

She was more open with him than anyone and he even though he was secretive and guarded, I knew he was that was for a good mostly unselfish reason. I felt Beyah's connection to Samson from their first real discussion. I loved the relationship between her and her father, even when they weren't close and she was so angry, you can still feel that he loved her even if he was clueless about her life and let his guilt take over. Even if it didn't seem like it in the beginning, the best thing she could have done for herself was move to Texas and find her place with her father and his family.

Beyah was understandably guarded because of her up bringing and the way everyone treated her throughout her life.

I loved that this felt like two kindred spirits finding each other. This story was heartbreaking and difficult but also a sweet romance all in one. What Beyah doesn't realize is that a rip current is coming, and it's about to drag her heart out to sea.Īnother Colleen Hoover that brings out all the emotions. Which means they're drawn to each other.īeyah and Samson agree to stay in the shallow end of a summer fling. But one thing they do have in common is that they're both drawn to sad things. She comes from a life of poverty and neglect he comes from a family of wealth and privilege. Samson and Beyah have nothing in common on the surface. Beyah's plan is to keep her head down and let the summer slip by seamlessly, but her new neighbor Samson throws a wrench in that plan. With only two short months separating her from the future she's built and the past she desperately wants to leave behind, an unexpected death leaves Beyah with no place to go during the interim.įorced to reach out to her last resort, Beyah has to spend the remainder of her summer on a peninsula in Texas with a father she barely knows. After carving her path all on her own, Beyah is well on her way to bigger and better things, thanks to no one but herself. Life and a dismal last name are the only two things Beyah's parents ever gave her. "This book deserves a whole galaxy of stars, but alas, five is all I can give." (Shades of Rebecca) The number-one New York Times best-selling author of Verity and It Ends With Us delivers another breathtaking novel with a magnetic suspense that will keep you glued to your device.
