Fire Color One, Jenny Valentine
Fire Color One, Jenny Valentine
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Fire Color One

Author: Jenny Valentine

Narrator: Gemma Dawson

Unabridged: 5 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/31/2017


Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Iris itches constantly for the strike of a match. But when she's caught setting one too many fires, she's dragged away to London before she can get arrested. At least, that's the story her mother tells. Soon Iris finds herself in the English countryside, where her millionaire father—a man she's never met—lives. Though not for very much longer.

Iris's father is dying, and her self-interested mother is determined to claim his life's fortune, including his priceless art collection. Forced to live with him as part of an exploitive scheme, Iris quickly realizes her father is far different from the man she's been schooled to hate, and everything she thought she knew—about her father and herself—is suddenly unclear. But there may be hidden beauty in Iris's uncertain past and hopeful future, if only she can see beyond the flames.

About Jenny Valentine

Jenny Valentine studied English literature at Goldsmiths College, which almost put her off reading, but not quite. Her debut novel, Me, the Missing, and the Dead, was a Morris Award finalist in America and won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in the United Kingdom under the title Finding Violet Park. Fire Color One, Jenny's follow-up, has been nominated for the prestigious Carnegie Medal. Jenny is married to a singer/songwriter and has two children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by kate

2.5* this was an okay read but, for me, it wasn’t anything all that special. I didn’t love the writing style and found the story as a whole to be pretty predictable and the characters not all that enjoyable. However, it was a very quick and easy read and I can see why people like it. Unfortunately,......more

Goodreads review by Robin

I read a lot of books, so it means a lot when I say that this is one of the very best books I've read all year. I also don't have time to do much rereading at all, and so when I say that I finished this and immediately turned back to the beginning to read it again, you'll understand how exceptional......more

Goodreads review by Claire

I received a copy of Fire Colour One in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to Netgalley and Harper Collins. When I finished Fire Colour One, I was all set to give it a 4.5 star review. But since finishing it yesterday evening I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. Like, not at all. I'......more