Title: Easy Silence
Author: Beth Rinyu
Genre: New Adult, Romance
Release Date: July 9, 2015
Blurb
They say you never forget your first love. No matter how many more come along or how much time goes by, there will always be that one person who will be forever embedded deep inside your heart and soul. For me, that was Jaxson Callahan.
We were complete opposites. I was a senator’s daughter. My parents were always too busy keeping up appearances on the political scene to show me love, so instead they bought my affection.
He was the son of a woman who allowed men to use and abuse her as well as him, just for her next fix.
We became each other’s solace during that summer we met, creating a lifetime of memories in three short months. I provided him with a sense of hope that there was more than just the harsh reality of the life he had grown accustomed to, and he showed me a genuine love that I had been yearning for my entire life. We vowed to be together forever. I loved him and he loved me…. and nothing would keep us apart.
Nothing except the secrets that were hiding in that small seaside town.
Secrets that altered our destiny. We were never given any warning as we watched our future shake, crumble and disappear altogether, leaving us with nothing but memories of a bittersweet past.
Life can be beautiful.
Life can be beautiful.
Life can be kind.
And, life can be heartless…..because nothing about our situation was fair.
And, life can be heartless…..because nothing about our situation was fair.
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Review by: DONNA
OMG.......TALK ABOUT A SWEET AND TRAGIC STORY ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TO SAY THE LEAST. I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO TAKE A DAY OR TWO BEFORE READING MY NEXT BOOK. I FELT LIKE I WAS RIGHT THERE ON THE BEACH SECRETLY WATCHING SAMANTHA AND JAXSON AT THEIR SPOT. THEY SPEND A WHOLE SUMMER FINDING A SENSE OF PEACE WITH EACH OTHER. SECRETS ARE REVEALED. YEARS LATER IT ALL GOES BACK TO A SPECIAL SPOT. THIS BOOK WILL LEAVE YOU BLUBBERING LIKE A FOOL. TO LIVE LIFE AS YOU WANT. THANK GOODNESS BETH WAS CONVINCED NOT TO CHANGE THIS BEAUTIFUL STORY. AS YOU CAN GUESS THIS BOOK IS GETTING A 5+++ FROM ME. LET'S NOT FORGET THE FROG CATCHING!!!!!!!! YUCK. LOL
Review by: TATIA
A story of hurt, pain, healing, and growing up. Easy silence was different than what we've come to know of BethRinyu. This book touches you in a much deeper way, really getting to you, making you feel everything. The story of a boy with a horrible past and the girl who has everything but wants none of it. They're from different sides of the tracks, have different futures ahead of them, but that can all change in the blink of an eye.
Sam is a young girl who knows what she wants but is afraid to chase after it. But a summer spent with her grandmother has her questioning everything she ever knew.
Everyone in town knows about Jaxson and his past, one that is not pretty. He's never let anyone in, but he didn't have much of a choice with Sam. She wasn't taking 'No' for an answer.
This story had me enthralled, having to find out what secrets would get revealed next. I love everything of Beth's, and I knew Easy Silence would be no different. I couldn't get enough and loved watching these characters come alive in their own ways.
"Together we created an easy silence, a silence that most would find awkwardly eerie, but for us, it was symbolic of our relationship. We were comfortable with each other's lack of words. In fact, I think we communicated better without them."
Sam is a young girl who knows what she wants but is afraid to chase after it. But a summer spent with her grandmother has her questioning everything she ever knew.
Everyone in town knows about Jaxson and his past, one that is not pretty. He's never let anyone in, but he didn't have much of a choice with Sam. She wasn't taking 'No' for an answer.
This story had me enthralled, having to find out what secrets would get revealed next. I love everything of Beth's, and I knew Easy Silence would be no different. I couldn't get enough and loved watching these characters come alive in their own ways.
"Together we created an easy silence, a silence that most would find awkwardly eerie, but for us, it was symbolic of our relationship. We were comfortable with each other's lack of words. In fact, I think we communicated better without them."
4 Stars
Excerpt
“It’s just another day. Nothing special about it. I’d just as soon forget the day I was born.”
“Why are you so hard on yourself?” I second guessed myself for asking as the words spewed from my mouth.
“You just wouldn’t understand, Samantha.”
My whole life I hated being called that name, but hearing him say it was kind of nice. It was as if it was his and his name only for me. I was his Samantha, and he was my Jaxson.
“Maybe I could try. I’m a pretty good listener.”
He took another sip of his lemonade and placed it on the table. “I really have to go.” He stood up and looked down at the ground.
“I’m sorry. I – I didn’t’ mean to pry,” I said, standing up beside him. “It’s just, sometimes it helps to express how you’re feeling, and I’m –” He took me completely off guard when he grabbed my face in his hands, pulled me toward him, and placed a warm gentle kiss on my lips before smoothly slipping his tongue into my mouth. I was speechless as I pulled in my bottom lip still wanting to taste more of him when the kiss was over.
“You wanted me to express myself,” he whispered. “Well, that’s what I’ve been feeling from the time I walked up on this porch. I wanted to see if your lips felt as soft as they look. I wanted to get as close to you as I possibly could and breathe in your perfume that drives me crazy. And, maybe for one second of my life, I wanted to feel like I was worthy of someone like you. That’s how I was feeling, Samantha.”
Author Bio
My life is not as interesting as my books or the characters in them, but then again whose life is? I'm a mom of twin teenage boys, a crazy Border Collie and a cat with an identity crisis! I guess you can say writing is my form of relaxation.
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