Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index is a thoughtful story with likable characters and a hopeful message. The suspense added a thread of bittersweet brilliance throughout the story.
Once there was a girl who made a wish in anger. She didn’t mean it, but that didn’t matter because at that very moment a star was falling and heard her and listened.
There were many elements that reminded me of one of my favourite books I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Ropes are snapping. My cool dangles by a thread.
Juniper and her sister Cammie’s story is revealed slowly, like a secret. This, combined with brilliant, unpredictable twists keeps the reader in suspense and adds tension to the story which I loved.
It’s hard to keep close a person everyone is telling you is gone.
YA authors are writing more and more about dealing with the loss of a parent, sibling or friend. These books are very necessary particularly because not only do we all handle grief in a different way, we are all going to be dealing with grief in our lives at some point.
A sister.
A lined card.
A lover in a letter.
A blank night, a blackout: the hours I can’t remember.
Title: Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index
Author: Julie Israel
Publication Date: 1 June 2017
Publisher: Kathy Dawson Books
Source: Review copy
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It’s been sixty-five days since the accident that killed Juniper’s sister, and ripped Juniper’s world apart.
Then she finds the love letter: written by Camilla on the day of the accident, addressed mysteriously to “You,” but never sent. Desperate to learn You’s identity and deliver the message, Juniper starts to investigate.
Until she loses something. A card from her Happiness Index: a ritual started by sunny Camie for logging positives each day. It’s what’s been holding Juniper together since her death – but a lost card only widens the hole she left behind. And this particular card contains Juniper’s own dark secret: a memory she can’t let anyone else find out.
The search for You and her card take Juniper to even less expected places, and as she connects with those whose secrets she upturns in the effort, she may just find the means to make peace with her own. — Abstract from Goodreads.com
The fact that I received a free advanced copy of this book does not influence my policy to write an honest review.
Disclaimer: The quotes appear in my advanced review copy and may not appear in the final version.
Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
I hadn’t heard of this one, but I loved I’ll Give You the Sun, so any comparisons to that make me perk up.
crushingcinders
I hope you like it too.
Sophie
Second time I see review of this book. I think I’ll add it to my TBR ?
crushingcinders
Hope you like it
Kimberly Sabatini
I haven’t seen this one yet–thanks for sharing!
Olivia @ The Candid Cover
I just found out about this one the other day. I do agree that books dealing with grief are important and can help us cope. I will have to give this one a try. I am glad that you enjoyed the characters in this book so much. 🙂