A story about friendship, survival, and finding your voice.
Growing up, Mallory Dodge learned that the best way to survive was to say nothing. And even though it's been four years since her nightmare ended, she's beginning to worry that the fear that holds her back will last a lifetime. Now, after years of homeschooling, Mallory must face a new milestone—spending her senior year at a public high school. But she never imagined she'd run into Rider Stark, the friend and protector she hasn't seen since childhood, on her very first day.
It doesn't take long for Mallory to realize that the connection she shared with Rider never really faded. Yet soon it becomes apparent that she's not the only one grappling with lingering scars from the past. And as she watches Rider's life spiral out of control, Mallory must make a choice between staying silent and speaking out—for the people she loves, the life she wants and the truths that need to be heard.
This book is brutal but so worth the read.
This was a very hard book to read. Is heartwrenching. What's worse is that it isn't just a book, this is what millions of children across the world endure and sometimes reality is worse.
I know this is not exactly a review, but this book really affected me.
Mallory and Rider broke my heart in more ways than one. They where left to fend for themselves when they were defenseless. Their childhood was tragic, brutal and full of monsters.
Years passed and now we see Mallory's new life but also the trauma all those terrible experiences left her with. Her struggle to be better, to feel better. To love and accept herself. Her battle to recognize that whatever happened wasn't her fault. That the fault always resides on the monsters not on the victim.
This book rings true because it is true is a terrible reality that sometimes we choose not to acknowledge.
Rider seems strong and well adjusted but in reality he's as affected if not more than Mallory. He just never learned to love himself and that broke my heart.
I truly believe that regardless of what we went through our past can't define us if we won't let it and I wish this wasn't the reality we live in.
This book did more than entertain me, it got me thinking on ways we could make the world better for all those kids that like Mallory and Raider are trapped and can't see a way out.
This was a very hard book to read. Is heartwrenching. What's worse is that it isn't just a book, this is what millions of children across the world endure and sometimes reality is worse.
I know this is not exactly a review, but this book really affected me.
Mallory and Rider broke my heart in more ways than one. They where left to fend for themselves when they were defenseless. Their childhood was tragic, brutal and full of monsters.
Years passed and now we see Mallory's new life but also the trauma all those terrible experiences left her with. Her struggle to be better, to feel better. To love and accept herself. Her battle to recognize that whatever happened wasn't her fault. That the fault always resides on the monsters not on the victim.
This book rings true because it is true is a terrible reality that sometimes we choose not to acknowledge.
Rider seems strong and well adjusted but in reality he's as affected if not more than Mallory. He just never learned to love himself and that broke my heart.
I truly believe that regardless of what we went through our past can't define us if we won't let it and I wish this wasn't the reality we live in.
This book did more than entertain me, it got me thinking on ways we could make the world better for all those kids that like Mallory and Raider are trapped and can't see a way out.
# 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications. Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become of passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her Wicked Series has been optioned by PassionFlix. Jennifer has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Reviewers Choice Award for Wait for You, the 2015 Editor’s Pick for Fall With Me, and the 2014/2015 Moerser-Jugendbuch- Jury award for Obsidian. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. Her adult romantic suspense novel TILL DEATH was a Amazon Editor’s Pick and iBook Book of the Month. Her young adult contemporary THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER is a 2017 RITA Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
She is the owner of ApollyCon and The Origin Event, the successful annual events that features over hundred bestselling authors in Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Fiction, panels, parties, and more.
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