Review: Blown away!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 4, 2013
"This book will grab and take you through an unexpected journey, a very beautiful love story that will have you smiling at the end". Andrea's Book BlogAt first when I read the synopsis of this book I thought "great, I am going to be depressed and upset while reading this book"... I was not sure if I could finish it.  So when I got through about 50% of the book and did not find a stopping point until then, I was pleasantly surprised.  I found myself feeling the need to talk to someone about what was going on.  I felt very much invested in the characters and what was going to happen.  Then it hit me, that point in the book where the author knocks my socks off and shocks me with a turn of events.  I did not see it coming, and at that point I could not put the book down.  Makenna, who lost her fiancé first and only love two years ago, clearly is trying to move forward in her life but not sure how to do so.  Her struggle ebbs and flows of her life experience.I was happy that Makenna had a great support system in her best friend Callie.  At first I thought "Oh, Makenna is going to date the new guy (Drew) and somehow he is going to save her and they live happily ever after".  Oh, was I wrong, first of all there is another man thrown in the mix, (Sawyer) a deployed soldier that comes into her life innocently through being a military contact for her classroom of second graders.I loved Sawyer; he was trying to deal with the hand he was dealt the best way he knew how.  I could not believe what I found out about his background and why he does what he does in his life, and in the meantime, not understanding how much he affects others in his life.  Makenna did work my nerves a little when she was denying some of what she was feeling.  I know, she was going through so much and needed to "go slow", but I still wanted her to stop and think at one point and make that leap of faith quicker, but if she did this book would have been much shorter.  Drew and Mekenna's story throws you for a loop right at 56% into the book and at 90% of the book I found myself tweeting the author.  There was a flash of surprise at each point.  The author laughed it off and continued to encourage me to read on, and that there were more surprises - and yes, there are surprises.I was so mad at the author at first but then she got back in my good graces in the end.  I can't tell you what lead me to this because it would give the book away, but let me tell you just don't read the last 50% of the book at work or with a whole bunch of people around because you will be yelling at the book at some point.  This book sneaks up on you and has you hooked.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.  For this to be the first book for a new author, I congratulate her on her current and future successes."You know, I thought I had my life all figured out.  After that one fateful day, I didn't think I was meant to have the fairy tale ending. Hell, I didn't even think I was meant to love again. But I figured something out along the way.  Sometimes, it takes someone just as broken as you are to heal you.  Sometimes, it takes someone else to show you that you won't heal until every breath you take is for you, not anyone else, the scars may not ever fade, but the heart can be put back together piece by piece, if you have the right person for the job." - Gotta read the book to find out who says that.Taheeee! ￼If you like my review you can follow me at [...]