I'll Give You the Sun

I have always heard amazing things from Jandy Nelson's first book "The Sky is Everywhere" and when I got a chance to read this early I couldn't say no, but unfortunately this didn't worked out for me. The only reason for me to put this down was the writing, I'm usually all aboard for purple prose but I just couldn't, it was way too much for my tastes and it kind of ruined the narrative and made me not get into the book.

Probably readers who already liked Nelson's debut novel will enjoy this one too, also people who like artistic/lyrical writing and purple prose.

Beautifully flawed characters and a story to stir the soul. One of the best YA books I've read in a long time.

I’ll Give You the Sun is a masterpiece of the Young Adult genre, perfectly incorporating the feel of what it is to be a teenager in today’s world, while turning the genre on its head by creating a masterful puzzle of grief, loss, and the darker side of families not so often addressed in the Young Adult genre.
Jandy Nelson juggles the dual perspectives and timelines masterfully, and readers will find themselves rooting for both characters in a way that is rare when faced with more than one main character. Noah and Jude are funny, flawed, and real, and this is a novel that should be on every young adult's bookshelf.