Escaping Heartbreak by Regina Bartley
It’s
time for Sawyer to start living her life. Since she was fifteen she
has taken care of everyone but herself, including her older brother
Dane. She has been lying to herself to keep from feeling the pain of
her parent’s death. Now she is twenty and she’s ready to start a
life of her own. Moving into her parent’s lake house would be the
perfect escape. Wouldn’t it? That’s what she thought. Only, it
led her right into the emotional place she’s been hiding from all
this time. All of those years of running from her feelings, she now
has to face them. It’s too much. She can’t deal with it alone.
Someone has to help. She’ll do anything to escape the heartbreak,
but you can only run so far.
Travis
can’t believe his eyes; his half-opened, blood shot eyes. Sawyer
Evans was in the flesh and standing over him. He hadn’t seen this
girl since he was ten years old. Travis only saw the Evan’s during
the summer when they moved into the lake house. He and Dane were best
friends. When Dane invited him and the old gang to a welcome back
party at the Lake House, he couldn’t wait to go. It turns out
getting wasted was only half the fun. Seeing Sawyer was the other
half. She was the sexiest girl he’d ever seen and he was going to
make sure that she knew it. Only she shot him down time and time
again. He’s determined to break down those walls and get inside her
head, but he’ll have to be sober to do it, and no matter how hard
he tries, she’ll always run. He can’t keep chasing her. He has to
figure out a way to make her stay.
It’s
time to stop running, stop hiding, and start learning where the true
escape lies. Everyone will face heartbreak, but not everyone will
find love.
My Review
5*
Bartley
has done something that few others could, she's turned me into a
mushy mess!
Sawyer
is portrayed as a tough young woman who hasn't had the time to
address her own grief following the death of her parents because she
was too busy putting everyone elses needs and wants first.
Pretty
soon she re-meets her first love Travis, the only boy that she ever
let close enough to her heart to actually do damage.
Travis
is fighting demons of his own when Sawyer crashes back into his life.
The
supporting cast also deserve a mention, her best friend, Wren, is a
strong character and i sense that we'll be seeing a lot more of her
in the next book (available at the end of November)
But
personally my favourite character is Waylon, Bartley wrote his and
Travis' story in such a quiet and compassionate way that you couldn't
help but be drawn to them. I defy any mother in the world not to want
to pick those boys up and hug the life out of them.
I
don't have enough praise in my fingertips, nor words in my head to do
this review justice! so let me just say this...This is a book that
will have you reaching for the tissues, this is a book that will
touch your heart and begin to heal your soul, this is a book that
will make reach for the one you love and hold on tight, in my opinion
this is a book that will make even the iciest heart melt a little,
this is a 5 star, unmissable emotional triumph! One click this bad
boy asap!
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