Remember Johanna Lemon? I featured her interview in my post on July
11, which you can find here. For those
of you who might have missed it, or just need a reminder, Johanna is a fellow
alumna of Hollins University who is in the process of self-publishing her
books. Two of them, That Girl and Godmother Girl,
are available now through Amazon. I
myself had the privilege to read the latter, Godmother Girl. A godmother
is meant to protect and guide her charges, suffering with them in their darkest
moments. For Corisande, however, it’s
her own darkest moment that weighs heaviest on her heart. Trapped by the past, she one day comes across
two young people who are in the same situation: Vanessa, a teenager with
barbed-wire-topped walls around her feelings, and Frederick, who is a fascinating
mystery that Cori must unravel. Together
the three of them dive into a tangled web of secrets that reveal that the three
of them are more closely connected than they ever believed, and that unless
they trust one another, they will never make it out alive.
Forget
the plump, white-haired, nameless mentor of Cinderella fame. Johanna Lemon’s Godmother Girl will redefine the term for you. Her created race of magical guardians don’t
just appear when we need a ride to the ball—they are down in the trenches with
us, acting as friends and bearing our burdens at our side. Corisande, however, has more to worry about
than just the normal struggles of a seventeen-year-old girl. She herself has the weight of a tragic past
bearing down on her, as well as a wicked plot to solve and a truly grade-A
villain breathing down her neck.
This
book snatched me up midway through and would not let me go. It is passionate, intricate, and
compassionate. Cori is a force of light
in a very dark place, and proof that great adversity breeds great strength. Her journey provides an honest look at
depression, self-harm, and suicidal tendencies that can be hard to find. And it is a wonderful story. I would highly recommend it.
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