Affected by her parents’ highly publicized divorce, Isabel grows up isolated and alone, with a resolve to never fall in love and repeat their mistakes.
When Jesse Cain enters her life, she falls hopelessly in love with him, and every sadness she’s ever felt is washed away by his intensity and passion. But people change as they grow up. Things can never stay the same forever.
Jesse and Isabel fight to stay together, determined to hold on to what they once had. Isabel wonders if a second love can ever be enough to make her forget her first.
WOW.... WOW....
This is such a beautiful book! Christine takes you on a trip where you get to experience the emotional roller coaster of a first love that completely consumes you.
This is the story of Isabel and all the craziness that she has had to endure in her life. At a very young age, she knew what heartache was, when her parents separated, and it was very messy. She experienced many things that no child should have to go through. As I read the book, I wondered how this would influence her. Would it make her stronger, or tear her down?
Her grandparents help to raise her, while her sisters are sent to be with their paternal grandparents. Isabel is soon sent to a boarding school in Canada, far away from her sisters and her mother, because her grandparents believe it is what is best for her.
After she is gone for three long years, she rebels and comes back home. Shortly after she is home, she meets Jesse Cain.
The relationship that Jesse and Isabel have lasts seven long years. In that time, Isabel loses who she is and becomes what Jesse wants her to be. Through all of it, she loses the friends she has, except Betty and Alex. They are the people that are always there for her.
~ First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. George Bernard Shaw ~
Because of all the turmoil that Isabel's mom has cause throughout her life, she vows not to become her mother... The woman who would bounce from husband to husband. But no matter what, she loves her mother, unconditionally.
~There is something to be said about a child's loyalty to her mother, no matter what the circumstance may be. There is unconditional love that forgives no matter how much hurt is thrown your way. There is a relentless hope that a person can change and a compelling belief that things can only get better~
As much as Isabel loves Jesse, he never makes her his top priority. He always puts his life's plan ahead of her happiness, and what she wants. Because of this, she starts to find comfort in the friendship of Alex. Alex has always loved her, but was just on the side. He is there for Isabel, and waits patiently for her. But Isabel keeps going back to Jesse.
One of my favorite quotes from the book ~Never accept a counteroffer. If they weren't good to you the first time, they've lost their chance to gain your loyalty and trust. What makes you think it will be better the next time?~ It is a perfect description for the triangle of Jesse~Isabel~Alex.
Can Isabel choose her happiness with Alex over her first love for Jesse?
As I read it, I had such mixed emotions about Jesse. He is such an intense character. You go from wanting to punch him in his face to wanting to kiss him and make him better. He will shatter your heart and then try to mend it.
~You can never replicate the feelings of a first love, Jesse. The passion, the elation, the sorrow, the pain. When it's the first time, everything is so much more magnified. you feel like it's the end of the world when you're not together.~
Alex is the strong character who is there to pick up the pieces. But is his love enough to take all of Isabel's heart?
5 Beautiful Stars
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