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4.5--Gravitating--Stars!!

Love discovering a new book from a new author!!!



I really loved this one...it was fairly typical/predicable for the NA/MA genre but did have a few twists. It also had the suspense element that isn't often found. I will say I figured most of the twists out but I still enjoyed the unfolding of the story just the same. This was very well-written for a first time author.

Brooklyn Turner was no stranger to grief. After witnessing the murder of her mother at the age of six she closed herself off to her feelings, to her friends, to the world....resigning herself to a life of being alone. Refusing to let anyone in and pushing away anyone who gets too close.

“Grief is a kick in the chest. It steals your breath, hits you so hard you think you’ll never stand back up again. And it’s not just because you’re grieving death or heartbreak or loss – you’re grieving change. You’re grieving the life that might have been, if it hadn’t all gotten fucked up along the way.”

The prologue immediately sucks you in to the story. Through a series of flashbacks, we experience what happened to Brooke 14 years prior and the days leading up to more current day. My heart broke for what Brooklyn experienced with the death of her mom.

Current day takes place during Brooklyn's sophomore year of college. She's attending UVA with her BFF Lexi. On the first day of her sophomore year she stumbles upon (literally) Finn Chambers. Finn is the campus ladies man, lead singer of a band, resident tattooed "bad boy". Finn and Brooklyn kind of had a love hate relationship within each other.

But bottomline....Finn



And swoon-worthy. I had a mad crush on Finn.

I also loved that it wasn't insta-love between Finn and Brooklyn. Slowly Brooklyn begins to see that Finn is different. Finn see's past all of Brooklyn's boundaries. He fights past all of the walls Brooklyn has put up. He makes Brooklyn feel again...to want to move past the grief that's been weighing her down for the last 14 years.

There's something familiar and comforting about being with Finn. And for the first time in fourteen years, Brooklyn opens up her heart and allows herself to love Finn.



The last 20%....the suspense level really picked up.



Damn, I couldn't stop reading it. It's like I saw it all coming from a mile away....I'm screaming NNNNOOOO and yet it's still all happening and I HAVE to know how it's going to end.

Overall, this was a really touching, heart-warming read. About over-coming a tragedy and finding love in the process. I laughed, I loved and I cried.