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A review by jacqueleenthereadingqueen
Feel the Fire by Annabeth Albert
4.0
Feel the Fire is a second chance romance between two first loves who parted ways in high school. Back then, the only thing Luis and Tucker worried about was where they could sneak off to next to spend alone time together. It was sweet and mostly innocent with time spent holding hands and stealing kisses. When you're young the world seems to be at your feet. Adult worries seem far away in the future...until they're not.
Senior year Luis moves across the country with his family, yet with the naivete of young love, the boys promise to continue their relationship until Tucker can join Luis in L.A. Time goes on. Family obligations and real life troubles take precedent over their dreams of being together. Tucker stays firmly stuck in Oregon, while Luis not so patiently waits for him to finally join him in L.A. Eventually those patience run out and Tucker is left with an ultimatum: Move to L.A. or let him go. He chose to let him go... and has regretted it ever since.
Now years later Luis, a fire expert, is sent to Oregon to consult on a fire arson case. No one is more surprised than him to find that Tucker is his contact on the job. It seems Tucker didn't go to work on his families farm and is a fire management expert. When the two collide, all their pasts hurts come to the surface, but once they move past that it's like they never parted. And this time it's a lot more steamy than just holding hands.
I liked that the two were mature in the way they discussed their past and didn't try to assign all the blame to the other. They both took responsibility for the past and could also understand that they were just kids. There was no vicious fighting involved. They also were big on communication as their resurrected friendship morphed into more intimate lines. I hate when there is the big miscommunication which causes the two MCs to fight and split up. I just want to smack them and say " Talk to each other!". That was not the case with these two.
Inevitably, once the job Luis is sent for is done the two are left with the same problem as before. Do they continue their relationship long distance? do they call it quits? or is it up to one of them to sacrifice moving? Tucker has his kids in Oregon, while Luis has his entire family in L.A. It's a rock and a hard place all over again.
"Every bit as much as you want me to stay, I want you to go."
I think it all works out like it's supposed to in the end. Not only with Luis and Tucker, but also with Tucker's kids who have some big decisions to make as well. I would be remiss if I didn't mention how much I loved Tucker's twins, Wade especially. His not so subtle matchmaking attempts added some much needed humor to some of the more emotional aspects of the book. Gotta love when your 17yo son gives you love advice.
4 stars
* Provided by Netgalley for a fair and unbiased review *
Senior year Luis moves across the country with his family, yet with the naivete of young love, the boys promise to continue their relationship until Tucker can join Luis in L.A. Time goes on. Family obligations and real life troubles take precedent over their dreams of being together. Tucker stays firmly stuck in Oregon, while Luis not so patiently waits for him to finally join him in L.A. Eventually those patience run out and Tucker is left with an ultimatum: Move to L.A. or let him go. He chose to let him go... and has regretted it ever since.
Now years later Luis, a fire expert, is sent to Oregon to consult on a fire arson case. No one is more surprised than him to find that Tucker is his contact on the job. It seems Tucker didn't go to work on his families farm and is a fire management expert. When the two collide, all their pasts hurts come to the surface, but once they move past that it's like they never parted. And this time it's a lot more steamy than just holding hands.
I liked that the two were mature in the way they discussed their past and didn't try to assign all the blame to the other. They both took responsibility for the past and could also understand that they were just kids. There was no vicious fighting involved. They also were big on communication as their resurrected friendship morphed into more intimate lines. I hate when there is the big miscommunication which causes the two MCs to fight and split up. I just want to smack them and say " Talk to each other!". That was not the case with these two.
Inevitably, once the job Luis is sent for is done the two are left with the same problem as before. Do they continue their relationship long distance? do they call it quits? or is it up to one of them to sacrifice moving? Tucker has his kids in Oregon, while Luis has his entire family in L.A. It's a rock and a hard place all over again.
"Every bit as much as you want me to stay, I want you to go."
I think it all works out like it's supposed to in the end. Not only with Luis and Tucker, but also with Tucker's kids who have some big decisions to make as well. I would be remiss if I didn't mention how much I loved Tucker's twins, Wade especially. His not so subtle matchmaking attempts added some much needed humor to some of the more emotional aspects of the book. Gotta love when your 17yo son gives you love advice.
4 stars
* Provided by Netgalley for a fair and unbiased review *