The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
by Leslye Walton
Review by Sandy Penny, Founder of SweetMysteryBooks.com
This poignant book was written the way I want to write my stories. Reminiscent of Like Water for Chocolate with its magical realism. It's about a girl who is born with wings and the stories of the women in her family and of her challenges in this world. Intriguing. I loved it so much, I had to share it. I listened to the Audio book, and it was so compelling that I finished it in one sitting. Foolish love appears to be the Roux family birthright, an ominous forecast for its most recent progeny, Ava Lavender.Ava — in all other ways a normal girl — is born with the wings of a bird. In a quest to understand her peculiar disposition and a growing desire to fit in with her peers, sixteen-year old Ava ventures into the wider world, ill-prepared for what she might discover and naive to the twisted motives of others. Others like the pious Nathaniel Sorrows, who mistakes Ava for an angel and whose obsession with her grows until the night of the summer solstice celebration. That night, the skies open up, rain and feathers fill the air, and Ava’s quest and her family’s saga build to a devastating crescendo. First-time author Leslye Walton has constructed a layered and unforgettable mythology of what it means to be born with hearts that are tragically, exquisitely human.
~Sandy Penny . Founder of Sweet Mystery Books . Five Stars *****
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