The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola YoonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Every so often an author comes along that just amazes me. Yoon's Everything, Everything was one of my favourite books of 2015 and this is certainly one of my favourites for 2016. Contemporary YA that is well written, with believable characters and no love triangle is so rare. Add in great writing and some fantastic plot devices and you have Nicole Yoon.
David meets Natasha by chance one day when he needs to go for an interview for Yale (which he doesn't want to do, but is going for his parents), and she is trying to stop a deportation order from the US back to Jamaica where she hasn't lived since she was a child. Natasha loves science, facts, logic and truth. David loves poetry, love, fate, destiny and hope. Over the course of a day in New York they get to know and experience the other's mindset which is so different and challenging to their own. Although the book is told in alternating POVs between Natalie and Daniel, it also has short chapters from side characters and some general facts which I just loved to give us a really rich understanding of everyone involved in this day.
I'm so impressed with Nicola Yoon that she has written two mesmerising and enjoyable novels and like only a select few, she has become an "auto buy" author for me. Big thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an advance copy of this book in exchange for a voluntary review.
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