Review: Save Yourself by Kelly Braffet
Death. Religion. Drink driving. Bullying. Vampirism. Psychopaths. Pledge Rings. And that's just the first few chapters. Seriously, Save Yourself , the debut novel from American author Kelly Braffet is a non-stop roller coaster ride of emotions featuring some very emotionally damaged people. The novel opens with Patrick, a twenty-something living in a small American town. Patrick's Dad is in jail after a drink driving incident resulted in the death of a small boy. Patrick was not only the person who turned his own father in, but he and his brother Mike are facing the wrath of the entire community for waiting nineteen hours before they did so. As far as the locals are concerned, Patrick and his brother just don't care that a boy died. Patrick, meanwhile, spent nineteen hours of hell--first comforting his father and then questioning his own loyalties and sense of duty. On the other side of town is Verna, a sweet and innocent high school freshman who wants nothing m...