In the Wild Light

This book is like two different novels that have been shoe-horned together. It started well but as soon as our protagonist and his girl bestie arrive at boarding school, it became a cliché fish-out-of-water tale that has been done to death. But then the story goes back to Kentucky (or wherever it was) and its engaging again. The real story, the good parts, are all about Cash's sad small town life and his dying Papaw and its very beautifully wrought. But the novel is ruined by this boarding school weirdness that feels like it was written by another author. I'm so annoyed.

I received a free copy of this book for review from the publisher.