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Double Threat #5
Before Someday
Before Someday is the perfect combination of sweet and sexy, humor and angst, and a whole hell of a lot of love. Alex is the irresistibly sexy and charming guy who Meg falls madly in love with her freshman year. There is just one problem. He’s going off to college and she’s still in high school.
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“I love you, Megan.” The subtle brush of her lips along mine fills my heart with emotion.
“I love you, too, Alex. This is it. This is our someday.”
A hint of a smile reveals itself as my gaze catches hers. Four years of heat, desire, love is shared between us. “No, Megan.” I lay a soft kiss on her lips. “This…is our forever.”
* * *
In the Double Threat series, you were captivated by the sassy wit of Megan Miller and the heartwarming romance she shared with the guy who stole her heart and took off with it four hundred miles away. You wondered what Alex was up to while he was away at college. You questioned what he was thinking the night they played strip Twister. And you were dying to find out what the hell he could possibly see in Amy. Now’s your chance to find out when you read Alex Aguilar’s point of view in Before Someday. Alex tells all about finding the one in this Double Threat novel.
* * *
“I love you, Megan.” The subtle brush of her lips along mine fills my heart with emotion.
“I love you, too, Alex. This is it. This is our someday.”
A hint of a smile reveals itself as my gaze catches hers. Four years of heat, desire, love is shared between us. “No, Megan.” I lay a soft kiss on her lips. “This…is our forever.”
* * *
In the Double Threat series, you were captivated by the sassy wit of Megan Miller and the heartwarming romance she shared with the guy who stole her heart and took off with it four hundred miles away. You wondered what Alex was up to while he was away at college. You questioned what he was thinking the night they played strip Twister. And you were dying to find out what the hell he could possibly see in Amy. Now’s your chance to find out when you read Alex Aguilar’s point of view in Before Someday. Alex tells all about finding the one in this Double Threat novel.
- GenresRomance
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First published March 28, 2015
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Julie Prestsater
31 books1,138 followersI'm a mom, a wife, a teacher, a reader, and a writer. I'm also an lunatic when it comes to the NFL and playing Fantasy football, especially if I don't get my first pick quarterback: Tony Romo. When I'm not at home or work, you can probably catch me on the 15 freeway singing my heart out and dancing away in my car.
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April 13, 2015
Slick's review posted on Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews
Back in 2012 I “discovered” author Julie Prestsater when her book Against the Wall came up on my recommended reads list on Amazon and I figured for 99 cents, what the hell. No doubt it was one of the best 99 cent books I have ever read and I found not only an author whose work I thoroughly enjoy but a person I now consider a friend. That being said, please don’t think I’m giving her 5 stars because of that, I’m giving her 5 stars because this book, well really this epic journey calls for it. After reading the two books she had out in her Against The Wall series and “meeting” some of the students in them from her young adult Double Threat series I sat down and read that series when I don’t think I’d read a young adult book since I was probably 12.
I was mesmerized by this series and having friends whose high school aged children were dealing with some of the issues brought forth in these books only made them more special. I wrote a review that encompassed the whole Double Thread series and said: “These books are beautifully written and they are told from Megan’s point of view. Honestly this is one of the reasons this series gets a 4.5 instead of 5 star review from me. As I sat back and reflected on this series (and believe me I’ve done a lot of reflecting) I realized we really didn’t get to see or get to know Alex very well at all. I would have loved to know more about what he was thinking and how he was feeling during the duration of these books and I really want to know what all went on during his time at Berkeley.” That set the ball rolling for Before Someday and I could not be happier with the outcome. Julie tortured me because while writing it she shared NOTHING about it with me, well other than to say things like “just wait until you read….” yep, torture but then again I’m glad because I got to experience the whole book from start to finish without having a clue as to what was going on and I can honestly tell you that I cried buckets, I physically hurt in places, I cheered, and I swooned because Alex Aguilar is a swoon worthy hero especially give his age. This is a story of young love, of heartache, of heart break, of teenage mistakes, of learning, of figuring out life, of growing up, and most of all of never ever losing sight of the big picture; their someday, their forever. (Seriously I’m tearing up as I’m writing this I am such an emotional reader.)
Before Someday is written in four parts just like Meggie’s books were written as four books, one for each of her high school years. This is Alex’s “side” of the story and it covers his senior year in high school and his first three years at Berkeley and of course in this author’s style, a fantastic epilogue.
