Review: ✯✯5 Heartbreaking Stars✯✯
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 5, 2014
This is my first book by Nicola Haken and it will not be my last! I absolutely loved this story. There was so much going on in this book. My emotions were all over the place. There were times I'd find myself laughing out loud then the next minute I'm tearing up. Just when I thought I was prepared for what was coming next, man was I wrong!!  This book is not like any other book I've read before.We meet 17yr old Maddie & her mother when they move to the US. Maddie's mom has never been stable and they've moved around a lot. But, this move is not like anything she's ever done. A whole new country is something totally different. Maddie's biggest problem is her mother. She's never been emotionally stable and she's hoping this time will be different. Maddie is tired of moving.Blaine is not happy when he finds out he has to show his step-mothers best friend daughter around school. Blaine's dad is loaded. Which means Blaine thinks he's above most people. He's the quarterback of the football team. He can get any girl he wants and believe me he has!! It's not all easy for Blaine. On the outside he seems to have it all. But, looks can definitely be deceiving in Blaine's world.Maddie definitely feels out of place in this fancy private school. She most definitely stands out from everyone else. And, the other girls let her know that she doesn't fit in. Blaine had all intentions on not paying attention to Maddie other then bringing her to school. He soon finds out that Maddie is not like any other girl he's ever met. Maddie doesn't care what Blaine looks like or that he's a quarterback. She actually doesn't know what that is. Her accent drives him crazy & she's beautiful. So, when the other girls start giving her crap he finds himself standing up for her. That is if she hasn't put them in their place first.Maddie does make one friend fast, Lori. At 1st Maddie thinks Lori is just like the rest of them at the school. But, learns quick that she's not. I loved Lori. She always had me laughing. Lori was always there for Maddie. I also loved Blaine's best friend, Jason. He nicknamed Maddie "Dora" from Dora The Explorer. She had a purple backback she wore all the time. That name stuck with her the whole time. Only Jason called her that & I laughed every time he said it. He too looked out for Maddie for Blaine.Maddie gets into a routine rather quickly. She is actually starting to think it's going to be OK. Between Lori & whatever it is that is going on with her & Blaine. She doesn't get him. One minute he's hot the next cold. The next thing she knows is her mom snaps & has a breakdown. And, not just one. It eventually gets around school that her mom is a prostitute & really start giving her a hard time at school. Blaine tries his best to protect her the best he can.Blaine & Maddie stop fighting their feelings. They start spending every chance they can together. Being that they both have been through so much at such young ages I kept forgetting they were only seniors in high school. Esp Blaine! My heart just kept breaking for him. He thinks he's weak. But, he doesn't realize how strong he really is. Maddie is the one that makes him realize that he is so much more. With Maddie in his life he's ready for the first time in his life that he is better then what he's always believed.This isn't a story for the weak hearted. There is a lot going on. And, the fact that most of everything that is going on is right under everyone's noses & nobody's saying anything. Is sad!! Maddie & Blaine not only have to come to terms with what is going on in their personal lives. They do their best to help each other the best they can. Maddie & Blaine must figure out how because it's just not their lives at risk if they can't figure it out!