Review---Unraveling You by Jessica Sorensen

Lyric Scott has always had a good life. Outgoing, spunky, and musically talented, she’s constantly surrounded by family and friends, yet she still feels that there’s something missing.

Then she meets her new next-door neighbor Ayden Gregory. Mysterious, sweet, and sad, Ayden is the exact opposite of Lyric and exactly what she needs to fill the void in her life. Ayden Gregory has been through more than most people and believes his life is always going to be rocky, so when he’s suddenly adopted, he’s thrown for a turn. But even with a new, loving family, he still finds himself haunted by the memories of his old life. The only true breath of fresh air is when he’s with his best friend, Lyric Scott. As Lyric and Ayden grow closer, the lines of their friendship start to blur. But when Ayden's past unexpectedly pushes its way into his new life, their friendship and newfound attraction will be tested.

4 Star Review:

Jessica Sorenson tells the best of neighbors turned friends turned lovers stories. Unraveling You is just that... But they haven't reached that lovers status yet, I'd say they have reached the lusters status.

Unraveling You can be read as a stand alone but follows the children of two of my favorite Jessica Sorenson couples, Ella and Micha and Ethan and Lila. There is the quirky and always happy, outspoken pleasing no one but herself Lyric and then there is adopted broken, shy and silent Ayden. This is the tale of coming out of your shell and over coming the nightmares that hold you from your past. Especially for Ayden and Lyric is Just that beautiful spitfire to pull him out of the dark. Literally and figuratively.

I loved the glimpses we see of our favorite couples from the past and that no matter what, even though they are getting old and married, the fire between our oldies is still there.

Lyric is a go getter so when mysterious Ayden moves in next to her, she makes it her mission to figure him out and break down the walls he has built so far up around himself. Some things from Aydens past may shake Lyric to the core though and break Ayden in the process with Lyric being the only one to put him back together. This is a true story of friends turned something more. It was beautiful, raw and funny.

I wish there was more to it.. I know Raveling You will be out soon but this book made me crave more Ayden and Lyric and even some more Scott's and Gregorys .

Jessica Sorenson has easily done it again.. Touching on tough topics and giving us a glimpse into something that could be a beautiful love story.

This book does end in a semi cliffy, so beware.

When he grows silent again, I crack an eyelid open. He’s dazing off over my shoulder with undiluted pain in his eyes. The realness of him causes my heart to stutter, and my fingers yearn to jot down unwritten words.

God, what has he been through to create such a look?

When his focus lands back on me, his eyes burn fiercely, as if he’s terrified out of his damn mind “Shut your eyes,” he whispers, almost horrified.

I do as he says without question, trusting him completely, even though his intensity is enough to make the calmest person in the world feel disconcerted.

He sticks the earbud in my ear and the gloomy, unhurried beat of Radiohead’s “How To Disappear Completely” soaks through my wounded soul.

“You picked the perfect song,” I mutter as the music engulfs me. “This is exactly what I—”

His lips brush mine, stealing the words right from my mouth. My breath catches in my throat and my first instinct is to pull away. But I don’t want to pull away. I want to stay. Let him erase that last few hours from my mind.

I keep my eyes shut, too afraid to open them as his lips timidly start to move against mine. Just a whisper of a graze. A heart-stopping brush. A soul-drowning taste. He does it again and again, taking his time, erasing all the ickiness from tonight. As I absorb each soft graze, his tongue slowly follows, slipping into my mouth. I gasp, but still don’t open my eyes. I barely move. Can hardly think. And when he pulls back, gently biting at my bottom lip, I stop breathing all together.

That burn songs promise.

Blazes in me.

Hot and scorching.

So sweltering and mind-numbing.

I feel it in my veins.

Liquid fire.

Passion.

Driving me insane.

And the bar set so high.

Ayden has soared over.

Past the heavens.

And captured me eternally.

“Go to sleep, Lyric,” he whispers, his breathing ragged.

I nod, still terrified to open my eyes. Terrified I’ll lose this moment.

A moment I know I’ll be able to fill pages and pages with the most powerful lyrics I’ve ever written. All about him and that kiss.

The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Jessica Sorensen, lives in the snowy mountains of Wyoming. When she's not writing, she spends her time reading and hanging out with her family.

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