Title:    The Sound of Shooting Stars

Author:  Heather Allen

Genre:  Contemporary YA

Publication Date:  11 November 2013

Event organized by:  Into the Night Reviews

Jamie Grey grew up tossed around between foster homes. At an early age he shut the world out, deciding he wouldn’t care. Whatever life had to throw at him, he would look the other way. Now his senior year is about to start and he’s been forced into yet another new home. This will be the last time, he assures himself. When an unexpected curveball comes his way in the form of a certain stubborn seventeen year old girl, Jamie soon finds out that life doesn’t always work out the way you plan it.

Beckett Chase has been entitled her entire life. Living in the plush landscape of Palm Beach, Florida, she’s never wanted for anything. She’s always taken what and who she wants with no remorse. When she sets her sights on Jamie Grey and she’s met with rejection, her descent from the top begins.

With a twist of events causing Jamie and Beckett’s worlds to collide, will they be able to put aside their differences or will fate intervene offering an entirely different option?

Jaime is almost 18 years old and will finally be out of the system. He has a wonderful social worker who wants him to have a good home but just can’t seem to find one for him. Once he has some issues with his current foster parents Michelle, Jamie’s social worker has a friend who will take him in. Hoping this one works out until he turns 18. Not knowing that the Chase family would have such a huge impact on his life.

Beckett, spoiled, popular, rich girl has it all or at least that’s how she presents herself. Her whole world turns upside down in this story and we the readers watch how you can be at the top of the social poll to being at the bottom in no time.

I struggled to find a great connection with the main characters. Names are a huge deal to me and I just couldn’t get used to the name Beckett. The story was a nice change to have the main focus be on the boy and not the girl. For the boy to be the one who is in foster care and not the girl. For the girl to come from money and not the boy. It was a nice change from your normal girl being the one with all of the issues. Don’t get me wrong Beckett had issues, lots of them but she wasn’t the main focus and that was nice.

I give this book 3 stars!

-Harper

 Heather Allen is the author of The Just Breathe Trilogy, and newly released- The Sound of Shooting Stars. Heather finally realized her dream of becoming an author only recently with her mermaid trilogy. She savors every moment on this new journey and the wonderful friends she has met along the way. She has many more books planned. More ideas pop up than she has time to write about.

Heather currently resides in the scorching hot state of Florida with her husband and three children. She holds degrees in education from The University of Central Florida and Nova Southeastern University. She is a hopeless romantic who loves to read just about anything, coffee and Jelly Belly jellybeans. When she isn’t teaching, writing or reading, Heather can be found at the beach or out on the water boating.

           

 

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