I received this free eARC novel from NetGalley. This is my honest review.

This has been on my TBR pile for so long, and I'm glad I finally got around to it. I really enjoyed the storyline and seeing the characters change throughout the story was a great character development. The plot was great and kept my attention. I'm glad I got the chance to read this and will be on the lookout for more in the future!

Love the idea- but this ended up not really being my cup of tea :(

Not sure if it was about the storyline or the writing style - just didn't quite work for me

(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

A Wanderer girl is torn between tradition and desire in this contemporary, magical realism story of star-crossed love and fate. Perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Nova Ren Suma.
A teen Wanderer must choose between love and the rambling gypsy way of life she's always known when she falls for a "markie" boy. The signs portend doom if she stays, but is her desire worth almost certain destruction?

*2.5 stars*

Let me say from the start that this was a case of a blurb getting my attention. The idea of a group of "Wanderers", traveling all their lives from place to place and one of them, Talia, must decide if she wants to stay with the group or head off into the unknown with romantic interest, Wade - who is not part of the group, but a "Markie".

The problem for me was that it just didn't really go anywhere...

But let's start with the one positive I took from this story - the group themselves. The author did a wonderful job creating traditions and a history for the group, giving us some insight into how they operated. Sadly, there just wasn't enough of it to make it a real integral part of the story.

And therein lies the problem with this book. Nothing is really explored in any detail - instead, we are left with a plot that just meanders along and doesn't really strive to be anything. We have a romance-angle that is just weird. Wade is just a cut-out figure just so Talia can have that love angle but, really, it is nothing to write home about. The conflict she has with having to leave the group to pursue this guy is also watered down and had no real impact to my interest.

Overall, a story that could have been far better with more focus on Talia and her struggles than worrying too much about a romantic angle. I really think that story made this book worse off.


Paul
ARH