Between the Starlight

by Elaine Pinter

Sometimes the curves in your path are what end up leading you in the right direction.

Alexa Evans’ life is right on course. Graduation is just over two months away and she knows exactly where she’s headed. But when her final essay assignment makes her take a deeper look at herself, she starts to feel like she’s missing something. A chance meeting with Gavin Phillips seems to be just what she needs. The only problem is that he doesn’t believe in love any more than she believes in Heaven. When an accident leaves her trapped between life and death, she discovers her journey for answers has only just begun.

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First published May 25, 2015

About the author

Elaine Pinter was loaned a book while her son was recovering from ear surgery. Not only did she rediscover her love of reading, but she also found that her emotions could bring her own ideas to life. As her son grew stronger, so did the story of Eternal Mercury.

She lives in Idaho with her husband and son (who made an amazing recovery). When she’s not hanging out with them, she’s working on her latest project, From the Water Tower.

Reviews

[Ingstje · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alexa is a sweet and funny albeit very clumsy and a little bit naïve girl who does not really believe in car maintenance. So when she hears her car making a noise she simple cranks up the volume of her radio and sings along. When Alexa’s car finally breaks down in the middle of an intersection there is Gavin, a boy from school, who comes to her rescue and pushes it to an empty parking lot. She never really paid him a lot of attention at school but now she immediately does take in his crooked smile and kind eyes. After she returns home she wonders why she never even thought about calling her boyfriend. This incident and the senior paper assignment she has to make with her reflections about the person she was over the last 4 years make her think about her life and that nagging feeling she has that she’s missing something. It makes her want to become a new Alexa. I really liked this forceful new Alexa who takes things into her own hands. She commits herself to returning the favour and helping Gavin so that he can graduate. Her life is really on the right path, the only glitch is that she wants to express her words of love to the person who rejects love. Sometimes a person then really has to be put on the spot. There comes a moment that really defines the rest of the story and it becomes clear that you just have to stay on your true path in life, whatever that is. It’s an important lesson to be learned that it might be difficult and hard but the curveballs thrown at you will lead you in the right direction.
I really liked the characters of Alexa and Gavin and Gavin’s family, especially Gran. The dynamics worked well but I loved the first part of the book better than the last part. What was happening was all a bit hard to comprehend and see before my eyes. It was also a bit repetitive and I did not really feel as much emotion for what I wanted to happen finally than I would have liked. I thought I would be rooting for one side or another but I was stuck in the middle also. I did like the ending though, it was fitting and I would not have wanted it any other way.
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

[Bronwen · Rating 1 out of 5]

From page 2 of this book, I struggled to keep reading. It was akin to reading the script of an old 90210 episode. The main characters have no depth, even though hints of revealing more of their character are there, nothing ever really comes of it. The details of the mundane abound, dragging the movement of the story line. I believe this could be a really great book - but the essay that supposedly turns her world around doesn't even make a dent in her daily life. Perhaps if there was enough to keep me reading, I'd eventually read the essay. But, instead I'm dragged through journal entries of the protagonist that remind me of junior high rants.
I received this book from LibraryThing.com for free as an ebook in exchange for my honest review.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recieved a copy of this book from librarything.com in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely LOVED this book. Elaine Pinter is a great writer, she makes this book flow very well! This book made me laugh and cry and reminded me of what went on in high school. I even liked reading about Heaven and that'she not always my thing. One of the better books I have read so far this year-READ IT! You will not be disappointed.

[Dini Annav · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can see myself in Alexa when it comes to relationship with mom & dad