I received this book from the author but I would have gladly bought it anyway. The story alternates between Julie and Nick's POV, detailing their lives over the course of their senior year of high school. Both have been dealing with issues for most of their lives, and the one thing that they could count on was to be their for each other. Nick gets the chance to leave for two years and upon returning, finds out that while his life got substantially better for a time, Julie's got worse. The story was really emotional and deals with a lot of extreme issues that teenagers have to go through, and while some scenes were explicit, it gave the characters other challenges to overcome away from home and lessons on how to help the other through those times. For me it was a fast read but that didn't lessen my view of it, and would easily read other books by this author. Review:I had this book on my TBR since the tour last summer when the book was released. I am glad I finally had the chance to read it. Its a sweet romance between childhood friends who once lost each other, but now found their way back. It was a book full of hurting, healing, and hope. I enjoyed the book and closed the last page with warm fuzzies and a smile. Long Story Short:Julie and Nick are broken. Julie lives with a drugged up stripper mother, who brings home different creeps almost every night. The creeps are pervs and Julie has to run from them constantly. Nick has an alcholic, abusive father who also beats his mother. BROKEN. As children they would hide together, distract each other, and depend on each other. After a pretty bad beating from his dad, Nick's mother sends Nick away to live somewhere safe. Two years later, he comes home. Julie and Nick drifted apart, but they find their way back to each other and once again help each other survive the horrible life they been given. My Thoughts:It was a really good book. I loved the brokeness of the main characters, the way they dealt with their lives, they way they loved even after being so broken. I felt the characters were pretty honest for the home lives they had. Julie is the more messed up out of the two... She suffered the most. Nick did get a reprieve when he was able to leave his home, however he still has scars. Julie had really one good person in her life, Nick, when he moved it was down hill. She does have a couple of really good friends, but she doesn't share her pain with them. I really believe they would have been there for her and helped her out as much as possible if she just would of let them in. Julie had a lot of shame, fear, anger, and so much more. I hated her mother, I hated her life. Julie seemed beyond repair for most of the book. Nick was more of a fighter to Julie's survivor. He tried not to let his life effect him as a person. Julie really never had anyone love her, Nick had his mother. Granted she has made some very poor decisions... lets send Nick away, but keep the drunken butt-head that beats me... kind of decisions, but she loved Nick. When he moved back home, it was easy to see how much she loved Nick. She was a sweet hearted woman that worked hard to keep her family going. I think having her made Nick want to fight for his life. The romance was sweet, it seemed sort of fast because the book is short, but months pass and Julie and Nick already had a strong connection. It took so much for Nick to help Julie open up and let someone love her that I wanted to cheer loudly when it happened. The writing was good, the pacing was great, I just wish that the book would have been a bit longer. I felt the emotions and heartache from Julie's and Nick's life, and loved the ending, but I feel I would have been more connected to them if their story would have been just a bit longer. There are some pretty horrible scenes in the book, just a warning. Violence is a big part of Nick and Julie's story. I do appreciate the scenes, they bring understand and feeling to the story, and I really appreciate the author including them, but keeping them short and as few as possible. In The End:I love a good story about about love healing and love giving hope and I love a good ending. It was a pretty good read and I would love to see more from the author.
Do You like book The Unloved (2012)?
This was a good read for me. Nothing spectacular, but I liked the characters and the plot!
—xEternalFlame
Entretenido y de lectura rápida, la verdad que disfruté de leerlo. :) Lindo.
—ida
