The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden by Jessica SorensenMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I actually purchased and read this book a while ago and have yet to be able to get it out of my mind.
In the Prologue, at her mother's insistance, Callie has to go into a house party to get her brother. To avoid as many people as possible, who think of her as a freak, she walks around the perimeter of the home only to witness the town jock and quarterback being intimidated and then beaten by his coach father. In a split second decision, Callie interrupts the beating telling Kayden's father that someone is looking for him.
Kayden at first doesn't recognize the girl all in black with hair in her face. But after she helps him up and helps him clean himself up, he remembers her. But she takes off.
The next time Callie and Kayden literally run into each other is the first week of fall semester for Kayden. Callie's been there for the summer and has a new best friend, Seth. Kayden has a football scholarship and his best friend Luke has joined him.
During the summer session, Callie and Seth have told each other about their lives back home. They've bonded over some of the damaging things that have made them who they are. But there are still something Callie can't talk about. She's come out of her shell a lot and is almost unrecognizable to Kayden.
Callie, Kayden, Seth and Luke start spending a lot of time together. Callie and Kayden become really good and unlikely friends. Kayden knows something happened to Callie, but isn't exactly sure what, so he does everything he can to go slow with her. He really wants her to go home with him for the Christmas break. Callie hadn't planned on going home, but decides at the last minute to go.
But when they are home, Kayden views Callie's reaction to her bother's childhood best friend who shows up at the last minute to stay with the family and he knows what happend to her. He can't control his anger and later that evening attacks Caleb.
When Kayden is arrested, his father picks him up. They get into a fight, which turns deadly because Kayden doesn't back down anymore. His father fatally stabs him and leave him for dead. Luke picks Callie up the nex morning as she's been waiting for him to come back. they find him on the kitchen floor of his house in a pool of his own blood.
While I understand Callie's need to keep what happened to her secret, because she was a kid and never knew how to handle it. I can't excuse her parents for not understanding that the major change their child went through was the result of something major that happened to her. It angers me that they were so selfish and self involved that they didn't delve further into her change in behavior.
It also infuriates me that Kayden's brother's knowingly left him to his father's devices. I get that they were abused and wanted to get out as quickly as they possibly could, but where their abuse was spread amongst them, they left him there alone and should have known what would happen to him. The fact that no one came back to help him get out of there is the worst thing ever.
I love their love story. I love how they come together in the flowering of their independence for the place and people who caused their hurt and pain. It's a beautiful story and I have told everyone I know to read it.
I'm waiting with baited breath for the next installment. When the second book publishing date got pushed, it hurt my heart.
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