Four in the Morning by Christi Goddard-a review

ABOUT THE BOOK: Kathleen Hayson thinks her biggest problem is her mother. The only runner up—her mouth. With a wit sharper than her mother’s perfectly manicured nails, her clever remarks create more problems than they solve.

But it’s not her clever remarks landing her knee-deep in trouble. This time, Josh Colby is to blame. Kathleen’s former childhood friend has become the school’s most stuck up jerk. Before, she’d have told him to piss off and write his own stupid letter to the town slut/minister’s daughter. Now Kathleen’s escalating problems at home force her to reevaluate how flexible her principles are. She agrees to write the controversial letter Josh has requested.

Enter Rigel, a smartass magical creature who invades her room one night, promising he has come to help. When a boy Kathleen hates turns up dead and her mother goes missing, the letter becomes a key piece of police evidence—implicating Kathleen. As she fights her way out of a web of lies, the trust she has in those closest to her shatters. In the end, she’s pushed to a terrible choice: who lives, and who else dies.

REVIEW

Four in the Morning by Christi Goddard

Kathleen is a very intelligent young teenage girl with severe parental issues, her “less than teen model” size and Goth look keep her out of the popular stream of high school life. Her talent at writing and intelligence lets her see much of the world around her differently. It seems at first she’s exaggerating her issues with her mother, but in reality they’re incredibly dysfunctional. For a teenager, she’s strong willed, but still prey to all the teenage girl pressures. Her friends are likewise different but individual, including her best friend AKA.

This story is well written and interesting. It’s paced and crafted to lead you through a “misfit” teenager’s life, with some really interesting twists. Even with all the teen “angst” it’s riddled with great humor and wonderfully written surprises.

The story takes you through her trials and into possible relationships, to battling her all too real demons. I don’t want to spoil the story because the surprises are worth discovering for yourself.

This is an interesting story with hopefully more to come!

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Copy supplied by the publisher.

Reviewed by Georgianna S.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

FROM THE WEBSITE: Christi Goddard is a free-lance editor, book-trailer designer and YA author. Her first book FOUR IN THE MORNING was released in May 2012 and is published through Immortal Ink.

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