Review: Great Story! Great Characters!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 14, 2013
Complimentary copy provided by author for an honest review.This story by T.H. Snyder is a lot different from her other works, as this is a Young Adult book. It was a really great story, dealing with some real issues that happen in life today. We meet Zar right before her senior year of high school. Something has happened in her past, that makes her hate school, and the people there, and they treat her horribly.After the first day of school she head out of town for a while, and sees a guy at the pizzeria, and can't get him out of her mind. As the story progresses we meet L.C. (Loudon), and all you want is for the two of them to be together.Zar has multiple panic attacks, and doesn't share with her family or LC the cause of these. She closed herself off so much she feels like she will be a huge disappointment to her family if they ever found out what happened 5 years ago to make her the way she is now.LC brings Zar out of her shell and she wants to open up, but is scared. I really enjoyed Loudon's will to not give up on Zar, he is nothing like what you would think him to be based on his background, and what/who he is at his school. He's sweet, caring, and you can tell he really cares for Zar.Push does come to shove, and we find out what happened all those years ago, that made Zar the way she is, and you truly feel bad for her, people are cruel, and high school is not fun! But you are happy it's finally revealed and to see how everyone responds, and to see that she truly wants to get better.There are some slower parts of this book, but all in all, it truly was a good read, and I loved this story. It wasn't all sunshine and happiness and unicorns, it was real life, and what a lot of people probably deal with daily, but do not know what to do or who to turn to. I really enjoyed the epilogue and left me wanting more..... (hint, hint T.H.!)