“The Monet Family: The Treasure”

                                                

  RECENZIE

★★★★★

                                                

This year, I had the great pleasure of discovering the books of Polish author Weronika Anna Marczak, and I was absolutely amazed. It’s been a long time since a book managed to captivate me like this one did. I devoured it in just four days, despite my busy schedule.

I could barely find time to breathe, yet somehow, I always found time for this book.

Hailie, a fourteen-year-old girl, loses both her mother and grandmother in a terrible tragedy—a car accident that completely turns her world upside down. Who will take care of her now? Will she end up in an orphanage? Consumed by grief and uncertainty, she soon learns she has five half-brothers living in Pennsylvania, and the oldest of them is her legal guardian. Hailie leaves behind the once-warm home of her lost family and heads for America.

The Monet family is surrounded by mystery, and no one explains anything to her. Some rules must not be broken, and questions must never be asked. Secrets fill the entire mansion. Her new family gives her everything—expensive clothes, a private school, her own room, a housekeeper—yet Hailie doesn’t feel at ease in a house ruled by restrictions and silence. Her brothers seem strange, cold, and distant. They want to protect her at all costs, while the atmosphere grows increasingly tense. Who is threatening Hailie? What are the Monet brothers hiding?

Don’t judge me, but I chose this book because of the cover. Lately, I’ve stopped reading synopses and instead rely on covers and recommendations.
I don’t regret this choice one bit.

From the very first page, we’re thrown into trauma—the event that triggers everything. It’s rare for a book to be this engaging from page one. Usually, I give every book a “30-page patience test,” but this one didn’t need it.

This is a story suitable for readers 14+. There are no spicy scenes, only a few moments of violence.

Throughout the book, Hailie really got on my nerves. She constantly acted like a spoiled little girl, always in conflict with her brothers. Yet despite all the frustration she caused, I couldn’t bring myself to dislike her.

The author writes in a vivid, captivating way and builds diverse, believable characters. You can clearly see their evolution and growth as the story progresses.

 We are gently guided through the characters’ traumas, and the relationships between them are beautifully described—each one a little different. The intensity of first love, betrayal, and the slow unveiling of the Monet family’s secrets are among the highlights of the story.

“The Monet Family: The Treasure” is clear proof that a YA novel can be gripping without vulgar language or explicit scenes. The plot is so engaging that you won’t even notice the time passing.
Fortunately for us, the next three volumes are also available in Romanian, published by Litera.

DETAILS

Author: Weronika Anna Marczak
Translator: Anca Irina Ionescu
Published: May 2024
ISBN: 978-630-342-013-4
Pages: 416
Collection: New Moon
Themes: family, loss, danger, secrets
Publisher: Litera

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