Sometimes, it's worth to go out of your comfort zone, especially with books...

I have met Melodie Ramone on facebook, enjoying her posts for quite a while, when she sent me a copy of her novel 'Lights of Polaris' in exchange for an honest review. Soon, after only a few pages, I had the feeling that this story had something to do with my own life, my feelings, my own search for a place in a world which will never understand. Many women of my generation (I am 63 now) certainly many, have moments where they gather enough strength and courage to 'blow their lid'. And the journey begins - leaving a meaningless monotony behind; struggling with being labelled by those who don't want to understand: 'psycho', 'bi-polar', 'autism', even ADHD. Never fitting into any group, never even wanting to fit into a group. Daisy Cade, Dizzy, is on the run, emotionally and physically and, whenever she didn't have any place else left to go, returns into the harbour of her family. Her mum, Abbie, a wonderful help-and-heal-mum, six Cade-siblings sharing the rollercoaster called life. A chaotic family, a crowded family but where Daisy never felt alone and where she was loved without question and conditions. Having left Daniel, her fiancee, an emotionally immature, spiteful creep, she finally and carefully finds and approaches another broken soul, Stuart. He, a famous Rockstar playing with Daisy's brother Kid in a band, is the man with a troubled upbringing and past. His hurt soul was meant to be predestinated to heal not only his own soul but also Daisy's by longing for stability without giving up freedom. The seemingly road to perdition comes to an end when both, Stuart and Daisy, admit themselves to a relationship and love outside the box of conformity and strangling expectations. I enjoyed Lights of Polaris very much. If there were more stars to give than 5, I certainly would give more. Melodie Ramone gives comfort, warmth and hope to many women but also to men, who are willing to understand that "all the testosterone in the world could not equal the fury of a single drop of estrogene". I highly recommend this book!

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