A Nest for Celeste

Every time I start typing this review something interrupts me, I actually finished this book almost a week ago, let's see if I manage to type something semi-coherent this time.
This was my second read by this author, and I have to say that Cognet has a knack for writing men that give you hope but that are also not just perfect hollow shells with no personality or inner life. She also creates young women who go through hell and keep going without being unrealistically bad ass, these girls might collapse for a bit but they'll get back up, I like that.
I also enjoyed the deaf/HOH representation in this book a lot, I thought it was pretty thoughtful and well done. As in (potential mild spoiler ahead) deafness isn't the big thing Riley has to overcome, it's not even a big baddie, it's a part of who she is and people's reaction to it is more of a problem than it.
If, like me, you are a bit put off by the term empath don't worry in this instance it's not the often misused/overused psycho-pop term.
There's something comforting about this book, I've seen it compared to Darcy Coates' work and I would tend to agree it has something of a similar vibe to the Gravekeeper series but a little more intense.
I made it, hopefully it makes sense!