Waves of Sunday #80

Welcome to our weekly edition of Waves of Sunday where each Sunday we spotlight a book that has been making waves in the book scene or has simply caught our attention causing a riptide on our TBR.

Today we are spotlighting:

Kick Push (Kick Push #1) by Jay McLean

Published August 4th 2015 

There’s a single defining moment within every skater.

It lasts only a second. Two if you're good.

Three if you’re really good.

It’s the moment you’re in the air, your board somewhere beneath you, and nothing but wind surrounds you.

It’s the feeling of being airborne.

The sixteen-year-old version of me would’ve said it was the greatest feeling in the world.

Then at seventeen, I had my son.

And every single second became a defining moment. Even the ones that consisted of heartbreak when his mother left us.

Seventeen. Single. Dad.

That’s what my life became.

Yet, every day, I managed to find that feeling of being airborne.

Or at least I convinced myself I did.

But I lied—to myself and to everyone around me.

Until she showed up; Tanned skin, raven dark hair, and eyes the color of emeralds.

You know what sucks about being in the air?

Coming down from the high.

Sometimes you land on the board and nail the trick.

Then kick, push, and coast away.

Other times you fall.

You fall hard.

And those are the times when it’s not as easy to get back up, dust off your pads and try again.

Especially when the girl with the emerald eyes becomes your drug...

And you become her poison.

Arlene's Thoughts

I have a few of Jay McLean's books on my TBR, but there's something about Kick Push, that I feel might finally get me to pick up one of her novels. The premise of the story sounds promising, and I'm in the mood for something different.  Josh being a single dad at seventeen sounds like he has a long journey ahead of him to make sure he raises his son right. Well immediately off the bat, I'm in his corner and I can't wait to read how his journey unfolds.  Sounds like my type of read!