Pixelated eBook LS Murphy
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Senior Year.
Middle of nowhere.
What's the new girl to do?
For Piper Marks, the answer is simple. She's determined to have her photography rock the cover of National Geographic someday, and moving to Clarkton, Iowa for her last year of high school is not going to stop her. Even if her usual subjects have changed from bright lights and skyscrapers to fields, cows…and more fields.
But when photographer at the local paper quits in a huff, she steps into his spot. Her new job keeps Piper busy capturing tackles, and zooming in on first downs and end zone dances, not to mention putting her directly in the path of varsity football star Les Williams IV. Her new friends warn her off, but she can't resist the pull she feels toward this mysterious country boy. But this small town is keeping a secret, and it's one that could destroy any chance they have to be together.
It's up to Piper to decide what to do with the distorted truth. Can she risk exposing her heart? It might be worth it, 'cause Les is about to change her world from black and white to fully saturated color.
Praise for Pixelated
"In Pixelated, L.S. Murphy weaves a complex web of secrets and lies with a 'will they or won't they' romance that kept me turning pages and holding my breath!" ~ Julie Reece, author of The Artisans and Crux
"Beautifully written, with a full spectrum of emotion and complex characters, Pixelated will tug at all your heartstrings. I easily lost myself in the world L.S. Murphy created and couldn't stop reading because I needed to see how the story ended." ~ Kelly Oram, author of Cinder & Ella
"L.S. Murphy brings something for every reader with Pixelated romance, secrets, mystery, and a main character torn between two choices. Murphy's writing is sharp and steeped in emotions, deftly hooking her readers from the first sentence to the last." ~ Sarah Bromley, author of A Murder Of Magpies
Pixelated eBook LS Murphy
PIxelated was just what I needed - even though I didn't know that when I started it! It was a sweet young adult romance that reminded me of watching favorite movies like Hope Floats. Piper is a strong, human, female character that you will quickly find yourself rooting for! Les is dark and mysterious and everything you'd want in your cowboy. A lovely read that leaves you feeling good. Period. Enjoy!Product details
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Pixelated eBook LS Murphy Reviews
Thanks to NetGalley and Bloomsbury for the opportunity to read and review Pixelated by L.S. Murphy! Piper lives in Clarkton, Iowa and she just moved in with her mother and stepfather while her father takes a new job in Kansas. Piper had to leave all she's familiar with and start her senior year of high school as the new kid in this very small town. Her mother works for the local paper, Clarkton Gazette, and has Piper help as a photographer, since that is her talent and career choice. Piper becomes part of the yearbook staff, thanks to the teacher and despite the yearbook editor, Morgan, who is immediately threatened by Piper. Small town gossip and assumptions make her life miserable. Piper feels as though everyone close to her has been lying to her and she's devastated when she walks straight into her father's lie. Her life is spiraling downward and she feels like she has absolutely no control over anything. A realistic fiction story with all the relationship struggles of real life. 5 stars for this intense book full of angst and clever characters!
Piper’s not happy about having to leave her home in St. Louis to move to The Middle of Nowhere, Iowa at the beginning of her senior year. She’s resolved to just make it through the year. Until she meets Les, that is. Navigating through small town drama, while trying to make new friends to ease her loneliness, and dealing with the lies and secrets she’s been forced to live with, Piper discovers that sometimes she has to step out from behind the camera in order to bring things into focus.
Pixelated follows Piper and her misadventures as she tries and fails to fit into a school where everyone has known everyone since they were babies.
This was a book that I really wanted to love! I just couldn’t.
I liked that Murphy wrote small town high school kids in such a realistic way. The drama, the rumors, it’s all too familiar. But Pixelated also focuses on Piper’s life at home with her family and her struggle to fit in there as well. She’s moved with her mom and stepfather, after they bought two small town newspapers. While Piper wants nothing more than to move back to her home, with the father she idolizes, she’s forced to see the people she’s always loved in a new light.
