Hello everyone! Today is my spot in the “The Epic Story of Every Living Thing” and I have a few things planned for you.

Disclaimer: A review copy of this book has been sent to me in exchange for an honest review.

About the book

Synopsis:

From the award-winning author of Honey, Baby, Sweetheart comes a gorgeous and fiercely feminist young adult novel. When a teen travels to Hawaii to track down her sperm donor father, she discovers the truth about him, about the sunken shipwreck that’s become his obsession, and most of all about herself.

Harper Proulx has lived her whole life with unanswered questions about her anonymous sperm donor father. She’s convinced that without knowing him, she can’t know herself. When a chance Instagram post connects Harper to a half sibling, that connection yields many more and ultimately leads Harper to uncover her father’s identity.

So, fresh from a painful breakup and still reeling with anxiety that reached a lifetime high during the pandemic, Harper joins her newfound half siblings on a voyage to Hawaii to face their father. The events of that summer, and the man they discover—a charismatic deep-sea diver obsessed with solving the mystery of a fragile sunken shipwreck—will force Harper to face some even bigger questions: Who is she? Is she her DNA, her experiences, her successes, her failures? Is she the things she loves—or the things she hates? Who she is in dark times? Who she might become after them? 

Content Warning: anxiety & social media/phone addiction

Rep: anxiety

Title – The Epic Story of Every Living Thing

Author – Deb Caletti

Genre – Young Adult Contemporary

Release date – September 13th, 2022

Rating: 3 out of 5.

Review

In “The Epic Story of Every Living Thing” we follow our main character Harper who wants to know more about her past. She soon figures out that not everything is as it seems.

The story starts in an interesting way and the intrigue is very promising. She has 40 (!) Halfsiblings and wants to get to know her biological father, the donor.

I found the journey of the few siblings that are on their way to meet said donor really interesting to read. However and this is one thing that makes me a bit sad is that I didn’t like the story as much I wanted to.

One thing I didn’t like was the fact that the author tried to tackle way too many important topics in the book. Personally I think that the author should have focused on simply one problematic topic instead of wanting to cover them all in one book. It’s something I definitely did not like BUT that’s my personal opinion.

Overall, I think that this book has its potential but unfortunately, it didn’t meet the expectations I had. It was a wonderful story about people and their voyage of getting some answers about their life. I also particularly enjoyed the character growth of our MC and how she changed for the better.

15 reactions while reading

Where to buy?

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About the author

Deb Caletti is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of nearly twenty books for adults and young adults, including Honey, Baby, Sweetheart, a finalist for the National Book Award, and A Heart in a Body in the World, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book.  Her books have also won the Josette Frank Award for Fiction, the Washington State Book Award, and numerous other state awards and honors, and she was a finalist for the PEN USA Award. She lives with her family in Seattle.

Author links:

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Tour Schedule

September 19th
Pages & Plots – Promotional Post
Boys’ Mom Reads! – Review

September 20th
Kait Plus Books – Interview
Nine Bookish Lives – Promotional Post

September 21st
The Book Dutchesses – Promotional Post
This Soul’s Devouring Words – Review

September 22nd
Literary Liza – Interview
Jen Jen Reviews – Review

September 23rd
Stuck in Fiction – Promotional Post
Forthenovellovers – Review

September 24th
Epic Book Society – Interview
Library of Becca – Review & Favorite Quotes

September 25th
PopTheButterfly Reads – Review
Phannie the ginger bookworm – Review, Playlist & 15 Reactions While Reading The Epic Story of Every Living Thing

Instagram Schedule

September 19th
hodophile_z – Review

September 20th
ninebookishlives – Blogger’s Choice

September 21st
writingrosereads – Promotional Post
anjalisdevouringwords – Blogger’s Choice

September 22nd
literaryliza – Blogger’s Choice
get.outside.and.read – Review, Favorite Quotes

September 23rd
tbrandbeyond – Promotional Post
dreaminginpages – Review

September 24th
library.of.becca – Blogger’s Choice

September 25th
popthebutterfly – Blogger’s Choice
gryffindorbookishnerd – Review

*A review copy of this book has been sent to me in exchange for an honest review. This hasn’t influenced my rating.