RaveNPRThe Tamakis have such a talent for capturing the highs and lows of friendship and love ... Messy, tender and teeming with life, Roaming is exactly the kind of story young people today should be reading.
Linda Holmes
PositiveThe Washington PostThere is much to mine here, but Holmes dances around the subtext of emotional abuse. It’s hinted at, along with Evvie’s own abandonment issues, but never rises to the foreground. Instead, a second (and far less compelling) lead character emerges ... The novel, set in Maine, seems destined to be read in summertime (preferably on a rocky beach, in view of a lighthouse). Perhaps it’s better that the darker material never overwhelms the story. Instead, this is escapism at its finest, focused on two people who have had an abrupt change in plans and must forge a path forward. And, inevitably, it’s a love story. The kind you can slip in and out of reading, as you would a pool, and still find yourself totally immersed.
