Hi everyone! Today I’m excited to participate in the Creative Blog tour for One Week of You & One Week of the Heart by Lisa Williams Kline! One Week of You is a heartwarming coming of age story about first loves and hard truths. One Week of the Heart is a prequel novella to One Week of You that just released this week & it’s currently available for free on Kindle!
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One Week of You by Lisa Williams Kline
Published by Blue Crow Books ISBN: 1925652831
on February 1, 2019
Genres: YA, Teen, Contemporary
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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Source: MTMC Tours, Author
I received this book for free from MTMC Tours, Author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
For Lizzy Winston, one week will change everything.
Fifteen-year-old Lizzy Winston has always been a good kid—and she sees the good in most everyone else, too. When she meets the charismatic Andy Masters, she starts crushing hard. He distracts her from other parts of her life that she’s trying to hold together. Her grades are slipping, she causes her mom to miss a new job opportunity, and her friends’ actions are making her question what’s right.
Andy seems like a great guy. He’s funny and charming, the Clown Prince of Lakeside High. He loves digging up news stories for the high school TV station, but he’s got some secrets of his own. As he and Lizzy get closer, she grows skeptical of his motives. When she does her own digging on Andy, she learns that everyone has secrets—no matter how good they seem.
Someone’s pulling pranks at Lakeside, and Lizzy thinks she knows who it is. When the pranks escalate and put students in danger, she must decide where her loyalty lies. She doesn’t want to get a friend in trouble, but if she keeps quiet, someone will get hurt. In one week, she learns that adulthood brings new, complicated responsibilities. Is she ready to do the right thing if it means losing her friends?
What to expect from One Week of You?
One Week of You is a sweet and touching contemporary read about family expectations, your personal aspirations, and first loves. Our young main character is focused on her studies and her dreams to become a doctor, and has no time to think about boys! (Not to mention that her mom is constantly reminding her about this point.) But Lizzy is about to face a week that may have her doubting everything she thought she had already figured out.
I really liked Lizzy and felt so much for her. I remember the anxiety and self-doubt that comes with school and expectations, particularly concerning about the future! She’s often apologizing for forgetting things and that made me feel so sad for her since people, particularly parents, forget that young people are not supposed to carry the world (or their problems) on their shoulders. And yet some do or have to.
However, that’s the point of the read and One Week of You will definitely have you rooting for Lizzy to be able to get through her school assignments complete with a flour baby project which is harder than it looks when you also have to deal with school chaos concerning a mysterious prankster, her own feelings for the new boy, and her life at home!
If you love sweet coming of age stories, definitely give One Week of You a try! There’s also a prequel novella that takes place a week before the events of this book!
One Week of the Heart follows Lizzy on a week at Med Camp that focuses on Lizzy’s friendships and last days of summer feels. It’s a quick read and the perfect intro to Lizzy’s life and aspirations!
Download the prequel novella to One Week of You for FREE for a limited time!
One Week of the Heart by Lisa Williams Kline
Published by Blue Crow Books on August 11, 2020
Pages: 99
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Lizzy has an unforgettable week during the summer before her freshman year of high school in this lighthearted prequel to Lisa Williams Kline’s One Week of You.
For fifteen-year-old Lizzy Winston, summer is the time to do what she loves most: hang with the people who know her best. But this year, summer science camp with her best friend Kelly turns out to bring more drama than she bargained for.
Kelly and Lizzy made a pact years before: they will never act like fools because of boys. They want to become doctors after all, and they don't have time to flirt. But this summer, Lizzy has her first crush and learns that your brain can’t always control your heart—and sometimes choosing one love means losing another.
Old friendships are put to the test as new ones bloom in this sweet novella that reminds us of how much one heart can grow in only a week.
“In One Week of You, Lisa Williams Kline perfectly channels the inner workings of the young adult mind, complete with every quivering ounce of angst, fear, and self-doubt.” -Frank Morelli, author of No Sad Songs
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One Week of You Playlist!
While I was reading One Week of the Heart/One Week of You, I decided it was fitting to listen to music while I read about Lizzy. I know a lot of readers prefer silence when reading but I am entirely opposite–I love music! It relaxes me. I am constantly stressed with work and super familiar with family expectations (particularly back when I was a student), and music always manages to make me feel better.
Long story short, I started to listen to music on spotify and created a One Week of You playlist partly inspired by the characters as well as the music that I listened while reading (including music I loved when I was 15!)
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Tour Schedule:
September 14 – Paperfury
September 15 – The Reader and the Chef
September 16 – BookCrushin
September 17 – Books, Tea, Healthy Me
September 18 – The Book View
September 19 – J Long Books
September 20 – Leighellen Landskov
September 21 – Diary of a Book Girl
September 22 – Books and Bookends
September 23 – Books Tales by Me
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About Lisa Williams Kline
ELisa Williams Kline was such a daydreamer as a kid that she once stopped to pet a dog while running from third base to home in a neighborhood baseball game. Fortunately, she ended up as a writer, where daydreaming pays off, and is the author of ten books for young people, including Eleanor Hill (Carus), winner of the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award, Princesses of Atlantis (Carus), Write Before Your Eyes (Delacorte), and the 5-book Sisters in All Seasons series (Zondervan). Her most recent book, from Blue Crow Publishing, is One Week of You, with its companion prequel novella, One Week of the Heart. She lives in North Carolina with her veterinarian husband, Jeff, and numerous spoiled pets. Their two daughters visit frequently with their dogs and as can be imagined they have a howling good time.
