Under Rose Tainted Skies
by Louise Gornall
Release Date – July 7th 2016
Publisher – Chicken House Books
Buy – Amazon | Book DepositoryAgoraphobia confines Norah to the house she shares with her mother.
For her, the outside is sky glimpsed through glass, or a gauntlet to run between home and car. But a chance encounter on the doorstep changes everything: Luke, her new neighbour. Norah is determined to be the girl she thinks Luke deserves: a ‘normal’ girl, her skies unfiltered by the lens of mental illness. Instead, her love and bravery opens a window to unexpected truths …
An important and uplifting debut from a British author, which tackles mental health issues such as agoraphobia and OCD.
Being herself, being Norah is what she wants desperately to be but with Luke she feels at her most uncomfortable because she doesn’t want to be judged. But Luke didn’t judge her, he was understanding to say the least and at times it was sometimes awkward situation for them both because they didn’t know how to be around each other without weirding themselves out. At times it was quite funny especially when Norah was searching the wrong things about kissing. Haha. (In the nicest possible way of course) Luke didn’t want her to go through this alone, but the relationship aspect of it was beautiful and special in a way. Luke saw her as her, Norah was trying to be acceptable of that which is a HUGE step for her.
Under Rose Tainted Skies is a raw and emotional depiction of mental health. Lousie Gornall is a wonderful an poetic writer that really highlights today’s society and reality that people are not the same and shouldn’t be treated the same either. Louise is such a bright and fiery personality which you can really see in her writing. Believe me it isn’t just the bright hair – which I love.
I'm really loving this new trend of exploring mental illness in YA–it's so important and I'm glad this is yet another example of it being done well. Wonderful review, Emma!!
People suffering from agoraphobia is very interesting to me, so I'm curious to see how realistically the author portrays a character suffering from it.
Firstly, I love the cover for this book! Don't think I own a pink book, haha. xD Secondly, like Keertana said I like that mental health issues are being more explored in YA. If I'm being honest I don't know too much about agoraphobia, but I am keen to learn more. Adding it to my tbf for sure, great review!
I love that we are getting more of these type of stories, I really think we need them to help understand if nothing else. Wonderful review for this!
it's great to see your enthousiasm there for the book, the story and the characters! I want to try now!
A 5-star review and a mental health story? Now this is what I call intriguing, Emma 🙂 Fabulous review, and thank you for introducing me to the title.