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A review by trisha_thomas
Pointe, Claw by Amber J. Keyser
4.0
"What matters is not what was taken but that we fight."
This is a story about wild girls. Girls that are amazing and raw and so free, no one can cage them or separate them. They were beautiful as children - complete and whole when only together. Dawn and Jessie.
Until....their parents tore them apart. But that is not where our story begins.
Our story begins with 2 girls living separate lives. Dawn is having blackouts, where she wakes up in strange places losing hours of time. She's woken in scary places like crack houses and dark alleys but also in the middle of a forest. There is no way to predict her blackouts or why.
Jessie is a ballerina, destroying her feet and pushing her body to limits - she's moved out living with parent's friends while she tries to compete at a ballet company.
They are still searching for friendship, struggling to figure out who they are. They still remember each other but there is distance and time and two sets of parents between them.
This is a story about the beauty of friendship. How friendship when you are young is such an all-consuming thing. And once swallowed, it frightens parents because it starts to mold and define you. And once ripped apart, the girls are forever changed. But finding each other again, they can become whole again and just pick up where they left off - almost seamlessly.
My only complaint was that I felt the author took the easy way out. This world must learn how to handle us wild girls. The paranormal slant was interesting but I would have loved to have seen it take a different direction. There was a strong moment to make a bold statement.
This is a story about wild girls. Girls that are amazing and raw and so free, no one can cage them or separate them. They were beautiful as children - complete and whole when only together. Dawn and Jessie.
Until....their parents tore them apart. But that is not where our story begins.
Our story begins with 2 girls living separate lives. Dawn is having blackouts, where she wakes up in strange places losing hours of time. She's woken in scary places like crack houses and dark alleys but also in the middle of a forest. There is no way to predict her blackouts or why.
Jessie is a ballerina, destroying her feet and pushing her body to limits - she's moved out living with parent's friends while she tries to compete at a ballet company.
They are still searching for friendship, struggling to figure out who they are. They still remember each other but there is distance and time and two sets of parents between them.
This is a story about the beauty of friendship. How friendship when you are young is such an all-consuming thing. And once swallowed, it frightens parents because it starts to mold and define you. And once ripped apart, the girls are forever changed. But finding each other again, they can become whole again and just pick up where they left off - almost seamlessly.
My only complaint was that I felt the author took the easy way out.