Name: The Language of Cherries
ISBN: 9781945654459

Jen Marie Hawkins

When Evie Perez visits the cherry orchard behind her guesthouse, she paints a boy she's never met. Oskar is startled to see himself on her canvas. As she returns day after day, their connection deepens, and Oskar must decide how long to maintain his silence.

The Language of Cherries

Stephanie Midolo

This book was not what I expected. I was expecting a magical romance, but what I got was just kind of bland. I considered not finishing, but I stuck it out.

I found the plot to move very slow. I’m a fan of a slow burn, but it was 10% and I wasn’t into it, then 20% then 30%. Finally it started to pick up around 40%, but even then, it felt like hiking through mud.

Evie was immediately unlikeable. She was a bratty, stereotypical teen and I just don’t like to read stories lie that. Oksar’s stutter seemed gimmicky. His weird pseudo-poetry chapters really were really disruptive to the flow of the story. 

I also experienced formatting issues with the digital file, and that made the experience even more unenjoyable. 

Thank you to Owl Hollow Press and NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Lena

Thank you to Owl Hollow Press for providing me an ARC of this for review!

This one was really hard to rate for me. This feels like a 3.5 but I've been trying really hard not to give half stars anymore. There was a lot of beautiful writing, and I definitely felt wrapped up in it while I was reading but in between I didn't feel a strong pull to keep reading. 

I enjoyed the incorporation of so many cultures, as well as the exploration of creativity, especially creativity for yourself and not for the world. I think grief could have been explored better but I do lack experience with it. 

I don't have too much to say about this really. It was a quick read but I think it would have benefited from being just a tad longer, exploring the characters relationships with their families a bit more. Things wrapped up fine but I think a couple familial relationships could have been fleshed out a lot more.

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