If You're Gone Blog Tour and Review
Launching her own investigation
into the darker side of her small North Carolina town, Lillian begins to
uncover secrets from Brad’s past that force her to question everything she
thought she knew about him and their relationship.
"Soul-stirring... Truly one
of the most innovative voices to come along in a while. Goodwin has weaved an
engaging web of deceit and intrigue that embodies not only her storytelling
prowess but highlights her visionary filmmaking abilities in novel form."
(Justin Price, creator of 'Future' SVOD channel)
If You're Gone will be
available June 20th, 2016 from Edge of 22 Publishing.
In a world where YA characters are beginning to feel fake and
unrealistic, and plots cliché, If You’re
Gone was a major breath of fresh air. I highly recommend If You’re Gone for everyone because it
is full of relatable characters who actually act human, and a plot that is not cliché.
I am not normally one to enjoy main characters in books. I
normally feel that I spend too much time with them and they get on my nerves…
but not Lillian! Lillian was probably
my favorite character— she felt so real as this search for her lost boyfriend
is affecting her how it would affect anyone. Throughout the search for Brad,
Lillian acts as a normal person would— for the beginning of the book her life
spirals as anyone’s would. The reader gets to see her attempt to cope with Brad
being gone and it’s great! But my favorite thing about Lillian is the fact that
throughout the entire issue of looking for her boyfriend, she always keeps her
faith. This is a minor part of the story and her personality but it sets the
character apart from so many other YA main characters. Adding a small detail
such as religion to a character and not overdoing it, makes the character more
believable and relatable since religion and faith are ideas that have existed throughout
all of history and many cultures.
Not only was the main character in If You’re Gone great, the side characters were also memorable. Due to
the detail and the time spent with the side characters, the town that the story
takes place in feels real. I actually cared about all of the side character and
their lives. I cared about Lillian’s relationships with all of her friends and
everyone else in the town. Supporting characters like these are what make a
story memorable.
The characters aren’t the only thing that kept me reading all
day— no, the plot was also very interesting. If You’re Gone has a very simple plot about the main character’s
boyfriend going missing without a trace. This could lend to a simple, one-read
story where you forget about it after a week, but the characters make the
reader invested and the plot doesn’t overstay its welcome. Noting in the plot
is dragged out to the point of it being boring, instead things are kept
interesting as the reading wants to find out what happened to Brad as much as
Lillian does.
Overall, If You’re Gone
is a great read that I hope lots of people pick up! The characters are relatable
and realistic making the reader care about the conflict and hope for a happy
resolution. I recommend If You’re Gone
for fans of contemporary and EVERYONE!
About the Author
Brittany Goodwin is an author, screenwriter and director, best
known for the internationally distributed faith-based feature films, Secrets in
the Snow and Secrets in the Fall, which have both been awarded the highest
honor of five Doves from the Dove Foundation.
Brittany lives outside Nashville, TN with her husband and
every growing number of rescue pets. She enjoys traveling with her husband and
dogs, DIY projects, quoting John Hughes films, playing (and winning!) movie
trivia games, and binge-watching Investigation Discovery Channel. A
self-proclaimed armchair detective, Brittany is an active member of many
Missing Persons blogs and Facebook pages, which inspired the topic of her debut
YA novel, If You're Gone.
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