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What does it take to rise from life’s depths, swim against the current, and breathe?
Weighted down by the loss of her parents, Blythe McGuire struggles to keep her head above water as she trudges through her last year at Matthews College. Then a chance meeting sends Blythe crashing into something she doesn’t expect—an undeniable attraction to a dark-haired senior named Chris Shepherd, whose past may be even more complicated than her own. As their relationship deepens, Chris pulls Blythe out of the stupor she’s been in since the night a fire took half her family. She begins to heal, and even, haltingly, to love this guy who helps her find new paths to pleasure and self-discovery. But as Blythe moves into calmer waters, she realizes Chris is the one still strangled by his family’s traumatic history. As dark currents threaten to pull him under, Blythe may be the only person who can keep him from drowning.
This book is intended for mature audiences due to strong language and sexual content.
- Sales Rank: #339315 in Books
- Brand: Park, Jessica
- Published on: 2013-07-16
- Released on: 2013-07-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x 9.25" w x 1.00" l, 1.02 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 416 pages
Review
“Left Drowning is a powerful, sexy, unflinching story about letting go and learning to love. It's about sinking and swimming, collapsing and surviving, and ultimately about the strength it takes to love. You won’t be able to put it down.” –Tracey Garvis Graves, author of On the Island and Covet
“Beautifully emotional and ferociously sexy!” –Colleen Hoover, author of Hopeless and Slammed
"The romance and intensity left me spinning, left me breathless, left me wanting more." –Jamie McGuire, author of Beautiful Disaster and Walking Disaster
"With strong writing and a compelling plot, Park tells a multifaceted story" –Romantic Times
About the Author
New York Times bestselling author Jessica Park mines the territory of love’s growing pains with wit, sharp insights, and a discernible heat and heartbeat. Her previous novels include Flat-Out Love, Relatively Famous, and she authored the e-shorts What the Kid Says (Parts 1 and 2) and Facebooking Rick Springfield.
Please visit Jessica on the web, Twitter, and Facebook at these locations:
jessicapark.me
@JessicaPark24 https://twitter.com/JessicaPark24 https://www.facebook.com/authorjessicapark
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137 of 147 people found the following review helpful.
Left Mesmerized
By Sarai Larivee
There is one thing that I will give Jessica Park credit for in addition to her impeccable writing, and that is contributing to my reader's anxiety. I, myself, am a writer. I'm not much a reader. It takes a lot for me to get sucked into a story long enough to actually enjoy a book or to connect with the characters, so when I do, and the book ends, I mourn slightly. I feel sad, and would like to know what has happened since then. (They ARE real people, damn it!) I think other hardcore bookies will understand that - either that, or I'm crazy. Regardless, after discovering Jessica Park earlier this year, I am hooked. Her writing style is fresh, fearless, pushes boundaries, and utilizes the eloquence of our language while beautifully flowing from scene to scene, infusing modern-day, young vernacular with hints of sarcasm and freely dropping an F-bomb wherever she deems fit. (That's my kinda writing!)
Left Drowning was no exception to any of this. I will admit, I'm not typically a fan of any sort of erotica, but the "adult content" fit so well with the storyline and made the bond between the characters that much stronger. It was beautifully written, with that hint of "naughty" that 99% of people pretend to be offended by but are secretly wishing their significant others would say to them in the middle of a midnight romp. (Don't lie, you know it's true. You're mad because you got caught. It's okay.)
The love story is believable. Whether or not you agree with me completely depends on how you feel about God, or Fate, or whatever entity (or lack thereof) that you may or may not hold dear to you. I have read a few reviews from readers who "didn't get" Chris and Blythe's immediate connection or thought it was weird, and I'm honestly sorry for you. For me, it was actually a relief to read something so beautiful and unforced. I have lived through something very similar, and I married my "Chris", so this book really hit close to home with me (as do all of her other books, in their own special way). He came home from work after I finished reading this last night and I looked at him and couldn't help but cry happy tears. This book helped me reconnect with my own fate for a moment, and that's extraordinary.
I laughed. A lot. I fell in love with Sabin and Blythe's friendship, as I'm sure most other people did. I also cried. The pain is real and emanates right off the page. When Blythe says she can't breathe, you can't breathe. When she talks about the electricity between herself and Chris, your chest is on fire and aches for that.
