! Its ludicrous!!!! I swear! Can someone please tell me theres a sequel??
anna_reads_too_much's review
4.0
Characters
If there was a weak part in this novel, it was the characters. Mackenzie, while a nice character, was very whiny at times. Also, at times she didn't act her age, and that annoyed me a bit, but not too much. Some of the characters just didn't seem REAL, and I wish they would've been more real -- I think I would've liked this novel a lot more.
Plot
The idea of the book was fabulous. While the idea of "forbidden love" has been done before, this book makes it different and original. That's really all I can say -- it was really good, and really original in the way it was done.
Wow Factor
Very wowed. Many people had told me it was a good book, but I wasn't sure -- some of the summary sounded cliche, and I was thinking that might ruin it, but it wasn't cliche.. it was really good. Four hearts.
If there was a weak part in this novel, it was the characters. Mackenzie, while a nice character, was very whiny at times. Also, at times she didn't act her age, and that annoyed me a bit, but not too much. Some of the characters just didn't seem REAL, and I wish they would've been more real -- I think I would've liked this novel a lot more.
Plot
The idea of the book was fabulous. While the idea of "forbidden love" has been done before, this book makes it different and original. That's really all I can say -- it was really good, and really original in the way it was done.
Wow Factor
Very wowed. Many people had told me it was a good book, but I wasn't sure -- some of the summary sounded cliche, and I was thinking that might ruin it, but it wasn't cliche.. it was really good. Four hearts.
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