“You see? I’m not just your birth mother, Violetta, I’m Mother Earth as well. As soon as she snapped those two fingers, the downpour stopped cold turkey. “Well maybe you’ll change your mind after you see this,” Mona said as she pressed together her middle finger and green-tinted thumb. “Oh I’d say it’s pretty straightforward, Mona.” “It’s not as straightforward as you think, Violetta.” I used to care, but I got over it.” I’d grown sick of Mona playing favorites between Monty and me, and it was amazing how much better I felt once I stopped trying to compete for her time. “That doesn’t answer my question,” I said. But once more family secrets start to unravel around her fellow campers, Isla finds out whether blood really is thicker than water. Despite being annoyed that such a huge secret was kept from her, Isla has always questioned the loyalty of her own flesh and blood. What does surprise her is that Monty, the favorite twin, already knew but never told her. Knowing that Mother Nature is the mother of all mood swings, Isla isn’t all that surprised to find out that her temperamental biological mother is the terrestrial goddess.

But camp traditions get rained on when their biological mother shows up unannounced and, as far as Isla’s concerned, unwelcome. Still, the troubled redheads give it a shot by returning to the summer camp they’ve been going to for years.Īside from her crush showing up unexpectedly, the summer starts out as Isla expected: she participates in multiple activities with her friends, while her brother shies away from doing anything with anyone. But “normal” can only go so far for a closed-off girl with abandonment issues and an anxious boy that gets frequent nosebleeds. Kantt’s debut novel, Roses Are Red! This is a Young Adult Paranormal novel.Īfter her foster mother’s unexplained death six months ago, fourteen-year-old Isla Timearth just wants things to go back to normal for her and her twin brother, Monty.

Roses Are Red by J.B. Kantt