The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

by Leslye Walton

𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨

𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙡𝙮?

SYNOPSIS

Ava Lavender is just a normal girl, if you don’t count the pair of speckled feathered wings she was born with. Set on a quest to dig up the roots of her unusual birth, she slowly unravels the heartbreaking events of the early years in her life, confined to the family household. And also of the long history of broken hearts & foolish love in the Roux family legacy.

As Ava follows the incidents of the past and present, watching them slowly unfurl & connect, forming a cobweb of events until they’d finally led to the tragedy that changes the course of her life forever, she slowly learns how to love and be loved, of sacrifices and mistake

𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬, 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚.

𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙨.

REVIEW

This is one of the most beautiful stories I’ve ever read & has remained a favorite ever since. The first encounter with the book filled me with such wonder that I couldn’t resist rereading it immediately. It was an exquisitely woven story, a fine combination of peculiarity & idiosyncrasy. Overall, a beauteous story about love.

It took some time at first, getting used to the author’s unique style of delivering the strange story. The incidents were rather grotesque & absurd, often causing me to raise an eyebrow to what happened throughout the pages. But the intriguing details & intricate build of characters kept me glued firmly to the storyline.

𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙,

𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩.

One thing I loved immensely about the book was how it portrayed the victims of lost love. Though the story did appear mythical, with all its unbelievably peculiar elements, it was always rotating upon the very subject of unrequited love, of consistent longing, and of farewells. And as strange as it all may look apart, everything seemed to merge together perfectly in the end, creating such a beautiful & heartbreaking story.

This really is one of my favorite books, and there are simply too many of my favorite sentences & quotes in there. I do understand that it’s considered too strange and disturbing to many readers, as I’ve read quite some mixed reviews myself. But if you’re willing to give it a try, I hope that you’ll enjoy it as much as I did!