Book Review: I Am Winter by Denise Brown
Summer and Cee are neighbours and growing up in the vicinity have become best friends. In fact, Summer actually looks up to Cee. She also has a secret crush on Cee's brother. One day in an attempt to have a little fun, the girls get into a car with a couple of boys and take some pills. The car meets with an accidents and Cee dies from a cardiac arrest. Summer is devastated by the loss of her best friend. She feels guilty as well to be alive instead of Cee who she thought had the zest for life. Gradually the social media begins to turn into a bullying ground which begins to torment and trouble Summer. Adding to her woes, the townspeople also start bullying Summer making her life miserable. How Summer lives through these testing times and how she comes out on the other side of this avalanche of feelings is what comprises the story. The author writes Summer's story quite emphatically. Summer's pain as a young adult who has lost the one person, they thought knew them insid...