REVIEW from Sassy Southern Girl - Rebecca
4 Stars
Marissa Thornton is 20 and is adopted and has just learned who her real mom is. She has finally gotten up the courage to introduce herself to her mom, Lydia Burton, to find out why she was given up and to put her mind at ease.
Wyatt Burton was adopted by Lydia and her husband Danny when he was 13 years old and he is terrified about Marissa coming in and disrupting the life he has made with his family. He is scared that he will be replaced by Marissa and no longer have the same relationship with his mom and dad.
But what starts off as a very bumpy relationship soon evolves into more but Wyatt won't let Marissa in. Will each of their pasts come back to affect their future and will Wyatt be able to figure out what he needs in time before he loses everyone?
I enjoyed this book and I liked some of the twists and turns to show how adoption had affected both Marissa and Wyatt differently.
Marissa ended up being adopted by a wonderful family and had so much support where as Wyatt was not adopted until he was 13 and therefore had some issues from foster care and a lot of bad memories from living with his father. Through that Wyatt was afraid to get attached to anyone as he was afraid he would lose them, even with Lydia and Danny.
Marissa cared about Wyatt but could only go through so much of him being so hot and cold but as she learned more about his past she began to understand more clearly why he did what he did.
I definitely felt bad for what Wyatt went through in the end when his past came back and he learned what was going on and how he felt so trapped. I was worried for a little bit but I am glad how it all turned out!
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