![]() ![]() ![]() They circle like stars in orbit around one another until inevitably colliding. Yerba Buena follows two characters: Sara, who runs away from home with a boy named Grant after the death of her girlfriend, and Emilie, who has no distinguishing characteristics that I can recall. It’s the latter! Yerba Beuna maintains everything I loved about the writing in We Are Okay…unfortunately, almost nothing else here works, and in this case, the writing style actively undermines rather than reinforces the characters and story. I was very much looking forward to Nina LaCour’s adult debut after being enraptured by the lyrical prose and melancholy tone of We Are Okay-I wasn’t sure if that mood was specific to that book, or if it was just LaCour’s style. I received an ARC of Yerba Buena from Flatiron Books in exchange for an honest review. ![]()
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