Glow (The Plated Prisoner Series Book 4)

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It scares me - what I did that night. Because I don't know my own power . . . But that's been the problem all along, hasn't it?' I received an advanced copy in exchange for my honest, unbiased opinion. Thank you Brandi from Flutter Communications, the publisher, author, and NetGalley, for allowing me to review. As Julie investigates the paintings, she discovers that Radium was used to create the glow effect, and comes across a rather gory chapter of history - the Radium Girls.

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I have burned down the court of King Midas and from those flames, I will rise and wield my own power. stars. You know how every so often you stumble across a book that doesn't have a lot of hype, and as you're reading it/loving it, you can't believe how good it is, and can't wait to tell everyone how much hype it deserves to have? Soldiers involved in trench warfare were especially in need of watches that could be seen in complete darkness. The harmful effects of radium were not yet known. Factories that produced the luminescent dials were set up Orange, New Jersey, Ottawa, Illinois, and Waterbury, Connecticut. These factories employed young girls and women to paint the numbers and hands with radium. Enter the radium girls. In the past, we learn the story of three sisters, Liza, Lydia, and Charlotte Grayson. Liza is able to get her younger sister Lydia a job as a watch dial painter at the factory where she works. The job entails tipping a paintbrush between your teeth to paint the delicate numbers on watch faces for soldiers off at war. The girls working at the factory use the glow-in-the-dark paint to paint on body jewelry, decorate their teeth, even paint their walls.The three sisters Liza, Lydia, and Charlotte Grayson who were employed to paint the dials of wrist watches for men of the front line in the First World War. No one has any knowledge of the horror, misery and suffering that will be brought about by exposure to the wondrous new element radium. The local girls all want to work at the radium factory, it pays well and they enjoy the work but gradually L.G realises that all is not well and starts to express her fears secretly in her remarkable paintings. There are such poignant letters sent to a lover who is fighting somewhere abroad, he is someone to confide in, someone to whom the writer can express her dreadful fears. It was fascinating to learn about this true and tragic event that happened in my home state of New Jersey. I thought that alternating between the past and present was an innovative idea that kept me in suspense and made me want to read more. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Glow and recommend reading this book especially if you enjoy historical fiction and don’t mind a little bit of present day action mixed in. There are some parts that can be disturbing and mature so young or squeamish readers should not read this novel. Glow alternates chapters between Julie, a present-day college-age student (but had to defer her acceptance), and Lydia, a war-factory worker, in 1917. Julie, an artist, comes across some mysterious paintings in a thrift shop. Upon taking them home, she realizes that they take on hidden, glowing aspects in the dark, with gruesome, chilling messages. She vows to get to the bottom of both how the paintings glow, and who the painter was. Books based on true stories are always a bit intense. When you're no longer creating every detail and the events or type of events that happen are based on real people then the suffering, pains and emotions felt by the characters in the story are more difficult to take. But with Slade by my side we will fight the monarchs that come for us. And if we need to become the villains, then so be it.

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I received this book for free from Publisher (via Netgalley) in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Read this review and more on my blog. The Book Return Blog Read this series NOW! I felt like I was in the story watching and holding my breath the entire time' 5***** Reader Review

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The main character of Glow is a young woman of eighteen by the name of Jubilee - but don't you dare call her that! She prefers Julie. After making the ultimate sacrifice for her mother, she spends the summer unraveling the mysteries behind paintings she finds at thrift stores while her best friend prepares for college. Although this is a young adult book I feel that it should be aimed at the older teenager, as the story unfolds we come face to face with the horrific effects of exposure to radium. Unlike most books that attempt this method, I do not find the switch between perspectives and styles to be detrimental or clunky - if anything, it is inconvenient. Rather than wrap up preceding chapters, Bryant uses these switches to leave Julie's story on a cliffhanger more than once throughout the book. This style can easily be avoided, considering the letters written from Lydia to her boyfriend are interesting enough on their own to propel the reader forward.I found 'Glow' completely fascinating. I had never heard about the radium girls before. The radium girl's story is so enthralling and tragic. I can't believe their plight isn't more well known. This is such an important part of history. I have since found out that a non-fiction account of the radium girls story has been published and I am anxious to find out how it compares to 'Glow.' Looking for a heart-warming date night or fun evening out with friends? If yes, our Friday lates are just the thing. I loved The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women, a nonfiction book I stumbled upon last year. The horrible, gruesome story of the dial painters and the poisoning they unwittingly exposed themselves to on a daily basis was tragic and emotional and impossible to put down. I'm struggling with how to rate this book. On one hand, I enjoyed it and flew through it, even though I'd already read one of the books in the bibliography and knew exactly what was causing the mysterious illnesses at the factory from the very start. The story was compelling.