One aspect that I appreciated about Pixelated was that Piper was forced into seeing her father as a fallible man, not as the idol she’s always worshiped. I think that’s something every adult goes through and it’s rarely seen in young adult novels. It’s something that Piper struggles with, but it also gives her a chance to appreciate her stepfather, Doug. She’s never really given him a chance because she thought her mother had cheated on her father with him. But once secrets start coming out, she allows Doug to be the father and friend he’s tried to be.
Now, while I liked the family dynamics going on in the story, it was the “school Piper” that I took issue with. She met and made friends with Lou, Cass, and Nikki. But throughout the story, she’s a terrible friend. She expects everyone to come to her and cater to her. She makes no attempt to actually be a friend and go to them if she needs something. On two occasions that I can remember, Piper makes assumptions and gets mad at the girls. Once because they go to a party and the other girls break up to mingle with other friends, and Piper gets angry and stops talking to them for leaving her. Lou comes right out and tells her “friendship goes both ways.” Even though this is spelled out for her in plain English, she continues to do the same thing over and over, expecting them to abandon lifelong friends just because she shows up.
Another that stuck with me was at one point, Piper asks Les about Brice and Ava. Les tells her that their cousins, but were raised more like brother and sister but, basically, it’s a long story…. WHAT’S THE STORY? It’s never explained. I wish it had been because I feel like there could have been a great back story to add more depth to Brice and Ava. As it’s written, they’re just hurdles. I feel like it was a missed opportunity to flesh them out a bit more.
While I understand the crush/infatuation with Les throughout the story, I wish Piper hadn’t been so wrapped up in him. When Mason enters the story, he’s a sweet guy and obviously unattached. I wish Piper had gone out with him. Just once. If she had, and still couldn’t get her mind off Les, then fine. But I feel like he deserved a chance. Otherwise, he was just a jealousy factor for Les.
Overall, I enjoyed Pixelated , but I could have loved it. I wanted to. But there were just too many missing factors to keep me from it. It was a great read that gripped my attention from beginning to end. I loved all the twists and turns Piper’s life took throughout the story, and seeing parts of her grow and mature as the book progressed. Piper’s voice is genuine and relatable and she’s a flawed but lovable character who’s just looking for her own way. I would definitely read another written by L.S. Murphy.
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Pixelated was suppose to be a sweet YA romance that left me feeling lighthearted. In some ways it was, but as I began to write my review it got me thinking way too hard about what should have been a fluffy read for a sleepy afternoon. Piper is a narrative voice that most teens will appreciate, with the blend of insecurity and assurance that plagues most young adults. She has a life change that makes her question her place in the world, despite the fact that she has a true sense of herself. This is a universal experience. Just when you think you have it all planned out, something can come along and take that feeling away. I think it was important that she retains enough of herself to weather the storm and come out on the other side without anything she really has to be ashamed of. In that sense, I enjoyed her journey and her resolution. Then came the deep thoughts. This book does perpetuate the myth that if you just stick around long enough, his love will eventually get him to break up with her for you. I hate that myth, and the fact that a YA book empowers it, even if I don't think that was the author's intention. Also, the romantic interest, Les, is a toad. Even hot, sensitive guys that you are attracted to and feel a soul connection to can be toads, and he is one. Trust me. Finally, I felt that some important themes lost their way in the course of the book. The question of friendship is raised several times, but ultimately it fails to leave a clear mark on Piper. She learns that her ideas of friendship aren't what they should be, but she never makes the investment in those relationships like she should have. Her new "friends" are still doing all the work with little reward, even at the end. This holds true in her relationship with her parents, which still feel glossed over for the purpose of resolution. Ultimately, I think this is a book that can be appreciated for its simple, predictable road to a happy ending. It just didn't work that way for me. Language and situations are appropriate for grades 9+.
I loved Pixelated! It totally made me want to be a better photographer. And I adored Les and the tension between him and Piper--steamy and adorable. This was fun read that also tackled some heavy issues, making it a very well rounded book. One you don't want to miss.
PIxelated was just what I needed - even though I didn't know that when I started it! It was a sweet young adult romance that reminded me of watching favorite movies like Hope Floats. Piper is a strong, human, female character that you will quickly find yourself rooting for! Les is dark and mysterious and everything you'd want in your cowboy. A lovely read that leaves you feeling good. Period. Enjoy!
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