Chasing Brooklyn

It was a great love story book. It showed true love and real emotions. I read this book because it was the sequel to the last book I read.

It’s a great ghostly love book and you wouldn’t be able to keep their hand off of it. A friend showed me the book.

Chasing Brooklyn is an unexpected love story and beautifully written. I really enjoyed the switching over characters to get a different perspective and how it felt like free verse poetry. The book was recommended be a friend.

This book was amazing! Chasing Brooklyn is a book written in free verse, by one of my all time favorite authors! Lisa Schroeder is such a powerful writer, she know just what to say to pull on those heartstrings. This is Lisa’s third YA book written in verse, and can I just say that they keep getting better and better!

Books written in multiple perspectives are a toss up. Most of the time I really like books written this way, but sometimes I really hate it. I guess it all depends on the execution by the author. In this book I loved it. The chapters alternate back and forth between Brooklyn and Nico throughout the whole book, diving into the heart and soul of two different characters, experiencing the same heartbreak, both of whom you will fall in love with as you read this book.

As you can imagine this book was very emotional. Brooklyn has lost her boyfriend Lucca, who was also Nico’s brother. Then they both loose a friend, Gabe, who was Lucca’s best friend. But through all this loss and heartbreak they find each other. So it was an emotional journey to say the least. One that brought me to tears more than just once, but I loved every minute of it. ( )

I really like Schroeder's novels and my students crave them as well. The verse style of writing is great for reluctant or struggling readers, and Schroeder even throws in a rhyme or two for good measure. (I love rhymes so I smiled when I read them.) We find Brooklyn still struggling a year after Lucca's death. Then in alternating voices, we have Nico Lucca's brother's perspective and how he is coping a year later. Schroeder weaves a wonderful tale of survival, hope, and moving on. :) ( )