Such A Rush by Jennifer Echols

Such A Rush

by Jennifer Echols

High school senior Leah Jones loves nothing more than flying. While she's in the air, it's easy to forget life with her absentee mother at the low-rent end of a South Carolina beach town. So when her flight instructor, Mr Hall, hires her to fly for his banner advertising business, she sees it as her ticket out of the trailer park. Then Mr Hall dies suddenly leaving his teenage sons, golden boy Alec and adrenaline junkie Grayson, in charge of running the business. The two brothers have always made their hostility towards her clear so she's sure that her dreams of being a pilot are over…

Then it Grayson makes it clear that he wants her to stay working for him, and Leah doesn't understand why. She's crushed on him for years, but always known he's out of her league… isn't he? As the summer rolls on and they spend more time together the spark between them grows, but with Alec's feelings starting to change too, suddenly things become a whole lot more complicated. Now Leah finds herself drawn into a battle between brothers - and the consequences could be deadly…

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I got this book on a whim and decided that I wanted to give it a try, especially after reading the description. I wasn’t sure how I’d take a book about flying and planes especially since I’ve never been in one myself, but this book was so much more than just that. This book is full of emotional encounters, romance, and being strong no matter where you come from.

Leah, our main character, had been living in trailer parks her whole life near airports, with her mom barely there for her. When she has an option of whether to end up like her mom or do something with her life, she gets a job at the airport near her house. She becomes close with the owner Mr.Hall, and he eventually teaches her how to fly his small planes. I liked her character because even though she didn’t have many options with her life, she made the best of it and she honestly does want to do better. She does have a bad reputation because of where she lives and how she dresses, but as we know not everyone is as they seem. She does get defensive and angry at times, but she’s also sensitive and embarrassed because of her lifestyle, which is mostly her mother’s fault.

From the first few chapters I was already enjoying myself, thinking this would be an interesting book, but then BAM, Mr. Hall suddenly dies as well as his eldest son. I did read the description but at the same time I wasn't expecting it. This not only upsets the airport and the lives of people working there, but his two twin sons and Leah are shaken the hardest. The three of them become closer as Greyson and Alec take over their father’s business, with Leah flying for them. They learn more about each other, their pasts and what drives them to the airport now.

I really loved this book, it’s got romance, tragedy, but also some really happy and funny scenes. The characters were interesting,enotional and easy to get attached to. I highly recommend this book to those that love romance and contemporary!

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