![]() ![]() Despite Devorah’s religious community’s strict rules on never being alone with someone of the opposite sex, Jaxon immediately puts her at ease, and after they’re freed, she can’t stop thinking about him, and he can’t stop thinking about her. When she goes to look for her brother-in-law but instead gets trapped in the powerless elevator, she meets Jaxon. Her parents are upstate and unable to be there her sister’s husband is unable to be with her due to religious rules, so Devorah’s the support person. Jaxon is a Black teen who lives just down the block, but their paths have never crossed- not until today, when Devorah’s sister is giving birth (prematurely!) in the hospital in the middle of a Category 3 hurricane. ![]() It’s always such a joy discovering a book that’s right up your literary alley!ĭevorah is a Hasidic Jewish teen from the Chabad-Lubavitch sect. ![]() Seriously, book lists: I love them so much, and they’re so hard on my TBR! But as I read the synopsis, I knew I had to read this one. A book list alerted me to the existence of Like No Other by Una LaMarche (Razorbill, 2014). ![]()
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