KEEP THE ENDS LOOSE.

KEEP THE ENDS LOOSE by MOLLY D CAMPBELL.

BACK COVER BLURB: Miranda Heath is a quirky fifteen-year-old with cinematic dreams and a safe, predictable family. That is until she decides to pull at the loose end that is the estranged husband her aunt never divorced. What seemed like the best way to allow her aunt to get on with her life sets off a series of events that threaten to turn Mandy's world upside down. Suddenly, she's embarking on adventurous road trips, becoming the center of an increasingly unstable household, meeting surprising strangers, and seeing everyone she knows in new ways. Sometimes loose ends just want to stay loose. But what happens if they want to unravel completely?

FIRST SENTENCE {Chapter One}: Have you ever heard of a guy named Proust?

MEMORABLE MOMENT {Page 59}: See, here's the thing: I was smart enough to see things coming, and I knew that womanhood, love, and fornication were inevitable. But I wished I had a little more time to be a girl.

SOURCE: Received for review from the author. Whilst I know Molly through our blogs and via FaceBook this had no bearing on my review or my opinions which as always remain mine and mine alone.

MY THOUGHTS: Good story telling with well rounded characters. Whilst I fear some readers will argue Keep The Ends Loose is naively written I personally thought the author did a first class job in capturing the angst so common to teenagers, of getting into the mind-set of the the main character, the somewhat naive if wonderfully quirky fifteen year old Miranda (aka Mandy).

A tale of self discovery, a story of what happens when life has some surprises in store. Though a novel for young adults with its warmth and wit, a wit that I'm pleased to say transcends what is sometimes a subtle difference between the American and English sense of humour, I'm sure this will prove to have a much wider appeal.