On Sale Date: January 3rd 2017
Pages: 272
Age Range: Young Adult
It's a normal Florida summer when all of sudden, the mother of Dani Falls is attacked and killed by a bear while she was sunbathing in the backyard. Dani has to leave their rental house and is sent out to live with her aunt, who she doesn't know very well, in New Mexico
After all that happened, Dani feels numb, and living with her aunt only makes her feel awkward
To escape, and altough its quite hot weather in New Mexico, she goes out for long walks. On one of her walks she meets Paulo, who is very friendly and unterstanding to her. Although she is hesitant at first, a mutual trust and affection develop between Dani and Paulo, and Dani begins to heal. And as she and her aunt begin to connect, Dani learns about her mother’s past. Forgiving isn’t easy, but maybe it’s the only way to move forward.
In the second part of the book, the story is told by Dani's aunt, during the time she was younger and lived with Dani's mom and their parents. The family was quite abusive and dysfunctional, and during this part of the book the reader gets to know why Dani's mom was so distant and unloving to her..
Because of the Sun is a nice novel. Altough some of the parts where a little odd, it was interesting and entertaining. I really liked that the author divided it into two parts so the reader gets to know why Dani's mom and aunt Shelly acted the way they did, because of that the first part made much more sense in retrospect.Because of the Sun is a complex novel about family, dissociation, and toxic relationships. But also about healing, and I liked how Dani, altough all she had to endure, started to heal because of her meetups with Paolo.
Overall a very nice and more serious YA novel dealing with a lot of family problems and healing.
