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Heathen and Honeysuckle
by Sarah A. Bailey
Any time a book makes me cry and my heart squeeze in worry is usually a sign that it has left a little piece of itself in my bones. This story, the journey of Leo and Darby finding their second chance while wading through the memories of their first summer together, is one of those that will linger. Told in dual POV and in dual timelines throughout the book, it weaves the story of the "good girl," Darby, sent to live for the summer in Pacific Shores with her grandma. On the shores of the ocean, she meets Leo, a surfer beyond what she has known in her sheltered life. But who quickly becomes the person with whom she can be completely herself. They are each other's safe spaces and first loves.
What follows is heartbreak. Letters both sent and lost, form the beginning and end of their story. An in-between is Darby trying to forgive herself for the heartbreak she caused to both her own soul and Leo's. Darby is finally fleeing a life that has been controlled by her father, leaving a marriage that she knows is not for love. And Leo is there. There to pick up the pieces and find answers to why she left all those years ago. And to see if what they had is still there, hidden beneath the cracks of time and guilt and grief.
I fell in love with this duo, the heathen and his honeysuckle. Their second chance was well-earned and did not shy away from the hard conversations (or the heat between them - Leo sure has mouth that could set you on fire). But in all of it, there was a deep and soulful love between Leo and Darby that bled from the pages.
*Thanks to the author for a chance to read this story early as an ARC. All opinions are my own.
What follows is heartbreak. Letters both sent and lost, form the beginning and end of their story. An in-between is Darby trying to forgive herself for the heartbreak she caused to both her own soul and Leo's. Darby is finally fleeing a life that has been controlled by her father, leaving a marriage that she knows is not for love. And Leo is there. There to pick up the pieces and find answers to why she left all those years ago. And to see if what they had is still there, hidden beneath the cracks of time and guilt and grief.
I fell in love with this duo, the heathen and his honeysuckle. Their second chance was well-earned and did not shy away from the hard conversations (or the heat between them - Leo sure has mouth that could set you on fire). But in all of it, there was a deep and soulful love between Leo and Darby that bled from the pages.
*Thanks to the author for a chance to read this story early as an ARC. All opinions are my own.