ARCstravaganza Monday: The Astonishing Colour of After
We all know Monday's. They come straight up to you and smack you, every week! Monday's are always hard for us all but you know what makes it a bit better? Books of course! ARCs (advance reader copies) are wonderful gems bloggers/booksellers receive and that's what ARCstravaganza Monday is all about! I'd love to share what books I'm reading prior to release date so you can see what books I can't wait to hit the shelves. See below for this weeks ARC I'm super excited about this time around!
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Since I'm on a huge contemporary kick lately I thought I should probably request The Astonishing Colour Of After and Hachette Book Group Canada was kind enough to end an ARC my way! The cover is breathtaking and the story sounds like it's going to rip my heart out but I am so ready because it sounds amazing. I have friends who ask me why it is that I like to read books that break my heart and it's because of either A) the writing, B) the emotions or C) the characters. I'm ready. I'm so ready to feel all the feels this book is going to bring out in me!
Author: Emily XR Pan
Page Count: 480 pages
Genre: Contemporary // Young Adult
Publisher: Little Brown
Release Date: March 20,2018
Buy It: Chapters Indigo // Book Depository
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Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird. Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her best friend and longtime secret crush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life. Alternating between real and magic, past and present, friendship and romance, hope and despair, The Astonishing Color of After is a novel about finding oneself through family history, art, grief, and love.
**This ARCstravaganza Monday is hosted by FlaviaTheBibliophile.**
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