McDaniel, Lurlene The Year of Luminous Love 384
pgs. Delacorte Books for Young Readers ,2013. $13.01. Content: Language: G (0 swears); Mature
Content: PG13 ; Violence: PG13.
This story
features three best friends, recent high school graduates, who each face
different challenges. From cancer, to controlling boyfriends, to love
triangles, to lackluster parents. Things come to a head when they travel to
Italy together. The girls will have to grow up in their own way, support each
other, and face life altering events.
I felt like this
book was a like a soap opera, making it very readable. While there were some definite life lessons,
many plot threads were improbable and sort of cheesy. For example, the controlling
boyfriend is a high ranking drug dealer, who comes to untimely end in a most
timely manner. The impromptu trip to Italy includes a potential love affair with a billionaire vineyard
owing playboy! I think that students will have trouble connecting to the three
main characters –since these teens are more mature than most adults I know! Also a lot of sexual content -although none of it is explicit.
HS -OPTIONAL Reviewer:
Stephanie Elementary School Librarian & Author.
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