I enjoyed this book. I was happy to see Jamie had wrote a YA book. I love YA and this did not disappoint.
Elliot and Catherine were amazing and the plot...ohhh well read it and find out. I heart this book.
I think it's a must read!

This was different from the other books I have read from Jamie McGuire and whilst it took me longer then usual to get into, once I did get into it I was completely hooked.

I went into this book quite blind, not sure what to expect, just excited that it was a Jamie McGuire book and she did a great job keeping me on the edge of my seat in anticipation of what was going to happen next and in suspense of what was going on behind the closed doors.

I loved Elliott Youngblood and Catherine Calhoun together. They both seem so damaged and sad but together they seem to spark some life back into each other. The first time he sees Catherine he has never seen such a beautiful but sad sight. They are both outcasts dealing with families issues but they find an easy friendship with each other that is until the worse day of Catherine's life and Elliott is forced to leave town. When he finally comes back a few years later he finds a different girl who is more guarded. He will have to work hard to gain her trust again and break her walls down.

This book really dealt with some serious issues such as bullying, being judge based on your colour, nationality and culture, such emotive issues but so well written and dealt with, She also paired these with loyalty, protectiveness and friendship helping you overcome the obstacles in your way.

I am looking forward to seeing what Jamie brings us next

Jamie McGuire did it again! In this case it was with a YA book! I could not put it down an if I could give 10 stars I would..

Elliott and Catherine meet the summer of Freshman year...the year that Catherine gets throw for a loop. an he spends 2 years trying to get back to her. Finally Senior year he makes it back an works hard an getting her to forgive him for "leaving" through all this you know that Catherine is holding onto a secret but it isn't until the end that you truly find out what it is....Ms McGuire had me guessing until the very end and I was SHOCKED!! I truly loved this book an the added mystery behind Catherine's secret.

Can't wait to see what else she has up her sleeve!

Jamie McGuire always amazes with her books. Each time a new one comes out, I think to myself *this* is her best one yet! I absolutely loved All the Little Lights and will definitely be recommending it to others.

Well written romance that kept me invested. I have not read any of the author's other work, but will do so now because I loved this book.

Storyline: 5
Angst: 4
Tissue: 2
Value: 5
Panty Scorching: 0
Overall Rating: 4 Stars
Kindle eArc provided by Netgalley

I almost needed a few moments to process this young adult mystery/suspense. I really had a sense of the Bates Motel just starting off with this story when Catherine would just dread coming home of anyone visiting her. The relationship between Elliott and Catherine was just sweet. The boy/young man was so devoted to Catherine and just wanted to be there to protect her. She just has a secret so dark that she doesn’t feel she can share it with anyone. I liked how the twists kept popping up and the angst with all of the adversity thrown at Catherine and Elliott. This book deals with bullying, racism, neglect and much more. It really makes you think about small towns and the mob mentality you can see when people get scared or lack understanding.

Definitely a dark and twisted young adult novel I would recommend. It was very thought provoking as I would try to uncover what secrets Catherine could be hiding and why she would be hiding them. My emotions ran the gambit where I felt scared, sad, frustrated and love for the characters. Very interesting.

I won't be publishing a review on my blog because although I honestly enjoyed certain aspects of this book and appreciate it, I have nothing much to say about it other than the below,
This was an okay book. I enjoyed the writing style and premise of the book. The main characters are endearing and you see how troubling their family lives can be and you want them to be together. But, at the same time when they're together it can sometimes feel repetitive? The pace of the book felt incredibly slow so it was hard to get into the book as well. And the big 'secret' wasn't a let down, but was a little predictable.

*** Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with an ARC! ***

Okay, I think this is a break up with Jamie McGuire and I. I loved her first couple of books but I just can't anymore. She also has this obsession with guys and their anger problems. This book was just all over the place. I wasn't quite sure what it was trying to be. A contemporary romance? Romance? Mystery? I'm still not even sure. 

