Book Review: The Key to Everything
The Key to Everything
by Valerie Fraser Luesse
Peyton Cabot's fifteenth year will be a painful and transformative one. His father, the heroic but reluctant head of a moneyed Savannah family, has come home from WWII a troubled vet, drowning his demons in bourbon and distancing himself from his son. A tragic accident shows Peyton the depths of his parents' devotion to each other but interrupts his own budding romance with the girl of his dreams, Lisa Wallace.
Struggling to cope with a young life upended, Peyton makes a daring decision: He will retrace a journey his father took at fifteen, riding his bicycle all the way to Key West, Florida. Part declaration of independence, part search for self, Peyton's journey will bring him more than he ever could have imagined--namely, the key to his unknowable father, a reunion with Lisa, and a calling that will shape the rest of his life.
Through poignant prose and characters so real you'll be sure you know them, Valerie Fraser Luesse transports you to the storied Atlantic coast for a unique coming-of-age story you won't soon forget.
This was a really sweet story! Each of the characters were unique and showed different personalities. The setting was wonderfully described, I could almost hear the palm trees blowing and the waves crashing. One thing that was kind of bummer was that it started out pretty slow. The plot took a while to get to the main part of the story. However, the good parts of the book outnumbered the slow parts. I would definitely recommend this book!
~Katelynn
*I received a free copy of this book from the publisher (Revell) in exchange for an honest review.
Peyton Cabot's fifteenth year will be a painful and transformative one. His father, the heroic but reluctant head of a moneyed Savannah family, has come home from WWII a troubled vet, drowning his demons in bourbon and distancing himself from his son. A tragic accident shows Peyton the depths of his parents' devotion to each other but interrupts his own budding romance with the girl of his dreams, Lisa Wallace.
Struggling to cope with a young life upended, Peyton makes a daring decision: He will retrace a journey his father took at fifteen, riding his bicycle all the way to Key West, Florida. Part declaration of independence, part search for self, Peyton's journey will bring him more than he ever could have imagined--namely, the key to his unknowable father, a reunion with Lisa, and a calling that will shape the rest of his life.
Through poignant prose and characters so real you'll be sure you know them, Valerie Fraser Luesse transports you to the storied Atlantic coast for a unique coming-of-age story you won't soon forget.
This was a really sweet story! Each of the characters were unique and showed different personalities. The setting was wonderfully described, I could almost hear the palm trees blowing and the waves crashing. One thing that was kind of bummer was that it started out pretty slow. The plot took a while to get to the main part of the story. However, the good parts of the book outnumbered the slow parts. I would definitely recommend this book!
~Katelynn
*I received a free copy of this book from the publisher (Revell) in exchange for an honest review.
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