Walking on Broken Paths by Amy AislinMy rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟
📖Book Info
Publisher Description
Desperate to escape the pain of his brother’s death, Jesse Melnik ran—but he couldn’t outrun the grief, no matter how much distance he put between himself and his past. Now, after fifteen years of trying, he’s finally ready to face his hometown of Charlottetown again.
He expects the memories of his brother to hover in every corner of his family’s sailboat and whisper in every sea-tinged breeze.
What he doesn’t expect is Parker Willis, the best friend he left behind without a word the day he fled.
And he certainly doesn’t expect old feelings to resurface.
Parker’s been stuck in a rut since his father died three months ago. Every day is the same: try to keep his father’s dinner cruise business afloat so he can chip away at Dad’s debts, all while working a job that leaves him more frustrated than satisfied.
Then Parker’s routine shatters in the best way possible: Jesse Melnik returns to Prince Edward Island for the summer, all six feet three inches of gorgeous hockey player.
Now, that’s different.
Jesse kickstarts Parker’s heart.
Parker makes Jesse feel again.
And although both men are a little bit damaged from struggling down the broken path of loss, maybe—just maybe—if they can lean on each other, they’ll learn to move forward at last.
💭Our Thoughts
"Turns out I like doing this thing called life with you,"
Grab your tissue box 🤧 for this one
Don't worry, there is plenty of laughter to balance the teary moments
Aislin did a wonderful job of tackling the touchy subject of grief
"They were both a little bit broken, weren't they? One didnt cancel the other out. Maybe, just maybe, they softened each other's broken edges."
Both were feeling adrift, looking for an anchor.
Jess had been dealing with, or I should say working on, his grief and guilt far longer than Parker, who had just lost his father.
But time is immaterial when it comes to loss.
Jess still needed to forgive himself for something he had no control over, and for the feelings of abandonment when it came to his family and Parker.
Parker's wounds were fresher, but helping Jess, IMO, helped him as well with accepting what his dad truly would have wanted and knowing in his heart it was okay to let go
"That was life, though, wasn't it? There was beauty in sadness and sadness in beauty."
The connection between these two was easy, flawless
The little hesitations.
The understanding between them - the acceptance
The moments of jealousy, lol.
The healing.
And the chemistry when they both finally capitulated to the inevitable 🔥
"Hey, Mikey."
😢 I loved the little breezes. The possibility.
"Those cracks are what strengthen us and create connections with others. So own the broken parts of you, Jess. Because they are beautiful."
Broken was okay.
Parker wasn't about to let Jess make this a summer thing.
He wanted the whole package, and he was determined to have it.
Highly recommend this one - it will stay with you
Author Website: https://amyaislin.com/
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