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Far From You Book Talk

Sophie Winters has defied death twice. The first time was when she was 14 in a car accident with her best friend Mina and Mina's older brother, Trev. Due to her injuries, including a bum leg, she got addicted to Oxycontin (which she struggles to kick for years).

The second time wasn't an accident. A masked man confronts Mina and Sophie in the woods. Mina is shot and killed but Sophie survives. When the investigation ensues, Sophie has a pill bottle in her pocket, the police rule that Mina's death is a drug deal gone wrong. Due to Sophie's past, no one is willing to listen to Sophie, she had been clean for months. She is forced into rehab, while Mina's killer is running loose.

When Sophie is released from rehab she decides to investigate herself Mina's death because no one else believes her. She must get old friends to trust her again so she can pursue the case. As Sophie gets closer to solving the mystery, she has to reveal her and Mina's biggest secrets.

via Goodreads

 My opinion of "Far From You" changed throughout the entire course of the book.

First the mystery part of the book, this has no spoilers, in the book you learn about this part later in the book but it doesn't ruin anything. When Sophie is figuring out who Mina's killer is she discovers the story Mina was working on for the newspaper. It was about a girl named Jackie who disappeared three years ago. With Trev, her friends Rachel, and Blake, she finds notes that were telling Mina to stop investigating the case or bad things will happen to her. Whoever killed Mina also killed Jackie. Now they had to solve two mysteries, Jackie's and Mina's. This was done so well, I actually guessed in the beginning who I thought might have killed Mina and I was right- kind of. The ending had a huge surprising twist that I don't think anyone could have predicted it. 

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When I originally picked up this book, the secret that was revealed was nothing like I expected. Like I said in my Goodreads review, hear me out and let me explain myself. In today's culture I feel like there has to be a gay couple/person in a television show or story. For example, the T.V. show I love, "The Fosters". It wasn't necessary for there to be a lesbian couple but they did. I support gay rights 100%, love is love, and as long as you're happy that's all that matters, it's your life, not mine, do what makes you happy. So when I figured out that Mina and Sophie were in love with each other I was kind of disappointed because I thought it would be a different kind of "secret". BUT, as the story continued I was really happy that Tess Sharpe chose to make Sophie bisexual because she it explored a more complicated relationship, Sophie/Mina and Sophie/Trev. I grew to love the Sophie/Mina relationship because it was raw and true.
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I enjoyed this book way more than I thought I was going to. I actually want to purchase this book because I liked it that much. Go check out Tess Sharpe's debut novel.