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    This Raging Light
    This Raging Light
    This Raging Light
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    This Raging Light

    Written by Estelle Laure

    Narrated by Sandy Rustin

    3.5/5

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    THIS RAGING LIGHT is the story of Lucille, a seventeen-year-old girl left by her mother to care for her nine-year-old sister, Wren. Lucille seems to have nothing going for her. With the bills piling in, the house falling apart around her, and her sister's growing distress, it is precisely the worst possible moment for Lucille to fall recklessly in love with her best friend's twin brother, Digby, who is practically engaged. While events in Lucille's life suck her into a spiraling vortex that challenges every relationship she has, the delicious heat between Digby and Lucille builds to a fever pitch with blazing longing so visceral that it will keep the reader hooked and hoping until the very last page.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateDec 22, 2015
    ISBN9781501902055
    Author

    Estelle Laure

    Estelle Laure believes in love, magic, and the power of facing hard truths. She has a BA in Theatre Arts and an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults, and she lives in Taos, New Mexico, with her family. Her work is translated widely around the world. Visit her at estellelaure.com and on Twitter at @starlaure.  

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    • 5/5
      I have been hoarding this book for myself, at school, knowing I would want the time to really take it in. It's been described at beautiful, and it is, but I was completely taken over by the story. I loved this book. It's going onto my top five list of this year. And there is a sequel! I am so excited!

      Lucy's dad went crazy one night and the whole town knows. What they don't know is that Lucy's mother left on "vacation" and hasn't come back; leaving Lucy to take care of her nine year old sister. All she has going for her is a house that is paid for, due to her dead aunt, and a month of paid up bills. Some senior year, huh? Complicating matters even more, is her love for her best friend's twin brother, Digby, who already has a girlfriend.

      Lucy is so strong, that she forgets when to ask for help. Her growth from a regular teen to a responsible adult is compelling, and unfortunately, something I think too many kids have to do, when their parents flake out on them.
    • 4/5
      This was a cute novel about a girl having to take on adult responsibilities and take care of her younger sister. The key idea here is to remember you have family everywhere whether or not you know it. They may not be blood related but they will help you out when you need it. The story had a lot of heartache in it and I still wonder if either of her parents came back, but I do know that no matter what the main character would have made it through anything with the help of her friends and neighbors.
    • 4/5
      4.5 stars.

      Estelle Laure's debut, This Raging Light, is a fast paced young adult novel with a marvelous cast of appealing characters and an engaging storyline.

      Lucille Bennett is surviving her family's implosion as best she can but with school about to start, she is definitely feeling the pressure. Desperate to ensure she and her younger sister, Wren, stay together, she has not told anyone but her best friend, Eden Jones, about her plight. The last of her money is gone, the bills are piling up and Lucille is running out of options when she lands a job at a local restaurant. When Eden can no longer babysit Wren, her twin brother (and Lucille's secret crush) Digby steps in to help, but complications ensue when he begins to fall for her as well.

      Lucille has managed to keep it together pretty well in the months after her family fell apart. However, stress is definitely taking its toll on both her and Wren, but for her sister's sake, Lucille maintains tight control of her emotions. Although well out of her comfort zone initially, her new job turns into a surprising source of comfort as she lets go of worries during her shifts. But she trades one concern for another after a blow up with Eden puts them at odds. Lucille is grateful for Digby's offer to help her but she cannot help but feel guilty when they begin sneaking around behind his girlfriend's back.

      Ahh, Digby. A genuinely nice guy who is torn between his commitment to his longtime girlfriend and his newly awakened feelings for Lucille. This situation is surprisingly sympathetic but this does not negate the fact that both he and Lucille were wrong to begin acting on their feelings before his other relationship is resolved. Despite his indecision, Digby is there for Lucille and this definitely counts in his favor.

