Netgalley Review - Careless
Careless
by Kirsty Capes
Thank you to Orion Publishing and Netgalley for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
Book Information
Sometimes it's easy to fall between the cracks...
At 3.04 p.m. on a hot, sticky day in June, Bess finds out she's pregnant.
She could tell her social worker Henry, but he's useless.
She should tell her foster mother, Lisa, but she won't understand.
She really ought to tell Boy, but she hasn't spoken to him in weeks.
Bess knows more than anyone that love doesn't come without conditions.
But this isn't a love story...
At 3.04 p.m. on a hot, sticky day in June, Bess finds out she's pregnant.
She could tell her social worker Henry, but he's useless.
She should tell her foster mother, Lisa, but she won't understand.
She really ought to tell Boy, but she hasn't spoken to him in weeks.
Bess knows more than anyone that love doesn't come without conditions.
But this isn't a love story...
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My Review
4☆ A Raw, Thought Provoking, Gritty & Enthralling YA Read. A Page Turner!
Wow I finished reading this book 2 days ago and after processing the book I feel ready to write my thoughts on this wonderful and heart-rending story.
First of all I want to start by saying this book is very much a story of two halves. The first being a young teenager who falls in love and her story on meeting "The Boy" then the Second half is where I became completely Enthralled and this book for me became a page turner!
The second half is the story of Bess, and how she deals with the aftermath of finding out she's pregnant, to the fraught relationship she has with her Foster Mum and how she grows up and takes charge of her life.
Lucky for Bess she has best friend Eshal by her side, who has her back the whole time. As does Bess when Eshal's parents try and persuade her to have an arranged married.
This book has many trigger warnings, mild drug use, Foster care, abortion, attempted home abortion, rape, racism, arranged marriage and cultural difference.
The first half of the book felt very much like I was reading a teen YA read, the language and characters all very fitting to the theme. Bess being just 15 when she met "The Boy" who was a good few years older, it wasn't exactly a love story, but at 15 you fall in love quick and your whole world revolves around the boy you love.
The story is told by Bess and how she meets him and how she ends up pregnant.
Careless really isn't your typical YA read it's Raw and Poignant and deals with difficult subjects.
To be honest it took me by surprise just how much this book effected me.
My heart went out to Bess so much. Those who were supposed to love and protect her (her Foster Mum), turned on her and that really got my blood boiling. I was elated when she finally got a social care worker who respected and cares for her.
As I said before the second half of the book was thought provoking, raw, emotional, yet somehow triumphant.
If you like reading very gritty, hard hitting, raw, emotional YA Books, with well written complex characters and important issues addressed then I highly recommend you pick up a copy now!
As they say... don't judge a book by it's cover...but for me it was more the case of.... don't judge a book by it's first half!
Wow I finished reading this book 2 days ago and after processing the book I feel ready to write my thoughts on this wonderful and heart-rending story.
First of all I want to start by saying this book is very much a story of two halves. The first being a young teenager who falls in love and her story on meeting "The Boy" then the Second half is where I became completely Enthralled and this book for me became a page turner!
The second half is the story of Bess, and how she deals with the aftermath of finding out she's pregnant, to the fraught relationship she has with her Foster Mum and how she grows up and takes charge of her life.
Lucky for Bess she has best friend Eshal by her side, who has her back the whole time. As does Bess when Eshal's parents try and persuade her to have an arranged married.
This book has many trigger warnings, mild drug use, Foster care, abortion, attempted home abortion, rape, racism, arranged marriage and cultural difference.
The first half of the book felt very much like I was reading a teen YA read, the language and characters all very fitting to the theme. Bess being just 15 when she met "The Boy" who was a good few years older, it wasn't exactly a love story, but at 15 you fall in love quick and your whole world revolves around the boy you love.
The story is told by Bess and how she meets him and how she ends up pregnant.
Careless really isn't your typical YA read it's Raw and Poignant and deals with difficult subjects.
To be honest it took me by surprise just how much this book effected me.
My heart went out to Bess so much. Those who were supposed to love and protect her (her Foster Mum), turned on her and that really got my blood boiling. I was elated when she finally got a social care worker who respected and cares for her.
As I said before the second half of the book was thought provoking, raw, emotional, yet somehow triumphant.
If you like reading very gritty, hard hitting, raw, emotional YA Books, with well written complex characters and important issues addressed then I highly recommend you pick up a copy now!
As they say... don't judge a book by it's cover...but for me it was more the case of.... don't judge a book by it's first half!
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Author Bio via Book
Kirsty Capes works in publishing and, as a care leaver , is an advocate for better representation for care-experienced people in the media. She recently completed her PhD, which investigates female-centric care narratives in contemporary fiction, under the supervision of 2019 Booker prize-winner Bernardine Evaristo. Careless is her first novel.
Follow Kirsty on Twitter @kirstycapes to find out more.
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