A.R. Casella

Mary is now a single mother to a special boy who is the glue to it all. She is a very good mother even if at times she feels like she is failing Aiden and she works hard to provide him with the best, but a new move back home to Asheville they are starting over and find it to be harder than it should be. When she enrolls Aiden in a program similar to Big Brothers and Sisters they meet Jace. Jace and Aiden immediately hit it off and become friends just after one meeting. Jace has a past that he is ashamed of but has paid his dues to society, yet most of society still treats him as a pariah. I knew Mary would flip after finding out about Jace’s past but I wasn’t too thrilled how awful she truly was to him and it made me angry at her. I get that she wants to protect her son, give him the best, but she was truly awful and judgmental without stopping to think things through until later. My heart hurt for the treatment that Jace was always getting from others but he did his best, worked hard, and never stepped a toe out of line. This book was emotional, fun, sweet, and handled Aiden’s diagnoses with perfection. Jace needed reassurance, kindness, and love in his life at first it came in the form of Aiden then later with Mary and Mary needed to learn how to let things go, relax, quit being so uptight and Jace showed her how to balance that. I really enjoyed this read and being from near Asheville the whole “woo woo’ thing had me laughing because it is too accurate.
… (meer)