Wild Light: A printmaker’s day and night

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But lots of parts of it were unrealistic. They just didn't sit well with me. While reciting poetry, the author somehow made the characters other-worldy but not in a good way. They felt so distant. I just couldn't touch them, couldn't care about them. The emotional scenes also felt aloft. I couldn't connect with the characters despite trying hard. I started feeling so frustrated at a point that I literally skimmed through some parts..... Let's start with a positive. As a writer, Zentner's all in with imagery. Here's a sampling of his writing style:

Cash lives in the tiny rural town of Sawyer, Tennessee, raised by his beloved grandparents since his mother died from opioid addiction. He’s content for his life to consist simply of going canoeing on the river, mowing people’s lawns, and spending time with his best friend, Delaney. With over 70 original illustrations, printmaker Angela Harding invites you to look at how the light changes the world around us, and how that changes us in its turn. My love for Zentner’s books has no bounds. I know several things will happen when I read a Jeff Zentner book. Would it be better to know that someone you never thought loved you did love you? Or would it be worse to know that someone you always thought loved you didn’t?" After making a rather incredible biological discovery, Delaney was offered a chance to escape to a place that would nurture her brilliance, and she was taking her best friend Cash with her.Thank you so much Jeff Zentner for writing this gorgeous story!! I’m still in awe... And everyone reading this review, even if you normally don’t read YA: please read this brilliant gem of a book! When you grow up with ugliness and corruption, you surrender to beauty whenever and wherever you find it." Lastly that cover and title! Like the story they’re simple, and so breathtaking at the same time! They fit Cash and the writing perfectly. And ... I strongly believe this story should not only be pitched as a YA. Like I said above, this could easily be a literary masterpiece! I loved everything about this book. I went to bed with puffy eyes from crying but it was just so good. (And if you love this, definitely read The Serpent King, if not all of Zentner's other books.)

It perfectly encapsulates what it feels like to be the outsider. What it feels like to be lost. To love. To grieve. To heal. I hope you enjoy this journey through 24 hours of my collected memories of the nature that surrounds me." Wild Light has received acclaim from many different places. In April of 2015, at a ceremony in Austin, Texas, Wild Light received the gold prize Benjamin Franklin Award for best book in the Nature and Environment category and a silver prize in the Coffee Table Book category. There were 1,400 books in competition this year. These awards were given by the Independent Book Publishers Association, a national organization representing independent publishers across the United States. Wild Light was also a finalist at the Colorado Book Awards. Each book comes with a gold foil label on the front cover showing the Benjamin Franklin Gold Award. The book is beautifully written, but not in an exhausting manner. I loved meeting all of the characters and the realistic banter between each of them. They felt real. It reminded me a lot of my high school friend group.

Redefines friendship as something that must be protected, sacrificed for, and tended to with wisdom, patience, and love.”—Ocean Vuong, New York Times bestselling author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous Delaney is a genius, she has discovered a mold in a cave and it has huge potential as a pharmaceutical, she's been offered a full scholarship in one of the most successful colleges around. She says she will only take it if her best friend Cash can come too on an equivalent scholarship. But leaving his grandparents, the life he thought he was going to have, but, which is unfulfilling is a huge step for Cash. He is torn and tortured by his decision to go.