I honestly can't recommend this book enough.
Thanks again, Jessica. I will be forwarding my therapy bill to you.
243 of 276 people found the following review helpful.
From the maker of "Flat-out Love" comes *Creepy-twisty Love*
By Chibi Sparkle
[[This review contains HUGE HUGE SPOILERS!]]
I wanted to like this book. I really did. Flat-Out Love was charming. And, although the book has some of the interesting character dialog as that in Flat-Out Love, I just couldn't bring myself to accept this book.
Maybe I am too much of a feminist to enjoy it? Maybe I just want my heroine to have self respect? I have no idea, but it achieved the opposite effect within me. What I was reading felt like a horribly toxic relationship that made me want to take a mental shower.
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Super Spoilers
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First, the characters. The main character, Blythe, showed promise. She had issues, which suggested some sort of growth potential. I liked that she had an obstacle to overcome, and I would have loved, just loved, if the novel addressed more of self-forgiveness, growth, and realization of self worth. Or maybe her renewed interest in faith or maybe something else that gave her comfort? I don't know. But, within the story, it is like Blythe is measured and measures herself based on her relationship with the other characters. As such, Blythe's personality falters. Once she is defined by her relationship with the other characters, her personality becomes secondary, and we readers are left to assume Blythe is just stellar and fabulous only because others find her so.
Christopher, the main love interest...where do I start... It seems that the book goes to great length to describe just how he looks, how hot he is, etc. But, his supposed wonderful personality is just not present or just wanes as the story goes along. The actions of Chris, however, speak loud and clear. Of course he is protective, he is damaged, he is hot, but why exactly am I supposed to root for him? To be honest, I couldn't stand him after reading the novel. (See below)
The Story:
The biggest issues that I have with the story deal with the narrative of how their relationship is played out...it is just. so. toxic. There are two hugely troubling points:
A) Our heroine has little to no self respect, and I really, really wish she did; and
B) It is almost delusional to think that endings usually work out like this.
*Super Spoiler Heavy*
A):
- Chris tells Blythe, straight up, that he doesn't want a relationship with anyone, and Blythe seemingly processes this yet somehow feels that, one day, Chris will see the light and be with her. [um, no dear..]
- Blythe takes control of her destiny and tries to pursue Chris by being more forward. (as is her right to take control of her own destiny) Chris, in turn, accepts this unwillingly and then later willingly, but then turns around to promptly ignore her for proportional lengths of time. It seems somewhat clear that Blythe is giving some kind of incentive so that Chris will like her and be with her, as she wants, but Chris feels no incentive to stay. [Blythe never asks herself the fundamental question of "why would I want to be with this guy anyway?"--we as the readers do not know, until the book reminds us that it is because of, oh yeah, their fate/destiny/magical pheromones]
- Blythe states to Chris that she doesn't want a boyfriend because she is too messed up, but yet contradicts this with her actions and internal dialog.
- Blythe sleeps with Chris (her first time, of course) because he is just so so beautiful and because of their *connection*. Blythe says that this was the moment that she fell in love. (Sending the supposed message that sex=love for women? I wish that sex=sex for Blythe, but no)
- Once Chris gets said sex, he promptly cuts and runs, ignoring her some more. [Wasn't their a Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode about this? At least Chris didn't turn into a demon, though]
- Surprise surprise, Chris is involved with someone new...and even gets engaged! Our heroine Blythe gets angry about this and ignores Chris, feels depressed, etc. Why be shocked? He told Blythe that he was unavailable from the beginning. [But, I have to give her a slow clap, as Blythe did appear to walk away....until....]
- She professes that she loves him and that they belong together. Of course, Chris says indirectly he just feels toooo much with her and that's why he must marry someone else. [Excuse me? Run, Blythe. Do not walk. Run away from this sociopath]
- A year passes, but Blythe swears that can be no other except Chris. Chris, meanwhile, is still engaged and getting married. Blythe appears to interpret, through suggestion, that it would be a great idea to crash the wedding. [...I have no words]
But, here is where it gets into fantasy B)
- After crashing the wedding, Blythe comes to find that Chris is not, I repeat, not getting married! That is because the wedding is called off! Why is the wedding not called off? Because Chris saw the light and stopped it?? Nope, he just waited until his fiance stopped it, because at least *she* was smart enough to recognize that Chris was (a sociopath) not in love with her.
