Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks; New Ed edition (27 July 2006)
Genre: Young Adult Source: Library
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My Thoughts-When I took this book home I was taking a chance really. I knew. Either I would like it or I wouldn't.
As soon as I started it it just seemed to flow so smoothly which I knew was a great sign! I've read books like Shiver and Jessica's guide to dating on the dark side. Books I have been waiting for so long yet I have felt so let down by. I had the same fear with this one, but was proved otherwise!
Sasha and Adam have everything they could ever want. The perfect home, the perfect job, perfect family.
It all starts the day Adams mother dies. Adam needs support, he needs Sasha to be there for him, but there's only one thing on her mind. How she’s not been getting enough sex recently. When I heard her moan and mutter around the house I was thinking you insensitive bitch! Seriously, when her father died Adam was there for her. He kept her together, kept her whole, but when it's his turn and he needs her so bad - just to be there all she can think about is herself. I found her pretty ridiculous and couldn't stand the sight of her.
Thirteen year old Liffy wants nothing more but to be a Ballet Dancer like her mother used to be. She knows her mother stopped dancing because of her - because of her being born. Maybe that's why she won't look at her, maybe that's why she doesn't love her. It' during this vulnerable time that she meets "The earth prince" who keeps telling her all these things that she has to do.
From a young age Liffy has had to do everything on her own and be independent since no one has ever really paid much attention to her. She's the responsible one, and has one big imagination. Twins Alex and Matt are not as mature or responsible and are the one's who are always being difficult meaning they always need attention.
This book is a big eye opener. It makes you take a step back and take more notice of those around you. With saying that I couldn't help but feel furious at her parents for being so oblivious, for failing to notice what she was going through.
Rites of Spring teaches us how easy it is to overlook things and the profound affect it can have in doing so. How, just because a family seems happy from afar doesn't necessarily mean that their life is perfect or any better than yours or anyone else's.
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