While cleaning up my zillion bookmarks I came across a list geared right to me - "The Most Swoonworthy YA couples of all time" on a site called Forever Young Adult "for YA readers who are a little less Y and a bit more A" - which also applies to me. There were a few couples (and books) I didn't know including Cameron and Jenna from Sara Zarr's "Sweethearts." I love that cover by the way - not only is it cute and clean it actually fits the story - (which includes the most dead-on descriptions of food for comfort I've ever read).
This book was not at all what I expected, I thought it would be a light, quick read - it's more than that, and it's more than a romance in many ways. Zarr's style and prose is sparse and wonderful, capturing both the trauma and innocence of childhood effortlessly.
Hell yeah, Cameron Quick and Sara Zarr. I see some glomming in my future.
p.s.
I just read a little more about "Sweethearts" on FYA and it seems that Tim Riggins (well, the actor who plays him) is universally chosen for the role of Cameron Quick if a movie were made, and I laughed and laughed and then thought, well yeah, a 6'2" emancipated minor who doesn't say much?
Of course, Tim Riggins. Haha!
