The Edge of Never by J. A. Redmerski

The Edge of Never (Edge of Never, #1)

by J. A. Redmerski

The hottest New Adult novel that everyone's talking about - and you're already dying to read

Twenty-year-old Camryn has always felt different from everyone else around her - not content to be tied down by life's conventions, she's always known that she wants a life less ordinary. But when tragedy forces her to abandon her plans, she vows never to let her walls down again - and never to fall in love.

But one night in the hottest club in town, her world is turned upside down. Desperate to escape, Camryn packs up the bare necessities and boards the next Greyhound bus leaving town, to find the true self she knows is out there. What she finds instead is a young man who is more like her than she knows. Andrew Parrish needs to find himself too, and harbours his own dark secrets...

Zig-zagging across the country together, Camryn finds herself doing things she never imagined, as Andrew shows her what it's like to live by your own rules and what it feels like to give in to her deepest, darkest desires. Before she knows it, he's become the centre of her world. But as the electric love and lust between them intensifies, a dark shadow is looming. Will Andrew's secret push them together - or tear them apart?

Reviewed by Rowena on

4 of 5 stars

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I’m becoming a huge New Adult fan so when I came across the blurb for this book (not to mention the gorgeous cover), I wanted to read it.

Camryn Bennett hasn’t been the same since her boyfriend was killed in a car accident. It’s been a few years and she’s already had a new boyfriend who ended up cheating on her so she’s kind of checked out emotionally on pretty much, everything. When drama goes down between her and her best friend Nat, Camryn jumps on a bus headed out of town to get away from…everything.

Camryn is in her head a lot. She’s dealing with a whole lot of loss. She lost her boyfriend and first love to a car accident. She lost her brother to prison for drunk driving and she’s just not happy. Nothing can make her happy. She doesn’t have a lot in common with anyone so she doesn’t really feel the club scene that her best friend Nat is into. When she jumps on that bus and decides to take it to Idaho, she feels a freedom that she hasn’t felt in a long time.

It is on that bus that she meets Andrew Parrish.

Andrew is going through his own stuff right now. He’s got a dying father and a secret that he’s keeping close to his vest but when he sees the gorgeous blonde with the braid sitting alone on the bus, he’s intrigued. But then his protective instincts kick in when he sees a man that’s been eyeing her with a dangerous glint in his eyes for a while. There’s nothing to do but step in and make sure nothing untoward happens to his new friend so Andrew becomes a daily part of Camryn’s days on the bus and a friendship with blazing chemistry springs forward between them.

Camryn was the kind of heroine that I guess you get used to in these kinds of books. She’s suffered a great loss and she’s turned into herself and doesn’t want to be around people. She’s got a token best friend who is the exact opposite of her who is outgoing and loud and slutty and everything that Camryn is not. I didn’t really understand why having one night stands and being open and honest made girls slutty but that’s what Camryn thought. Her thoughts were kind of hard to take but as the story progresses, my reservations with Camryn disappear and I really warmed up to her.

Once the story took off (because it was a bit slow in the beginning), I really got into it. I got into what was happening with Camryn, what was going on with Andrew and when it all came to an end, I was satisfied with the way everything wrapped up.

Andrew was a great part of this story, my favorite part actually. He was everything that a hero should be in these kinds of books. Big, strong, understanding and really good in the sack. His secret kept me wondering what it could be throughout the entire book and even though about half way through, I figured out what it was…once that happened, I spent the last half of the book wondering how everything would end. I was hoping for one thing and scared that another thing was going to happen. It made this book addicting and I couldn’t put it down.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It was filled with everything that will keep readers turning the page. I will definitely be reading more from this author.

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