If I ever take a bus trip to nowhere in particular, please, please, please let Andrew Parrish sit next to me. That is all. Thanks!
Amen.
When Steph asked me if I wanted to write a review for The Edge of Never, I believe my exact words were, “HELL YES!” An excuse to re-read and spend more time with in this particular world—okay!! Such is my love and affection for Andrew Parrish. Honestly, it’s a little over the top; and I sometimes wonder what it is that Andrew does to me that has so completely won my devotion. I mean, I really love some of my other book boyfriends like Kellan, Kayden, Aiden, Max, Gideon—I could go on and on. The only BB that I love with the same passion that I love Andrew is Remy—and they’re quite different. But I digress! Back to Andrew and all of the reasons you should be hopelessly devoted to him as well!
I FLOVE him. If you haven’t read The Edge of Never, I have no idea what you’re waiting for. Andrew is tall and lovely and has green eyes. Enough said.—he’s got me; but he also plays guitar, sings AND pushes Cam to do things she never would’ve before. He pushes her to speak up, to say what she means and ask for what she wants (then he gives it to her), and –I won’t lie to you—it’s hot. He’s funny and opinionated and spontaneous and silly and I FREAKING ADORE HIM!!! Read this book for Andrew alone—he’s plenty of reason—but there’s still more!
Read it for Cam. Cam is, of course, our heroine. She’s feisty and fun and wants so badly to just feel free enough to be totally herself. Who can’t relate to that?! Cam’s had a string of awful come dragging through her life in the past year or so, and what she wants is just to leave it behind for a while, to get away, to think, to figure out what she wants. She’s not looking for love—she never wants that again—she’s looking for herself. Based on the recommendation of a baked potato that she sees in the bus station, she decides to head out on a Greyhound bound for Idaho, of all places. I was thinking, “Go further west, young lady!” but no. Idaho. Somewhere around Kansas, Andrew sits down behind her, and Greyhound buses start sounding like the preferred way to travel.
Read it for the road trip. Part of the reason that I love this book is because I have a serious soft spot for a good trip, a windows-down, music-blaring, singing-so-loud-you-can’t-carry-a-tune-in-a-bucket kind of trip. The freedom of the open road, no schedule, random car thoughts and conversations that wouldn’t happen anywhere else—that’s what a road trip is all about! You really get to know someone on a road trip. And so it is with Andrew and Cam. They do all kinds of random things that are just plain fun, things they’d probably never do in “real life.” They get a chance to exist outside of time; like Before Sunrise. Did you ever see that? In Before Sunrise, two people meet on a train and decide spontaneously to get off the train together in Vienna for one night. There’s no money for a hotel, so they just walk the city all night before he has to board a plane back to the US in the morning, and she has to jump back on the train to Paris. This night is like a page torn from a book. No one knows where they are or who they are and they don’t know anyone in Vienna. This night is a chance for them to re-invent themselves, to be someone else—or to be their most authentic selves with someone else. This night exists in some other world, and yet it becomes the most real and important night either of them has ever had. The Before Sunrise effect (as I like to call it) is also The Edge of Never effect. This is a world you won’t want to leave.
But all good things come to an end, right? Maybe. But maybe when the door to the “real” world opens again and Cam and Andrew have to walk through it, it will be a new world—one in which the two of them exist together. Maybe this new world will be exactly what they’ve both been looking for.
I’ll warn you, there will come a time in this book when the breath will be knocked out of you, when you may scream a few profanities at your Kindle (I did). I was so distraught that I immediately texted my friend and fellow reviewer, D, and begged to know the ending. God bless her, she told me and I stopped crying. I’ve said it before but it’s worth repeating: In Jessica Redmerski I trust. She will rip your heart out of your chest and squeeze all the blood out with panic, BUT she’ll put it back, and it will be better than ever.
The sequel to The Edge of Never (The Edge of Always) is slated to come out on November 7th. I have it marked on my calendar. Read this book and you will have your calendar marked, too. I will be waiting on Amazon at midnight with my finger on the One-Click button. More Andrew, please. The sooner, the better.
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| November 5, 2013 |
Now, in the highly anticipated sequel to The Edge of Never, Camryn and Andrew are pursuing their love for music and living life to the fullest as they always swore to do. But when tragedy befalls them, their relationship is put to the ultimate test. As Camryn tries to numb her pain, Andrew makes a bold decision: To get their life back on track, they'll set out on another cross-country road trip. Together they find excitement, passion, adventure-and challenges they never could have anticipated.
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