Title: Summer Demons
Author: Mia Hoddell
Series: Seasons of Change #1
Release Date: March 2014
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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Jenna Shaw ran away to escape her past. In fact, she jumped on a plane and flew to Portugal to try and forget it. However, it turns out leaving everything behind isn't as easy as it sounds.
She thought she could move on and break free of her fears--that if she had some space the pain would stop. But as memories resurface due to an ill-timed joke, the past crashes into her present once more and she didn't see it coming.
Jenna's plans for normality are derailed by the charismatic Ethan Brooks. She sees him as an annoyance; he sees her as a challenge. But as he tries every trick known to him to impress her, they only serve to push her further away. He's never faced this problem before and Ethan has to work harder than he ever has if he wants to win over and help his mysterious girl.
A young adult romance, this novella would be a great book for teenagers or as a feel-good summer read.
She thought she could move on and break free of her fears--that if she had some space the pain would stop. But as memories resurface due to an ill-timed joke, the past crashes into her present once more and she didn't see it coming.
Jenna's plans for normality are derailed by the charismatic Ethan Brooks. She sees him as an annoyance; he sees her as a challenge. But as he tries every trick known to him to impress her, they only serve to push her further away. He's never faced this problem before and Ethan has to work harder than he ever has if he wants to win over and help his mysterious girl.
A young adult romance, this novella would be a great book for teenagers or as a feel-good summer read.
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Mia Hoddell's new novella series focuses on romances forged in each season of the year. Summer Demon's is Jenna's story, who escapes to Portugal on holiday, four months after her boyfriend's sudden death.
Jenna's grief is immediately tangible as she relives the accident at the beginning of the novella. Her fear and overwhelming emotions become something shared, as Jenna and the reader simultaneously attempt to come to terms with the events she witnessed.
Not understanding the situation, Ethan acts first on lust, then a more substantial need to know this mysterious young woman and we watch as their relationship develops.
Generally girlie holidays involve sun, sea, sand and stolen kisses, but we hold on to the hope that in Portugal Ethan and Jenna begin a romance more lasting.
I finished Summer Demons feeling undeniably torn. I loved the ease with which Mia Hoddell writes and how, even though this is a novella, each character has a depth. Yet, because I became so involved in the story, it's ending left me questioning the when and how of the future and I definitely wanted more of Ethan (and Jenna)!!!! I was comforted by the fact that in Winter Angel, the second novella, there is an overlap of characters and luckily already had this downloaded onto my Kindle!
Summer Demons is a perfect YA romance, ideal for a short but absorbing read!
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