Review: The Bookmark Blog for Letters to Nowhere
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 7, 2013
So, confession time.  I am a gym mom.  I have two girls and spend a lot of time in the gym. And my future in the gym just looks like it is going to increase, not decrease! So, when I got the request to review this book about an elite gymnast, I jumped all over it! And I'm glad I did.We meet Karen as her world is falling apart.  She has just lost both her parents to a horrible car accident.  At that point she thinks she is going to have to leave everything she knew and move from St. Louis to New York with her Grandmother.  But then her coach offers to let her move in with him.  It turns out to be the best thing for her.Karen has amazing skills, but has never been pushed to realize those skills.  But her coach is determined to prove to her what she is capable of, and along to way, she find out that Jordan, Coach Bentley's son, might have more in common with her than she originally thought.Jordan is a pretty complex character as well.  Jordan doesn't know how to talk to his father and has gotten into some trouble along the way as well, but when Karen moves in with him, they find some common ground and begin to heal a little bit as well.I adored this book.  It was so well written and such a great story.  I seriously couldn't put it down and read way longer than I should to finish it.  Both Jordan and Karen have some pretty deep scars and need some time to heal, both find someone that they were not expecting in each other.