{"id":12353,"date":"2018-10-10T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=12353"},"modified":"2018-10-08T23:32:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T03:32:24","slug":"review-nightingale-by-amy-lukavics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-nightingale-by-amy-lukavics\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Nightingale by Amy Lukavics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12355\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-nightingale-by-amy-lukavics\/nightingale\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/nightingale.jpg?fit=315%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"315,475\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nightingale\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/nightingale.jpg?fit=315%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12355\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/nightingale-232x350.jpg?resize=232%2C350\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/nightingale.jpg?resize=232%2C350&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/nightingale.jpg?w=315&amp;ssl=1 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 85vw, 232px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nightingale-Amy-Lukavics\/dp\/1335012346\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1539054286&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=nightingale+amy+lukavics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Nightingale\u00a0<\/em>by Amy Lukavics<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Harlequin Teen (September 2018)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>352 pages; $12.91 hardcover; $9.99 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Davcrkt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dave Simms<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1951 isn&#8217;t the best time to be a teenage girl, especially if she doesn&#8217;t feel compelled to fit into the cookie-cutter demure housewife role that was the norm then. Talk about horror! Amy Lukavics follows up her frightening YA breakout <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wolves in the Walls<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nightingale<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which readers may feel is on par with Sarah Pinborough with a plot that twists and turns until it constricts like a snake in the shadows.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June Hardie doesn&#8217;t fit in. Her family doesn&#8217;t seem to like her very much. The only time anyone pays her any mind is when stripping her of any self-confidence or training her for a stereotype she refuses to fit. Her happiness exists in the form of her science fiction stories, an escape that she prays will become a reality, a path out of the hell where she lives. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Something snaps one morning when her mother calls her &#8220;Nightingale&#8221; and suddenly displays a sweet side that doesn&#8217;t quite fit. June wakes up at Burrow Place Asylum, the Institution, a place that reminds one of a mix between <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Flew Over The Cuckoo&#8217;s Nest<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shutter Island<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nurses and doctors shatter any reality June held onto, feeding her medication and eliciting visions that she knows can&#8217;t be real. Her fellow patients, or captives, warn her to keep a low profile and avoid the severe &#8220;treatment&#8221; that has caused others to disappear. Her roommate, Eleanor, believes herself to be dead but might be the closest thing to a friend in the world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What starts off as a teen book for girls seeking identity morphs into a story for any age and any gender, as the plot snakes and curls into dead ends and pathways the reader couldn&#8217;t predict.When the ride comes to a halt, shock is an understatement, ala Pinborough&#8217;s latest thrillers and the aforementioned novels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Definitely a breath of fresh air for YA thrillers, Lukavics knows how to snare her reader, pin them down, and scare the living crap out of them &#8212; not a simple task these days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highly recommended YA.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nightingale\u00a0by Amy Lukavics Harlequin Teen (September 2018) 352 pages; $12.91 hardcover; $9.99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Dave Simms 1951 isn&#8217;t the best time to be a teenage girl, especially if she doesn&#8217;t feel compelled to fit into the cookie-cutter demure housewife role that was the norm then. 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