Suffer Loveby Ashley Herring Blake
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Release Date: May 3rd 2016
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction
Rate: 4 Stars
Synopsis:
Hadley St. Clair's life changed the day she came home to a front door covered in slips of paper, each of them revealing the ugly truth about her father. Now as her family falls apart in the wake of his year-long affair, Hadley wants everyone-her dad most of all-to leave her alone.
Then she meets Sam Bennett, a cute new boy who inexplicably "feels like home" to Hadley. Hadley and Sam's connection is undeniable, but Sam has a secret about his family that could ruin everything.
Funny and passionate, Suffer Love is a story about first love, family dysfunction, and the fickle hand of fate.
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Top 10 Reasons For Buying this Book
10. Shakespeare. Suffer Love has a lot of Shakespeare references—even the title
comes from Much Ado About Nothing—so
if you enjoy the Bard, I think you’ll enjoy at least some parts of the book.
Fun fact: My editor pitched the book as a Romeo
and Juliet retelling, which it very loosely is—families at odds,
star-crossed lovers. However, when I was writing the book, that was not in my
head at all. It just sort of…came
out. J
9. Ajay. Sam, one of the main characters in Suffer Love, has a loveable best friend
named Ajay. I’ve been told numerous times that he is a favorite character and
he is pretty darn delightful, if I do say so myself.
8. Teacup pigs. Enough said.
7. Sibling camaraderie: Sam’s little sister,
Livy, is another favorite character, and I absolutely love their relationship.
6. Baker-Athlete Boys: I mean, if that alone
doesn’t intrigue you, I’m not sure what else there is to say. J
5. Cupcake Wars: See above.
4. Acceptance. Acceptance is a huge theme in Suffer Love and a pretty huge theme in
life in general. The book explores this a lot and I think it’s something that’s
relevant to everyone, because there’s no way to anticipate everything that
happens in one’s life. Eventually, something is going to knock you on your ass
and acceptance is hard, but, ultimately, necessary.
3. Kissing.
2. Dual POV: If you like getting both sides of
the story, Suffer Love does just
that. I really enjoyed writing both Sam and
Hadley’s perspectives and I think I succeeded in giving them both
distinct voices.
1. Forgiveness. Ultimately, Suffer Love is about forgiveness. And
forgiveness doesn’t mean forgetting. Sometmes, it doesn’t even mean that you’re
not still angry. It means many things and takes many different forms and is
greatly tied to acceptance. And that, in a nutshell, is the driving force
behind Suffer Love.
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Ashley Herring Blake is a poet, teacher, and YA novelist. Her debut novel, SUFFER LOVE, follows two teens as they attempt to wade through an intense relationship complicated by their parents' infidelities. Ashley lives in Nashville, TN.
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