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Jonah Wydner has been in love with his neighbor Eleanor Trombley for years. He has watched her life play out from the sidelines\u2014homecoming dances, football parties, and first dates. Her life seemed easy\u2026simple\u2026perfect<\/em>. The complete opposite of his own.<\/p>\n But when Eleanor\u2019s younger sister goes missing and the national media sets up camp in the middle of their street, the girl with the seemingly perfect life shows up in Jonah\u2019s garage in search of a place to hide from the hurt and chaos. What begins as one night becomes many filled with unexpected surprises and unveiling, healing truths about Jonah\u2019s own messy past.<\/p>\n Soon, Jonah gets to know the real Eleanor, and discover all the ways they\u2019re the same. Friendship blossoms into more, plans turn into promises, and hopes and dreams become shared under the warm glow of the fading Midwestern sunsets. But how far can a kiss under a candy-colored sky take them? And what happens when the clouds close in?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add to Goodreads<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI see you. I have always seen you, Eleanor. Always. More than anyone ever has.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n 5 beautifully heartfelt stars<\/strong><\/p>\n Ginger Scott writes beautiful YA romance, and she\u2019s created something really special with this book. A real, raw, heartfelt coming-of-age story that I lived with these characters. This book sucked me in and didn\u2019t let go, and I absolutely loved it.<\/p>\n The story is told entirely from the POV of Jonah Wylder, a 17 (almost 18) year old high school senior who has been in love with the girl who lives across the street for years. Eleanor is larger than life \u2013 beautiful, popular and kind, while he is the shy math nerd who has never been brave enough to talk her.<\/p>\n When Eleanor\u2019s young sister goes missing, her life is turned upside down, and their whole street becomes a media circus. Seeking shelter from the chaos, Eleanor turns up in Jonah\u2019s garage one night while he is working on his car, and he hides out with him \u2013 something that becomes a habit the longer the search for her sister goes on. Slowly they become friends, getting to know each other, making each other laugh, and revealing their true selves.<\/p>\n \u201cYou haven\u2019t seen me that much.\u201d \u2026 I\u2019m her solace, and I\u2019m okay with that, but she and I weren\u2019t much of anything before she wandered into my garage. It\u2019s a beautifully developing love story that is sweet and swoony, full of awkward teenage moments, and a whole lot of cute. I could feel<\/i> it as Jonah and Eleanor fell for each other, and was completely swept up in their beautifully sweet and honest romance.<\/p>\n I lock onto her touch and relax my fingers to let hers find their way into the spaces between. It\u2019s such a light touch, and it might be all the energy she has to give, but it\u2019s enough to refuel me and remind me why I will walk through fire for this girl if that\u2019s what she needs. Eleanor Trombley is special. Always has been, always will be. And the more I get to know her, especially all of her broken bits, the more I think we\u2019re finding each other at the exact moment we\u2019re supposed to.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Jonah is just the kind of guy you would want for your first real boyfriend. He\u2019s sweet, kind, gentle, understanding and supportive. He is shy, but he has a wonderful sense of humour, and the way he protects and cares about Eleanor just melted me! He has been through his own trauma in his life, and he has some learning and growing to do, just as Eleanor does as she faces her darkest fears. It\u2019s dramatic and emotional as real life continually shadows their little bubble of happiness, but watching these two work through it all is a beautifully written journey.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s heartbroken, scared, and stubborn. And she is every bit the girl I would die for.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n There\u2019s a wonderful cast of side characters who form an important part of Jonah\u2019s and Eleanor\u2019s lives, their family and friends bring a lot to the story – particular shout out to Jonah\u2019s fabulous grandfather, and his hugely entertaining best friend.<\/p>\n This book is written in a way that makes the whole story feel very real. Jonah and Eleanor are authentic characters, and their story is honest and heartfelt. The drama is realistic, and I felt every bit of emotion along with them And, of course, their love story is so sweet.<\/p>\n This book brought the feels, and parts of it were really emotional, but it made me smile so much. I loved it.<\/p>\n 5 stars.<\/p>\n An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cYou know, it\u2019s an excellent time to climb up on the roof and watch the sun go down.\u201d Her fingers slip away as she makes the suggestion, and I find my hands frozen in place for a moment all on their own. I shove them back into my pockets.<\/p>\n \u201cIs it really that late?\u201d I lift a brow.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s almost four.\u201d She winces and I join her.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve slept this late since I had the flu sophomore year,\u201d I admit.<\/p>\n She laughs at my response, then hits the button for the garage door.