Out of This Place - Emma Cameron

Title: Out of This Place
Author: Emma Cameron
Publisher: St.Martin's Press
Genre: YA, Contemporary
Pages: 416
Rating: 3 Stars

Goodreads Summary: "Luke spends his days hanging out at the beach, working shifts at the local supermarket, and trying to stay out of trouble at school until he can be on his own. Bongo gets wasted, blocking out memories of the little brother Social Services took away from his addict mom and avoiding the stepdad who hits him. And Casey, the girl they both love, longs to get away from her strict, controlling father and start anew in a place where she can be free. When their lives all take very different and surprising paths, will these three friends find a way to come together again?"


It did take me a little while to get into this story, I'm not gonna lie. The story itself was good but I never really got attached to the characters. I was interested in the story but never really got too invested. I did like how it switched between three of the main characters, Luke, Casey and Bongo/David. I was more interested in Casey and Bongo's stories because they had more to them really, Luke's was pretty "ehh" for me. I'm usually a crier when reading books like this, but even though I felt for the characters and was saddened by their situations, mainly Casey and Bongo, I never teared up. That's how I know that I really love a book, if it's able to really pull at my heartstrings and get into my emotions.  

One thing that did bug me though was I got confused a lot with the story, it felt like it jumped around a lot. All of a sudden there was a new turn in the story and I had no idea how it got there.

Overall I did like the story but I wasn't completely sold on it :/