Review: Skipping Stones
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 23, 2013
No one knew what grief really is until you have experienced it. No one will know what death will do to a person until you are confronted by it - heads on, surprised, you don't get to prepare. No one knew what falling in love really is until you get loss in the comfort of it and no one knew how awful a broken heart is until you feel the gruesome pain that is piercing your heart.One summer changed it all for Alex Hart when she was fifteen- she lost people she loved, found someone she fell in love with and broke her heart. She wasn't prepared to lose her parents and grief had consumed her. Until she met Andrew Foster, he helped her get through the pain and the loss. He held her, comfort her and be there for her when she cried her heart out. Just as when she thought that everything was going to be okay, she couldn't find him anymore - no notes, no letters, no goodbyes.Years later, she decided to head off to war serving in the medical corps. Going to war and leaving her grandparents behind is frightening and difficult for Alex. But it was her loss which made her stronger and makes it to a point to save as many lives as possible. What she didn't expect to see in the war field, just before an accident happen was the face of the boy she once fell in love with.My heart goes out to Alex - for everything that she had been through. Losing someone close to you, especially your parents without saying goodbye is hard, and to suffer it at a young age is just devastating. But she had her grandparents, and Andrew. Her relationship with her grandparents is just pretty awesome, only a few people had that kind of relationship - they were tight-knit and she'd rather spend time with her grandparents (not knowing how much time they'd left) than going anywhere else.There was a time when I thought that Drew was a figment of her imagination. He was there, and suddenly he wasn't. The time he entered into Alex's life was perfect - it was the time she needed someone badly. He did, he offered friendship, his time, his expertise in throwing stones. Then suddenly he was gone. However, he too has some secrets that he keeps, no matter how much he wanted to stay, he can't. He had to move, to run away.Skipping Stones is about loss, love, and second chances. It's about fate - when things are meant to be, no matter how long it takes, no matter what the circumstances are, no matter where you are - the universe will find a way to make it happen. I devoured this book for one day - pinning for Alex, hoping that Drew is real and wishing that both will have the ending they truly deserve. J.B. McGee ease her way into my heart - this book is something everyone, especially those who have suffered a great loss, should read.*ARC Copy was given in exchange for an honest review.