Moreover, the innocent-looking, green-eyed Wink seemed to be just the balm he needed. “Your story is about to begin, and that boy moving boxes into the slanted old house across the road is the start of it.”Īfter being brushed off by Poppy (again), Midnight is determined to get over her. Moving out of town offered the perfect opportunity to forget the girl who had no heart. Over the course of a summer, their stories knot together through love, scorn and revenge. But Poppy is in love with Leaf -the boy who sees the ugly beneath the pretty, the brother of the red-haired, freckled, book-loving Wink. Midnight is the awkward boy enamored with Poppy -the blond-haired mean girl who lives her life loudly and in the lead. There would be wolves and tricks and lies and cunning and vengeance in our story. But which character is whom and what secrets do they keep? “We were like the three Fates, weaving the story together, threads of gold, red, and midnight blue. A Hero, a Villain and perhaps a Catalyst… one who pushes their entwined story forward, who tangles it even as the story begs to unravel. The tone is ominous and foreboding, the story constantly shifting, twisting, turning through the perspective of the narrative’s central characters: Wink, Poppy and Midnight. It’s a mystery, a suspense, a romance and a novel difficult to classify, but one that’s deliciously creepy and deviously fun to devour. Three voices that burst onto the page in short, sharp, bewitching chapters, and spiral swiftly and inexorably toward something terrible or tricky or tremendous.Īpril Tucholke’s Wink Poppy Midnight is a story in the making. Midnight is the sweet, uncertain boy caught between them. Poppy is the blond bully and the beautiful, manipulative high school queen bee.

Wink is the odd, mysterious neighbor girl, wild red hair and freckles. Buy Now: Amazon Kindle | Amazon Hardcover | iBooks.Related Posts: See more Creeptastic Reads | See more Suspense, Mysteries & Thrillers | 2016 Favorite Singles.thoughtfully unraveled in Tucholke’s distinctive voice. An atmospheric gothic narrative- eerie and fascinating

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