5 LIBRI CHE MI PIACEREBBE VENISSERO PUBBLICATI IN ITALIANO

Buongiorno amic* lettor*!

Oggi vi parlo di cinque libri che, secondo il mio parere, meritano tantissimo e mi piacerebbe molto che anche chi legge solo in italiano avesse la possibilità di apprezzarli. 

THESE REBEL WAVES di Sara Raasch

Perché merita di essere pubblicato in italiano... Un dilogia YA che si concentra sulle cicatrici che la guerra lascia nei giovani. Siamo abituati a vedere giovani eroi che si prendono sulle spalle battaglie più grandi di loro, ma pochi libri trattano del dopo. Cosa succede dopo queste guerre? Come stanno questi ragazzi? These Rebel Waves parla di questo, ma allo stesso tempo è un libro sulla rivoluzione, sulla famiglia, l'amore e il tradimento, tutto condito con piante magiche. 

Trama: Adeluna is a soldier. Five years ago, she helped the magic-rich island of Grace Loray overthrow its oppressor, Argrid, a country ruled by religion. But adjusting to postwar life has not been easy. When an Argridian delegate vanishes during peace talks with Grace Loray’s new Council, Argrid demands brutal justice—but Lu suspects something more dangerous is at work.

Devereux is a pirate. As one of the outlaws called stream raiders who run rampant on Grace Loray, he pirates the island’s magic plants and sells them on the black market. But after Argrid accuses raiders of the diplomat’s abduction, Vex becomes a target. An expert navigator, he agrees to help Lu find the Argridian—but the truth they uncover could be deadlier than any war.

Benat is a heretic. The crown prince of Argrid, he harbors a secret obsession with Grace Loray’s forbidden magic. When Ben’s father, the king, gives him the shocking task of reversing Argrid’s fear of magic, Ben has to decide if one prince can change a devout country—or if he’s building his own pyre.

As conspiracies arise, Lu, Vex, and Ben will have to decide who they really are . . . and what they are willing to become for peace.

THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF OKAY di Laura Steven

Perché merita di essere pubblicato in italiano... E' uno di quei libri che secondo me necessitiamo come società. Il tema principale del romanzo è il revenge porn e la differenza che c'è tra il trattamento tra uomo e donna quando questo avviene. E' doloroso stare nella testa della protagonista, Izzy, vedendo come la sua vita sia privata che professionale cambia per questo fatto. Un romanzo che servirebbe decisamente in Italia. 

Trama: Izzy O’Neill is an aspiring comic, an impoverished orphan, and a Slut Extraordinaire. Or at least, that’s what the malicious website flying round the school says. Izzy can try all she wants to laugh it off – after all, her sex life, her terms – but when pictures emerge of her doing the dirty with a politician’s son, her life suddenly becomes the centre of a national scandal. Izzy’s never been ashamed of herself before, and she’s not going to start now. But keeping her head up will take everything she has...

IT ENDS WITH US di Colleen Hoover 

Perché merita di essere pubblicato in italiano... Se conoscete la scrittrice sapete che i suoi libri non verranno mai descritti con il termine "leggeri", che ogni volta riesce con le sue parole a far riflettere ed emozionare i suoi lettori. Ma tra tutti quelli non ancora tradotti quello che DEVE arrivare anche qui da noi è proprio questo. A dir la verità era stato annunciato anni fa, con copertina e titolo, ma non è mai stato pubblicato ed è un vero peccato. Ancora troppe volte quando si parla di violenza domestica la prima domanda che ci si pone è "perché non l'ha lasciato?" e It Ends With Us risponde a questa domanda. Lily, la protagonista, è come la maggior parte di noi, non capisce come può una donna rimanere in una relazione violenta e poi senza rendersene conto anche lei diventa una di quelle donne. E' un romanzo estremamente importante, che necessita di essere letto. 

Trama: Sometimes it is the one who loves you who hurts you the most.

Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up

— she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his “no dating” rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan — her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.

EVERY COLOUR OF YOU di Amelia Mandeville

Perché merita di essere pubblicato in italiano... Ancora adesso quando penso a questo libro mi commuovo. Tristan dopo la morte del padre è depresso e pensa che non ci sia più niente per cui valga la pena vivere. Zoe, al contrario, è come un sole umano che ama la vita sopra ogni cosa. Il loro incontro cambia la vita di entrambi e ognuno dei due lascerà un segno nella vita dell'altro. 

Trama: Living back at home and spending most of her time behind a checkout till, it's fair to say things aren't going quite as Zoe had planned. But she's determined to live every day to the full, and she's spreading her mission of happiness, one inspirational quote at a time.

Since his dad died, Tristan has been struggling with a sadness that threatens to overtake everything. He can't face seeing his friends, can't stop fighting with his brother, and as much as he pretends to be better, the truth is he can't even remember what 'normal' feels like.

One person can change everything.

When these two meet, Zoe becomes determined to bring the missing colour back into Tristan's life. But the harder she tries to change the way Tristan sees the world, the more she realises it's something she can't fix - and in trying to put him back together, a part of her is beginning to break . . .

THE SPANISH LOVE DECEPTION di Elena Armas

Perché merita di essere pubblicato in italiano... Fino ad adesso ho parlato solo di libri che trattano argomenti veramente importanti e pesanti, quindi per finire parlo di un romance dolce, che riuscirà a farvi sorridere dopo tutte le lacrime versate. 

Enemies to lovers + fake dating + slow burn. 

Se non vi ho convinto a leggerlo così non so che altro dire. 

Trama: Catalina Martín, finally, not single. Her family is happy to announce that she will bring her American boyfriend to her sister’s wedding. Everyone is invited to come and witness the most magical event of the year.

That would certainly be tomorrow’s headline in the local newspaper of the small Spanish town I came from. Or the epitaph on my tombstone, seeing the turn my life had taken in the span of a phone call.

Four weeks wasn’t a lot of time to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic–from NYC and all the way to Spain–for a wedding. Let alone, someone eager to play along my charade. But that didn’t mean I was desperate enough to bring the 6’4 blue eyed pain in my ass standing before me.

Aaron Blackford. The man whose main occupation was making my blood boil had just offered himself to be my date. Right after inserting his nose in my business, calling me delusional, and calling himself my best option. See? Outrageous. Aggravating. Blood boiling. And much to my total despair, also right. Which left me with a surly and extra large dilemma in my hands. Was it worth the suffering to bring my colleague and bane of my existence as my fake boyfriend to my sister’s wedding? Or was I better off coming clean and facing the consequences of my panic induced lie?

Like my abuela would say, que dios nos pille confesados.

E voi che libri vorreste che venissero pubblicati in Italia?

- Camilla