Review - Saving Toby by Suzanne McKenna Link

 

Title: Saving Toby by Suzanne McKenna Link

Publisher: Kindle

Publication Date: August 28th, 2013 

Paperback/Hardcover: 374

Genre: New Adult

Find it at: Goodreads

Summary:  

Loving someone through their hard fall from grace takes a lot of grit.
Hired on as a caretaker to the ailing Mrs. Faye, Claudia Chiatmetti is drawn into the lives of the widow and her son — a world where sadness lingers and old wounds run deep. Empathetic to the family's plight, Claudia is powerless against the emerging feelings she has for the unruly Toby Faye. Up close, Toby’s blue-grey eyes expose a need she cannot ignore. His dark past will test her fortitude and expose her to danger. Does Claudia have the grit to love Toby through it?

 Saving Toby is a powerful and moving debut novel set on the south shore of Long Island. It is the first book of a two-part story that follows the emotional and inspirational tale of a young couple's journey to find themselves.

*Contains strong language and explicit scenes

Review:   

I have received this book as part of a blog tour in exchange of an honest review.

When she’s hired to take care of Toby Faye’s mother, Claudia finds herself drawn to the bad boy. His complexity and problems pose a problem to a possible relationship and they will have to fight to be together. 

I did like the characters in this book, especially Toby. He’s complex, cocky and quite passionate. He can be a little obtuse sometimes, I think, but I still found him charming and wanted things to work out for him.

Claudia is very strong and I definitely liked that about her.

One other thing I also liked was the fact Toby and Claudia’s relationship was well-timed and developed slowly. The author did a good job with it.

All in all, I enjoyed Saving Toby and liked reading about the obstacles Toby and Claudia had to face. The book is well-written and the story is interesting.

This is a good debut book.

Rating:   Somewhere Between Readable and Worth Your Time (3 ½ Stars)

Guest Post by Michelle Flick - Top Book Boyfriends

Title: Walker

Author: Michelle Flick  

Release date: December 11^th, 2013

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal

Tour: Irresistible Reads Book Tours

Book Description:

Kate isn’t thrilled to be moving to the middle of nowhere. She's already lost her parents, now she's leaving the only place she's ever known as home. She’s not there long when she realizes her dreams aren’t her own and that she has the ability to walk through other people's dreams. Not only that, but she might have found her dream guy--literally. He's in her dreams.

Just when she starts to get the hang of dream walking, strange murders in her new town start to occur. Girls are being killed as they sleep with no evidence, no suspects and no clear motive behind the deaths. It doesn’t take Kate very long to realize that the girls aren’t just being killed as they sleep—they’re being killed in their sleep.

Kate must figure out how to find the killer in the real world and keep the ones she loves safe while they sleep.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18754871-walker?ac=1

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Walker-Michelle-Flick-ebook/dp/B00H80871Y/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1386715074&sr=8-3&keywords=walker+michelle+flick

Guest Post

Top 5 book boyfriends

1.      Dmitri – From the Vampire Academy Series – What is hotter than a built, tall, Russian who can kick ass? Oh one, that loves me, er, I mean Rose Hathaway with all his heart. And one that is self-sacrificing for the greater good. He’s really hot in my head.

2.      Luca – from Komal Kant’s With Me series – I’m in love with Luca. I wish he was my high school boyfriend. I have seriously reread the book five times, and when did it come out? Last year Octoberish?

3.      Four – from Veronica Roth’s Divergent – OMG – Talk about schmexy. He’s tough, a bad ass, and sweet and gentle to Tris. He’s different and not in the divergent way.

4.      Kaiden – Wendy Higgins Sweet Evil series- besides the fact that he and I have the same last name (married name is Rowe) I do believe we are destined. Classic bad boy reformed! I cannot wait for the third installment of this series just to see him again.

5.      Henry –Amiee Cater The Goddess Test series – OK – by now you have it figured out that I love a bad boy with a soft side. Henry is literally Hades and the definition. At one point, I really think he broke my heart in the series. Book 2. Anyone else cry at that part. But I love him.

About the Author:

I teach middle school English in a small town so I try and stay up on all things YA, and secretly thrilled I have this excuse to read this genre all the time. I am a mom and teacher, so writing is a passion that I try to squeeze in. I have a new contemporary in the works (well - I started it like 6 years ago) and about several in the back of my brain

Some none reading and writing!

This year 2013 - I got married and had a baby! She's beautiful.

I am an avid dog lover. If there is a dog in my vicinity, I will be on the ground playing, petting, and loving. I cannot resist! I have a collie (Lady Fergilious aka Fergie) and an Italian mastiff (Mia). And I think we might be toying with the idea of a third one... secretly hoping for a St. Bernard.

I was a dancer for 16 years so I am always fascinated by it: music, style, rythum, costume, everything! Music is also a big aspect of my life, you wont walk into my house without music playing in some room!

Official Website: http://flickspicks1.blogspot.pt

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Saving Toby by Suzanne Mckenna Link

Title: Saving Toby

Author: Suzanne McKenna Link

Release date: August 26^th, 2013

Genre: New Adult

Tour: Irresistible Reads Book Tours

Book Description:

Loving someone through their hard fall from grace takes a lot of grit.

In school, Toby Faye was a moody kid who sat in the back of class and looked like he wanted to be anywhere but there. Claudia Chiametti, the perfect student, always sat in the front row. She might have forgotten him if it weren't for the fact that his family had been involved in two tragic events. In the small town of Sayville, Long Island, many knew of the family’s dark history.

Hired on as a caretaker to Mrs. Faye, Claudia is thrown into the lives of the widow and her son — a world where sadness lingers and old wounds run deep. Now twenty-one, Toby is not so quiet. A mass of muscles and unruly hair, he is a real head turner. He is jaunty with the confidence his masculine good looks afford him. While not immune to his sexual advances, Claudia sees beyond the cocky grin. Up close, his blue-grey eyes expose something else.

Despite her father’s stern warnings about the family’s violent history, Claudia is empathetic to their plight and vows to help both mother and son move past the hurt. This endeavor forces her to face situations she never imagines possible. She must be tougher than she's ever had to be. Does Claudia have the grit to love Toby through his fall?
Saving Toby, the author's debut novel, is the first book of a two-part story that follows the emotional and gritty tale of a young couple's journey to find themselves and the love they never dreamed existed.

*Due to some explicit scenes and language, this fictional story is meant for mature readers.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18661231-saving-toby?ac=1

About the Author:

 Suzanne McKenna Link is the debut author of SAVING TOBY. The literary love story follows the moving journey of a damaged young man and his love for a girl who might just save him. An avid interest in psychology has Suzanne digging deep into the reasons for her characters' behaviors. The native Long Islander is fascinated by the how and why of people's actions. As a result, her characters come to life on the pages.

Suzanne is currently working on "Keeping Claudia," the emotional sequel and finale to Saving Toby. To keep up-to-date on Suzanne’s newest writing endeavours.

Official Website: http://suzannemckennalink.blogspot.pt/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SuzanneMckennaLink

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