How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land.

“Now let's try to understand that falling into sexual and emotional thrall with an underage blood relative hadn't exactly been on my list of Things to Do while visiting England,but I was coming around to the belief that whether you liked it or not, Things Happen and once they start happening you pretty much just have to hold on for dear life and see where they drop you when they stop.”
― Meg Rosoff, How I Live Now

I couldn't finish this book. I tried, but I just couldn't get past some of the relationships that seem inappropriate. I didn't appriciate the way it referred to Jesus in some durgoatory terms, and after that I was done with this book. I imagine the story could be good if only a few things didn't put me off so much.

Narrated by 15-year-old Daisy, this book looks at the brutalities and confusions of war through her eyes. I loved, loved, loved her voice. Snarky but soulful and so very compelling. My favorite line: “I don't get nearly enough credit in life for the things I manage not to say.”