I’m in limbo. If you
look close, you’ll see that I’m basically going through the motions. If you
look even closer, you’ll see that I’m empty and frustrated as hell with my
life.
And then it arrives.
That four by six card that tells me ten years have gone by when I wasn’t paying
attention. I’m paying attention now.
Pulling my dusty box
of memories from the closet shelf, my index finger slowly sifts through the
keepsakes that represent the aura of Trey Masterson. The boy who moved from
Missouri to Vermont and swept me off my feet the first day of our sophomore
year. The boy who I never thought I’d have a chance with but he only had eyes
for me. The boy I fell in love with and never stopped.
When we see each other
again at our high school reunion, every feeling I ever had for him bleeds from
my heart and leaks into every cell of my existence, and I finally feel like I
can breathe for the first time in years. I don’t quite get the same reaction
from him. In fact, his reaction is downright…cold?
Never knowing the
reason of our undoing after I went away to college, I just want some closure.
But we can’t seem to carry on a conversation without sparking a slew of
emotions - each word igniting all the hurt that’s been buried for ten years.
During the week of our
stay in our small town in Vermont, we keep crossing paths but jealousy,
bitterness and tragedy threaten to hinder any hopes of possibly rekindling the
passion we once shared.
Well, that was quite the blurb. I think they covered just about every part of the story! And quite the story it was. It was super easy to get through and the story was cute. It had an insta-love scenario between the new kid in town and the "underdog"/not so popular girl. The pair got together by halfway through the novel and the rest was just all the bumps and bruises they encountered after the fact. BOY did these two have horrible timing. I think everything that could go wrong went wrong--that's what made it so nice when they finally work things out in the end. The writing was blunt, simple, and at times awkward. The read was still enjoyable, though, as the story was decent and aww-inducing. The author definitely left room for a sequel or, at least, a related story!
About the Author
Stacy Wray has always
enjoyed writing growing up and wrote for her high school newspaper. It wasn't
until recently when her husband challenged her to write a book that she decided
to give it a go, writing "The Girl from the Kitchen Store" in
September 2014. Her second book "Unclaimed Regrets" was released in
March 2015. With her two children full grown, she spends extra time reading,
re-modeling her home room-by-room, and hanging with family. She works in the
family business in accounting in Kokomo, Indiana and is currently working on
her third book "Finding Karma."
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