All Meg has ever wanted is to get away. Away from high school. Away from her backwater town. Away from her parents who seem determined to keep her imprisoned in their dead-end lives. But one crazy evening involving a dare and forbidden railroad tracks, she goes way too far...and almost doesn’t make it back.
John made a choice to stay. To enforce the rules. To serve and protect. He has nothing but contempt for what he sees as childish rebellion, and he wants to teach Meg a lesson she won’t soon forget. But Meg pushes him to the limit by questioning everything he learned at the police academy. And when he pushes back, demanding to know why she won’t be tied down, they will drive each other to the edge—and over...
At first, I thought of giving this book four stars because I found the first few chapters sort of boring. But, as they say, don’t judge the book by its cover. So, I gave it a chance and continued to read. And, I’m glad I did because the story is great and there’s much to learn from it. Thus, I’m giving it five stars.
Meg’s and John’s personalities are very strong. Meg is a rebellious teenager who wants to experience the most out of life. And, she’s willing to go through whatever extent to have it. John, on the other hand, is a teenage policeman who tries to be a man, but he still cannot deny the call of his youth. He doesn’t want to be manipulated; he always wants to be in control. By their mere exchanges of what they want to say, it’s obvious how tough Jennifer portrayed these characters to be. Nevertheless, what made me love Meg and John all the more is the fact that despite their roughness, they’re still not invincible. As they say, even the toughest man has hi soft spot; and, they’ve proven that. Both have their soft spots; and when they were hit hard there, it has caused a drastic change in their lives. I can say that there was transformation. And, oh! I also love the chemistry and banter between them. Meg and John together are definitely hot!
Having mentioned Jennifer’s portrayal of her protagonists, who wouldn’t be amazed at such writing skills? She has a good deal of attention to details that you can just imagine everything that’s happening. It’s like every action plays through my head, and I just can’t get enough of it.
The twists in this book are unpredictable. It left me blindly guessing. Different twists occurred at different paces of the plot. First, there was Officer After who was a teenager. I actually believed that he was a forty-year old policeman with a wife and children. I did not see it coming that he was, like Meg and the others, a teenager. Second, I must admit that Meg’s leukaemia came as a surprise. I never thought she was a cancer survivor, that there was a story behind her hair color. All I ever thought was that her behaviour and appearance was due to her rebellious attitude. And third, what happened to John’s brother and his girlfriend at the bridge was totally unexpected. I knew that there was something that must have happened in the bridge that had caused John obsession and overprotection. But, it never occurred to me that whatever happened in the bridge was related to John’s brother. I’d say that these elements absolutely flourished the story.
Lastly, as mentioned, what made this book even better are the lessons we can learn from it. It tells us about identity crisis, peer pressure, teenage angst, love, loss, acceptance, and forgiveness.
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