The first two parts (The Wait and the Moment) I would consider young adult but the second two parts (The Hold and The Forever) I consider to be more New Adult. However, the whole book is just one big ball of awesome. We really get to see what a special young man Alex is and how mature he is even as a senior in high school. We see that despite wanting Meggie with all his heart he sacrifices his happiness to help someone who really needs it. We see him go from being “big man on campus” to a “tiny fish in the ocean” and we watch him struggle to adapt not only to college life but to being away from his parents whom he loves and adores and from Meggie and the rest of his crew. I’m going to admit I cried a lot during the part that encompasses his freshman year in college and Ms. Prestsater did a fantastic job in this part making the reader feel everything that was going on in Alex’s life. The feelings and emotions that she evoked really got to me and watching this strong, self assured young man struggle just about did me in. I love that there were snippets of events from Meg’s books but she didn’t just “retell” the same stories, Alex’s side was very different and I loved seeing the world from his eyes. Loved his openness about his life with his parents and loved seeing how from the moment he met Meggie he knew she was special. It was amazing to watch Alex come through the struggle and figure out how to make life work for him even when it about killed him to do some of the things he did and to know that not once did he lose focus on what he wanted later in life on the big picture. His “college crew” added so much to these stories and as much as I loved the original crew I give thanks to the new crew for keeping him sane, making him live life and really for understanding his devotion to his Meg.
I have to stop, but I just want to encourage you to read this author’s work if you haven’t, and if you’ve read her adult books I urge you to take a chance on the Double Threat series because believe me I was the last person who thought I could love a YA series as much as I did this one. Julie I can’t thank you enough for writing Alex’s side of the story and I’m sorry I cost you many sleepless nights and lots of beer but you did it…you nailed this story; it is and epic love story and I loved it from beginning to end (well with the exception of the Amy time…but since Meg and Alex forgave her I can to, I guess…well not really because I’m not as nice as them but I have gotten over it, sort of). Thank you for listening to me and to all your readers who wanted to see this story told, thank you for a “nice guy” hero, thank you for letting them grow up knowing they were their own people, and thank you for giving them a chance to work things out in their own way over time. Everyone should be as lucky to have a love story like the one told in Before Someday because while it wasn’t easy their hard work paid off and their someday turned into forever.
Review copy provided for an honest review.
Back in 2012 I “discovered” author Julie Prestsater when her book Against the Wall came up on my recommended reads list on Amazon and I figured for 99 cents, what the hell. No doubt it was one of the best 99 cent books I have ever read and I found not only an author whose work I thoroughly enjoy but a person I now consider a friend. That being said, please don’t think I’m giving her 5 stars because of that, I’m giving her 5 stars because this book, well really this epic journey calls for it. After reading the two books she had out in her Against The Wall series and “meeting” some of the students in them from her young adult Double Threat series I sat down and read that series when I don’t think I’d read a young adult book since I was probably 12.
I was mesmerized by this series and having friends whose high school aged children were dealing with some of the issues brought forth in these books only made them more special. I wrote a review that encompassed the whole Double Thread series and said: “These books are beautifully written and they are told from Megan’s point of view. Honestly this is one of the reasons this series gets a 4.5 instead of 5 star review from me. As I sat back and reflected on this series (and believe me I’ve done a lot of reflecting) I realized we really didn’t get to see or get to know Alex very well at all. I would have loved to know more about what he was thinking and how he was feeling during the duration of these books and I really want to know what all went on during his time at Berkeley.” That set the ball rolling for Before Someday and I could not be happier with the outcome. Julie tortured me because while writing it she shared NOTHING about it with me, well other than to say things like “just wait until you read….” yep, torture but then again I’m glad because I got to experience the whole book from start to finish without having a clue as to what was going on and I can honestly tell you that I cried buckets, I physically hurt in places, I cheered, and I swooned because Alex Aguilar is a swoon worthy hero especially give his age. This is a story of young love, of heartache, of heart break, of teenage mistakes, of learning, of figuring out life, of growing up, and most of all of never ever losing sight of the big picture; their someday, their forever. (Seriously I’m tearing up as I’m writing this I am such an emotional reader.)
Before Someday is written in four parts just like Meggie’s books were written as four books, one for each of her high school years. This is Alex’s “side” of the story and it covers his senior year in high school and his first three years at Berkeley and of course in this author’s style, a fantastic epilogue.
The first two parts (The Wait and the Moment) I would consider young adult but the second two parts (The Hold and The Forever) I consider to be more New Adult. However, the whole book is just one big ball of awesome. We really get to see what a special young man Alex is and how mature he is even as a senior in high school. We see that despite wanting Meggie with all his heart he sacrifices his happiness to help someone who really needs it. We see him go from being “big man on campus” to a “tiny fish in the ocean” and we watch him struggle to adapt not only to college life but to being away from his parents whom he loves and adores and from Meggie and the rest of his crew. I’m going to admit I cried a lot during the part that encompasses his freshman year in college and Ms. Prestsater did a fantastic job in this part making the reader feel everything that was going on in Alex’s life. The feelings and emotions that she evoked really got to me and watching this strong, self assured young man struggle just about did me in. I love that there were snippets of events from Meg’s books but she didn’t just “retell” the same stories, Alex’s side was very different and I loved seeing the world from his eyes. Loved his openness about his life with his parents and loved seeing how from the moment he met Meggie he knew she was special. It was amazing to watch Alex come through the struggle and figure out how to make life work for him even when it about killed him to do some of the things he did and to know that not once did he lose focus on what he wanted later in life on the big picture. His “college crew” added so much to these stories and as much as I loved the original crew I give thanks to the new crew for keeping him sane, making him live life and really for understanding his devotion to his Meg.
