Rust & Stardust by T. Greenwood (ARC review)

TITLE: Rust & Stardust AUTHOR: T. Greenwood RELEASES: August 7th 2018 by St. Martin's Press GENRE: YA Fantasy “I'm sorry. I just mean, a lot of people wouldn't be able to survive that. You must have been really brave.”  MY THOUGHTS: Based on the same event that inspired Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. A harrowing take on what happened to Sally Horner those two years she was abducted and the couple of years following. A heart breaking rendering...and very well written. The story is compelling and totally gripping due to the variation of viewpoint, from Sally to Susan to a few others, as well as the level of detail involved in the storyline. It really made me appreciate my own life and understand how lucky I am, as well as how dangerous the world can be for some. I will never understand how people come to be like La Salle - is it a brain deficiency or their upbringing? Something else or a combination of things? It is also partially about interconnectedness, as we see how many people try to help Sally throughout her ordeal. This is an extremely sad story and is not for the weak of heart to read.. Completely disturbing read. "Because she knew now that all of the answers to all of her questioins resided in that luminous sky." Trigger Warning: rape, child molestation, kidnapping/abduction, abuse AMAZON * GOODREADS * BOOKDEPOSITORY

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Blurb: This chilling novel traces the next two harrowing years as Frank mentally and physically assaults Sally while the two of them travel westward from Camden to San Jose, forever altering not only her life, but the lives of her family, friends, and those she meets along the way.

Based on the experiences of real-life kidnapping victim Sally Horner and her captor, whose story shocked the nation and inspired Vladimir Nabokov to write his controversial and iconic Lolita, this heart-pounding story by award-winning author T. Greenwood at last gives a voice to Sally herself. 


Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this advanced digital book! Quotes taken from an ARC - may not match the published version.