I turn to the side and let him see the orange creature rising up into the sky, red flames in its trail. I was angry for what Eva had to endure from everyone, because even though it's not a true story, these are things that happen in reality - victims who have to deal with accusations.

I need my own space to grow and live and forget about this town, and I need to let him go so he can do the same. This starts rather dark with Ava waking up after a party, laying in the grass, and realising that she's been sexually assaulted.They have so much in common, that you spend the whole book wishing to have that kinda of connection that they share. Before you, I went through years of school isolated and alone, head down, no smile, just trying to make it through the long hallways from one class to another, waiting for the end-of-school bell. Another side note here: despite all of the heavy, I so appreciated that this book didn’t feel heavy and dark. I’m Ava Tulip Harris and no one hurts me, but this place, this place, I had to come back and show you all that I’m worth more than what someone did to me in the woods. We start this book with her waking up in the forest not knowing how she got there but she sure knows that she has been raped but cannot remember anything.

Y’all, I’m not usually one to get all heated over a kiss in a book, but that first kiss when they both finally gave in was just awesome! I’m married now and have a few more kids, and still, the excitement of that time sends electrical currents through my body. I also think their first time together should have been more sensible and sexy, it’s wasn’t very exciting. A former high school English teacher and librarian, she adores all things Pride and Prejudice, and of course, Mr.Ava is living with her younger brother at a shelter (sort of) but she is fortunes to attend the prestigious Camden Prep while she believes would provide a better life for her and her brother in the future. Ava and Knox had something brewing, and the more they spent time whether it was for their homework assignment or happening to be in the same place, the chemistry and connection was there! Tulip, Tulip, so good, so good, you, you, you, you,” he mumbles and slides all the way out then back in, his shoulders quivering. And the struggle for Knox in being there for both Ava and Dane was done so well, and I loved how he dealt with it all the way through.