Just breathe, Kacey. Ten tiny breaths. Seize them. Feel them. Love them.
Four years ago Kacey Cleary's life imploded when her car was hit by a drunk driver, killing her parents, boyfriend, and best friend. Still haunted by memories of being trapped inside, holding her boyfriend's lifeless hand and listening to her mother take her last breath, Kacey wants to leave her past behind. Armed with two bus tickets, twenty-year-old Kacey and her fifteen-year-old sister, Livie, escape Grand Rapids, Michigan, to start over in Miami. Struggling to make ends meet, Kacey needs to figure out how to get by. But Kacey's not worried. She can handle anything-anything but her mysterious neighbour in apartment 1D.
Trent Emerson has smouldering blue eyes, deep dimples, and he perfectly skates that irresistible line between nice guy and bad boy. Hardened by her tragic past, Kacey is determined to keep everyone at a distance, but their mutual attraction is undeniable and Trent is determined to find a way into Kacey's guarded heart-even if it means that an explosive secret could shatter both their worlds.
Ok, so you know those books that are great and yet at the same time you aren't a fan? That's this for me. I'd feel ok giving it 2 stars at the same time I'd be ok giving it 4, so I split the difference with a 3. Without spoilers, the instant attraction was weird, some of the incidents that happen don't really make sense and seem to be thrown in to cause conflict, and there are some sick sick people who do some sick sick things. I mean I know that shit happens in real life, but I don't know how I could forgive Trent for the deception, and the instant attraction and how he broke through her defenses was never really explained . Plus I think something was lost with the lapse of time.
That being said, TTB deals with some heavy shit, and deals with it well. Drunk driving accidents and their survivors are not easy subjects to discuss on a good day. But Tucker handles it with amazing grace and sensitivity. Kacey is a character you can connect with, empathize with. Some of the side characters are wonderful and fascinating. So ... will I read the next book? Possibly. I will look into it.
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