I loved this story. I really did. 
 I was warned upon starting this that the author has a love of drama. That fact really didn't bother me too much because I enjoy certain types of drama. But I took the warning seriously and moved cautiously ahead in reading. What I found between the pages (or to get technical, on the screen of my iPhone) was a really swoon-worthy love story. 
 It's really tough with the abundance of self-published books out there to tell which are going to be hits and which are going to be misses. For me, this one was a huge hit. For the love story alone I would have given it 5 stars, I loved Holder and Sky so much. 
 It's been awhile since I've fallen just as much in love with the heroine as I did with the hero, but I loved Sky. She didn't act whiney and stupid and like she couldn't deal with her life on her own. She was strong even though she was broken. And she didn't even know why she was broken, she just knew she was. I just really, really liked her. 
 And Holder...oh, I lived (yes, lived) him. And then I loved him. He was...perfection. I absolutely MELT for a man that can be strong and vulnerable at the same time. This is my favorite kind of hero. He was troubled and broken himself, but he was just the perfect guy for Sky. 
 The storyline had just the right amount of everything for me. I didn't feel the drama was over the top or that the sexual content was too explicit for a NA novel (unlike the last one I attempted to read). Really, it was perfect. 
 So why am I giving this 4 stars instead of 5? Well, because of a couple of reasons: 
 1. At one point in the novel, the author used the one YA commonality that drives me completely insane: the issue that drags on and on and on, when it could have been resolved and/or avoided by just speaking to one another. Yet, the characters refuse to talk about it. 
 I hate this this. I hate it so much. 
 As a writer myself, I know there needs to be conflict in relationships. For a couple to feel real they have to BE real, have arguments, make up, etc. But I still hate this. 
 2. There were quite a few grammatical issues and stylistic writing choices that kept tripping me up while reading: run-on sentences and misused italics mostly. 
 Anything that pulls a reader out of the story and causes them to focus on the writing instead of the tale is an issue to be fixed. 
 And really, these are the only issues I had with this book. I loved the story and the characters. I loved the plot. 
 This will definitely go in my re-read pile, as I enjoyed it that much. I would definitely recommend this to my friends who tend to enjoy the same types of romance stories I do. 
 ***But be forewarned, there is an issue in this book that may cause some serious triggers for some people. If you have triggers for a traumatic event in your life, please be cautioned and find out if the ones in this book may trigger you.***