Catching the Light

This was the line between here and there. No landwash, no vague intertidal zone, no undecided. She stood at the edge, a mass of instincts and yearnings and despair, while the dawn painted itself in around her, shade by delicate shade.

The kids call her Lighthouse: no lights on up there. In a small town, everyone knows when you can’t read. But Cathy is just distracted by the light, lines, and artistry of everyday life. She is a talented artist growing up in tiny Mariners Cove and yearns for acceptance. She dreams of enrolling in art school, but getting there will be a struggle. Hutch Parsons is everything Cathy is not: charismatic, popular, smart. Overflowing with energy, he is confident in his plans for the future. But one icy evening his world is upended and those plans are swept away.

Dancing between points of view, Catching the Light explores the ordinary lives of two extraordinary people. With gorgeously lyrical language and a strong sense of place, this tender novel announces a bright new voice in Atlantic fiction. Winner of the 2014 Percy Janes First Novel Award for an unpublished manuscript.

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“Catching the Light” by Susan Sinnot is a romance novel that has a good plot and many great word choices. It has an enemies to lovers trope about an artist who was bullied for most of her life because of her illiteracy and a popular boy who struggles with his ambitions after a tragic incident. One of the reasons I like this book is because it shows that dreams can change and determination is all you need to make them happen.

I found myself enjoying the second half of the book much more than the first because it was faster paced and had more events! Each character in this story went through their own set of difficulties, and I love that this book really highlighted determination as a key quality in all of them. Usually I am a huge fan of descriptive stories but I felt as if the amount of descriptions in this novel was a bit excessive and took away from the plot.

This book shows the importance of balance in life through Hutch’s character development. I honestly wish Cathy's character developed a lot more throughout the book since her obsession with art seemed to unnecessarily trump everything else in her life. She also really struggles to forgive others yet expects others to forgive her easily. Needless to say, Hutch was definitely my favorite character in this novel and the chapters from his pov never failed to bring a smile to my face!

The book was spaced across several years and, honestly, I wish more had happened within that timeline. I’ve always loved books that have multiple pov’s and this book was no exception! All in all, I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a slower paced yet heart-warming novel.

I recommend this book.