Skylar Evans, seventeen, yearns to escape Creek View by attending art school, but after her mother's job loss puts her dream at risk, a rekindled friendship with Josh, who joined the Marines to get away then lost a leg in Afghanistan, and her job at the Paradise motel lead her to appreciate her home town.
At first I wasn't sure about this Forever Young Adult book club pick - I looked at a summary and thought, "Really, another 'contemporary romance?'" But my best friend encouraged me to read it and assured me that it was much more than that, and I'm glad I listened to her. It's really exceptionally well written and the characters were very well done. There was nothing cutesy or contrived about it like some of the other "contemporary romance" YA books picked for the book club this year.
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