Pages:
278
Publisher:
Faber
Release
Date: 18th
August 2016
Edition:
UK paperback,
review copy
Other
Titles by this Author: The Things We Did For Love, After
Iris, Flora
in Love, All
About Pumpkin, Lydia
It’s
hard being the normal one in such a crazy family.
Bluebell
and her siblings are beginning a new school year and everyone is freaking out!
Twig has taken up violent team sports, Jas is being bullied and Blue has a big
decision to make.
There
are secrets and lies. Halloween parades and covert graffiti artists. Confusing
friendships and life-changing choices.
But
there is also laughter and above all, there is love and that’s what being a
family is all about.
I love this series to the moon
and back and I’m kinda devastated that Time
for Jas is the final book about the chaotic, loveable Gadsbys.
The Gadsbys have returned from
Devon and everyone is freaking out about something. In the wake of Flora’s
dramatics about drama school, Twig’s determination to risk his life playing
rugby and Jas struggling with some girls in her year, Blue is fading into the
background again. She’s the ‘sensible’ one, the one that can be relied on to
not cause any trouble. No one listens to her now that she’s hundreds of miles
from Skye in Devon and she’s left battling with her siblings and against best
friend Dodi. I loved how the friendship between Dodi and Blue was handled.
When I was a teenager, I had a
friend like Dodi – one that wouldn’t let me speak, that would dictate my
actions, crush down my ideas and always thought they knew what I wanted. I’m
not as brave as Blue and didn’t stand up for myself, but I'm so, so glad she
did. It’s a horrible situation to be in and I loved seeing her come out the
other side and eventually do something that showed the colours she is on the
inside.
Natasha Farrant handles tough
subjects with the perfect touch and the trials of the Gadsbys and those around
them is flawless. Mr Valetta, a minor character who seems like a villain, but
is just as nuanced as the kids; strange, whimsical Pixie; and even the harassed
Gadsby parents – there’s always so much more under the surface.
Blue, Flora, Jas and Twig go
through a lot in Time for Jas – it is
their last hurrah, after all! They face bullies, difficult choices, new
friends, people they love leaving and people arriving that they grow to love
too. Just like in All About Pumpkin, this
Gadsby adventure was all about the changes, the loss and the gain of moving
from out of childhood, and though it’s scary, it doesn’t all have to be bad.
Especially is you’ve got an army of family and friends that love you right at
your side.
I love this series so very much
that I even got a little bit happy-teary at the end of Time for Jas. This book may be the end of these books, but Blue and
the gang have a whole lot ahead of them. A gorgeous series about love and
family in all its mess, chaos and mishaps that shouldn’t be missed.
Thanks to Faber for the review
copy.
Sophie
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