Review: touching ... can be stand alone..
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2014
I really liked this book.. It was Rachel's story (I read about Avery and Bennets) and they did make a showing as well as Ella ....Rachel was always so withdrawn and it was hard to get a grasp on her, so this was good to see her history.. she was a broken girl who dated her high school boyfriend, Miles (who she thought they were on the same page and were in love!) then the unthinkable happened.. an accident - miles couldn't take it because Rachel was severally hurt.. he took off.her bff's Dakota and Kai helped her recovery.. well Dakota was her best friend and Kai's sister... but really, Kai was the one who helped her through the hard part of her recovery everyday..Rachel was left devastated about Miles and then Kai left for Amsterdam for school and for his music, Dakota stayed and worked at family business while going to school and Rachel wanted to disappear where she wasn't the 'the girl who everyone pitied' the damaged broken hearted, wrecked, left with nobody... so she ran also, to another school and to keep numb, she had one night stands - not to get attached again so she wouldn't get her heart broken....Ella and Avery became her bff's in college, but nobody knew her secret..until Kai and Dekota come home and Rachel leaves college and goes back to her hometown and they all reunite..Things start to happen between Kai and Rachel... things she just can't explain and Kai has been harboring a secret for more than 3 years....this is a lot of emotions in the book.. it can be a stand alone, but I would read the other two just to understand the characters better ..