 | Ballad of Darcy & Russell Author: Matson, Morgan | |
| Price: $10.65 | ||
Summary:
Eighteen-year-old Darcy, a firm believer in love at first sight, finds herself stranded at a bus station the night before leaving for college, until she meets Russell, sparking a whirlwind of unexpected adventures and heartfelt connections as they unravel the possibility of falling in love in just one day.
Reviews:
Booklist (04/15/24)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (A) (00/05/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 04/15/2024 Though she's stranded at a bus station in Nevada the night before she's supposed to leave for college and with no money or phone charger, things are looking up for Darcy. Because also at the bus station is Russell, a very cute guy, and Darcy, a true romantic, might be smitten. They're both heading home from the same music festival—where Darcy saw the Nighthawks, her dad's favorite band, who wrote the song she was named after—and they both have dead phones. With the next bus not coming until morning, they set out into the night, ultimately finding themselves on an unexpected adventure. There are a few twists here, and readers will likely see them coming long before Darcy does, but the plot's not really the point: this is an intimate character study of a girl on the precipice of change and an examination of how love changes as we begin to really know someone. Fans of all-in-one-day stories, like Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star (2016), will eat it up. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
