It’s a fast read sprinkled with fairy dust and haunting insight into the confusion, melancholy, and unshakable magic of the high school years. Dark-haired, awkward (but soon to be gorgeous) Midnight is in love with Poppy, the beautiful, blonde, high school queen with a cruel streak a mile wide. With elements of fairy tales and ghost stories woven throughout, Wink Poppy Midnight is named for the three young protagonists locked in a spooky love triangle. WINK POPPY MIDNIGHT by April Genevieve Tucholke RELEASE DATE: MaBalancing between possibly paranormal and just plain disturbing, Tucholke walks a fine, spine-chilling line. "There’s so much to love in April Genevieve Tucholke’s mysterious young adult novel, which deals with teenage infatuation in all its destructive and creative glory. Booklist, starred review (refers to the audiobook edition) This change is so subtle and well executed that the listener doesn’t realize it has happened until all of the story’s secrets are revealed-making for a captivating story in which nothing is exactly what it seems.” As we learn more about the true nature of the characters, the narrators slightly change the way they speak. “The most captivating part of the narration is the shift in the characters’ voices as the story progresses. Occult accoutrements, descriptions of the wild landscape, and a twisting-turning plot create an uncertain atmosphere that constantly shift readers’ perceptions of who is trustworthy.”
shimmer with sumptuous descriptions and complicated psychologies. Nicely constructed and planned, with unexpected twists to intrigue and entertain.”
An eerie, tangled story with plenty of questions: Who can be trusted? Who-or what-pulls the strings?. “Tucholke walks a fine, spine-chilling line.
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