I really liked this and it was enlightening on the violence that occurred in Ireland over religion. Kevin and Sadie are very memorable and their respective families. Kevin's friend who gets involved in terrorist activities is scary. A happy ending is promised and I read this without reading the prequel 'The Twelfth of July' though I bought a copy of that afterwards

I read this book as a teenager and remember being enthralled by it. It is a coming of age story set in Northern Ireland during 'the troubles'. Kevin and Sadie come form different sides of the track - one a catholic and the other a protestant. They represent the eyes of the future when religion won't matter and people fall in love with whom they choose. The story tells of their struggle to be together and how much they are prepared to sacrifice to share a future. ( )

A nice book, I had to read it for English and it was pretty good.
Takes place in Northern Ireland and is a romance novel between Sadie and Kevin.
The problem is that Kevin is Catholic while Sadie is Protestant, in N. Ireland at that time, this was strongly disapproved. ( )