Again Synopsis:
How far would you go for a second chance?
Eleven years after flunking out of college, Kate has finally hit rock-bottom. Losing her job and boyfriend in one drunken night, she’s determined to fix her life by going back to the moment when she let partying and sex take over. And do things right this time. At twenty-nine, she heads back to freshman year of college, with a catch.
Pretending she's nineteen with a new roommate and full class schedule is easy. When she meets her shy, sexy and seven-years-younger RA, Carter, following her self-imposed sobriety and celibacy rules is proving to be anything but.
A senior enduring years of regret, Carter is more than ready to graduate. He’s anxious to move on from the party his freshman year where he witnessed his frat brothers about to commit a sexual assault. Instead of doing the right thing and stepping in, he looked the other way and left. His guilt has made for a lonely four years.
When he meets the new freshman on his floor, spunky and confident Kate, he wonders if his time as an outcast has finally come to an end.
Kate and Carter’s growing friendship and undeniable attraction make it harder to hide the demons from their respective pasts. But when their secrets are finally revealed, will their chance at starting over together still be there?
Eleven years after flunking out of college, Kate has finally hit rock-bottom. Losing her job and boyfriend in one drunken night, she’s determined to fix her life by going back to the moment when she let partying and sex take over. And do things right this time. At twenty-nine, she heads back to freshman year of college, with a catch.
Pretending she's nineteen with a new roommate and full class schedule is easy. When she meets her shy, sexy and seven-years-younger RA, Carter, following her self-imposed sobriety and celibacy rules is proving to be anything but.
A senior enduring years of regret, Carter is more than ready to graduate. He’s anxious to move on from the party his freshman year where he witnessed his frat brothers about to commit a sexual assault. Instead of doing the right thing and stepping in, he looked the other way and left. His guilt has made for a lonely four years.
When he meets the new freshman on his floor, spunky and confident Kate, he wonders if his time as an outcast has finally come to an end.
Kate and Carter’s growing friendship and undeniable attraction make it harder to hide the demons from their respective pasts. But when their secrets are finally revealed, will their chance at starting over together still be there?
Review by Nadia Chief Obsessive Pimpette
***Obsessed by Books arc given in exchange for an honest review***
What if you had the chance to do it all again...would you do things differently?
Kate decides to start again by returning to college, posing as ten years younger student, as she wants a do over. She has walked away from a total car crash of her life events and decided to have a clean slate. Her motivation may at first nig seemike the best reason but her attempt to start fresh, grab a second chance and reinvent herself was uplifting.
Carter is a lovely character, well written and slightly damaged by past events that he carries the weight of. His guilt has shaped him into a very mature and responsible college student. He keeps himself distant as a punishment for what he sees as his failings and this is the story of how helping someone else can set you free.
"Everything changed the minute I realized she needed someone ...Making sure she was okay would be my first step towards redemption."
This is a well written, emotive story that will have you laughing and crying right along side the characters. Dealing with real life issues such as addiction and sexual assault I felt it was a very real to life scenerio that had shaped the characters which made it so much easier to identify with them and like them. Written from both Kate's and Carter's pov we get to understand their reasons and their feelings for each other which makes you fall for their love story as they move from being friends to something much more. In each other's arms they find the redemption they both need. A 4 star read for me as I am new to this author and wouldnt necessarily choose to read this type of romance usually so I was very pleasantly surprised. Lovely cozy Saturday afternoon read with a hot chocolate type read
Review by Mazzy Boss Lady
*****I received an arc in exchange for an honest review****
Second chances that's what this book is about.
Kate is 29 years old and whats to go back 10 years to repeat college as she flunked out the first time around. Wouldn't we all want to do that, this girl has got guts to do what she did to enable her to go back. I know I wouldn't be able to keep up the charade.
Enter Carter a 22 Year old senior, he has secrets of his own. I suppose this is really about two people being each others salvation.
I will say one thing though, its about time where we had a age difference where the older person was female and the younger male. There is always man meets girl years younger than him, but I've not read a book where the female is older.
This is a typical love story, there were some times where I felt that this book could of done with a bit more oomph, but other than that it was a good read.
View all my reviews
Lisa
Burstein Bio:
Lisa Burstein is a tea seller by day and a
writer by night. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the Inland
Northwest Center for Writers at Eastern Washington University. She is the
author of Pretty Amy, The Next Forever, Dear Cassie, Sneaking Candy and The
Possibility of Us. As well as a contributor to the essay collection, Break
These Rules: 35 YA Authors On Speaking Up, Standing Out, and Being Yourself.
Again is her self-publishing debut. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her very
patient husband, a neurotic dog and two cats.
Buy
Links:
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1rwZUy7
Barnes and Noble: http://bit.ly/1o16nMU
I-books: http://bit.ly/1o16YhN
Barnes and Noble: http://bit.ly/1o16nMU
I-books: http://bit.ly/1o16YhN
Again on
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20882839-again?ac=1
Links:
Like Lisa on FB: https://www.facebook.com/LisaBursteinAuthor
Follow Lisa on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LisaBurstein
Follow Lisa on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LisaBurstein
Website: www.lisaburstein.com
a Rafflecopter giveaway
No comments:
Post a Comment