Below Torrential Hill, a New Release by Jonathan Koven
Below Torrential Hill, a New Release
by Jonathan Koven
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My Ratings 4.5/5
Synopsis
It’s Christmas, and strange occurrences are plaguing the small town of Torrential Hill: a supernatural comet, undead insects, exploding streetlights, and a presence luring people into the woods. But when the mother of Tristen—a wistful, fatherless sixteen-year-old boy—hears voices from the kitchen sink, all he can think of is running away.
My Thoughts
Let’s face it, coming of age books are timeless and there are so many different ways you can make a connection. Sometimes the main character is just so real, you can see your younger self in their personality. Other times it’s the experience; you’ve gone through this before, or you know someone who has, and it strikes a chord. It can be similarities in the family dynamic where maybe you realize that your particular assigned grown-ups have no idea what they’re doing. Most times it’s just the struggle ; growing up can be weird and awesome and stressful and terrifying on its own. So, attention adults adulting, and kids and teens adulting—you are not alone.
I present to you Below Torrential Hill, a New Release by Jonathan Koven a must-read coming of age book. A transcendent coming of age novel . . . Peopled by characters who will live in readers’ imaginations long after the final page is turned, Jonathan Koven’s novel is a beautifully bittersweet mix of heartbreak and hope. The narrative is as tender and raw as an exposed nerve, pulsing with the sharpest agonies and ecstasies of the human condition.
An uplifting novel about loss, love, and unlikely friendships , accessible, sensitively told, and heartbreaking.. . . a literary pleasure read.
Highly Recommended!
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