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A review by katwhite78
Play On by Samantha Young
5.0
The emotions! This was a very emotional book to read. I did lots of crying through this book. This review has SPOILERS.
Play On is the story of Nora and her coming to terms with who she is and laying her past to rest in order to move on and find happiness in her life. Nora is 18 when we meet her and her life isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Her parents have basically given up on her and life. Her father is emotionally abusive to her because of his own unfortunate circumstances that has left him living in a wheel chair. Her mother works two jobs to keep them afloat and doesn't have anytime to emotionally support Nora. Nora is basically left on her own and usually left taking care of her invalid father. Then Jim sweeps into her life one summer night while road tripping through Nora's small Indiana town with his friend. They are from Scotland and its love at first site for Jim. For Nora, not so much but she can't say no when he asks her to marry him and return to Scotland with him. She is young and doesn't know what love is for her and agrees. Three years later their marriage is failing and Nora is thinking of leaving Jim and he knows it. One night at a bar Nora catches the eye of sexy Scotsman, Aidan and the next day they have a flirtatious meeting at the grocery she works at and Nora reaffirms to herself that divorce to Jim is probably the best for her and then Jim dies suddenly leaving Nora an emotional wreck. She spends the year after Jim dies feeling guilty for wanting to leave him. She feels guilty that she couldn't return the love that he had for her. She loved him but she wasn't IN love with him like he was with her and it is destroying her that she stole years from Jim when she felt he deserved better than her.
During that year she meets Aidan again and Aidan has his own tragedy that he is recovery from and they find a common bond in their grief. But another tragedy involving Aidan's young niece causes him to leave Scotland and Nora without even a good bye or so we think. This devastates Nora but it also lights a fire in her to pick up her life and start living it for herself and almost two years later Aidan returns and DRAMA.
I really enjoyed this book. I really felt for Nora and Aidan but I also really felt for Jim. I just kept thinking back to him throughout the book and his relationship with Nora. He really, truly loved her and I wished it would of worked out with them. I kind of wished the story was about her and Jim. I liked Aidan but something about Jim really tugged at my heart. His death was pretty devastating for me as a reader. I'm glad that Nora finally was able to let go of her guilt and finally start living her life for herself and seeing the value in her as a person. She faced her past, she faced her mother and she finally confronted her feeling for Jim and what he meant to her.
This is not a happily ever after book, its is a happy for now book but the ending gives you closure and I felt that Nora was going to be okay even if her relationship with Aidan doesn't ultimate work out they had each other at the end and they were happy.
Play On is the story of Nora and her coming to terms with who she is and laying her past to rest in order to move on and find happiness in her life. Nora is 18 when we meet her and her life isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Her parents have basically given up on her and life. Her father is emotionally abusive to her because of his own unfortunate circumstances that has left him living in a wheel chair. Her mother works two jobs to keep them afloat and doesn't have anytime to emotionally support Nora. Nora is basically left on her own and usually left taking care of her invalid father. Then Jim sweeps into her life one summer night while road tripping through Nora's small Indiana town with his friend. They are from Scotland and its love at first site for Jim. For Nora, not so much but she can't say no when he asks her to marry him and return to Scotland with him. She is young and doesn't know what love is for her and agrees. Three years later their marriage is failing and Nora is thinking of leaving Jim and he knows it. One night at a bar Nora catches the eye of sexy Scotsman, Aidan and the next day they have a flirtatious meeting at the grocery she works at and Nora reaffirms to herself that divorce to Jim is probably the best for her and then Jim dies suddenly leaving Nora an emotional wreck. She spends the year after Jim dies feeling guilty for wanting to leave him. She feels guilty that she couldn't return the love that he had for her. She loved him but she wasn't IN love with him like he was with her and it is destroying her that she stole years from Jim when she felt he deserved better than her.
During that year she meets Aidan again and Aidan has his own tragedy that he is recovery from and they find a common bond in their grief. But another tragedy involving Aidan's young niece causes him to leave Scotland and Nora without even a good bye or so we think. This devastates Nora but it also lights a fire in her to pick up her life and start living it for herself and almost two years later Aidan returns and DRAMA.
I really enjoyed this book. I really felt for Nora and Aidan but I also really felt for Jim. I just kept thinking back to him throughout the book and his relationship with Nora. He really, truly loved her and I wished it would of worked out with them. I kind of wished the story was about her and Jim. I liked Aidan but something about Jim really tugged at my heart. His death was pretty devastating for me as a reader. I'm glad that Nora finally was able to let go of her guilt and finally start living her life for herself and seeing the value in her as a person. She faced her past, she faced her mother and she finally confronted her feeling for Jim and what he meant to her.
This is not a happily ever after book, its is a happy for now book but the ending gives you closure and I felt that Nora was going to be okay even if her relationship with Aidan doesn't ultimate work out they had each other at the end and they were happy.