From the bestselling author of Catching Jordan comes a contemporary YA you won’t forget.
The finish line is only the beginning.…
Annie hates running. No matter how far she jogs, she can’t escape the guilt that if she hadn’t broken up with Kyle, he might still be alive. So to honor his memory, she starts preparing for the marathon he intended to race.
But the training is even more grueling than Annie could have imagined. Despite her coaching, she’s at war with her body, her mind-and her heart. With every mile that athletic Jeremiah cheers her on, she grows more conflicted. She wants to run into his arms…and sprint in the opposite direction. For Annie, opening up to love again may be even more of a challenge than crossing the finish line.
I absolutely love this series so much. Annie lost her boyfriend in a tragic accident and as her way to help herself grieve, she is training for the marathon that Kyle was planning on doing. But when she starts making new friends and even falling in love with someone, her whole world is turned upside down.
As I have said before so many times on my blog, Miranda Kenneally has written some of the best books in my opinion.
Annie is grieving and trying to make sense of her grief even if she doesn’t want to think about it. She has pushed people away from her without realizing and wants nothing more than to have her boyfriend back, but thats not the case.
I related to Annie more than I have to any of the other characters. I am no stranger to grief, Annie’s emotions are ones that are familiar to me. The fear of the actual process and wanting nothing more than to pretend you aren’t going through what happened.
We have Jeremiah who is the exact opposite of Annie, he loves taking risks and putting himself out there. Annie can’t understand how he wouldn’t want to live safely, they both teach each other how to live and love without holding back.
I love getting to have characters from the other books in this book and their siblings, this will always be my favorite series. Jeremiah’s family was fun to get to know, to understand him better.
If you havent picked up Catching Jordan yet, you really should and you should read the whole series. You won’t regret it!
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