Author: J.A. Redmerski
Kindle Edition
Amount of Pages: 427 pages
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Publisher: Forever
Meant for: Adults
Source: I received my copy of The Edge of Never from Netgalley for review.
Overview:
Twenty-year-old Camryn Bennett thought she knew exactly where her life was going. But after a wild night at the hottest club in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, she shocks everyone-including herself-when she decides to leave the only life she's ever known and set out on her own. Grabbing her purse and her cell phone, Camryn boards a Greyhound bus ready to find herself. Instead, she finds Andrew Parrish.
Sexy and exciting, Andrew lives life like there is no tomorrow. He persuades Camryn to do things she never thought she would and shows her how to give in to her deepest, most forbidden desires. Soon he becomes the center of her daring new life, pulling love and lust and emotion out of her in ways she never imagined possible. But there is more to Andrew than Camryn realizes. Will his secret push them inseparably together-or destroy them forever?
My Review:
I had received this book for review and I didn't really know anything about it. I had seen it all over goodreads, but I didn't really get ready to sit down and read it until I saw one of my favorite booktubers say that it was her favorite book of the year . Then I went and I read this book in literally one sitting. I couldn't get enough of it. Even now writing this I need the second installment of the series, The Edge of Always. I have to wait all the way until November!
Characters:
First off I have to say I love every character in this book. Sometimes I get really turned off from a book if I don't really connect with the character's personality, or their actions. But in this book, I enjoyed both Cam and Andrew, thoroughly.
Minor characters fit well into the story, but I loved how Cam and Andrew remained in a bubble while on their road trip. No distractions, the open road before them, deciding for themselves how they were going to lose inhibitions and really just live their life. I really appreciated how real and true they were together.
Relationships:
Obviously Cam and Andrew are the main focus of The Edge of Never, and their relationship shines. Andrew helped Cam grow as a person, and taught her how to learn to trust herself and not care what anyone else thinks. She finally started to live for herself, and along the way, the reader gets to see how Cam rediscovers herself, and questions what she used to think before.
While Andrew is there to help Cam heal, she is also there for one of the hardest times of Andrew's life. More so than what the reader thinks at first, and their relationship grows stronger from what a casual one they had before.
End Thoughts:
This book really hit a place with me, I have to say. It makes me want to go out and do whatever the hell I want and really live my life. I think this book covers a lot of bases and many people will be able to get something out of it. I thought Redmerski's writing was just flawless and her style was just spot on, and made her character's all the more likeable and realistic and definitely more unique than what's out there at the moment.
I will definitely without a doubt read the sequel, and read some of Redmerski's other books while waiting. I fully recommend this book to everyone. Thanks again to Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book, it was a pleasure. I give The Edge of Never 5/5 stars.
