There’s a single defining moment within every skater.
It lasts only a second. Two if you’re good.
Three if you’re really good.
It’s the moment you’re in the air, your board somewhere beneath you, and nothing but wind surrounds you.
It’s the feeling of being airborne.

The sixteen-year-old version of me would’ve said it was the greatest feeling in the world.
Then at seventeen, I had my son.
And every single second became a defining moment. Even the ones that consisted of heartbreak when his mother left us.

Seventeen. Single. Dad.
That’s what my life became.
Yet, every day, I managed to find that feeling of being airborne.
Or at least I convinced myself I did.
But I lied—to myself and to everyone around me.
Until she showed up; Tanned skin, raven dark hair, and eyes the color of emeralds.

You know what sucks about being in the air?
Coming down from the high.
Sometimes you land on the board and nail the trick.
Then kick, push, and coast away.
Other times you fall.
You fall hard.
And those are the times when it’s not as easy to get back up, dust off your pads and try again.
Especially when the girl with the emerald eyes becomes your drug…
And you become her poison.

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YM‘s review

This book has restored my love affair with reading and completely depressed me. Why depressed? Because I have been in meh territory since I finished it and I can not snap out of it.

We first meet Josh in Where the Road Takes Me, where he was the sidekick best friend. I gotta tell you, a couple of things fell in place when I realized who the story was about.( I am notoriously horrible about reading synopsis).

Josh, Josh, Josh. Lord the kid version of him was so painful. It was so realistic and poignant…….I LOVE this Josh. He was a fighter and it was so sweet to see all those “motherly” instincts kick in for him and ……..I can’t even!

I am not going to break it all down blow by blow bc I dont think this books warrants it but I will tell you a couple of things:
I read because I LOVE it.
I read to feel.

Jay is an avid reader, writer, and most of all, procrastinator. When she’s not doing any of those things, she can be found running after her two little boys, or devouring some tacky reality TV show.

She writes what she loves to read, which are books that can make her laugh, make her smile, make her hurt, and make her feel.

For publishing rights (Foreign & Domestic) Film, or television, please contact her agent, Erica Spellman-Silverman, at Trident Media Group.

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