Review: Emotionally beautiful!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 23, 2013
***ARC received by author in exchanged  for an honest review***Firstly let me say this, you will need tissues, lots and lots of tissues!!'They say there are five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.'Skipping Stones ripped my heart out, not just once, but repeatedly and I loved every second!I was on the verge of tears for the first 60% of this book (as you can clearly see from my progress updates!)"I think I know what it feels like to die. I think I must be dying. "Alex Hart just 15 years of age when this story starts, is off to spend the summer with her papa an memaw while her parents travel overseas for 3 months.Surely a summer full of fun is to follow for this happy teenage girl, right? Wrong! So, very, very wrong!There isn't a lot that can be said that wont give this story away, so I will keep this review short and sweet.The first 3/4's of this book had me so enthralled that I downloaded it to my iPhone so I could sneak read at work!! I just couldn't put it down, the emotion, the raw intensity drew emotions from me in buckets!I adored Memaw and Papa!!"God won't give you more than you can handle. You know that because there have been times when you didn't think you'd make it, but you did.""From what I can see, he's the kind of guy who will spend his entire life trying to make yours a fairy tale. "The relationships were beautifully written, the storys twists and turns hit all the right button.'He was the comfort I craved, even when I didn't know it was him.'The reunion was beautiful! I loved seeing into their relationship in a more in depth way. The first date was wonderful, and I felt that the concerns and worries from the separated years were definitely justified and so very REAL! To have doubts after so many years is a normal human response and the way these were brought forth, I believe really enhanced their relationship and my connection to these two not only as characters in a book, but also as a couple.I though I was all out of tears after the first 3/4, but nope! The conversation between a certain man and Memaw, had me in tears yet again! I think seeing just that little bit more into his past is enough closure, that you're not trying to dig for more ( even though I would have loved more anyway, because I am a greedy little girl!!)Alex and Drew have such a deep and beautiful love that these characters will stay with me forever!!  I felt privileged to see inside this true love story, that was so beautiful written I felt as though I was right along side them, living every up, every down, every tear, every kiss, and most importantly every stone skipped!I thoroughly enjoyed this book and as such this is a very solid 5 stars for me.Thank you so much to JB McGee for allowing me to read and review for you x