Review: Beautiful story of hope and love!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 14, 2013
There were so many things I loved about this book! First, I will start with Harper. She is a tough and independent chick who is facing the biggest fight of her life. She is also dealing with a family tragedy; one that is so sad it is threatening the family she has left. Then she meets Vaun and he so badly wants her in his life but she is torn between wanting him and not wanting to bring heartache into his life."You have so much heartache, Vaun. I can't stand anymore.My heart isn't strong enough and neither is yours."Vaun is swoonworthy! I loved him - just the right mix of bad boy, sexy and sweet with a heart of gold buried under there. He is exactly the kind of male character that I love to read. He adores Harper and I really enjoyed their relationship, particularly the banter between them. Vaun is the kind of guy you would hope that your daughter ends up with. I could go on and on about Vaun - Kerri has done a fabulous job writing him!Something that I truly loved about this story was the spotlight on family and how much it means to the characters. Harper's cousin, April, was a cool chick and the relationship between these two was written really well as was the relationship between Harper and her brother and father. There were some really heartbreaking moments in this book, in fact I cried twice while reading it and I don't often cry while reading books. The writing was so tender and really captured the feeling of the moments; it must have been a difficult story to write in parts especially now knowing about Kerri's personal fight with cancer.This is a beautiful young adult book that I highly recommend if you enjoy reading uplifting stories of hope and love. Did I mention how much I loved Vaun?? Go get it!