Review: Excellent read from Tamsyn!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 19, 2014
I was really excited when I got the opportunity to read this book. I had only heard good things, and I was not disappointed in the least. Tamsyn did a fantastic job with the story line, and I loved all the characters I was supposed to and hated the appropriate ones. I loved Hayley from the beginning. Yes, she made some bad choices in high school - who hasn't? What we found was done to her was so cruel and hurtful, and yet it's an everyday fact for kids in school these days. Kids are thoughtless about the future and so hurtful to each other, sometimes in the worst ways. I was glad that Hayley got out of there and decided to live her life for herself and her future and didn't look back. I loved her Gama, that woman was a force to be reckoned with and a rock for Hayley when she needed someone the most. She continued being that rock and support for Hayley, giving the best advice she could. Cameron, I'll admit at first I thought no freaking way can this be the guy for Hayley. Not after everything she's been through. But then something happens, and it's slow and wonderful to see. Cameron changes, at first because of the challenge that Hayley presents after she turns him down. Because that had never happened before. Cameron takes the challenge and purposefully goes after Hayley.I wanted to knock Cam on his ass after what he did and said to Hayley in the emergency room after finding out she had a daughter. But I forgive him because, first, he was caught completely off guard, and second, he's young enough not to think that a young woman would have a child. Cam and Hayley have their ups and downs,  just like any couple. The main difference is that in all of that, there is a lovely child involved. When things get darkest for Cam he pushes Hayley away, and that part breaks my heart. What they both go through alone. The last 25% of the book, you couldn't have paid me to put it down. I was glued to those pages, because I had to find out what happened to them all. I absolutely loved it. It wasn't pretty and it wasn't easy, but I think things worked out the way they were supposed to. Tamsyn pulled me into this story and didn't let me go until the very last page.I was provided a copy of this book in return for an honest review.