Amy has a secret: no one’s ever
held her hand. She doesn’t even know how to hug. Everyone thinks she’s smart,
but straight A's are way easier than making friends. Then she meets Dane, a
golden-haired surfer whose easy charm and hot touch teach her what she longs to
know.
Dane lives for the salty breeze and
a sweet wave, because that’s all he has. He’s been on the streets since he was
fourteen. A drifter. Homeless. Then he meets Amy. Smart and accomplished, she’s
everything he’s not. He wants to be the sort of man who deserves her.
Except that means facing down his
past—and that past might very well swallow them both.
3.5-3.75 Stars
She wouldn’t see him again, because
she didn’t know how to be close to another human being. No textbook had ever
taught her.
The premise of this story was very
intriguing to me. This sounded different and the H/h were definitely out of
the box: A heroine who has never neither hugged nor held hands paired with
a homeless Hero. I wanted to know exactly why these characters were the way
they were, like what made them this way and what exactly brought them together.
How will their relationship work?
“No,” she said and then kissed him
back, firmer now. This was falling and floundering, gasping for air and finding
nothing but him. Only him. She never wanted to be okay again.
Amy was abandoned by her mother and
was raised by her Uncle. Physical interaction was very lacking in her life - at
home, at school – even her interaction with her mother was only through the
phone. It’s no wonder all her focus was in succeeding academically.
As mysterious as Amy was, she was
nothing compared to Dane. First off, I loved Dane. I didn’t care if he was
homeless – he was such a great guy. He was sweet, caring and unbelievably
tender. Though he struggled to come to terms with what a man like him in his
situation can really offer a girl like Amy, he still treated her delicately and
respectfully; he made me melt.
He groaned, his eyes closing. “Why
do you put up with me?”
She could turn him away and find
someone more stable to be with. But she’d always preferred the mysterious
beauty of the sky to the ground she walked every day. If there was ever anyone
prepared to wait for him, she was. She’d waited her whole life for someone to
love her. She could wait for him too.
“Because there’s nothing else I’d
rather do.”
I couldn’t really give this story a
full four stars simply because it took a while for the story to get going. Not
only that, but I wanted more development of Amy and Dane’s relationship. Not
that it was rushed or anything, but I think it needed a little more something.
However, I cannot stress how much I loved Dane. I understood his hesitance and
his reluctance, but I admired at how much he respected her enough to want to
become more for her.
** Complimentary Copy provided by
author in exchange for honest review**
