{"id":11958,"date":"2021-04-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11958"},"modified":"2021-04-24T10:21:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T15:21:56","slug":"v-is-verity-visions-in-eventide-by-sarah-goodman-ya-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11958","title":{"rendered":"V is Verity &#038; visions in EVENTIDE, by Sarah Goodman (YA book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11981\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=11981\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Eventide-1.jpg?fit=350%2C544&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"350,544\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Eventide-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Eventide-1.jpg?fit=350%2C544&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Eventide-1.jpg?resize=263%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"book cover of Eventide, by Sarah Goodman. Published by Tor Teen | recommended on BooksYALove.com\" class=\"wp-image-11981\" width=\"263\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Eventide-1.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Eventide-1.jpg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Eventide-1.jpg?resize=97%2C150&amp;ssl=1 97w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say she&#8217;s a spirit,<br>went mad from her loss\u2026<br>a bit of truth in every tall tale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From studying medicine with her father and preparing for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stlawu.edu\/about-st-lawrence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">college<\/a> in 1907 to hoeing corn in rural Arkansas &#8211; 17-year-old Verity&#8217;s world became so small when the local schoolteacher chose little sister Lilah from the orphan train, but rejected her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verity grows to like the Weatheringtons as she toils on their small farm with their teen nephew and fellow book-lover Abel, working hard so she can earn enough to get her and Lilah back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tragic story of Rev. Mayhew&#8217;s daughter jilted in love and walking away from home in the snow, the eerie deep woods where no one goes, how swiftly Miss Maeve has Lilah calling her Mama &#8211; everyone knows everything about everyone else in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourtango.com\/2020337318\/common-superstitions-people-around-world-believe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">superstitious<\/a> small town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why is there a body beside the well in the woods?<br>Papa&#8217;s in an asylum in New York &#8211; how could he get here?<br>Is Lilah truly safe in Miss Maeve&#8217;s stately home?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s magic hiding here, a secret seeking to escape, and Verity may have uncovered a dark truth that won&#8217;t leave her alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can a family secret be a good thing?<br>**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Book info:<\/strong> Eventide \/ Sarah Goodman. Tor Teen, 2020. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarahgoodmanwrites.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">author site<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.torteen.com\/books\/eventide-sarah-goodman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They say she&#8217;s a spirit,went mad from her loss\u2026a bit of truth in every tall tale. 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