Review: My best read of the year!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 25, 2013
WOW, what a truly amazing book!!  I was hooked in the first chapter and could not put it down until I finished!!  What a breath of fresh air to have such a tender story. It is so rare to find one with so much heart and meaning to it.  It deals with the stages of grief and what a person must go through to survive those emotions.Alex Hart has been destroyed by tragedy in her young life.  She is forced to deal with more heartache than seems possible.  While staying at her grandparents' house, she meets Andrew Foster at the creek near their house.  She is immediately drawn to Drew and feels guilty for having any feelings toward him."He is the comfort my soul needs." - AlexDrew is a lost soul and has his secrets but when he meets Alex, he feels at peace.  He is so comfortable with her and looks forward to seeing her at their special place."You're the only one in this world who has ever gotten to see into my soul." - DrewThrough their struggles, I kept pulling for them throughout the entire book.  Once you find that special someone, you don't want to let them go.  Alex is going through her own heartbreak and is falling for Drew and falling hard.  Drew feels the same way and never realized how happy he could truly be."You've given me everything I didn't know was possible, Alex.  You've given me the world."  ---- --DrewThis book really pulled at my heart in more ways than one.  First, it's set in the South and being a Southern girl myself, I really loved seeing the little things that people seem to take for granted, like `skipping stones'.  Second, the relationship Alex has with her grandparents reminded me so much of my relationship with my own and how much I miss them.  The sincerity, the advice; to me, there is nothing like that kind of love.  This is not a hot and sexy book, but full of love and emotion.  It is books like these that will really make you stop and think about life.  I easily give this book 5 stars but as far as in my personal book, I give it a 10!!One of my favorite quotes from this book - "But God gives us the people we need in our lives for the amount of time he sees fit."