Blue skies, by T. L. Martin

 

Sinopsis

*Standalone mature high school romance.*

All Blue Everest wants is the wide open sky above her head and the soft earth beneath her feet. And maybe to spread a little love where she can. When she gets the opportunity to live with a father she’s never met and to enroll in public school for the first time, she brings her optimistic and free-spirited nature with her. 

But it’s not long before she meets her polar opposite, Joshua Hunt, whose hard edges resist every smile she sends his way . . . 

Hunt’s never met a girl who smiles so easily. It can’t be normal. Combine that with the flowers in her hair, constant daydreaming, and a knack for sticking her nose where it doesn’t belong—and he wants nothing to do with Blue Everest. He’s got enough going on without her distractions, and everything, everyone, he cares about is depending on him to stay focused.

Blue’s ready to go wherever the wind takes her, and Hunt’s determined to steer his own ship. But sometimes the wind changes course, pulling two people into a rough and devastating storm that can crush the strongest of hearts. And sometimes, it takes more than you ever thought you were capable of to get back to blue skies.

CONTENT WARNING: contains sex, profanity, and sensitive subject matter, including addiction and suicide.

ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. (English and Spanish)

Blue is a beautiful character, a girl of forests and crystals, a dream that grew free and now awakens wrapped in the norms of society. Blue knew of energies, stars, rivers, and barefoot races across the field; now she has to learn to pay attention in class, instead of getting lost in the scenery beyond her window. The world is not tolerant of those who are different, mainly in adolescence, but this girl teaches us to not allow bullying to bias our life, to grow without giving up our essence.

But, if Blue is the light, then Hunter has had a life of shadows. A dark prince, a broken hero, a lost child ... but one who fights with all his might to reinvent himself; while he learns to trust, to reveal to this peculiar girl, one by one, his scars...

A book about identity, growth, mental health, family and love, as full of tenderness as it is of strength, eroticism and spirituality, of happy moments and heartbreaking turns. A book for many re-readings.

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Blue es un personaje hermoso, una chica de bosques y cristales, un sueño que creció libre y ahora despierta envuelta en las normas de la sociedad. Blue sabía de energías, estrellas, ríos y carreras sin ropa a través del campo; ahora tiene que aprender a prestar atención en clases, en lugar de perderse en el paisaje más allá de su ventana. El mundo es poco tolerante con quienes son diferentes, principalmente en la adolescencia, pero esta chica nos enseña a no permitir que el bullying sesgue nuestra vida, a crecer sin renunciar a nuestra esencia.

Pero, si Blue es la luz, entonces Hunter ha tenido una vida de sombras. Un príncipe oscuro, un héroe roto, un niño perdido... pero que lucha con todas sus fuerzas para reinventarse. Mientras aprende a confiar, a revelar a esta chica tan peculiar, una a una, sus cicatrices...

Un libro sobre identidad, crecimiento, salud mental, vínculos familiares y amor, tan lleno de ternura como de fortaleza, erotismo y espiritualidad,de momentos felices como de giros desgarradores. Un libro para muchas relecturas.

My rating: ☆☆☆