Serenity

Serenity #1

by Ava O'Shay

Upper Young Adult Contemporary Romance
Serenity Diaz gave up her innocence when she stepped in to save her twin brother from the abuse of their mom's revolving boyfriends. Now, entering her senior year, Serenity believes she finally left her past behind and sees a future away from the hypocrisy of high school life.
Life was always easy for Jolin Daniel. After finding his gift on the football field, he is catapulted to the popular table. With the head cheerleader on his arm, Jolin is high school royalty. Scouts are knocking on his door, and his future as a college football star is within his grasp.
All Serenity and Jolin need to do is make it through their senior year. But it takes a single moment for their dreams to shatter. Unwillingly thrust together, they must learn to accept who they are without the labels given to them by their peers and be open to the unexpected feelings growing between them. How far would you go to protect your future?

388 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 2014

About the author

After many years trudging through the social awkwardness of high school and the whirl wind of college romances I finally landed in the Seattle area writing about the hell, horror, and don't forget the hot romance of youth. I love all things outdoors and can be found hiking, kayaking, mountain biking or doing anything that will work up a good sweat *winks*. I love to interact with my readers and meet them at signings.

Reviews

[Dayna R · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was heartbreakingly good! My heart literally broke for Ren and Quill. I can't imagine being in a situation like that. The emotions were well written and did the issue justice. There were times I wanted to smack Jolin though. I'm glad that there was a lot of growth in him. The grammatical errors took a bit away from the story that's why I took one star off but it would have been worth 5 stars if it had been cleaned up a bit.

[Chelsea · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'd give it a 3 for the story, but a 1 for the editing. Every single page had at minimum one major typo, whether it was a spacing issue, an incorrect spelling, or even the wrong word. This made it incredibly hard to read, and as much as I want to read Tranquility (Book 2), I'm not sure if I'll be able to if it's anything like this was.

[Keona El · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not your original love story

This is as real and gritty as you can get. A love story from the wrong side of the town story where happy endings is a joke. Very intense and entertaining read ! I love the fact it is not like ever other love story.

[Crystal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Serenity was an entertaining read with intense situations. The characters were authentic. Ava O'Shay wrote a fascinating story.