Review: Really enjoyed this one!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2014
I was given this ARC for an honest review. I have never read anything else by this author and I had no idea, going into it,  what this book was about. So imagine my surprise when I started reading and realized it was a teacher/student relationship. I adore those!! I mean, Good by S. Walden was my #1 read of 2013 and since then I can’t get my hands on enough of these types of books!Always You is the story of Wrenn and Dalton (love their names, BTW;)Wrenn is an 18 year old senior who is living with her aunt and uncle while she attends Tennerson Academy. Wrenn has recently lost her entire family (mom, dad and brother) in a horrible car accident of which she was the only survivor. To say this poor girl has been through Hell and is struggling is putting it mildly. At this point it is all Wrenn can do to function on a daily basis. Her only goal is to finish school and start college which she sees as a fresh start for her life.Dalton,or Mr. Reid, is a new teacher at Tennerson who was brought in to cover a maternity leave for another teacher. He is 23, fresh out of college and this is his first teaching “gig”. He really wants to do a good job but the poor guy is doomed from the start. Dalton is SUPER hot and teaching at an all girls high school.“Holy mother of god. This was our new teacher? My heart was racing. Just look at him. He was f$%&*#g adorable.”Poor guy :( These girls are on him like Miley Cyrus on a foam finger!! Some of the girls even place bets as to who will be the first to kiss the delectable Mr. Reid.Wrenn is kind of a loner at school, aside from her one friend, Kass. The two of them have formed a close bond and try to protect each other from the resident Regina George Mean Girl, Paige. However, Wrenn keeps her past a secret. No one knows about what happened to her family and that is the way she wants to keep it.Dalton also has a secret, a really big one. This secret keeps him from forging any kind of committed relationship. Up to this point he has always been a “one night and see ya later” kind of guy. He really fights his attraction to Wrenn for many reasons. One being his secret but also the fact that she is his student and we all know the teacher/student relationship is a HUGE no no! As much as he tries to fight it, Wrenn diligently pursues him. But not in a creepy, stalker girl way. She just really feels a connection with him that she hasn’t felt with anyone in so long.“I was trying so hard not to read into every little interaction because I knew I was just setting myself up to be hurt. I was his student. He was my teacher. That was the only thing I knew for sure.”The two bond over their love of old horror movies and it just escalates from there.Once these two finally get over their issues and give into their feelings for each other, the steam is crazy HOT!!I love that it is not a typical student/teacher book. He isn’t a lot older than her and she isn’t an untouched virgin. These two are perfect for each other and you find yourself really rooting for them. Nothing about their relationship seems dirty or sordid.Just as they have it all figured out, Wrenn finds out about Dalton’s secret and their relationship suffers. This is BIG secret and it is a lot to take in as it could potentially have a huge effect on both of their lives. Meanwhile, their secret relationship becomes public knowledge, thanks to skanky Paige, and there is a shit storm there that they have to deal with as well.I won’t give away anymore details. What happens when their relationship is made public? Can Wrenn handle Dalton’s secret? Will Dalton be able to give himself completely to Wrenn knowing what he knows?I will tell you that you should definitely read Always You and find out all of these answers for yourself :)