<\/p>\n \u201cThis used to be a regular Saturday morning occurrence for me,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m pretty sure you can\u2019t call it morning,\u201d I add.<\/p>\n She spins on her heels as she moves out of the garage and points at me. We cross my driveway to the very dead grass in our side yard. Eleanor leaps up to grab the eave but her fingers slip at her first attempt. She crouches to jump again but stops, spinning to face me as she points over her shoulder with her thumb.<\/p>\n \u201cYou been sunset watching without me?\u201d she asks.<\/p>\n The ladder is still out. I haven\u2019t touched it since the last time we went up there.<\/p>\n \u201cThat would sound a lot better than admitting I\u2019m too lazy to put it away, but sadly, I\u2019m a lazy ass.\u201d I mush my lips together and shrug.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, my muscles are not feeling it today, so let\u2019s just say you were planning ahead.\u201d She marches to the ladder and scales it two rungs at a time. Even at her laziest, she\u2019s got me beat.<\/p>\n She waits at the roof\u2019s edge for me this time, and I\u2019m a little embarrassed because I climb ladders the same way my grandfather does\u2014like one wrong move might break a hip. I crawl onto the shingles as she stands and holds a hand out for me.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t run and leap over there like you do,\u201d I say, waving my hand just out of reach. It\u2019s like I\u2019m about to shake on a deal and I want to make sure I know the terms. \u201cIt\u2019s fine. I\u2019ll go slow,\u201d she says, taking my hand and helping me to my feet.<\/p>\n I sway a little, only half joking that I\u2019m searching for my balance. I notice that she walks along the rooftop on her toes, almost like a ballerina making her way to center stage. I move with the grace of a Clydesdale.<\/p>\n We settle in the ridge this time and I lower myself carefully, dividing my weight over both sides of the roof. Eleanor seems to collapse into a sitting position, her legs knotted together as she perches at the apex facing me. I breathe out a laugh at how different we are.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat?\u201d she asks.<\/p>\n \u201cJust, you can tell you do things like gymnastics and stuff. It\u2019s pretty clear I work out math equations.\u201d I shrug.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019d think that would make you more confident up here, being able to compute the exact angles and all that junk,\u201d she argues.<\/p>\n \u201cHuh,\u201d I say, taking her reasoning to heart. I glance to my left and then my right, but before I can fully take in the angle of the descent behind me I grip the roof\u2019s surface beneath my thighs.<\/p>\n \u201cNope. There\u2019s no math logic for this,\u201d I say.<\/p>\n She giggles, an actual giggle. It\u2019s the best sound, like a children\u2019s birthday party with a petting zoo kind of glee.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A sucker for a good romance, Ginger\u2019s other passion is sports, and she often blends the two in her stories. (She\u2019s also a sucker for a hot quarterback, catcher, pitcher, point guard\u2026the list goes on.) Ginger has been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines and blogs for more than 15 years. She has told the stories of Olympians, politicians, actors, scientists, cowboys, criminals and towns. For more on her and her work, visit her website at\u00a0http:\/\/www.littlemisswrite.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n When she\u2019s not writing, the odds are high that she\u2019s somewhere near a baseball diamond, either watching her son field pop flies like Bryce Harper or cheering on her favorite baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Ginger lives in Arizona and is married to her college sweetheart whom she met at ASU (fork \u2019em, Devils).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FACEBOOK<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0PINTEREST<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0YOUTUBE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0GOOGLE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0GOODREADS<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0WEBSITE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Candy Colored Sky by Ginger Scott is live! \u201cThis book is coming of age PERFECTION. You\u2019ll see pieces of yourself, of your heart and your soul in this story. 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\n\u201cI see you now.\u201d She smiles up at me and I reflect her expression as best I can, nodding.
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\n\u201cYou are probably right.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nEleanor leans her head back and the sound of real laughter pours out with the rasp that I\u2019ve missed.<\/p>\n
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Ginger Scott is an Amazon-bestselling and Goodreads Choice Award-nominated author of several young and new adult romances, including Waiting on the Sidelines, Going Long, Blindness, How We Deal With Gravity,\u00a0This Is Falling<\/a>, You and Everything After, The Girl I Was Before,\u00a0Wild Reckless<\/a>, Wicked Restless, In Your Dreams,\u00a0The Hard Count<\/a>,\u00a0Hold My Breath,<\/a>\u00a0A Boy Like You<\/a>,\u00a0A Girl Like Me<\/a>, Memphis and Cry Baby.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed.png?resize=196%2C196&ssl=1\")
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