All Saints High #4
Lev & Bailey
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When I finished this book, I had to take a moment to sort through my thoughts and feelings. This book really affected me so much, it was heartbreaking and beautiful!
Bailey and Lev were childhood sweethearts until their goals and dreams took them apart. Bailey wanted to attend Juilliard, Lev wanted to attend the Air Force Academy. Both were bound by the love they had for their parents, and were living a reality that didn’t really fit their innermost dreams.
The story of Bailey as she suffers through her addiction was so heartbreaking and it was causing so much suffering to all her family and Lev, and most of all, herself. I felt for her, because she knew what she was doing but she was prisoner to her cravings and her desire to be good was overcome by the addiction. The author did an excellent job as she depicts Bailey’s struggles to overcome her addiction and her pain as she disappoints her loved ones when she fails. It broke my heart to see Lev try to hard to help her, to see his frustration at not being successful, his yearning to have his girl back with him, the old Bailey.
The story was tumultuous and passionate, full of recriminations and guilt, and in the end redemption. The love Bailey and Lev had for each other was so strong and forever, it was beautiful to witness. Through all their travails, they love was front and center, even when they were at odds with each other.
All of the Saints families are involved in this drama with various levels of involvement. But through it all, the support of this made family is strong and present. I loved seeing the Totholes with their own kids, loved the little side plot of Dean and Dixie. The author called it right and it evolved exactly as it should. Another detail I love about this author is that she includes this little moments of humorous comments that give just the perfect balance to the angst as we’re reading it. In my case, the story was so intense that it felt like a little moment of relief amidst the angst. Superb! I couldn’t wish for a more perfect end to this group of beloved characters!
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About the author
L.J. Shen is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, and #1 Amazon bestselling author of contemporary, new adult, and young adult romance. Her books have been sold in twenty different countries, and she hopes to visit all of them.
She lives in Florida with her husband, three rowdy sons, and rowdier pets and enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows, and reading to her heart’s content.
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