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Date read: April 11, 2018
Ivy Years
1. The Year We Fell Down
2. The Year We Hid Away - Paperback | Kindle
2.5. Blonde Date
3. The Understatement of the Year
4. The Shameless Hour
5. The Fifteenth Minute
6. Extra Credit
Sarina Bowen
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
She’s hiding something big. He’s hiding someone small.Thoughts on The Year We His Away: Bridger and Scarlet. Boy, I liked them. Bridger is running himself to the bone to keep his life from falling apart and Scarlet is just running to stay away from the insanity her family's going through.
Scarlet Crowley’s life was torn apart the day father was arrested for unspeakable crimes. Now the shock has worn off, but not the horror.
It’s a safe bet that Scarlet is the only first year at Harkness College who had to sneak past TV news trucks parked on her front lawn just to leave town. But college will be Scarlet’s fresh start. Clutching a shiny new student ID — with a newly minted name on it — she leaves it all behind. Even if it means lying to the boy she’s falling for.
Bridger McCaulley is a varsity hockey star known for being a player both on and off the ice. But a sobering family crisis takes that all away. Protecting his sister means a precarious living arrangement and constant deception. The only bright spot in his week is the few stolen hours he spends with Scarlet.
The two form a tentative relationship based on the understanding that some things must always be held back. But when grim developments threaten them both, going it alone just won’t work anymore. And if they can’t learn to trust one another now, the families who let them down will take everything they’ve struggled to keep.
But like any house of cards, things they can't plan for could bring everything crashing down around them.
Bridger. Man, I felt for him. Not wanted to burden anyone with his problems, he's cut himself off from his friends and is doing everything he can to keep his secret safe. His stolen moments with Scarlet are pretty much his only escape and he cherishes those moments.
Meanwhile, Scarlet has a messed up family. Her dad's pending criminal trial is bad. Really bad. His lawyers' tactics in trying to get her to help are bad. With everything that's happening, she doesn't want to pull Bridger into her issues and that causes some issues of their own.
It's messy. But Bridger and Scarlet aren't. They're sweet and right and I liked them. And once things get straightened out? Things are goooooood.
So I have the rest of this series and I really think I need to read them now. So I will.
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