Now that I know the ending, it had SO much potential. It could have shined a bigger light on mental illness (I wont say because of spoilers). Unfortunately, I had such a hard time getting through this book. It was really long and it didn't need to be. This book is definitely a YA, which could be part of the problem. I'm not used to that from McGuire. 

I had to get about 60% of the way through this book before I was interested. It was such an agonizing process. I'm a fast reader and this book has caused me to have a major slump. Ugh. 

Anyways, the first part of this book is about these teens, who are neighbors but the boy is only there in the summer. They meet, fall in love and he has to leave. He then comes back and all this chaos has happened while he was gone. Now, I get that there is a twist and I didn't really see it until the end but that was part of my problem. I really wish that I would have been let in on what was really going on before I hit 90% of the book. I think it would have been a bigger impact than having her say over and over, "I can't. It's a secret." I just got tired of being dragged along. 

The love between Catherine and Elliott was just ehh, and I didn't really connect to them. I found myself having to skip over so much of the love stuff. It was just too corny and I couldn't take it after I hit 30% of the book. There was so much redundancy too. I don't know how many times she had to bring up that Catherine was quiet and weird. Elliott is the high school football quarterback and his devotion for Catherine is more than breathing and food? I find that a LITTLE hard to believe. 

The story was just so slow and it felt like McGuire was trying to acheive way too much with this one. 

I was really disappointed in this book and I'm sad about that. I'm sure I'll be in the unpopular opinion but that's okay. Not every book is for everyone. 

I want to thank the publisher, Montlake Romance and Netgalley, for providing me with a copy of this eARC for review!

It's been a long while since I have read anything my Jamie McGuire and this was unexpectedly different. It definitely has all the angst that we are used to in her books. Nothing at all missing there. It is one of those stories where you spend a bunch of time trying to figure out the mystery of the bed and breakfast and I found I had a few different scenarios playing in my mind (one was correct lol). This story, despite what I consider to be some difficult subject matter, was well written and thought out with plenty of teenage angst, characters that will anger you, but others that will absolutely knock your socks off with their strength

I received this book fro free from Netgalley and Publisher in exchange for a honest review.

I love Jamie McGuire's work and this was no different.

We meet 2 young people that go to school together and care very much for each but when Elliot leaves the school, Catherine has to heal. Elliot returns several years later for senior year, he wants nothing more than have the relationship that he and Catherine had before. but with popularly being at its differences between and the secret that Catherine is keeping causing drama for Elliot.

I really enjoyed this book and when I seen that Jamie had a new book, I had to request it. I was able to meet her last year at Penned Con in St. Louis, Mo. and she was so nice.

Beautiful journey to love that shows the depth and determination of first love. Elliott’s home life is less than stellar so he usually is shipped off to his aunt and uncles house for the summer. His Aunt Leigh loves him, though she is tough to know, but she inspires him with his first camera. As he explores town to take pictures, he sees Catherine and his heart is stolen. Now, it takes years for this boy to actually talk to her but when he does, a true friendship is born. Catherine’s world is tainted by her families’ past in town which follows her like a black cloud which hinders her from making friends. When she meets Elliott, she isn’t sure what to think but she needs an escape from her parents fighting which opens her eyes to a true friend. Then Catherine’s world crashes down on her while Elliott gets ripped away against his will. When Elliott makes it back to Catherine a few years later, he is determined to get Catherine back. But will Catherine let him in, a lot has changed over the years. I love Catherine’s strength, she is a teenager, navigating a small-town world that she didn’t make but gets judged by every day. She doesn’t always see her own strength but she is a true warrior. Elliott, oh Elliott, his love for Catherine is limitless and is willingness to throw himself at her mercy is heartwarming. He faces his own challenges due to his ethnicity and his mother’s prejudices about Oak Creek. This is an emotional roller-coaster that shocked me while it captured my heart for this couple to find the happiness they both truly deserve. I voluntarily read an ARC of this book and this is my honest review.

