TITLE: CHASING HARLOW
AUTHOR: JAY MCLEAN
GENRE: DARK: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
PUBLICATION: JUNE 21ST, 2024
Synopsis
What started as a bet can only end in heartache.
Moving to the middle of nowhere right before my senior year wasn’t ideal.
Then again, neither was my brother dying.
The move was supposed to be a fresh start.
A new town, a new school, a new mindset.
Too bad my past indiscretions followed me.
Enter Jace Rivera, the literal boy next door.
Jace is loved by the town. Admired by his peers. Worshipped by his teammates.
On the basketball court, he’s a god amongst men.
Off the court, he’s… nothing at all like I expected.
He’s profound and pure and… devastatingly tortured.
Yet somehow, he offers me light while I offer him hope.
In the end, we’ll either hurt or heal each other.
There’s no in between.
“Pain is the price we pay for love,” he once told me.
And a broken heart is the consequence of it.
Moving to the middle of nowhere right before my senior year wasn’t ideal.
Then again, neither was my brother dying.
The move was supposed to be a fresh start.
A new town, a new school, a new mindset.
Too bad my past indiscretions followed me.
Enter Jace Rivera, the literal boy next door.
Jace is loved by the town. Admired by his peers. Worshipped by his teammates.
On the basketball court, he’s a god amongst men.
Off the court, he’s… nothing at all like I expected.
He’s profound and pure and… devastatingly tortured.
Yet somehow, he offers me light while I offer him hope.
In the end, we’ll either hurt or heal each other.
There’s no in between.
“Pain is the price we pay for love,” he once told me.
And a broken heart is the consequence of it.
My Review
'πHπSπNπ πAπLπW'
Is a full length romance book by Jay Mclean. Spoken in 'dual perspectives.' Jace and Harlow
All the stars to affinity and back..Feel like your tear ducts need a cleansing well then here’s the perfect book for you, this had me sobbing, some parts just broke me to smithereens. π€§
This book was one I’d been anticipating after reading previous chapters within an anthology, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. The waiting just ramped up those anticipation levels more. And as soon as it went live, I dived in.
I swooned
I laughed
I cried
I got hit in the feels
Harlow: Seventeen year old has moved from Dallas to a hick town in Rowville due to her mother's transfer as a nurse, the town is so small that if you blink you miss it sort of thing, this is the type of new beginning Harlow is after so soon after losing her big brother and a separate scandal she wants to leave behind.
New home
New town
New school
Jace: lives on the property right next door to his new neighbour Harlow, what used to be the place he lived, but that was then, this is now. Even though Jace has lived here his whole life and the township worship him, he hasn't got any attachments, (or so he thinks) he's the epitome of a 'lonely boy' he sticks to himself, plays and breathes basketball, works, goes home and takes care of his grandfather, rinse and repeat, but delve deeper and this boy will destroy your heart with his story.
Both are hiding behind grief and wear it like a shield to keep others away. But neither factor on the other, they lean on each other without even realising it.
This is the Jay McLean I fell in love with all those years ago, like a sponge I absorbed all the words, inhaling this book like I was possessed never wanting it to end. I am so happy she’s back sharing her words with the world again.
All the stars to affinity and back..Feel like your tear ducts need a cleansing well then here’s the perfect book for you, this had me sobbing, some parts just broke me to smithereens. π€§
This book was one I’d been anticipating after reading previous chapters within an anthology, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. The waiting just ramped up those anticipation levels more. And as soon as it went live, I dived in.
I swooned
I laughed
I cried
I got hit in the feels
Harlow: Seventeen year old has moved from Dallas to a hick town in Rowville due to her mother's transfer as a nurse, the town is so small that if you blink you miss it sort of thing, this is the type of new beginning Harlow is after so soon after losing her big brother and a separate scandal she wants to leave behind.
New home
New town
New school
Jace: lives on the property right next door to his new neighbour Harlow, what used to be the place he lived, but that was then, this is now. Even though Jace has lived here his whole life and the township worship him, he hasn't got any attachments, (or so he thinks) he's the epitome of a 'lonely boy' he sticks to himself, plays and breathes basketball, works, goes home and takes care of his grandfather, rinse and repeat, but delve deeper and this boy will destroy your heart with his story.
Both are hiding behind grief and wear it like a shield to keep others away. But neither factor on the other, they lean on each other without even realising it.
This is the Jay McLean I fell in love with all those years ago, like a sponge I absorbed all the words, inhaling this book like I was possessed never wanting it to end. I am so happy she’s back sharing her words with the world again.
Adding it! Thanks for sharing such an amazing review :)
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