      Which brings us to Eden, Lucille's best friend forever who, for inexplicable reasons, abandons Lucille when she needs her most. Unsure exactly what caused the rift between them, Lucille nonetheless reaches out to her but sadly, Eden rebuffs her overtures. While her co-workers fill some the gaps left by Eden's absence, Lucille is not willing to lose her best friend too and she keeps trying to repair their tattered friendship. Eden's reasons for staying away are a little weak, but Lucille is more than willing to forgive and forget.

      Despite its slightly unrealistic storyline, This Raging Light by Estelle Laure is a well-written young adult story that is remarkably free from angst. The characters are likable and sympathetic despite their flaws and the emotions they experience ring true. The plot is engrossing and although not everything is neatly wrapped up, the novel's conclusion is uplifting. All in all, an enjoyable debut that will appeal to readers of all ages.
    • 3/5
      High school girl has to cope with both her parents missing, a young sister to take care of, and more. A bit uneven but a promising debut. YA novel (which I won from bookriot.com)
    • 3/5
      This book was an okay coming-of-age story. I felt terribly sorry for the main protagonist, Lucille, who struggled to pay bills, keep food on the table, go to school and look after her little sister after they were abandoned. However, she also annoyed me the way she treated her friends and refused any help. I also didn't really like her love interest, Digby, who was inconsistent in his behaviour and cheated on his girlfriend. However, Wren, Lucille's younger sister, was a sweetie. The ending was a disappointment as there was no real resolution and many questions were left unanswered.
    • 3/5
      I wanted to read this one because I was interested in her being basically on her own and having to take care of her little sister. she was pretty easy to like she had a very lyrical voice and even though she's pretty dramatic about her crush on Digby, her best friend Eden's brother. Otherwise she showed a responsibility and a maturity and trying to take care of her sister. I hate that she had.to hide it and couldn't get more help, but can definitely see that she was all too afraid that if word got out that social services would get involved and they would most likely be separated. It was easy to get drawn into the book in the beginning, the pages passed pretty quickly for me but the thing that I found and I've also seen in several other reviews is that it really started to take on too many plot lines. Having dad who has mental issues and the mom who is taking holiday while she leaves her two daughters to fend for themselves would have been enough... especially having the best friend issues, and the crush that turns into more with a guy who already has a girlfriend and had been with her for so long. Adding more to that just was overkill. Another thing that I really did not like is that with the romance. Digby already had a girlfriend. Now, I think its fine for her to be crushing on him while he's with someone else, especially since the crush is dated. but whenever they start getting more serious is when I started having more issues with it. I don't really like cheating aspects in a book and I know that I have several blog buddies who are completely and utterly against it and hate it. But I loved the bond between her and her sister. She was so protective, and I liked how mature she was in those instances. She got a job to help with bills, since she doesn't hear from her mom, and she has only sent 100 dollars once. There is someone that is helping her in secret, and then Digby and Eden have helped with watching Wren. These things kept me reading, and I guess that even though it was cheating, I couldn't help liking Digby as the book went on--how intuitive he was to Lucille and how sweet. He was good with Wren, and they undeniably had chemistry. I guess that is from being in Lucille's head with the feelings and emotions to back it up. One of the excess was the fight between Lucille and Eden. I liked their friendship in the beginning but the frustration when Eden took Lucille's lashing out too personally. Lucille was really stressed and even though she yelled at them, I think I could overlook because of all she was dealing with. Bottom Line: Addictive and I liked Lucille despite my issues with cheating and too many plots and not enough resolution for me.
    • 2/5
      I received this free eARC from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. DNF at 40%. I just could not get into this book. I was going to try and get all of the way through to see how things ended up for the characters, but I just couldn't even find time to get back into reading this book, always finding something else to do instead of reading it. For me, that is just not a good book. I always find time to read!I feel for Lu and her sister. Their mother is a crappy person and should not have done what she did. And Lu is struggling to very hard to keep things normal. So I feel somewhat bad for rating this book with low stars, but I think the writing could have been a bit better to keep me more focused on the story. I just felt annoyed every time I was reading. Mostly toward the parents, but enough to make an impact on my reading experience.