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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Blog Tour: Review + Giveaway, The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski

The Edge of Never
by J.A. Redmerski
Release date: November 15, 2012
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Age Group: New Adult
Tour organized by: AToMR Tours



Twenty-year-old Camryn Bennett had always been one to think out-of-the-box, who knew she wanted something more in life than following the same repetitive patterns and growing old with the same repetitive life story. And she thought that her life was going in the right direction until everything fell apart. Determined not to dwell on the negative and push forward, Camryn is set to move in with her best friend and plans to start a new job. But after an unexpected night at the hottest club in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, she makes the ultimate decision to leave the only life she’s ever known, far behind.
With a purse, a cell phone and a small bag with a few necessities, Camryn, with absolutely no direction or purpose boards a Greyhound bus alone and sets out to find herself. What she finds is a guy named Andrew Parrish, someone not so very different from her and who harbors his own dark secrets. But Camryn swore never to let down her walls again. And she vowed never to fall in love.
But with Andrew, Camryn finds herself doing a lot of things she never thought she’d do. He shows her what it’s really like to live out-of-the-box and to give in to her deepest, darkest desires. On their sporadic road-trip he becomes the center of her exciting and daring new life, pulling love and lust and emotion out of her in ways she never imagined possible. But will Andrew’s dark secret push them inseparably together, or tear them completely apart?
Due to sexual content and language, this book is recommended for 17+ – Adult Contemporary Women’s – New Adult Fiction
 "If anyone's delusional about how love works, what real love feels like, it's the majority of the adult
population." 

Holy crap! This book, guys! All the freaking feels!

New adult is quickly becoming my favorite genre. This book made me laugh, cry, laugh and cry at the same time. It was just everything I could have asked for!

The Edge of Never is about a girl named Camryn Bennett, who has been through a lot and is searching for something. So she up and leaves not knowing where she's going, and buys a bus ticket. Then we have Andrew Parrish *sigh*. His dad is sick, so he takes a bus to go visit him. That's where Cam and Andrew meet. The story takes off from there.

This is a beautiful story of two people who both have their pains to overcome. And they help each other overcome that. The characters in The Edge of Never were realistic and honest.

The romance in The Edge of Never moved at the right speed! They start as
strangers on a bus, gradually move to friendship and then love. All the while you get to see this. I loved watching them go from just friends to falling in love. It was heartbreaking and at the same time it was beautiful!

I did not know what I was getting into with The Edge of Never. I never expected it to make me cry the way it did. But I am so glad I read this book. The Edge of Never easily goes on my top favorite books of all time! No joke, this book was incredible.

There were so many moments that made me smile and laugh! One of them being, while Cam and Andrew are in Walmart, hilarious!

We head over to the medicines and there’s a middle-aged couple standing in front of the cough syrup, reading the labels. Andrew says casually, without lowering his voice, "Babe, did you find that yeast infection stuff?"
My eyes spring open and I freeze in front of the Tylenol.
He removes a small box of Advil from the shelf.
The couple pretends not to have heard what he said, but I know they heard him.
"I mean are you even sure that's what's causing the itch?" he goes on and I’m literally melting from the heat in my face.
The couple does glance over this time, covertly.
Andrew is grinning his ass off at me from the side, pretending to be reading labels.
I want to smack him, but instead, I play him at his own game.
"Yeah, baby I found it," I say as casually as he had. "What about you? Did you see if they have extra-small sized condoms?"

Towards the end of The Edge of Never is when it really starts getting emotional. At one point, after the twist, I just start crying and wondering why authors can be so cruel. Then I turn the page and I just start laughing and crying at the same, because I just didn't see it coming. At this point I'm just an emotional disaster.

I am in awe of this story and the characters. It had all the elements I look for in a book; Funny, emotional, great characters, and some sexiness!

The Edge of Never is a book I would read over and over again and never get tired of it! Needless to say if J.A. Redmerski comes out with any more books I will be the first to pick it up! I could not recommend The Edge of Never enough!

"Just because one person's problem is less traumatic than another's doesn't mean they're require to hurt less."


Rating 5/5

Giveaway: (1) Signed paperback copy of THE EDGE OF NEVER, (1) Kindle or Nook copy, (1)
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Posted by Whitney M. at 12:01 AM
Labels: Review

8 comments:

  1. J.A. RedmerskiJanuary 10, 2013 at 8:22 AM

    Thank you for the awesome review, Whitney! And for taking part in my tour. So glad you enjoyed the book! :-)

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  2. SamJanuary 10, 2013 at 2:49 PM

    When I first heard about this novel I immediately knew that I wanted to read it. Somehow your review made me want to read this book even more, if that's even possible. I have a feeling that I'm going to cry a lot and love it.

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  3. Christina FiorelliJanuary 16, 2013 at 1:14 PM

    This sounds like an awesome awesome book!! Love the excerpts and the characters seem people you get hooked on:))

    Lovely review:)

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  4. Literary ChaosJanuary 26, 2013 at 1:46 PM

    I am dying to read this book!

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  5. Denise ZJanuary 29, 2013 at 2:47 AM

    I love a book where you become invested in the characters. Sounds like This one delivers. Thank you for sharing with us :)

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  6. seagullsandsemanticsFebruary 18, 2013 at 9:41 AM

    OH my gosh, talk about cover love! To top it off it sounds amazing too! I need to get my hands on this. I'd never heard of this one before, so thank you for the review!

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  7. Lisa Richards/alterlisaFebruary 18, 2013 at 10:36 AM

    I've yet to officially read one of the "new adult" books and this sounds like a perfect one to start with.

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  8. Jaime LesterFebruary 18, 2013 at 9:14 PM

    I haven't read any books from the New Adult genre yet, but this is one that I have heard a lot about, and nothing but good things. I love the cover so much. And I love the premise of the story. I think this will be first foray into New Adult. I hope my experience is as fantastic as so many others. Thanks so much for the great review.

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