Both Ava and Viviane experience touch in vivid descriptions, and taste and sound are often used to help place the reader in a character’s perspective. Ava’s mother, Viviane, has keen olfactory powers with the ability to smell love, sadness, and happiness. Touch, taste, sound, and smell are utilized quite frequently. In a densely packed narrative that spans generations, Leslye Walton writes about love, obsession, regret, innocence, identity, freedom, and a lot more, aided by descriptive writing that emphasizes the five senses. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender is this third kind of book. Here’s some magic realism by way of fairy tales with writing that’s often achingly beautiful. Some books engage your intellect and others grab your heart some books, however, immerse you in a sensory experience. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, Leslye Walton
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