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 One life-changing summer. 
 One boy. 
 The boy. 
 The boy who offered me safe touches and heart-stopping smiles - smiles he shared with his son. 
 We filled our days with porch-step kisses, 
 filled our ears with laughter, 
 filled our hearts with love. 
 Deep, soul-aching, desperate love. 
 But love is misleading. 
 It's an invisible, fleeting moment. 
 Somewhere between false adoration and pure hatred comes an emotion, a vulnerable need, a single desire. 
 It lives within the ones who miss it, who crave it, 
 who know better than to expect it. 
 Love is relentless. 
 Even when that love turns to hate, turns to loathing, 
 turns to pain. 
 Love should heal you. 
 But it can also break you. 
 Believe me, I know... 
 Because I'm Becca Owens - a broken girl... 
 ...And he's Josh Warden - the boy who broke me. 
 PURCHASE "Coast (Kick Push 2) (The Road 3) by Jay McLean" 
 Okay. This Book. Jay McLean. Josh. Becca. Tommy. Firetrucking Chazarae. WOW! I don't feel worthy of doing such a review. How can I form words from what I just experienced? I want to say everything and yet no words are of equivalence to what I have come across while devouring Coast. Jay McLean is THE author who truly changed my reading preference. It was her books that really made an impact in my life. It was my first time to really have genuine feelings towards fictional characters when I read her first novel. I have never found such connection with other books, until hers. She opened up my mind, my heart and my soul with her words. Makes me want to burst with what? Appreciation? No, I don't think that's the right kind of word to describe how I feel whenever there's a new JMac book. Her talent is pure gold. 
 Then his lips curve, his eyes widening. "Emerald Eyes." 
 The two words are a prayer as they fall from his lips, his voice like a symphony teasing my ears, ears that have roused for him. 
 I knew when I read that part from the beginning, it's going to be a book that I will treasure forever. A book that will have the galaxy with all its stars. Kick Push is my ultimate JMac favorite. It was brutal but I love it. Waiting a year to Coast is hard, but patience is virtue. You can't rush finesse after all. 
 Coast is the continuation to Kick Push, the book that will leave your mouth open and make you feel incomplete in the end. That being said, DO NOT READ COAST IF YOU HAVEN'T READ KICK PUSH. 
 In Coast, we find Becca and Josh apart, living their own separate lives. Josh, conquering the skate world in a storm with his adorable son, Tommy. Becca is living with his dad, pursuing college, going through therapy and facing her demons. Both of them are moving forward, though both are miserable and empty without the company of the other. 
 Becca is in a dark place. Broken and hurt by the people she loved, but she won't give in. She will fight and move on. Part of that moving on is facing Josh Warden, the boy who broke him the most. Rest assure that she won't be alone through this journey. 
 "My life no longer became about healing the pain of my past. Instead it became about preventing the past from taking away my future. One kick at a time." 
 Josh has grown so much in this book. He has better grasp of life now. But he still have his silly, callow ways with his son sometimes. He still fights for the people he cares about. And he still longs for Becca. 
 So I kicked, and I pushed, and for the past year, that's all I've been doing because it didn't feel the same and I knew in my heart that without her, I'd never be able to coast. 
 These two endured insurmountable obstacles to finally get to coast. Being apart, it is the right thing to do. It was a mutual decision that needed to happen to grow and heal. It was also mutual that even though they are far from each other, they ARE ALWAYS by each others side through whatever. They knew, in the end, they will always belong in each others arms. 
 hope overpowers the ache, overpowers the longing. And even though she's gone physically, she's not gone forever. And the fleeting words I spoke the last time she did this still hold the truth. She'll always belong to me. 
 Tommy, the growing boy he is, inherited Josh's heart. Even the kid gets to experience how raw life is. But he is brought up to be an inspiration to all kids out there. Smart, charming, cute and full of love. He is the glue that mends everything in place. 
 "He peels away the layers 
 Of fear and of pain 
 Leaving me exposed 
 From my heart to my veins 
 While I tiptoe the land mines 
 Of scene after scene 
 Waiting for the destruction 
 That left us unclean 
 But I worship the moments 
 That kept us bare 
 And I hold them there 
 With safe touches 
 And gentle words 
 And silent tears 
 And silent cries 
 Beneath silent stars 
 And when I close my eyes 
 I push down the hurt 
 Of a three-year-old smiling 
 His face covered in dirt" 
 The thing about Coast is that you can't talk about it without talking about Kick Push. You will read both books like you need to earn it afterwards. I felt so much emotions with this one. There was a point in the book that I feel like I can't handle it anymore, but I have to. I mean, if Josh and Becca overcame all those, so can I. So glad I did! It was beyond perfect. I am beyond satisfied. This book is everything. You will feel all that is needed to be felt with Jay's magic. 
 Besides, what would be the point of life if we couldn't find laughter and joy amongst the turmoil? 
 Be brave enough to read this book. I assure you no BS with this one. Every detail is bliss. I conquered this and so can you. 
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