BOOK INFORMATION
TITLE – This Way to Forever SERIES (& book #) – n/a AUTHOR – Loren Kleinman GENRE – YA / Contemporary Romance PUBLICATION DATE – August 14, 2016 LENGTH (Pages/# Words) - 48,667 words PUBLISHER – Evatopia Press COVER ARTIST – Evatopia Media
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Sara Brody thought she had met her soulmate in Tad Bolak, a charming exchange student. Their whirlwind romance includes nights staring at the stars, declarations of love, and promises to talk often when Tad must return to his native Poland to complete his Master’s Degree. But Sara’s idealistic view of Tad and plans to be together when he gets his degree come to a shattering halt when he admits to having a fiancee back home.
Heartbroken, she vows to keep her heart safe from men and and focuses on her own studies. Until she meets Ethan.
Sara discovers that no relationship is perfect, especially when one still mourns past loves. Tad never gives up on her. Ethan wants her to give their relationship a chance. And Sara wonders what will become of her sense of self if she gives in to either man.
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EXCERPT
He leaned in, his mouth inches from mine. Our lips brushed once, and he held my jaw, his thumbs caressing my cheeks. He gazed down at me as though he'd discovered beauty I couldn't fathom anyone could see in my skin, my lips, my pale widow's peak. Soft fingers stroked my neck, slipped into my hair, loosening my ponytail. Unable to glance away, I lost myself in his blue eyes, seducing me like a clear sky on a chill winter's day. We fell into a temporary kiss, losing ourselves--and our balance--as we stumbled to the floor. Laying beside me, he found my hand, his gaze melting my apprehension.
AUTHOR BIO
Loren Kleinman’s poetry has appeared in journals such as Drunken Boat, Nimrod, Wilderness House Literary Review, Paterson Literary Review, Narrative Northeast and Journal of New Jersey Poets. Her interviews appeared in IndieReader, USA Today, and The Huffington Post. She edited Indie Authors Naked, which was an Amazon Top 100 bestseller in Journalism in the UK and USA.
Kleinman is the author of four collections of poetry, and her memoir The Woman with a Million Hearts released 2016 with BlazeVOX Books. She also blogs for The Mix (Hearst), where she publishes personal essays in Good Housekeeping, Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, and Woman’s Day.
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Reviewed by April Epley
This book was a fast paced read. It is for mature 18+ readers due to sexual content and drug use. I am giving this book 3 and a half stars. It is not a book I would have chosen for myself but the writing is well done.
I liked the confusion that the main character Sara has to deal with while trying to figure out what she wants out of love. That, to me, seemed very likely. It is hard to get a clear head when love tends to fog it up. Thank you for putting that reality out there. This book is not a happy, mushy kind of love story. It is raw, filled with doubt, chaos and uncertainty. It felt much more realistic that way.
Sara, while at a party, decides that Tad is the one she wants to spend the eve with. Little did she realize that he would become her summer love. When the summer starts to come to a close, Tad has to return to Poland before he heads out to Amsterdam for college. Through that they try to keep their relationship working. Tad on a regular basis seems to screw that up with the secrets he does not tell her about. Though she gives him numerous chances, theirs seems to be a collision course of chaos.
With her broken heart on the mend, Sara starts college. While there she meets another. Ethan is always there for her. At last Sara thinks she is starting to figure things out. Then old insecurities crop up and threaten to doom her. Then after months, Tad calls her. Now Sara is more confused than ever about what she wants out of life and love. What is she going to do now? You will have to read this to find out.
This was an interesting read and I would gladly have read it again. Thank you for your story.
This book was a fast paced read. It is for mature 18+ readers due to sexual content and drug use. I am giving this book 3 and a half stars. It is not a book I would have chosen for myself but the writing is well done.
I liked the confusion that the main character Sara has to deal with while trying to figure out what she wants out of love. That, to me, seemed very likely. It is hard to get a clear head when love tends to fog it up. Thank you for putting that reality out there. This book is not a happy, mushy kind of love story. It is raw, filled with doubt, chaos and uncertainty. It felt much more realistic that way.
Sara, while at a party, decides that Tad is the one she wants to spend the eve with. Little did she realize that he would become her summer love. When the summer starts to come to a close, Tad has to return to Poland before he heads out to Amsterdam for college. Through that they try to keep their relationship working. Tad on a regular basis seems to screw that up with the secrets he does not tell her about. Though she gives him numerous chances, theirs seems to be a collision course of chaos.
With her broken heart on the mend, Sara starts college. While there she meets another. Ethan is always there for her. At last Sara thinks she is starting to figure things out. Then old insecurities crop up and threaten to doom her. Then after months, Tad calls her. Now Sara is more confused than ever about what she wants out of life and love. What is she going to do now? You will have to read this to find out.
This was an interesting read and I would gladly have read it again. Thank you for your story.