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A review by votesforwomen
The Boy Who Steals Houses by C.G. Drews
4.0
Brilliance, sheer brilliance.
Sammy Lou captured my heart. He's so precious and so desperate. Poor little baby. He deserved far better than he got--he deserved a home and a family and parents who loved him and all Moxie's love and aghhhhh my child. <3 I also appreciated the way the autism rep was done--I know Cait is autistic herself and I thought it was wonderfully done in Avery. The fact that he has such real struggles and difficulties but is still such a loving, passionate individual...I don't see that much and I think it's lovely. Well done on that front, Cait <3
Moxie and her sibling struggles was awesome. Also, the twins. Loved them.
The storyline was a little weak--I got a bit confused by the backstory occasionally, although for the most part I thought it was wonderfully done. And the whole De Lainey family and their house and thier chaos...this whole book was written with such love and sweetness and AGH I adored it.
Also, can we just talk about that cover? ALL THE LOVE.
Content for those who will want to know:
There's a lot more cussing in this than in 1000 Perfect Notes. It never gets above the s-word but there are a few of those. Mr. De Lainey does yell about the cussing a lot, though, and it felt pretty realistic xD also, one of the side characters is bisexual and there's some kissing and all that jazz. It never felt too heavy or uncomfortable, though. The biggest concern is the violence (abuse, someone gets hit by a car, punching, fist fights, worse fights...yeah xD)
This was beautiful and I looooved it. 4 stars <3
Sammy Lou captured my heart. He's so precious and so desperate. Poor little baby. He deserved far better than he got--he deserved a home and a family and parents who loved him and all Moxie's love and aghhhhh my child. <3 I also appreciated the way the autism rep was done--I know Cait is autistic herself and I thought it was wonderfully done in Avery. The fact that he has such real struggles and difficulties but is still such a loving, passionate individual...I don't see that much and I think it's lovely. Well done on that front, Cait <3
Moxie and her sibling struggles was awesome. Also, the twins. Loved them.
The storyline was a little weak--I got a bit confused by the backstory occasionally, although for the most part I thought it was wonderfully done. And the whole De Lainey family and their house and thier chaos...this whole book was written with such love and sweetness and AGH I adored it.
Also, can we just talk about that cover? ALL THE LOVE.
Content for those who will want to know:
There's a lot more cussing in this than in 1000 Perfect Notes. It never gets above the s-word but there are a few of those. Mr. De Lainey does yell about the cussing a lot, though, and it felt pretty realistic xD also, one of the side characters is bisexual and there's some kissing and all that jazz. It never felt too heavy or uncomfortable, though. The biggest concern is the violence (abuse, someone gets hit by a car, punching, fist fights, worse fights...yeah xD)
This was beautiful and I looooved it. 4 stars <3