So having really liked Jamie McGuire' s Beautiful Disaster series, I was super excited to dive back into another one of her books after so long and was ecstatic when I got approved for her YA novel All The Little Lights from Netgalley. The beginning of this novel, I really liked. I loved their connection as children, which quickly grew to first love. I love how protective Elliot was of Catherine, I loved Catherine relationship with her dad, how he tried to protect her from her mother's mood swings, anger and depression. I really liked the background story of the town and how Catherine's family came to be the talk of it. And I really enjoyed (even though my heart broke for Catherine) the climax of the story that ends up driving then apart for several years, and leaves Catherine with a sense of betrayal.

When Eliotte does return to her, I really liked the sense that Catherine was dealing with some scary things, especially when it comes to the house she lives in with her mom. And it affected her relationship with her friends and even Ellliot, who she tries not stay mad at and fails. They are seriously an adorable couple, and were definitly my favourite part of the whole book. But then here is where it falls flat for me. I really wasn't expecting this suspenseful, thriller type of story. I went into this book completely blind and the synopsis gives nothing away as to what this book holds. And usually I don't mind that OR thrillers/murder mysteries. However, I tend to be more of a mood reader and it very well could be that I just wasn't feeling this type of story. For me, I felt that the suspense just carried on for way to long (from about 55% to about 80% when things start to unravel) and I found myself just getting bored with it and wanting to know what happened already. Although some parts of this book really gave me the creeps, and reading it at night with the lights out gave me the chills. Think Bates Motel meets some creepy ass horror movie!

I will say though that the ending and who the suspect is at the end really was a great twist to the story and made up for the long drawn out parts of the book. I knew something was up but I wasn't expecting who it was until I read it and was like "ahhhhh yes ok totally makes sense". Over all though, I didn't LOVE this book. I liked Catherine and Elliott's relationship, and I guess I was expecting more of a romance based around them and maybe some minor secret that Catherine was keeping. I really got thrown off track when it went into this suspenseful drama about what was going on in Catherine's life and then a murder mystery. It ended up just feeling drawn out and unnecessarily long for me. I think had I been more prepared for the type of story I was going to get, I would have liked the book a lot more because it really is well written. Overall though, it's a 3 star from me.

Its been a minute since I read a Jamie McGuire book, so when I heard she was releasing a new book, I was excited to read it. Then I read the blurb for All the Little Lights and was even more excited. This sounded a bit different than previous books of her I have read and was intrigued.

Elliott Youngblood and Catherine Calhoun clicked as soon as they met. They found a connection with each other that helped them develop a friendship they both valued. But then Elliott leaves and Catherine feels lost and alone. When he returns a few years later, everything is different.

When Elliott comes back, he is now on the school football team and popular, while Catherine is still an outcast and barely surviving. But Elliott is determined to win Catherine back. but when tragedy strikes, and Elliott is the prime suspect. Can Catherine really trust him?

All the Little Lights was very different than other books I have read from Jamie McGuire, however, it was still a story about love, but also touched on issues faced by young adults. The story was a bit darker, had some suspense and I found it engaging.

I have been a Jamie McGuire fan since .. oh for as long as I can remember. When I saw that she was releasing a new book, I couldn't resist requesting on NetGalley. I was ecstatic when they approved my request and can honestly say, this has been a thrill of a read. If you are a long-time fan on Jamie, please know that this is a little different than her traditional story type. The book itself lends to a dark and gothic atmosphere, and the characters are .. gritty. There's no other way to say it; wonderfully, realistically, gritty. I can't rave enough. If you are a Jamie fan -- READ THIS BOOK.

I fell in love with Jamie McGuire’s writing when I read Beautiful Disaster. All the Little Lights is not at all what I was expecting but that is not saying that I didn’t love it.

Elliot was playing with his new camera when he sees Catherine for the first time behind the huge house she lives in with her parents. When he's returns the summer they both are 15 they finally talk for the first time. They instantly have a connection and become best friends walking all over talk taking pictures. They are each other’s support system as they both have unhappy home lives. Elliott is living with his aunt and uncle during the summers.

