Tilit is the companion to Triangles. It follows Mikayla (Holly's daughter) and her relationship (and sometimes lack-thereof) with Dylan and the complications brought on by an unplanned pregnancy, Shane (Marissa's son) and his relationship with Alex who is HIV-positive, and Harley (Andrea's daughter) and her desire to have a relationship with just about anyone that will have her. This book takes place during the same time as the events in Triangles. Told from the perspective of the teens, we get to see why they do the things they do and how they react to their parents actions. Though you don't need to read one to read the other, I do recommend the two novels one right after the other. I didn't and my memory of the first book was a little fuzzy. Something else that I liked about this book was that I could see it being perfect for a mother-daughter book discussion. I like that we see the adult and the teen perspective and think it would be really interesting to discuss these books with someone (sadly I haven't caused a total Hopkins-craze in my community...yet...). As always, the poetry in this novel is superb. Something that caught my eye as I was reading was that each characters section always ended on the same side of the novel and was followed by a poem from the perspective of a (mostly) minor character. The kind of planning it must have taken to always have the right number of papers per character astounds me. Hopkins has got to be the most brilliant writer of my generation and I look forward to all of her future work.
Happy Reading!
-Melly
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