- Blythe basically forgives him (or at least enables him) within minutes! After all, no more wedding!
- Added bonus, Chris tells Blythe that, even though he was engaged for more than a year, he did NOT sleep with his fiance! So Chris is joyously unsullied by the new woman and may now resume his relationship with Blythe! (AGAIN with this theme of sex=love?)
-(Emotional unavailability by Chris, rinse and repeat, etc. etc. until....)
- The end! Where Chris FINALLY SEES the light, and he is changed! Blythe changed Chris! He stays with Blythe because he realizes there can be no other.
At the end, I just felt gross...like Chris was this hard-won prize to Blythe, but he was just so awful and manipulative. Was he to be women's ideal?!
The aforementioned sequence of events seems like some sort of perverse wish fulfillment.
People, for the most part, do not change like this. Yet, stories are made that try to convince us that people can, in fact, change like this. All that women have to do is keep pushing and sacrificing themselves, and eventually the men will change. This message is just really wrong.
I'd much rather go back to Flat-out Love, thank you.
47 of 58 people found the following review helpful.
One of the best books of 2013!!!!!
By Jen Literary Gossip
I have been racking my brain for the right words to clearly describe my love for this gut-wrenching, amazing, brilliant novel. I've looked up words in the Thesaurus and still, nothing can quite fit the bill. I can only compare it to the feelings I had when I read Hopeless by Colleen Hoover. I was left feeling overwhelmed by the tragedy these characters faced. My chest ached (I caught myself rubbing my chest to try to alleviate the discomfort quite a few times), my heart hurt and my brain was buzzing with all kinds of emotions. I had this crazy urge to flag people down on the street and tell them to mark their calendars for July 16, 2013 so they can buy this book, because it's going to rock their world. Left Drowning is the perfect combination of angst and sex with a storyline that is gripping, thought-provoking, tortured and dark.
Blythe McGuire breaks my heart. To say she is an emotional wreck is an understatement. Her life was changed forever when a fire took half of her family. I can't even imagine how one would live with a tragedy like that. She drinks to numb herself from the emotional pain she carries around. She's haunted by a brother, who she was once extremely close to, and now isn't. You can feel her desperation in wanting to be forgiven for her actions the night of the fire. Blythe is closed off, shut down and barely functioning when she meets Chris Shepherd. Almost instantly, Blythe feels a connection to Chris that leaves her reeling, wanting more, and suddenly... hopeful. Hopeful that she can pull out of her despair and be normal again. Hopeful that she and Chris can become something more.
Blythe becomes close to Chris and his siblings, since they all attend the same college together. As they become their own little family, Blythe finds herself coming to terms with her past and finally allows herself to begin the grieving process and heal. Chris is instrumental with the healing. He knows just the things to say to allow her to cope and keep moving -
"Blythe." Chris looks around the room as if trying to find a way to convince me. He thinks for a minute. "Your parents died. Your world fell apart."
I nod. He puts his hand on my cheek. "You were left drowning."
I nod again. "And you're struggling to breathe." I am. It's a constant struggle to stay near the surface. I have just enough air to stop me from totally going under, but not enough to thrive.
"So do it. Breathe. Just Breathe."
But Chris Shepherd is just as screwed up as Blythe is, he's just better at hiding it. He's built walls so high even his feelings for Blythe can't get past them. Blythe makes him feel something real, too real. Chris can't deal with anything other than being numb, so he closes himself off from Blythe. Even after a weekend of letting their guards down and really getting to know each other, Chris can't cope. So he runs. And he hides. And he gives Blythe the ultimate slap in the face.
I think it was at this point in the story where the tears flowed almost constantly. I was overcome with such a deep sadness for what Blythe had been through, and yet, I admired her strength and determination to become a new version of herself. Blythe and Chris have a connection that sizzles off the page. You can feel it in your fingertips as you turn the pages. This is one of those books that will stick with you. You'll be talking about it months later and recommending to your friends as a "must read". This book satisfies all your senses and leaves you wanting more. I hope we'll see more of Chris and Blythe.
My rating: 5 heart stopping, gut wrenching, mind-blown stars!
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