Review: a strong balance of both emotions and pure suspense
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 20, 2014
Amber is a wounded young woman. Starting her first year of college, she suffers from nightmares, flashbacks, and other signs of PTSD. She’s on the brink of failing her math class. Also, because of a horrific stalking incident that happened the previous year, she doesn’t want any men making moves on her, but they do anyway despite the way she hides behind clothes and friends.That’s when Marcus steps in. He’s irresistible and his personal life consists of a string of one-night stands. He pursues Amber, but she doesn’t seem to want him, which is puzzling since women normally throw themselves at him. She does hire him to tutor her in math and the two form a tentative bond. They’re both hurting and hiding terrifying secrets. What happened to the both of them threatens their budding romance. Also, with someone menacing sending messages to Amber, perhaps her stalker isn’t locked up, or he has someone on the outside working to harm Amber and anyone close to her.This novel has a strong balance of both emotions and pure suspense. I was teary-eyed with the romance and the revelations of Amber and Marcus’ past, and how they were slowly opening up to each other, and I was also on the edge of my seat in regards to the stalker. The secondary characters were fleshed out well and they were fantastic complements to the two main characters. This is a superb NA novel from a talented debut author. I read this via NetGalley, courtesy of the publisher.