Title: The Sea of Tranquility
Author: Katja Millay
Published: Nov 13 2102-Atria Books
Format: ebook
Source: Received a copy from the author/publisher in exchange for a honest review
Former piano prodigy Nastya Kashnikov wants two things: to get through high school without anyone learning about her past and to make the boy who took everything from her—her identity, her spirit, her will to live—pay.
Josh Bennett’s story is no secret: every person he loves has been taken from his life until, at seventeen years old, there is no one left. Now all he wants is be left alone and people allow it because when your name is synonymous with death, everyone tends to give you your space.
Everyone except Nastya, the mysterious new girl at school who starts showing up and won’t go away until she’s insinuated herself into every aspect of his life. But the more he gets to know her, the more of an enigma she becomes. As their relationship intensifies and the unanswered questions begin to pile up, he starts to wonder if he will ever learn the secrets she’s been hiding—or if he even wants to.
The Sea of Tranquility is a rich, intense, and brilliantly imagined story about a lonely boy, an emotionally fragile girl, and the miracle of second chances.
Author: Katja Millay
Published: Nov 13 2102-Atria Books
Format: ebook
Source: Received a copy from the author/publisher in exchange for a honest review
Former piano prodigy Nastya Kashnikov wants two things: to get through high school without anyone learning about her past and to make the boy who took everything from her—her identity, her spirit, her will to live—pay.
Josh Bennett’s story is no secret: every person he loves has been taken from his life until, at seventeen years old, there is no one left. Now all he wants is be left alone and people allow it because when your name is synonymous with death, everyone tends to give you your space.
Everyone except Nastya, the mysterious new girl at school who starts showing up and won’t go away until she’s insinuated herself into every aspect of his life. But the more he gets to know her, the more of an enigma she becomes. As their relationship intensifies and the unanswered questions begin to pile up, he starts to wonder if he will ever learn the secrets she’s been hiding—or if he even wants to.
The Sea of Tranquility is a rich, intense, and brilliantly imagined story about a lonely boy, an emotionally fragile girl, and the miracle of second chances.
Nuzaifa: Hi everyone! Welcome to our first chat review *fingers crossed*
Okay characters-What did you think of Josh and Nastya?
Okay characters-What did you think of Josh and Nastya?
Rachel: Hmm can I say that I think for me, Josh's situation is very different
from Nastya?
Nuzaifa: How so?
Rachel: Every single person in his family
was taken away from him at a very young age while for Nastya; we can see that
her family was always there for her, never leaving her side.
Nuzaifa: True, although she didn't really
appreciate the fact that they were there for her.
Rachel: Yes, that's right. She kept on
shutting them down and she didn't even want to talk to them.
Nuzaifa: But Nastya was also super strong
'cause a lesser person would have fallen apart if they had to go through
everything that she went through.
Rachel: Speaking of Nastya, what did you
think of her when reading the first few pages of the book?
Nuzaifa: Rude, funny and kinda closed off?
She was really snarky and this helped lighten the tone of the book.
Rachel: Yes, I also thought that about her
too, but she was really witty.
She had me at
"He’s the kind of good-looking that transforms once self-respecting females into useless puddles of dumbass."