by Lisa Schroeder
Pages: 355
Release Date: January 1, 2013
by Simon Pulse (an imprint of Simon & Schuster)
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Rae's always dreamed of dating a guy like Nathan. He’s
nothing like her abusive stepfather—in other words, he’s sweet. But the closer
they get, the more Nathan wants of her time, of her love, of her...and the less
she wants to give. As Rae’s affection for Nathan turns to fear, she leans
on her friend Leo for support. With Leo, she feels lighter, happier. And
possessive Nathan becomes jealous. Then a tragedy lands Rae in the ICU. Now,
hovering between life and death, Rae must find the light amid the darkness…and
the strength to fight for life and the love she deserves.
*A copy was provided by Simon & Schuster for review purposes*
This was a very…interesting read. Sad, and very interesting. First off, Schroeder’s writing is absolutely
beautiful. It sucked me right in from
literally line one. The setting and
situation for this novel is heartbreaking. There need to be more books
out there dealing with serious, sometimes depressing, issues, and I think that
this book is a perfect story for that category, as far as the story line and writing goes. The characters weren't very good.. However, Schroeder decided to tackle a big subject, and pulled it off
perfectly. The story line was absolutely
amazing, and the events flowed together perfectly. The way Schroeder wrote this book was she
would switch between present and past, and in the present the main character,
Rae, is in a difficult situation (not gonna say what), and that adds a bit of
mystery as we try and figure out how she got where she is. And also, I’m so glad that this book had a
happy ending. The ending was crazy,
thrilling, chaotic, but so good.
I will admit, there were a few times during this book that I
wanted to scream at Rae for being weak and giving in, but then I realized that,
given the situation that she was in, she really couldn’t do anything else. So, by the end of this book, I thought Rae
was a decent character. Still not the
strongest I’ve ever read, but decent.
She did have to be mentally tough to deal with her situation, but I was
also kind of annoyed with her when it came to her love life. She kept on giving hints to one guy, and
driving away another, and that kind of annoyed me. And of course you have the love interests,
Nathan and Leo. I’m not going to go into
their characters because I don’t want to give away spoilers, but I will say
that I am Team Leo.
All in all, this book took on a big, difficult issue, and
while I don’t think it was amazing, I think it was decent. What really threw me off was the romance and
the fact that Rae was a bit annoying.
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