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Finding Home
by Garrett Leigh
I GOBBLED THIS BOOK UP. Leigh...how DARE you hurt me like this?!? Read this in like 3 hours flat I could not stop this was one of the most addicting stories I’ve read in a long time. Leo has survived a fire that had left his arm badly burned...a fire started by his father while he killed his mother and left his children trapped to die. Leo and his deaf sister Lila escaped, and they are bounced between foster home and foster home until they land in the Poulton household. Leo and Lila must learn to adapt, and Leo has harrowing ptsd and trust issues that does not allow him to relax around the new family, in particular the father. Overprotective of his sister, he begins to let his guard down as he grows close to Charlie, the Poulton’s adoptive son who sees beyond Leo’s physical injuries and can see the ones underneath as well. This wouldn’t be a Leigh book without romance, and it’s definitely here. Leo and Charlie become adorably smitten with each other but the real story here is the heinous acts the father committed to Leo, Lila, and their mom and the aftereffects that has on them (beyond the emotion, Leo Is badly burned and needs a lot of surgeries and Lila had bad lungs now due to the fire’s smoke) and learning to trust that not everyone wants to hurt you. This was so heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time, and a true testament to Leigh’s writing that she’s able to capture the pain these siblings are going through so beautifully. A must read!