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Book Review of Before I Let Go

Before I Let Go
Before I Let Go
Author: Marieke Nijkamp
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
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Corey & Kyra are absolute best friends in Lost, Alaska. Kyra is a little different and Corey is really her only friend. Lost is a very small town, a little under 300 is the population. These two girls do everything together.
The community tends to ignore Kyra, as she is bi-polar and has "spells". Corey tries to keep her together when these things happen. Corey is interested in the stars and such. Kyra is interested in telling and learning historical stories.
Corey and her family are moving from Lost. Corey & Kyra promise to stay in touch and Corey swears that she will come back and take Kyra away.
Corey is going back to Lost, but receives a phone call that Kyra has passed away. Corey goes back to Lost to learn more about what happened, and finds the town has changed, with an absolute adoration of Kyra.

This book was so redundant. There really was not much of a story here. The author's descriptive writing was fantastic, though. It just felt as if I was reading the same thing through every chapter.