Chasing Wishes
Series: Standalone
Genre: New adult, romance, fiction
Pages: 303
Rating: Four and a half stars
For sixteen-year-old Nina Torres, it feels as if life is nothing but a dead end. Despised by her rich classmates and afraid that she'll become just like her drug-addicted mother, Nina's future seems to get dimmer every day.
There is one bright spot in her life though...
Sitting beside her one night, the only person in the world who cares about her makes a promise. No matter what happens—no matter how much Isaac's wealthy family disapproves—he and his girlfriend Nina will be together forever.
Fate plays a cruel trick on Nina, though, and a visit from Child Protective Services the next morning turns Nina Torres into Irene Hartley, a woman with a future but who will never see her beloved Isaac again.
Nine years later, a blind and incredibly handsome young entrepreneur hires Irene to be his personal assistant. Terrence Radcliffe reminds her so much of Isaac that she can hardly believe her eyes, and she's falling for him fast. Irene knows that fairy tales don't come true, but she allows herself one last wish. She wishes that she could finally say goodbye to Isaac and let herself take a chance on Terrence.
What she doesn't know is that Terrence is also searching for someone: a shooting star who streaked through his life nine years ago, and he won't give up until he finds her...
There is one bright spot in her life though...
Sitting beside her one night, the only person in the world who cares about her makes a promise. No matter what happens—no matter how much Isaac's wealthy family disapproves—he and his girlfriend Nina will be together forever.
Fate plays a cruel trick on Nina, though, and a visit from Child Protective Services the next morning turns Nina Torres into Irene Hartley, a woman with a future but who will never see her beloved Isaac again.
Nine years later, a blind and incredibly handsome young entrepreneur hires Irene to be his personal assistant. Terrence Radcliffe reminds her so much of Isaac that she can hardly believe her eyes, and she's falling for him fast. Irene knows that fairy tales don't come true, but she allows herself one last wish. She wishes that she could finally say goodbye to Isaac and let herself take a chance on Terrence.
What she doesn't know is that Terrence is also searching for someone: a shooting star who streaked through his life nine years ago, and he won't give up until he finds her...
"I wish I didn't have to go home. I wish I was someone else—someone with a future..."
This book was unrealistic, cheesy, and predictable. But it's also cute, fun, and just full of "aw" moments. It made me happy, and didn't give me the killer tendencies I usually get when reading New Adult romance. To be honest, often times I love the cheesy, predictable stories. They're isn't a main character that makes me want to beat my head into the wall because she/he doesn't want to be loved or whatever.
Nina wants to be loved. She wants to go away and be with someone who is nice, and loves her because she certainly isn't getting it at home from her mom. She's had a tough life and dreams of getting free of it and the violence that goes on. Her mom pays for drugs by using her body, an embarrassing fact to Nina. She's the brunt of teasing at her school, which is how she meets Issac.
Issac wants to help Nina. He wants to be her friend in a place where no one else wants her. She doesn't believe him when he says that and tries to stay away. But Issac, my man, doesn't give up. He wants Nina.
Long story short, because I don't want to give spoilers, life happens.
But then they meet up years later. Just not as them.
Nina is now a young woman who is an inspiring voice actor with a job at a sandwich shop. Not exactly where she wanted to be her in life, but doesn't give up. She's been fighting for so long, she won't quit now. And one day, while reading stories to children at the library, she sees this guy who she finds handsome. And they meet at the sandwich shop.
Terrance needs someone to help him get around, and really add details to the descriptions from the world around him. He's blind, and his old friend doesn't cut it. Nina comes into his life at the right moment, and he ends up hiring her to get him around.
But what neither of them expected was to fall in love.
And that their past isn't too far behind them...
This is a standalone, new adult romance and I loved it. It's just fun to get away for a quick, cheesy read and this is what I needed. The times Nina describes places for Terrance is great, it becomes real in my mind. And the side characters are good, they definitely served their purpose. So if you're looking for a fast, loving read, here you go.
“I just want the feeling that I'm safe, the feeling that things can work out and that there'll be a happy ending someday.”
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