Counting Stars

by Keris Stainton

[Leah]

This was an interesting read. It took me a while to get into it as the third-person narration can sometimes seem as if you're an outsider looking in, and this very much felt like that. It was a tad stilted, a tad awkward, but I soon got into it and it ended up being a really enjoyable book. It was relatively drama-free, too, which is always amazing, although I knew Anna's other personality was going to end up causing trouble for her - she was too naive, too willing to just spill random details of her life without thinking about the consequences (and as such she came across as a VERY young 18 compared to Alfie, Nina, Molly and Sean).

I'm not sure which genre this falls in. It's not young adult, that I know, and it sort of straddles the line between New Adult and Chick Lit, and it can work for both genres. Keris Stainton is a fantastic writer, and I loved the Liverpool setting and once I got into the book, I really got into it and it ended up being a really interesting read. I especially loved how all the characters had their own storylines, it wasn't just about Anna, it was about all of them and it was so, so nice to see them all get along without a bitchy one in the group. It was so refreshing.