** This is a novella **
While other high school seniors are dreaming about their futures, Sophie and Carter are just trying to make it through each day. Carter is overwhelmed by issues at home as he struggles to support his mother. Meanwhile, next door neighbor Sophie is left to care for her three younger siblings in place of their absent and troubled mother. All that holds these two best friends together is each other, and knowing that each night they'll sit together on Sophie's front porch swing and escape from reality, if just for awhile. But as their relationship reaches a turning point and high school graduation nears, will their friendship become something more?
While other high school seniors are dreaming about their futures, Sophie and Carter are just trying to make it through each day. Carter is overwhelmed by issues at home as he struggles to support his mother. Meanwhile, next door neighbor Sophie is left to care for her three younger siblings in place of their absent and troubled mother. All that holds these two best friends together is each other, and knowing that each night they'll sit together on Sophie's front porch swing and escape from reality, if just for awhile. But as their relationship reaches a turning point and high school graduation nears, will their friendship become something more?
My Take:
5 Stars
Would I recommend to others: Already have!!
Appropriate for 14 and under: maybe, mild violence
Sexual content and language: None
This book was hard for me to
get into...not because it wasn't good, but because it opened up a lot
in me that I thought was gone.
I love how this story was written, going from Sophie's POV to Carter's. I love that Chelsea gives insight to all her main characters so you can not only read the story, but feel it too. And oh boy, does this book make you feel. If you don't cry at least in some point of this book, you're not human.
Sophie's mother is a hooker and has 4 children. Like most people in that profession, you expect them to be selfish and into their own worlds, not knowing or caring about family, friends or anything else. This is the case in Sophie's position. Still a child, she has to become the mom, the doctor, the caregiver, the dad, the disciplinarian, etc. Her life is just...unfair.
Then there's Carter. His dad is an alcoholic, an abusive one. His mother has taken one too many hits and all of Carter's scars are not on the outside. The things this boy experiences from a very young age would break most people and leave them a pile of skin and bones. He's strong and he has Sophie.
You need to read this book to see what these two struggle with and how they persevere over it all. A very emotional read of support, family and love...even in the midst of heartache.
I love how this story was written, going from Sophie's POV to Carter's. I love that Chelsea gives insight to all her main characters so you can not only read the story, but feel it too. And oh boy, does this book make you feel. If you don't cry at least in some point of this book, you're not human.
Sophie's mother is a hooker and has 4 children. Like most people in that profession, you expect them to be selfish and into their own worlds, not knowing or caring about family, friends or anything else. This is the case in Sophie's position. Still a child, she has to become the mom, the doctor, the caregiver, the dad, the disciplinarian, etc. Her life is just...unfair.
Then there's Carter. His dad is an alcoholic, an abusive one. His mother has taken one too many hits and all of Carter's scars are not on the outside. The things this boy experiences from a very young age would break most people and leave them a pile of skin and bones. He's strong and he has Sophie.
You need to read this book to see what these two struggle with and how they persevere over it all. A very emotional read of support, family and love...even in the midst of heartache.
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