Review: Love always finds a way!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 18, 2013
This story follows the lives of Evan Donaldson and Clay Mueller and the seven most pivotal days in their lives. Loosing both his parents in a car accident was only the beginning of the sadness that would creep into this young mans life. Homeless and living on the streets, Evan makes some disturbing choices in order to survive. When Father Valentin stumbles upon him and offers him an escape and a better life at Sant Bart's, Evan is understandably skeptical. Swept away to Saint Bart's Evan finally accepts the sanctuary Father Val offers, and the friendship of his new schoolmates, including Clay Mueller. Just when Even thinks that life is finally heading in the right direction and finds solace in his new school and friends, a person in a postion of power pulls the rug out from under him.Through Grey's eyes we follow Evan and Clay as they graduate, go to college, find a career and become men. This book was a rollercoaster ride of emotions, told majorily from Evan's point of view. Grey has a way of pulling you into the story so you are right there with the characters for every bump, bruise, tear, laugh and experience. His characters always have depth and realism and his storylines are always top notch hitting home with real life problems and issues, as well as adding likeable secondary characters to the mix. We even have the proverbial bad guy to keep it real, and when he gets his just desserts I was singing from the rooftops!Highschool alone was hard enough; can the love and friendship that Evan and Clay developed withstand the test of time?What I took away from this story is that not everyone can be trusted, but life is all about taking chances. You take the good with the bad and you come out on the other end stronger, most of the time. Love always finds a way, in the end.