The timing could not be more perfect for this #BAWritingLife challenge by Bethany Atazadeh.

TODAY is the Release Party for the new book “Easy” by Mercedes Siler which is happening over at Facebook here.

My review:

This is the last book I read and it was AWESOME.

“Easy” was a rollicking adventure from the opening line to the end.

*SPOILERS*

Among relationships, random sex, budding parenthood, runaways, drug addicts, kiddie porn, and incest and molestation so casual and commonplace it is its own character in the book, Ezra “Easy” and his best friend Jake “Love” both endure their first real loves and turn from boys to men in this novel.

It reminded me of films like “Trainspotting” and “City of God” (but without the overdosing and guns), with a dash of Junot Diaz’s novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” (with all the snippets of other languages thrown in).

The fresh, resplendently rambling narration hops from one thing to the next, and still flows so beautifully to weave a story that is original and heart-wrenching and darkly funny all at once. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and feel like my life has shifted somewhat, by the time I was finished.

Read my full review of “Easy” on Bookbub, or just hop on over to her Release Party.

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