Rewind
to You
By:
Laura Johnston
Sept
15th,
2014
Kensington
Blurb
WISH
YOU WERE HERE
One
last summer before college on beautiful Tybee Island is supposed to
help Sienna forget. But how can she? This is where her family spent
every summer before everything changed, before the world as she knew
it was ripped away.
But
the past isn’t easily left behind. Especially when Sienna keeps
having episodes that take her back to the night she wants to forget.
Even when she meets the mysterious Austin Dobbs, the guy with the
intense blue eyes, athlete’s body, and weakness for pralines who
scooped her out of trouble when she blacked out on River Street.
When
she’s with Austin, Sienna feels a whole new world opening up to
her. Austin has secrets, and she has history. But caught between the
past and the future, Sienna can still choose what happens now…
Review Rating: 4 LIGHTNING BOLTS
Review: Rewind to You is an emotional roller coaster that I was totally NOT expecting. The first few chapters didn't instantly grab me right away, but when it picked up, wow! The emotions really packed on.
Sienna struggles with the loss of her father. Her entire family is coping in different ways and it's hard on them all. One thing leads to another and things are changing, some of them not for the better. One night, she finds herself in the wrong place and she meets Austin. There's an instant connection.
Austin deals with his own struggles. He's pegged as "bad" but really there's nothing bad about this guy. He's caring and all around a good guy.
Sienna's got plenty of decisions to make. One of them being what to do about the boy she's supposed to be with and the one she wants to be with. She also has to come to terms with the accident that changed everything. I laughed, a few times I cried, and I was angry. Yes, the story tugged on all of my emotions. I felt for the characters. The ending really hit me, but it all turned out for a beautiful read. I'm going to be adding Laura Johnson to my authors to watch list! This is YA, but I think anyone can enjoy this beautiful read.
Review: Rewind to You is an emotional roller coaster that I was totally NOT expecting. The first few chapters didn't instantly grab me right away, but when it picked up, wow! The emotions really packed on.
Sienna struggles with the loss of her father. Her entire family is coping in different ways and it's hard on them all. One thing leads to another and things are changing, some of them not for the better. One night, she finds herself in the wrong place and she meets Austin. There's an instant connection.
Austin deals with his own struggles. He's pegged as "bad" but really there's nothing bad about this guy. He's caring and all around a good guy.
Sienna's got plenty of decisions to make. One of them being what to do about the boy she's supposed to be with and the one she wants to be with. She also has to come to terms with the accident that changed everything. I laughed, a few times I cried, and I was angry. Yes, the story tugged on all of my emotions. I felt for the characters. The ending really hit me, but it all turned out for a beautiful read. I'm going to be adding Laura Johnson to my authors to watch list! This is YA, but I think anyone can enjoy this beautiful read.
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Laura
Johnston lives in sunny Arizona with her husband and two children.
Growing
up in Orem, Utah with five siblings, a few horses, peach trees,
beehives and gardens, she developed an active imagination and always
loved a good story. Laura enjoys running, playing tennis, sewing,
dancing (reduced to dancing around the kitchen while cooking dinner
these days), traveling, writing, writing and more writing, and above
all, spending time with her husband and kids. REWIND TO YOU, her
debut novel, was inspired by the loss of her father as a teenager.
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Excerpt
“Can
you hear me?” someone asks. I feel a hand on my shoulder and
another one cradling my head. I open my eyes, totally confused as the
blurry outline of a figure bent over me comes into view. And the
baseball cap.
“Hey,
there you are,” whoever is holding me says, his voice lowering into
a tone of relief. With a twinge in my heart, I realize it isn’t my
dad. My balance stabilizes, my body grounded again in reality.
Besides a pounding headache, I’m pain-free. My shin is fine.
“Ugh.”
An ugly-sounding something stumbles from my lips as the nausea
dissipates. I blink, remembering that I need to get home. I try to
push myself into a sitting position, but before I can, he scoops me
off the ground. Startled, I reach for his shoulders for balance. And
oh
my.
Something about the muscles beneath my fingertips makes me draw back
and then wish I hadn’t.
I open
my mouth to assure him I can walk, but I glimpse his sharp jaw and
strong chin, and the connection between my mind and my mouth floats
away. My eyes travel over his lips and then to his eyes, and my heart
freaks out. Skips a beat. The most impossibly blue eyes I’ve ever
seen stare back into mine, and I lose not only my train of thought
but all control of my gaping eyes as well.
One
side of his mouth pulls into something of a grin, his face inches
from mine. His eyes trace the outline of my forehead down to my chin
and linger on my lips. Then his gaze meets mine again. He raises a
brow. “Are you all right?”
“Y-y-yes.”
My voice comes out like a frog’s croak. “Fine. Thanks.”
“You
sure?”
“Mm-hm.”
Another attempt to steady my voice. I try to get my flirt on,
flashing a smile as I assure him, “The ground can walk just fine.”
That
puts a smile on his face.
“I
mean, I can
walk just fine. On the ground. You can set me down.” I bite my
tongue before I do more damage.
“Right,”
he says doubtfully. Something in the way he holds me, the brazen
expression on his face as he looks into my eyes, tells me I should be
careful.
“I’m
good. I promise.”
He
sets me down at last. Now that I’m out of his arms and can think
straight, I finally get a rational look at him. Dark hair, only
visible around the edge of his baseball cap. Thick hair. Total girl
magnet. He’s at least six inches taller than my five foot seven.
All right, even out of his arms, my heart rattles around so fast I
fear another blackout, or whatever just happened.
He
watches me as I wobble. “You gonna be okay?”
I nod,
even though I feel like a ballerina who rolled off a stage.“Where
did those, um, those—”
“Those
losers?” he asks.
I nod.
He
smiles. “They bailed.”
No
wonder. Another glance at his—ahem—intimidating
physique, and I decide I
don’t blame them. He’s hot, okay, hotter than any guy has a right
to be. And unfortunately, it’s impossible for him not to know that.
He’s one of those kind.
He even looks amused, as though he’s reading my fascination from my
face. Meanwhile, I can’t do anything but stare into his blue eyes,
feeling like a dental patient after a heavy dose of laughing gas.
I run
a hand through my hair, suddenly reminded of the bird poop in there.
And the gum on my shoe. This keeps getting better.
Then I
flinch when I spot a swarm of gnats by my head, and one flies into my
eye.
“What
the—” I mutter.
“You
okay?” he asks. Again.
“Yeah,”
I lie, bending over and blinking. And stepping right into the puddle
of mud behind me. Sound advice to myself: Leave
now!
Reminding
myself I have a plan—buy Lucky Charms and head home—I let my one
bug-free eye jump between this cute guy and the display of fireworks
behind me, gearing up to leave. I always have a
plan,
my life a programmed route from A to B. It’s safe, predictable.
Maybe that’s why I haven’t budged.
“Thanks,”
I say, and turn to leave for real this time, but not without sneaking
one last glance at his gorgeous face. My stomach somersaults when I
catch his eyes on me. Fixed on me. And not in a
you-are-a-ditzy-klutz-who-won’t-make-it-off-of-River-Street-alive
kind of way. Like, in a good way. His stare glues my feet to the
ground, holding me near. Blood rushes to my cheeks and I smile,
despite myself.
He
extends a hand with an unbearably charming smile, probably
practiced.
“I’m Austin.”
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