I am so excited and pleased to be a part of the Blue Sky Days blog tour for wonderful
author and my dear blogger friend, Marie Landry.
Be sure to pop back tomorrow for an excerpt from the amazing Blue Sky Days and also a guest post.
Author: Marie Landry
Pages: 207
Genre: Young Adult
Publisher: Self
Synopsis. (Goodreads)
A year after graduating from high school, nineteen-year-old Emma
Ward feels lost. She has spent most of her life trying to please her frigid,
miserable mother - studying hard, getting good grades, avoiding the whole
teenage rebellion thing - and now she feels she has no identity beyond that.
Because she spent so many years working hard and planning every moment of her
life, she doesn't have any friends, has never had a boyfriend, and basically
doesn't know who she is or what she really wants from life. Working two
part-time jobs to save money for college hasn't helped her make decisions about
her future, so she decides it's time for a change. She leaves home to live with
her free-spirited, slightly eccentric Aunt Daisy in a small town that makes Emma
feel like she's stepped back in time.
When Emma meets Nicholas Shaw, everything changes - he's unlike anyone she's ever met before, the kind of man she didn't even know existed in the 21st century. Carefree and spirited like Daisy, Nicholas teaches Emma to appreciate life, the beauty around her, and to just let go and live. Between Daisy and Nicholas, Emma feels like she belongs somewhere for the first time in her life, and realizes that you don't always need a plan - sometimes life steers you where you're meant to be.
Life is wonderful, an endless string of blue sky days, until Nicholas is diagnosed with cancer, and life changes once again for Emma in ways she never thought possible. Now it's time for her to help Nicholas the way he's helped her. Emma will have to use her new-found strength, and discover along the way if love really is enough to get you through.
When Emma meets Nicholas Shaw, everything changes - he's unlike anyone she's ever met before, the kind of man she didn't even know existed in the 21st century. Carefree and spirited like Daisy, Nicholas teaches Emma to appreciate life, the beauty around her, and to just let go and live. Between Daisy and Nicholas, Emma feels like she belongs somewhere for the first time in her life, and realizes that you don't always need a plan - sometimes life steers you where you're meant to be.
Life is wonderful, an endless string of blue sky days, until Nicholas is diagnosed with cancer, and life changes once again for Emma in ways she never thought possible. Now it's time for her to help Nicholas the way he's helped her. Emma will have to use her new-found strength, and discover along the way if love really is enough to get you through.
REVIEW: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Marie Landry is a wonderful
blogger friend and I was so excited for her when she announced the release of Blue Sky Days
and even more excited when she offered me a copy prior to release, there's
always that fear though of What if I don't like it? But I'm so happy that
wasn't the case for this book which I absolutely loved.
19 year-old Emma Ward has made the decision to spend her summer with fun-loving and carefree Aunt Daisy in the small town of Riverview, a move which would enable her to assert her own independence and not be ruled by her mother whom she had always tried to please.
Emma had planned her entire life out from the time she was in grade school but things hadn’t gone as she expected and after being out of school for a year, she was still indecisive about what she wanted to do. She needed a plan and focus.
On arrival in Riverview Emma meets Nicholas Shaw who was an absolute dream of a guy - good-looking, understanding and so sweet! But Nicholas has a personal struggle of his own and it really saddened me to read about his journey with a very real and very serious disease, it was heartbreaking, believable and emotional what he was having to endure.
From the very start I loved Emma; she reminded me of me for some reason right down to her love of U2 who I know Marie also loves. She was believable and her emotions and thought process was true to what was happening.
Blue Sky Days has a wonderful cast of compelling characters, each were well thought out with very real emotions which they were having to work through daily to overcome their personal struggles. From the amazing Aunt Daisy who was everything Emma’s cold and distant mother was not to best friends Vince and Maggie and even Emma’s father who really came through in the end.
The emotions evoked in Blue Sky Days were strong from beginning to end and ranged from complete happiness to utter grief, it was a journey of self-discovery for Emma and Nicholas and showed the love, respect and devotion they shared for one another, it is a beautiful and touching romance.
Ms Landry pulls you into the creative and unique story she has created and you are able to truly experience the exciting story she is telling. Her writing is absolutely amazing, it flows beautifully and you are literally immersed in all of the glorious details. I was completely engrossed from the start to finish; the details and imagery were vivid as were each of the characters.
Blue Sky Days is a wonderful, mesmerizing debut from Marie Landry. I’ve fallen completely for this story and the amazing characters and I really hope to be able to read more by this wonderful author in the not too distant future.
19 year-old Emma Ward has made the decision to spend her summer with fun-loving and carefree Aunt Daisy in the small town of Riverview, a move which would enable her to assert her own independence and not be ruled by her mother whom she had always tried to please.
Emma had planned her entire life out from the time she was in grade school but things hadn’t gone as she expected and after being out of school for a year, she was still indecisive about what she wanted to do. She needed a plan and focus.
On arrival in Riverview Emma meets Nicholas Shaw who was an absolute dream of a guy - good-looking, understanding and so sweet! But Nicholas has a personal struggle of his own and it really saddened me to read about his journey with a very real and very serious disease, it was heartbreaking, believable and emotional what he was having to endure.
From the very start I loved Emma; she reminded me of me for some reason right down to her love of U2 who I know Marie also loves. She was believable and her emotions and thought process was true to what was happening.
Blue Sky Days has a wonderful cast of compelling characters, each were well thought out with very real emotions which they were having to work through daily to overcome their personal struggles. From the amazing Aunt Daisy who was everything Emma’s cold and distant mother was not to best friends Vince and Maggie and even Emma’s father who really came through in the end.
The emotions evoked in Blue Sky Days were strong from beginning to end and ranged from complete happiness to utter grief, it was a journey of self-discovery for Emma and Nicholas and showed the love, respect and devotion they shared for one another, it is a beautiful and touching romance.
Ms Landry pulls you into the creative and unique story she has created and you are able to truly experience the exciting story she is telling. Her writing is absolutely amazing, it flows beautifully and you are literally immersed in all of the glorious details. I was completely engrossed from the start to finish; the details and imagery were vivid as were each of the characters.
Blue Sky Days is a wonderful, mesmerizing debut from Marie Landry. I’ve fallen completely for this story and the amazing characters and I really hope to be able to read more by this wonderful author in the not too distant future.
About the Author.
Marie Landry has always been a daydreamer. She has created
imaginary worlds for as long as she can remember, so it only seemed natural
that she would become a writer. With a passion for words that started in early
childhood, Marie has written a varied range of works, and has been freelance
writing since 2009. She resides in Ontario,
Canada, and
most days you can find her writing, reading, blogging about writing and
reading, listening to U2, or having grand adventures with her two precious
nephews.
Contact Links:
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Marie would like to thank the people who have supported her by showing
her appreciation in some small way. So, for every person who buys a copy of Blue Sky Days during the tour and
sends Marie proof of purchase via email to irishstar_83{at}hotmail{dot}com she
will enter you into a giveaway to win a book of your choice up to $12 CAN from
The Book Depository.
Tour
Schedule:
Wednesday January 18th: Michelle from {Review and
giveaway}
Friday January 20th: Michelle from {Guest post and
excerpt}
Thursday January 26th: Mist from {Guest post}
Saturday February 11th: Sarita from The Fabulous Gift of Life. A Journal for My Daughter
{Guest
post and interview}
Sunday February 12th: Sarita from The Fabulous Gift of Life. A Journal for My Daughter {Review and
giveaway}
Thank you so much for the beautiful review, Sharon, and for being part of the tour, it means so much to me! And, of course, thank you for your friendship, you're such a wonderful friend! <3
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