review: books... "Willow" by Julia Hoban

rating: 5 out of 5

rave: unexpectedly beautiful. not sappy-emo at all!

synop: Seven months ago, on a rainy March night, Willow's professor parents drank a little too much, so she drove. And killed them both. now willow lives as a self-tried, convicted murderer of her own parents and as a burden in her brother's life.

even though he never says it, Willow knows. 

she's just an extra mouth to feed at the table.

when he looks at her, she reminds them of their parents. how she killed them.

but he never says it out loud.

just like how they don't talk about anything anymore.

cutting was her escape. killing herself was never the intent.

this is all put into jeopardy when Guy stumbles upon her dirty little secret and threatens to tell her brother.

It was just a small little lie. at first. "if he finds out [i'm cutting], it would kill him."

he was supposed to be easy to brush off. he didn't know her.

but Guy is persistent, and it buds into a romance, an introspective journey to the past, and blossoms.

will he be the one?

rant: This is an unforgettable book.

just beautiful in so many ways.

and a surprisingly deep, un-emo, un-sappy read.

it was supposed to be a casual friendship. fine. nothing special.

they feel in love. fine. still nothing extraordinary.

but it was more than just that. it was a self-journey that Willow takes him on.

sorry--there are just simply no words to describe this book.