Early on there is tragedy in Catherine’s life and when she needed Elliot the most his Mom forces him to leave town without even a word to her. Two years later he returns to town to go to school he becomes the school's star quarterback. He tries to talk to Catherine but she is still very mad at him giving him the cold shoulder, but it does not take him long to break thru. In the last two years things at Catherine’s house have gotten even weirder. Elliot worries about her but she says she is fine and keeps her secrets to herself.

This was a love story with a bit of a dark side very suspenseful and the big "secret" was quite the shocker I knew that there was something weird but I never thought that!! This story had more suspense and mystery with lots of twists and turn involving the characters than her other books I’ve read.

I will no spoil this story for you!!

4 <b> Youngblood and that girl </b> stars
This story is about Catherine and Elliot
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This story… is so completely different from what I have read from the author in the past. I must admit… I have been a horrible fan and haven’t read a book by the author in some time only reading her Beautiful series ans well as the 2014 Atria sampler. But is aw she had a TON of books coming out and I jumped at the chance to remember this fine author.

This story is about a lost girl, a lost boy and abuse.
That sounds so terribly morbid. But … alas it is true
Our two main characters are the subject to a ton of verbal and emotional abuse and some how they survive. There is no thoughts of suicide or even running away. What does occur is trust in the only other person in their lives .
This story is also about first love.
This story shows how a boy fell in love with a girl a long time ago when he didn’t really understand what love was. This story is about passion and heartbreak. This story is about broken homes, broken hearts and broken families.
This story is about divorce, bullying, racism, neglect, family/peer pressure, mental health, death, and most of all it is about hope.
..are you tired of me saying this story…
Its because it is one of those books you stew over. It enrages you, it engages you .. in a way it changes you. The plot twist in this book is top notch and I loved the story. There were parts that never really were explained and there were parts where the story felt repetive and slow. I would say this is a good young adult fiction. There is mention of sex and condoms but I don’t rate that as immediately being adult or romance genre.

From the moment I knew Jamie Mcguire was writing a new book I wanted to devour it. This story is unlike anything she has ever written. She has brought so many issues to light in this one book from domestic violence to racisms to mental health to bullying to lost of a love one. This isnt like any young love/ first love story you've read. Your heart will melt for Elliot and Caroline, break for them, and hope for the best that everything will turn out for the best for these two. Thank you Jamie, for blowing my mind with this book.

*Received a ARC from Netgalley and this is my honest to goodness review. *

ARC provided by NetGalley

Title: All the Little Lights
Author: Jamie McGuire
Genre: Contemporary, YA
Publication Date: May 29, 2018

I wasn't sure what to expect but I was completely engrossed. The author did a good job of keeping me guessing about what the heck was going on behind closed doors.
This is also a story about the effects of bullying, being judged by the color of your skin, your culture, and who your friends may be. But, it’s also about loyalty, protectiveness, and the resilience to overcome every adversity. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys YA books.

O.M.G. All the Little Lies was completely unexpected and quite a page turner. In all honesty, I haven't read a Jamie McGuire book in a long time but, I was ready to read a book by her not set in the Beautiful Disaster world and this was PHENONMENAL.
All the Little Lies should be read blind so I won't be putting too much about the plot but rather about the emotions it invoked - which was many. This is much more than a romance novel set in high school. This book covers hard topics like small town racism and family relationships while also delivering a love story. Catherine and Elliot met over one summer and as outsiders they quickly formed a bond. That bond is immediately tested in ways they couldn't imagine.
I devoured the book as I sped along to solve the mystery unfolding between these pages. The small town was rife with characters that made this book so much more chilling but on the flip side showed when things were good, they were really good.
Arrested in this story, I could not imagine the outcome and I am glad I went in blind. I know this is a standalone but I am so ready for more of Catherine and Elliot. Their story is unique and mature beyond their years. If you're a fan of suspense and romance be sure to check this out.

It’s been so so so long since I read my last McGuire. If I remember correctly it was Beautiful Oblivion almost 4 years ago. And I hadn’t even realized that that much time has passed when I haven’t read recently anything of hers until a month ago when I stumbled upon this book on NetGalley. And let me tell you, that the minute I read the blurb, I requested it in ONE-CLICK and, after, I jumped up-and-down when I got the confirmation email that I got it.

