Every book of Lyssa Cole’s I’ve read, I have just ended up loving and this book was no exception. This book should have been released around two summers ago, but Lyssa didn’t feel that this book was ready for herself, but also for the readers, so she took the decision to wait, hold off and go back to work on it until she was completely happy with it. And honestly, her decision to do that, really paid off…. This book isn’t your typical romance story, what it actually does is show you things that people in real life go through. This book can be dark in places, but that’s only due to the circumstances of the story and that the fact that people every day out there go through the same things. I think that Lyssa did such a great job at bringing all the elements together. Normally for books, I go ahead and just tend to look at the covers before I go and grab them, mainly due to the fact that due to recent experiences I have seen authors oversell their books just from the blurbs alone and then when it comes down to the actual content, it’s not what you was expecting. With this book, I was drawn in by the cover, the image alone tells it’s own story and that fact alone made me want to read this book. I think Lyssa did an amazing job and I can see that her writing it improving with each book, she’s really talented and if she keeps going the way she is, then she’ll just keep doing amazingly. I couldn’t fault the plot, the story or the characters, I think that Lyssa captured everything just perfectly. I’m really excited to see what else Lyssa writes.
Sage used to love life, had a loving family and great friends. In her eyes, nothing else mattered. But as she grew up things changed, and after making the decision to move away after finishing school, leaving behind everything she has ever known, her friend, family, Josh, her life turned down a dark path. Addiction can be a cruel thing, but with the right help and the right people supporting you, it can be a little easier to overcome it. Yet, in Sage’s eyes, she doesn’t want the help, the support, all she is wanting is her next fix…. Yet, when she wakes up in hospital and hears her mothers voice, she knows that things are about to get a lot more difficult. Deep down somewhere inside her, she knows she needs to overcome this addiction, but all her mind is telling her is that nothing else matters but finding that next fix. So when her mother announces that instead of going back to the home she’s known for the last few years, she’s moving back in with her until she goes off to rehab otherwise she will find herself without anything, no car, no money, no home, nothing….. With not being given the choice, Sage finds herself struggling, worrying and scared about what she will find when she sets foot in the place she used to called home. She knows it’s going to hurt because she doesn’t think her friends will forgive her for all the choices she’s made. But with Josh being on her trail, will she decide to get better and fight her addiction or do everything she can to find her next fix?
Sage used to love life, had a loving family and great friends. In her eyes, nothing else mattered. But as she grew up things changed, and after making the decision to move away after finishing school, leaving behind everything she has ever known, her friend, family, Josh, her life turned down a dark path. Addiction can be a cruel thing, but with the right help and the right people supporting you, it can be a little easier to overcome it. Yet, in Sage’s eyes, she doesn’t want the help, the support, all she is wanting is her next fix…. Yet, when she wakes up in hospital and hears her mothers voice, she knows that things are about to get a lot more difficult. Deep down somewhere inside her, she knows she needs to overcome this addiction, but all her mind is telling her is that nothing else matters but finding that next fix. So when her mother announces that instead of going back to the home she’s known for the last few years, she’s moving back in with her until she goes off to rehab otherwise she will find herself without anything, no car, no money, no home, nothing….. With not being given the choice, Sage finds herself struggling, worrying and scared about what she will find when she sets foot in the place she used to called home. She knows it’s going to hurt because she doesn’t think her friends will forgive her for all the choices she’s made. But with Josh being on her trail, will she decide to get better and fight her addiction or do everything she can to find her next fix?