Review: Don't miss this one!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 16, 2014
Here's the deal, peeps.  Suicide is a tough subject and one I normally avoid.  It hits a little too close to home and if I know about it before hand, I tend to avoid the book.  But I loved ALL OF YOU so much that I just had to read this one.  I did put it off for a while but I'm so glad I read this book.Quinn is broken.  His past is haunting him and he doesn't feel like he deserves to live his dreams.  So he's living someone else dream and pretending to be fine.  Quiet and shutoff, he does the minimum amount of appearances for his frat.  He studies.  He plays ball.  He doesn't have a girl.  He hooks up once in a while but only with the locals, never with the college girls.  They expect something of him, something he can't give.Ella has a horrible boyfriend.  Clearly, Joel needs a fist to the jaw.  He's a jerk - cheating on her and treating her bad.  It was clearly over but neither of them could manage to end it.  So when she's attracted to Quinn, I'm yelling go for it girl!  Ella has an understanding heart and some pain of her own.  She's just what Quinn needs to find hope.Hope.  That's the important message here.  Finding the hope to deal with your pain.  No amount of effort can make someone seek healing without some hope that it will work.  Quinn has no hope.  Ella is his hope.  I loved that.I was very grateful that this book shed some light on the pain of depression and suicide.  I'm glad that the hotline was part of the story.  It's not a last resort but a life line.  People are there to talk to you and find you help.  That was important to me.This story was so good.  I figured things out a little ahead but not much.  There was even one little thing that surprised me.  But best of all was that emotionally, I handled it.  So much of the book was them getting to know each other and trust each other.  The point of unknown wasn't long and I was so glad.  There's enough emotion in this book that I appreciated the angst being low.The heat is scorching hot.  Quinn loves to touch, lick and kiss.  They spend a lot of time doing that and it's very satisfying to read.  There was a part that Quinn held back until he was sure.  I was so impressed with that.  Made me love him more.If you love new adult with a little more depth, then this is a perfect read.  While I loved ALL OF YOU a lot, you can enjoy BEFORE YOU BREAK without having read the first one.Don't miss this one!