BLOG TOUR & REVIEW - Points of Departure
Points of Departure by Emily O'Beirne
Genre: YA Contemporary
Release Date: June 16, 2016
SYNOPSIS
In this young adult novel, released June 2016, best friends Kit and Liza have been looking forward to this trip forever. Five girls, five tickets overseas. It’s exactly what they all need after the final slog of high school. But when Kit’s suddenly forced to drop out, Liza’s left with three girls she barely knows. There’s Mai, committed only to partying. There’s Tam, who already has her doubts about leaving her sick father behind. And there’s Olivia, so miserable about screwing up exams she’s not even sure she wants to get out of bed, let alone on a plane. Meanwhile Kit’s stuck working double shifts to pay off a debt, wondering if she’ll ever get it together. All Liza wants from this trip is to discover a new version of herself. She just hadn’t planned on doing it without Kit by her side. And they’re all learning that travel isn’t just about the places you go, but who you’re with at the time.
REVIEW
I received an ARC from YABound in exchange for an honest review...
***WARNING - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS***
The #1 thing I love about participating in these blog tours is the possibility of discovering new authors that you may never have discovered before or debut authors just starting out in their writing careers. Emily O’Beirne is one of those lucky gems that I’ve discovered and I can tell you she has became one of my newest obsessions. Last Tuesday I finally sat down to read this book in order to finish my my intended tour date. I found myself reading this book in between my classes (although I really should have be doing my course reading instead :P) and could hardly put it down. Points of Departure is a story of five girls and their journey of self discovery on the trip of a lifetime. In the book we hear the stories of Mai, Tam, Olivia, Liza and Kit as they begin the biggest journey of their lifetime. What starts off as the best summer of their lives soon hits a roadblock when Kit is forced to stay back to work off her debt and Liza has to go on the trip with three girls she hardly knows. Will this truly be the summer of their lives or will their problems effect them more than they could have ever expected? To find out pick up a copy of Points of Departure by Emily O’Beirne as soon as possible! Trust me, you won’t regret it! :)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
EMILY O'BEIRNE
Thirteen-year-old Emily woke up one morning with a sudden itch to write her first novel. All day, she sat through her classes, feverishly scribbling away (her rare silence probably a cherished respite for her teachers). And by the time the last bell rang, she had penned fifteen handwritten pages of angsty drivel, replete with blood-red sunsets, moody saxophone music playing somewhere far off in the night, and abandoned whiskey bottles rolling across tables. Needless tosay, that singular literary accomplishment is buried in a box somewhere, ready for her later amusement. From Melbourne, Australia, Emily was recently granted her PhD. She works part-time inacademia, where she hates marking papers but loves working with her students. She also loves where she lives but travels as much as possible and tends to harbour crushes on cities more than on people. Living inan apartment, Emily sadly does not possess her dream writing room overlooking anidyllic garden of her creation. Instead, she spends a lot of her time staring over the screen of her laptop and out the window at the somewhat less pretty (but highly entertaining) combined kebab stand/carwash across the road. (from the publisher’s website).
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