Book Review: What We Saw At Night
Media Type: Print Book (ARC)
Title: What We Saw At Night
Author: Jacquelyn Mitchard
Publisher: Soho Teen
Pages: Hardcover; 272
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Source: Publisher
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Intended Reading Group: Young Adult
Content Screening: Mild Language
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HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart
Recommended to: Readers looking for an outside the box read, with original characters.
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Allie Kim suffers from Xeroderma Pigmentosum: a fatal allergy to sunlight that confines her and her two best friends, Rob and Juliet, to the night. When freewheeling Juliet takes up Parkour—the stunt-sport of scaling and leaping off tall buildings—Allie and Rob have no choice but to join her, if only to protect her. Though potentially deadly, Parkour after dark makes Allie feel truly alive, and for the first time equal to the “daytimers.”
On a random summer night, the trio catches a glimpse of what appears to be murder. Allie alone takes it upon herself to investigate, and the truth comes at an unthinkable price. Navigating the shadowy world of specialized XP care, extreme sports, and forbidden love, Allie ultimately uncovers a secret that upends everything she believes about the people she trusts the most.
I wanted to read What We Saw At Night as soon as I noticed that it featured parkour. Not just a sport, but a way of life, I’ve found parkour fascinating since I first heard about it. A discipline that requires the utmost skill and physical prowess, it’s amazing to watch people fly across buildings and scale walls with nothing but their hands. I hoped that Jacquelyn Mitchard could take me into this world, and I was excited for it.
FTC Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. I was not monetarily compensated for my opinion.