Plus, expect going without a McGuire, I was going without a YA also for quite some time. And All The Little Lights surely proved to be the perfect and most loud coming back in that genre.

My mind is super blown away. Except getting caught off guard with how unique and how beautiful the story of Catherine & Elliot was, I was also stupefied with that freaking plot twist towards the end when the secret that was looming over the whole book was finally revealed. I had to read that part twice until I actually got my mind wrapped around what I had just actually read. An almighty curveball ALRIGHT! *POOF*

Then, it’s the super awesome mystery & “darkness” that surrounded both the town, but most importantly Catherine’s life. Page after page, I was trying to figure out what she was hiding but I’d hardly scratch the surface of what actually was hidden. One of the coolest things that I experienced while reading this AMAZING book was that every word and every scene was forming in front of my eyes like an actual movie; like I was watching the book’s adaptation on the big screen instead of just reading it. And if there is a story that it deserves to become a movie, this is it!

Catherine & Elliot. How can I describe the avalanche of emotions these two created in me? What words should I choose so I can describe the beauty, the sweetness, and the innocence of their love story? It’s near impossible. McGuire undoubtedly nailed it with these characters. She wrote them so damn well and gave them such deep, complicated and captivating personalities that it made complete sense for their (love) story to be also like that, now that I am thinking about it. Catherine, from the one side, being the retracted, to-her-self girl who wanted to get the hell out of Oak Creek and find her way, and Elliot, form the other side, being the outgoing, proud for his roots, artistic, strong-willed boy who was soaring through his teenage life doing what was expressing him while having to deal with his parents’ fights and was loving Catherine fiercely.

I’d never loved snyone else the way I loved her, and I never would again. She was more important to me than she knew.

There are some facts about the book that they aren’t obvious but if you sit and watch the book from all respectives, you will see them.

The book may be a continuous story through its all 440 pages, but in reality, it’s divided into three parts.
It’s more than a love story. In reality, the love that Catherine & Elliot’s friendship blossoms into, it’s just a subplot which adds more intensity to the actual plot and makes its ending’s importance and impact heavier and with more dimensions.
The social “taboo” subjects of Mental Illness, Family Abuse aka “Domestic Violence” and Racism take center stage. The difference is that McGuire isn’t just raising these important subjects, but she is choosing to project them through the eyes of two 18-year-olds which elevates the book’s importance and takes it in a whole new level.
McGuire doesn’t stay only in Racism. She also adds a subject that we see more often that we should and that is the Law Enforcement Abuse of Power, which more and more nowadays is connected with racist behavior. How many times do we see police officers using the power that the government has laid upon them to protect the citizens for their own gain or just “because they can”, ending in shameful actions?
It’s not by chance that the story is unfolded in a small town. Usually, in the big cities, people have the “choice” to overlook the important stuff and go on with their life as the modern lifestyle asks. But, when the same stuff happens in a small town, people don’t have the luxury to overlook; they are forced to take notice.
The story is, also, negotiates with subjects as the importance of friendship, courage, standing up for yourself, being brave, following your dreams, the sacrifices we do for the people we love etc.
“Catherine isn’t a namr for a princess. Sounds like a warrior to me.”

There are no limitations to all the things you can extract from the simple and, at the same time, complex story of Catherine and Elliot. But, that’s the beauty of a great book, right? Though, I have to admit that I wasn’t used to this new, rawer, more real and challenging kind of writing style that Jamie adopted for this book. Sure, her Beautiful series (Travis & Abby) was full on rawness and emotional overload and in levels that you thought your heart wouldn’t be able to take it till the end. This time though, all that took a whole new meaning which resulted in me being mind-blowing surprised. And honestly, I think this is the style that fits her better. I can’t wait to read her new From Here To You which comes out on August 21st.

Elliot was holding out his hand, waiting for me to take it. I glanced around, searching for curious eyes. “Don’t look at them. Look at me.”