Summary from Goodreads:
Brogen Mathers can’t deal with teen drama…
As an empath, she is constantly
bombarded with other people’s energies. Despite coping techniques taught by her
psychologist mother, it’s often too much to bear, forcing her to avoid most
activities a typical high school junior would enjoy.
Jay Wilken won’t let his past
define him…
A dead mother and an alcoholic
father brought Jay to Stanton, but he doesn’t want pity. His good looks,
charisma, and friendly nature quickly win over the whole student body, but he
has his eye on one girl…Brogen.
Brogen can’t believe anyone
could be so genuinely nice. It has to be an act, right? But when Jay literally
saves her from deadly jaws, she has to admit he’s exactly what he appears, and
he’s worth risking the potential emotional upheaval.
“Drama” might as well be Becca
Grant’s middle name…
Another newcomer to Stanton,
Becca’s blonde beauty and abundant attitude shoots her straight to the top of
the popularity charts—and she believes Jay belongs right there beside her.
Accustomed to getting exactly what she wants, she launches a relentless
mean-girl campaign to shake up Brogen and claim Jay for her own.
Everything changes with a
devastating diagnosis…
When Jay learns he has a rare
and potentially fatal disorder, he keeps it secret and begins to push Brogen
away to spare her future pain—which is exactly the sort of opening Becca is
waiting for.
As Jay’s well-meaning deception
unravels,
Brogen realizes there is much
more than her heart at stake…
But how far is she willing to
go to fight for someone she loves?
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my honest opinion.
Brogen is a teenage girl who is an empath and still in
high school. Brogen has had a hard time of dealing with being an empath as her
abilities are very strong. But she is a lucky girl having a mom that is an
empath too and has been a big help to her by trying to teach her how to deal
with what she feels from others. She also has this best friend for most of her
life who accepts her she the way she is. Meg is a very good person and has
stood by Brogen for many years. Actually Meg is one of the few people that
Brogen has let into her life.
Brogen is just starting a new year at school and only
has two years left before graduating and she can’t wait. With the new year
starting up they get two new students in their class. One is a guy, Jay who is
very good looking and all of the girls want him for their selves especially the
other new student who just happens to be a girl, Becca thinks she is the QUEEN
of the whole school or the whole town for that matter. And guess what yeah you
guessed it she wants Jay all for herself and is determined to get him no matter
what it takes. But Jay only has eyes for one girl and that is Brogen.
Brogen can’t believe that he likes at all much less
has chosen her over the QUEEN Becca. But to Jay Brogen is the QUEEN and not
Becca. But with Becca doing everything she can to get him Brogen may end up
with a broken heart. She is not use to fight for want she wants. She usually
just sits back and lets everyone have want they want without interfering. Brogen
hates drama and being the center of attention unlike Becca who loves it and
would just rather let everyone have whatever it is they want. But this time
just may be a different story after she meets Jay one night when she is out for
a run and is attached by a rabid dog and Jay comes to her rescue. Jay and
Brogen have a connection after that night.
Jay is new in town and is living with his cousin
because his father is having problems with a bottle and is getting help for it.
Jay lost his mother not long ago and this has been his father’s way of dealing
with it. But Jay is trying to deal with everything and get on with his life the
best way he knows how. Now he has met a new girl who he cares about a lot and
who cares about him too. But when Jay finds out some devastating news about
himself he starts to push Brogen away and she doesn’t understand what is going
on. Why is he all of a sudden pushing her away? Jay doesn’t have a selfish bone
in his body. It breaks his heart to push Brogen away but he doesn’t want to get
so involved with her that he breaks her heart as well. But just maybe that
should be Brogen choice and not his.
Rarity touched me way more than I ever thought it
would when I read the summary. I knew when I read it that I just had to read it.
While reading Rarity I cried a lot and it was ugly as they say. I cried just
about the whole time I was reading it. I felt so much for both Jay and Brogen
but I can really and truly relate to Brogen on more than one level. But the
main one is that I know what it is like to love someone who has problems like
Jay but they are different.
I love D.A. Roach’s writing style. I love how she can
make you see the world that she has written through the eyes of the characters.
You get so lost in the story that you feel like it is more than watching a
movie. She makes you feel like you are a character in Rarity like you are standing
on the side lines watching what is going on and feel what the characters are
feeling. At times I cried and laughed all at the same time. I cried because I
felt happy, I cried because I felt sadness and hurt. I don’t guess I have to
tell you I really and truly loved Rarity and can’t wait to check out more of
D.A.’s work.
About the Author:
D.A. Roach has been telling stories
since she was a young girl in the suburbs of Chicago. In college she met the man of her dreams, her happily ever after, and married him 2
weeks after graduating. They have 3 kids together and a pet cockatiel named
Gimli. D.A. did not find a love for books until after college. Her parents were
immigrants from Lithuania and found tv and radio easier ways to hear stories so
they did not do much reading or encourage it. But once she finished college and
D.A. had free time, she discovered how amazing it was to get lost in a story.
D.A. is a full time mom and wife. When she
is not doing domestic things (laundry, bills, etc) she is writing, reading,
creating mixed media art, and helping beautify her kids’ school landscape. Oh,
and she is ALWAYS listening to music. Her favorite authors include Rebecca
Donovan, Richelle Mead, Larissa Ione, Stephanie Meyer, E.L. James, and Sylvia
Day. Reading great works from authors like these has motivated D.A. to write
her own stories. She hopes to make positive changes in the world with her art
and writing.
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating
yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw
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