Review: Review from Hesperia Loves Books: Saving Quinton is one of the most heartwrenching, frightful, and hopeful books I have read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 6, 2014
Saving Quinton is the sequel to Breaking Nova. In my review for Breaking Nova I summarized that this book ended on a cliffhanger. One of the characters was on the path of happiness and finding self worth. The other was on the path of complete destruction and death. My heart was breaking for this character. I could not wait for this sequel to release.Saving Quinton starts almost a year after Breaking Nova ended. Nova Reed has turned over a new leaf. She got herself together, stopped her destructive path, learned to accept the past and sort of make peace with it. She has been in college and found new friends. She has learned to cope with her guilt and is trying to help other people who may have some of the same problems that caused her boyfriend to kill himself. She volunteers at the suicide hotline and has become active in support groups. She has found that making videos of her inner most thoughts and feelings are very therapeutic. She is moving forward in her life in a positive way. She owes a lot to Quinton Carter because he made her realize that she deserved more out of life. Made her feel like she was worthy of a happy life. She wants Quinton to find the same peace that she has found in her life. She knows he has his own demons to face and come to terms with. She only hopes that he can face them and accept that he deserves a life of happiness too. People make mistakes. People have accidents. People forgive. People move on. They live their lives to the fullest.Nova hasn’t forgot what Quinton has done for her. She wants to help him like he helped her. One year later she seeks him out. She finds that he has moved on to Las Vegas with the group of friends they hung out with over the summer. This group was on a destructive path. They were becoming deeply involved in drugs and moving on from the recreational use to full out addiction. She is frightened of what she is going to encounter when she finds Quinton and the group of friends in Vegas.Her worst nightmares cannot even compare to the horrifying, dark world they have sunk into. They are all addicts living for their next fix. They are crack heads and heroine addicts. They have no self preservation, no morals, no conscience or self worth. They have evolved into criminals. They are on the deepest, darkest, ugliest and most destructive path in life. It will be a miracle if they survive each day.Nova thrusts herself into this dark world with hopes that she can get through to Quinton. She tries her hardest to make him see his self worth. She tries to pull on his conscience and integrity to get him to come back with her. To accept help. Although Quinton wants to make Nova happy, he cannot let go of his past, his guilt, and his addiction. His life has nowhere to go but down to the depths of hell, where he feels he belongs. He feels the validation in life he deserves is death. He is beyond help.What little control Quinton and his friends have had slips from their fingers as they feed their addictions. They cross the wrong people, make the wrong choices, and let their addictions control their minds, body, and souls. It will take an extreme tragedy, a courageous intervention, and the willpower of love to save these people. Some will be saved, some will be lost. Hopefully Quinton will be one of the lucky ones.Saving Quinton is a very dark and truthful book about drug addiction. It does not paint a pretty picture. It does not glamourize the lifestyle. It is blatantly truthful and shows the downward spiral a person’s life takes when they become involved in drugs. It is horrific. It is heartbreaking. It is DEATH.I would highly recommend this book to teenagers. Why…because it shows an honest insight and a view into the world of drug abuse. It shows how occasional partying and recreational use of drugs is very deceptive and can lead to a more harmful path of addiction. It shows how life disintegrates and quickly spirals out of control. It is an ugly truth.I am looking forward to book 3. Saving Quinton ended in a positive manner but did not have a final resolution. I am anxious to see how Nova, Quinton, Tristan, and their other friends, move on in their lives. The 3rd book will release in March of 2014 and is untitled at this time. There will also be two short novella’s featuring Tristan and Delilah. The dates will be announced later on.Read our Breaking Nova Review