(I TOTALLY FREAKIN' LOVE THIS COVER! I DON'T KNOW WHY!?)The GOODREADS BLURB:Nova Reed used to have dreams-of becoming a famous drummer, of marrying her true love. But all of that was taken away in an instant. Now she's getting by as best she can, though sometimes that means doing things the old Nova would never do. Things that are slowly eating away at her spirit. Every day blends into the next . . . until she meets Quinton Carter. His intense, honey brown eyes instantly draw her in, and he looks just about as broken as she feels inside.
Quinton once got a second chance at life-but he doesn't want it. The tattoos on his chest are a constant reminder of what he's done, what he's lost. He's sworn to never allow happiness into his life . . . but then beautiful, sweet Nova makes him smile. He knows he's too damaged to get close to her, yet she's the only one who can make him feel alive again. Quinton will have to decide: does he deserve to start over? Or should he pay for his past forever?
Quick! Grab a kleenex, or two, or the whole box!!! This book is S.A.D.
I didn't expect the whole SADNESS thing coming from the this book. Before I read it, I knew that the two characters went through some hard times before meeting each other.
HOLLLLLYYYY CRRRAAAPPP!
So Nova- very pretty, innocent chick who loves to play drums and loves music. But she found her boyfriend dead, and she is no longer interested in those things.:-( She loved him dearly. She had a hard time coping with his death, especially when he wasn't there to go to College with her. When she goes to college, she ends up being OKAY, but in all reality, she's sad. You could see it in her eyes. Her mom tries to connect with her, but Nova isn't interested. She has a best friend who hangs around a druggie, and therefore, they do drugs. Nova starts going down that road, too. This is the part where I'm like "COME ON, NOVA! SNAP OUT OF IT! Landon would not have wanted you to go down that road!!!" and then wrap my arms around and tell her it's okay, and she will be okay!
Quinton- Handsome beefcake (at least that's what I see) ends up making a mistake that he blames himself completely. He lets himself go. He doesn't go to college, and he ends up smoking pot to make the pain go away. He promises his girlfriend Lexi, that he will never forget her--however, I think he misinterpreted what she wanted...because this character seriously pissed me off. I didn't want to hug him, I wanted to beat the shit out of him...."Don't (Punch) you see (punch, punch) what you are (PUNCH) doing to yourself (WHACK!)?" Not only that, he would hurt the one thing that could have went good in his life. I was seriously thinking that it was going to work out for him, and he would be driving a car and going to school...I guess you're going to have to read this book for that outcome.
I have to say that this book is a PAGE Turner! I was at 28% through with the book at 8:00 and finished it at Midnight because I was so stinkin' interested in this. And eventually my hubby went to sleep, so thankfully he didn't see those tears running down my face. I was even soooo tired, but at this point I was overtired and wanted to keep trudging along.
This book is considered "NEW ADULT". It's this genre that's squeezing through for basically the students who are starting college and beyond. I recommend this book to everyone! EVERYONE who has teens, who is a teen, who helps teens...UGH...so heart-wrenching! I hope Sorensen does something with TEENS and Suicide because this would totally hit home for some of those teens thinking that they are nothing in this life, and they cannot make a difference in the world, or even better themselves. Just remember to BE BRAVE and USE YOUR VOICE! No one can help you if you don't say anything and you are a HUNDRED PERCENT WORTH IT!
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