Review: Sweepingly romantic, raw, and completely real
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 16, 2013
Karen's world has just collapsed with her parents' sudden death in a car crash. Left reeling and attempting to pick up the pieces, Karen moves into her gymnastic coach's house since, other than an absentee grandmother, he's the closest thing to family Karen has left. Everything Karen though was important--training with complete discipline, competing as an elite gymnast, getting into the college she wants--suddenly all pales into comparison of the realities a fickle world where some people live and other people die.And then Karen meets Jordan, Coach Bennet's son. Jordan is the complete opposite of Karen--formerly an elite gymnast himself, he's left the sport. He's rebellious, gets into trouble, and shockingly, he understands Karen at this vulnerable point in her life in a way that no one else does.Living under the same roof creates some hilarious situations as the two get to know each other and spend more and more time in each other's company. In a world that no longer makes sense, suddenly something does--Jordan, and what Karen feels when she's with him.The characters are all so perfectly drawn. Jordan feels like such a teenage guy. Karen's path through the cycles of grief are pitch perfect. The backdrop of the world of gymnastics is absolutely fascinating, and I just loved everything about this book.Sweepingly romantic, raw, and completely real, Letters to Nowhere is a must read of 2013.