The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden by Jessica Sorensen
Published: December 12th, 2012
Reading Level: New Adult
ebook: 336 pages
Series: The Coincidence, #1
Rating; 4 of 5 stars
Summary:
There are those who don’t get luck handed to them on a shiny platter, who end up in the wrong place at the wrong time, who don’t get saved.
Luck was not on Callie’s side the day of her twelfth birthday when everything was stolen from her. After it’s all over, she locks up her feelings and vows never to tell anyone what happened. Six years later her painful past consumes her life and most days it’s a struggle just to breathe.
For as long as Kayden can remember, suffering in silence was the only way to survive life. As long as he did what he was told, everything was okay. One night, after making a terrible mistake, it seems like his life might be over. Luck was on his side, though, when Callie coincidentally is in the right place at the right time and saves him.
Now he can’t stop thinking about the girl he saw at school, but never really knew. When he ends up at the same college as Callie, he does everything he can to try to get to know her. But Callie is reserved and closed off. The more he tries to be part of her life, the more he realizes Callie might need to be saved.
Review:
I've read pretty much everything by Jessica Sorensen and she never disappoints me. I'm actually reading the sequel of this book right now. The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden is such an emotional rollercoaster. If you are looking for a fluffy romance, this isn't it. It's a heartbreaking tale of two teens who have been through unspeakable pain in their lives.
First, we have Callie. Callie is a sweet girl with a horrible past experience. She is very withdrawn and quiet due to that experience. Her entire teenage life has been taken from her and she isn't sure if she'll ever feel normal again. Her peers see her as being the weird girl so she hasn't really had a lot of friendships. She knows of Kayden. The local boy, super popular, all out hotty. But, she didn't really know what he was going through behind closed doors till she sees it with her own eyes.
From the start of this book I was hooked. The party scene — the scene that put these 2 characters together, was just so gripping. Callie and Kayden really connect on a deeper level and that carries through the entire story.
Once they go to college their relationship is far from an instant-love situation. They slowly learn each others secrets and begin to learn how to move past them. But this isn't an easy road. I felt that Callie is really the character who grows the most in this story. She was even able to develop new friendships and start to trust people again.
But this book does end on a enormous cliffhanger, which I'm never too happy with. The ending is also a bit abrupt, which was my only real issue with the story. I wanted more and to feel a little more relieved after reading it but I was just more stressed out for them.
Since I'm reading the sequel now, I can stay that it's a little slow on the start for me but I trust that it will pick up and hook me just as much as the first one.
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