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A review by doodledoo03
In the Orbit of You by Ashley Schumacher
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Neighbors Nova and Sam meet when they are young and quickly become best friends. Sam's home life is abusive and unpredictable, so their time spent together playing in Nova's backyard is a comforting escape for him. When Sam is eventually sent to live with his aunt and uncle, the two children promise to find each other again one day when they are older.
Now seventeen, Nova is starting over at yet another new school. She has spent most of her life traveling from place to place for her mother's job, never staying in one town for more than a few months. She desperately wants more stability and time to figure out who she is. To her surprise, she sees Sam on her first day at school. Sam is a senior and, from the outside, is living the perfect life. He has supportive parents, is the school's star football player, and has a close group of friends. On the inside, however, he is trying so hard to constantly please those around him that he is losing parts of himself. As Nova and Sam reunite and spend more time together, they must figure out how they fit into each other's lives now and what their friendship looks like for their future.
This one had me hooked from the very first chapter. Ashley Schumacher has a way of writing books that burrow into your heart and make you feel every emotion. The dual points of view in this story gave a more profound understanding of how much they both struggled with the pain of the past and their current situations. It had me rooting for both of them to get what they wanted out of life and their relationship with one another. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for an emotional story of second chances and self-discovery.
Thank you to St. Martin's Press, Wednesday Books, NetGalley, and author Ashley Schumacher for an eARC of In the Orbit of You in exchange for my honest review.
Now seventeen, Nova is starting over at yet another new school. She has spent most of her life traveling from place to place for her mother's job, never staying in one town for more than a few months. She desperately wants more stability and time to figure out who she is. To her surprise, she sees Sam on her first day at school. Sam is a senior and, from the outside, is living the perfect life. He has supportive parents, is the school's star football player, and has a close group of friends. On the inside, however, he is trying so hard to constantly please those around him that he is losing parts of himself. As Nova and Sam reunite and spend more time together, they must figure out how they fit into each other's lives now and what their friendship looks like for their future.
This one had me hooked from the very first chapter. Ashley Schumacher has a way of writing books that burrow into your heart and make you feel every emotion. The dual points of view in this story gave a more profound understanding of how much they both struggled with the pain of the past and their current situations. It had me rooting for both of them to get what they wanted out of life and their relationship with one another. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for an emotional story of second chances and self-discovery.
Thank you to St. Martin's Press, Wednesday Books, NetGalley, and author Ashley Schumacher for an eARC of In the Orbit of You in exchange for my honest review.