High school students will easily relate to the dating, the crushes, and the family dynamics. What I think I like best about this book is that it has something for everyone. Well, you can imagine it was an emotional read. I cried a number of times thinking what it would be like for my daughter to lose me and what it will be like for me to lose my parents. Yes, it has the usual high school characters: new girl jocks small town football (but no play by play, thank goodness) and romance. Review: My first book of 2018! I have a huge stack of books to read, but I wanted to continue the feeling of vacation and figured a "fluff" YA book set in Alabama (so it works for one of my challenges) would be perfect. For them to form a connection so strong that he couldn't ever let her go. For her to reveal a pain even deeper than his own. What West expected was relief, a flood of emotions-but what he didn't expect was for Maggie to reply. So in the dark shadows of a post-game party, he tells the one girl who doesn't speak all the things he can't tell anyone else. Now, as his pain grows unbearable, West finally decides he needs to talk to someone about his dad. Even after moving to Lawton, Alabama, to live with her uncle, Maggie kept her sorrow and her fractured heart hidden away. Afterward she told the police what happened, and then never spoke again. Two years ago Maggie Carlton witnessed her father murder her mother. And he hasn't told anyone because he can't face the truth. But while West is Big an on Campus on the outside, he's grief-stricken on the inside: for the past year, he has watched his father slowly die of cancer. Summary (from the inside flap of the book): To everyone who knows him, West Ashby has always been that guy: the cocky, popular, too-handsome-for-his-own-good football god who led Lawton High to the state championships. Location ( my 2018 Google Reading map ) : USA (Alabama)įTC Disclosure: I bought this book with my own money
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