Name: Eight Pieces of Silva
ISBN: 9781444954746

Patrice Lawrence

From the multi-award-winning author of Orangeboy, an addictive mystery that refuses to let you go long after you turn the final page. Can Becks piece the jigsaw together and find her sister before Silva loses herself? Becks is into girls but didn't come out because she was never in. She lives with her mum, stepdad and eighteen-year-old Silva, her stepdad's daughter. Becks and Silva are opposites, but bond over their mutual obsession with K-pop. When Becks' mum and stepdad go on honeymoon to Japan, Becks and Silva are left alone. Except, Silva disappears. Becks ventures into the forbidden territory of Silva's room and finds the first of eight clues that help her discover her sister's secret life. Meanwhile, Silva is on a journey. A journey to make someone love her. He says he doesn't, but he's just joking. All she has to do is persuade him otherwise...

Eight Pieces of Silva

Ian Brakspear

Becks is worried about her sister, Silva. She hasn't come home, and after looking through her room, she found things that don't make sense and nothing is adding up. Now Becks' is trying to piece together the pieces to find her sister and bring her home safe as well as working out what has happened.

This is the perfect YA Mystery book that makes you want to keep turning the pages to find out what is going to happen next, This is an easy one sitting read with twists and turns at every page. There is some great Character dev with Both Becks and Silva and the Dual Perspective within the read made this stand out as you get the clues from Beck’s perspective and then the background story from Silva’s. 

The theme of Grief, Mental Health and First Love are all explored within this read and it goes to show that these can manifest themselves in different ways and each person deals with them in different ways which are valid. I think this Book does a great job at saying that while we know what someone is going through, there's a lot that someone can hide, whether that be pain or grief or anything else in between. 