I have to stop, but I just want to encourage you to read this author’s work if you haven’t, and if you’ve read her adult books I urge you to take a chance on the Double Threat series because believe me I was the last person who thought I could love a YA series as much as I did this one. Julie I can’t thank you enough for writing Alex’s side of the story and I’m sorry I cost you many sleepless nights and lots of beer but you did it…you nailed this story; it is and epic love story and I loved it from beginning to end (well with the exception of the Amy time…but since Meg and Alex forgave her I can to, I guess…well not really because I’m not as nice as them but I have gotten over it, sort of). Thank you for listening to me and to all your readers who wanted to see this story told, thank you for a “nice guy” hero, thank you for letting them grow up knowing they were their own people, and thank you for giving them a chance to work things out in their own way over time. Everyone should be as lucky to have a love story like the one told in Before Someday because while it wasn’t easy their hard work paid off and their someday turned into forever.
Review copy provided for an honest review.
July 26, 2022
Was great!
March 20, 2016
I just love how we get to read everything from Alex's point of view, it always makes me happy just being able to read both sides because then you can see parts that were missing and can get a feel of who the other character was feeling. I loved everything that happened in this book but just to warn you if you choose to pick up this book and read all of Alex's story in one go then it might take you a while but honestly I'd recommend you to read it in one as you'll just fall in love with it.
So anyways back to the story, I loved reading about Alex from the very first book in this series and I honestly feel for him considering he ends up kissing and being with the wrong girl from the start. However I understand that he panicked because he thought his friend was going to make a move on his girl, but the fact that he never told his friend how he felt it was his own fault. However I love the way that this story is told because Julie Prestsater knows how to engage with her audience and delivers amazing work.
Throughout the book I do feel for Alex because all he wants to do is be with the girl that he loves but the fact of being away from Meg really gets to him which leads him to do the unbearable. Meg and Alex go through such a rollercoaster of a time but whether they make it out together is another story and that I am not going to spoil for you. So trust me when I say that you will love this book, and honestly give it a try because if you've already read the first four to do with Meg then I'm pretty sure that you're going to want to know about Alex's side.
So anyways back to the story, I loved reading about Alex from the very first book in this series and I honestly feel for him considering he ends up kissing and being with the wrong girl from the start. However I understand that he panicked because he thought his friend was going to make a move on his girl, but the fact that he never told his friend how he felt it was his own fault. However I love the way that this story is told because Julie Prestsater knows how to engage with her audience and delivers amazing work.
Throughout the book I do feel for Alex because all he wants to do is be with the girl that he loves but the fact of being away from Meg really gets to him which leads him to do the unbearable. Meg and Alex go through such a rollercoaster of a time but whether they make it out together is another story and that I am not going to spoil for you. So trust me when I say that you will love this book, and honestly give it a try because if you've already read the first four to do with Meg then I'm pretty sure that you're going to want to know about Alex's side.
April 6, 2015
Amazing book! I absolutely loved this book. I loved the Double Threat books in Megs point of view and reading it in Alex's was just as great. It was amazing to see Alex's reason for staying with Amy for so long when he was clearly in love with Meg. I loved Alex's sense of humour and how he interacted with both crew's from home and Berkeley. I loved his friends from Berkeley! Kayla, Jesse and Stevie were really sweet. It was great how they loved the crew just as much as we do. Definitely will be re reading this soon x
April 23, 2015
The double threat crew is one of my FAVORITE groups of friends from a book series! They are awesome in every way!! It was great to get a look at Alex's point of view. Once he goes off to college, it's a whole new story to sink your teeth into. I love his Berkeley crew too :) Like with most of Julie's books, I found myself laughing out loud many times.
May 7, 2015
Absolutely loved reading this book and finding out what happened from Alex's point of view. Fantastic highly recommend this book. Well done Julie Prestsater another fantastic read xXx
April 26, 2015
Great addition to the series
It was nice to see the crew in a different light. It was great to see things from Alex's point of view and have a different glimpse into their future.
It was nice to see the crew in a different light. It was great to see things from Alex's point of view and have a different glimpse into their future.
June 1, 2015
Loved it!
I read all of the books and I can't wait to hear poor Ben's story. So in love with Megan but couldn't have her... :( I want to hear his version. Ill be waiting!!!
I read all of the books and I can't wait to hear poor Ben's story. So in love with Megan but couldn't have her... :( I want to hear his version. Ill be waiting!!!
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