Review: Black and Green

Black and Green by C.L. Stone
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What can I say about the newest Sang Sorenson book? Black and Green picks up right after Sang and the boys leave the campground where Sang has passed out due to her hydrophobia. We learn so much more about Dr. Green in this book that if you didn't already love him you definitely will by the end of it.
In this newest book in the Ghost Bird Series Sang's father has decided he wants her to come back home and for them to live as a family. What Sang and her sister could never have anticipated though is that her father has brought his "new" family back to Charleston with him. Sang and her sister must now attempt to navigate these new obstacles and Dr. Green tries to infiltrate the home by posing as a potential suitor to Sang. Things don't go as well as planned however when Sang's new step-mom decided Sang is just too young to date and instead tries to pair Sang's sister off with him.

Dr. Green will have to come to terms with his own mother in Black and Green as well when he finds out the truth behind his own adoption. We also see Dr. Green and Mr. Blackbourne in a whole new light. We finally get the chance to see them not as the leaders of the Academy team but as 18 and 19 year old boys with insecurities and vulnerabilities.

Mr. Blackbourne will show us a side to himself we haven't seen yet and if you find him as swoon worthy as I do you'll love all the new character development that plays out in this newest book.

Meanwhile Sang learns that not all abuse is physical as she attempts to get along with her fathers new wife. Sang's new stepmonster is a tad OCD and she extends that controlling, overbearing, heavy handedness to Sang and her sister. With carefully constructed lies and half truths she seeks to gain control over the entire Sorenson family. She bring her 15 year old son with her and Sang finds herself sharing a room with a stranger. The boys are not happy about these new developments but are powerless to change them.....or are they?

Black and Green moves the story along a bit but mostly I would say this book is more about character development and getting to know more of the Academy boys as well as Mr. Sorenson's motivations behind why he does what he does. The ending will leave you breathless and anxious for the next book in the Ghost Bird series. We all want to know more about Sang's mysterious past and the mother that died and left her in this situation. Here's hoping the next book gives us more insight into that mystery and more of Mr. Blackbourne.

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