Book Blurb
Determined to stay away from him, she throws herself into her music. Practicing piano eases her heavy heart, calms the sadness, and pushes away images of Kyle's face.
Until it doesn't.
Her music professor asks her to play a duet for their annual Winter Gala. Doing so means she'll be assured another full ride scholarship. It's an opportunity she can't pass up.
But Kyle is the other half of the duet. And that means hours and hours of practicing.
Weeks of seclusion - just the two of them. And it's more than just music. It's passion like Maddie never believed was possible.
The inevitable happens. She falls in love with him all over again.
But, will loving him be enough to erase all the hate in her heart for his father? Can she look at him, and not see the evil in his family tree?
And maybe it's all a set up. Maybe Kyle is only pretending to care so he can finish what his father started, and kill her too.
Toot's Review by Stacy Sabala
The book introduces the reader to Maddie. She is in a tattoo shop getting another
tattoo in the beginning. She needs the
pain of the needle to make her forget her emotional pain inside. She is grieving the death of her
parents. In fact, she is going to
college in her hometown where her parents were brutally murdered.
The night her parents were killed, she hid when she saw two
men outside her house. She recognized
them and then found her parents dead in her house. She was eleven years old. She knew who killed her parents but was
unable to do anything about it. The man
was a policeman and the father of her best friend, Kyle.
Kyle and Maddie were neighbors and best friends. She would crawl through Kyle’s window
sometimes to care for him when his dad became abusive. She is what got him through the bad
days. After her parents were killed, her
aunt and uncle packed her up and left town.
They worried about revenge from the men who murdered her parents. They told her that Kyle was not someone she
should be friends with. His father was
evil and evil breeds evil. So she didn’t
answer letters or phone calls from Kyle.
Kyle had no idea why she left without a word and refused to continue
their friendship. He was devastated. He attempted to move on with his life.
When they come face to face at a college party, Maddie is in
turmoil. She has missed Kyle so much,
but she is full of hate for his father.
She decides she can’t be near him.
She battles her feelings for Kyle and the tragic events she has endured throughout
the whole story. Kyle still has strong
feelings for her and realizes that Maddie is just as broken as he is.
This is the journey they take finding each other again. The author gives the reader a view into the
sweet moments of Maddie and Kyle’s budding relationship. Their past friendship turns into much
more. However the past is coming up fast
and turns their lives into another tailspin.
Kyle and Maddie’s journey back to each other was sweet and
frustrating. Maddie was stubborn at
first with her warped views about Kyle.
Her transformation was clearly an important part of the story. The number of betrayals that occur are
astounding and just ended up making them stronger which showed the depth of the
characters.
I would give this a 4 out of
5
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