Have you ever had a book keep you up at night? Well, I have... many books actually. But this one not only kept me up at night but also the handsome dude that sleeps next to me, because every few pages ugly sobs would break from my chest, the ones I could no longer hold back then I'd get an elbowing to my side. Yes, this book was sob worthy.
This book left me emotionally drained, I mourned it for weeks, I couldn't get myself to start any new ones because none could hold a candle to this amazing, life changing story. This book was deep, powerful and held a beautiful message. S.D Hendrickson is nothing short of what I like to call magically gifted. You get so wrapped up in the story, you actually believe you're friends with the characters and you've known them your whole life.
-Can I tell you a secret? I like to pretend that the characters I read about in books are actually out there living their lives somewhere and their story goes beyond the pages... Is that weird? Oh well, it helps me sleep at night.
Synopsis from Goodreads:
Today, 8:15 p.m.
I hurt. I hurt so deeply, I felt the pain searing in my bones and jabbing like a hot poker into my heart. I knew nothing would make it better as the memories pulled from the crevices of my mind, detailing the bad and the ugly, filling my thoughts with regret as I slipped into the darkness. . . When I was eight, my mother was dying of cancer, my father lost his job, and the bank kicked us out of our house. I was forced to move to the strange town of Arlis, Texas where my father and I slept in our car in the hospital parking lot. Desperate and hopeless, we lived on fumes of our former life.
Then one night, everything changed forever. A knock on the car window brought a family into my life that I only wanted to shut out. I hated charity and I hated the Masons. Well, except one. He made it impossible to hate him.
Jess Mason had the biggest blue eyes and ornery smile of any boy I had ever seen. He was a ray of sunshine in my dark world. A boy full of adventure, dragging me across the meadow of Sprayberry Ranch; a beautiful Texas paradise full of horses and tree houses that got us into more trouble than anyone ever imagined.
Jess was my everything as a kid until we grew up and the rules changed. Instead of living happily ever after with a boy full of love. . . I destroyed it.
- Alex Tanner
AMAZING!
Oh and did I mention, that I have a signed copy??? S.D made my life by sending me this baby!!!
Hope I made you want to take a trip to Barnes and Noble and grab a copy.
Love,
Camylla
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