Thursday, December 26, 2013

Release Day Blitz for Always You by Missy Johnson


 
 
I was thrilled when I was offered a graduate teaching position at the prestigious Tennerson Girls Academy. At twenty-three, this would be my first ‘real’ teaching assignment. Working at the elite boarding school, home to the daughters of some of the wealthiest people in the world, was a great opportunity that I would’ve been stupid to pass up.

One week into my new job, and I suddenly had no idea why I chose high school…I was a seventeen year old boy once, I knew how teenage girls behaved.

You can’t even imagine the hell of trying to teach thirty, hormonal driven seventeen year olds who have been cooped up, away from any male contact.

I could handle the whispers every time I entered the room. I could even handle the obvious attempts at gaining my attention. What I couldn’t handle was her…

Rich bitches and way too many rules. Was it any wonder that I hated school?

Add to that the lack of male contact, and I was going insane. Like literally. I wasn’t used to this. A year ago I was normal. I had a boyfriend, friends and a loving family. There is nothing normal about me anymore, and nobody here lets me forget that.

My name is Wrenn, and I’m only here because my aunt took me in after what happened, but my aunt also happens to be the headmistress of this academy…Can you see my problem?

I’m hated for my lack of money, and I’m hated for who my Aunt is.

Then he arrived. Dalton Reed. My new history teacher.

Slowly, he helped me see that even in the worst situations, there is always hope.
 
 

WOW!! This book was amazing!!  I have read a lot of books this year and this one is now one of my favorites.   Always You is Wrenn and Dalton's story.  It is told through both Wrenn and Dalton's POV.  Wrenn has been through a lot in her life.  When she meets Dalton she is living with her Aunt and is an eighteen year high school senior at Tennerson Girls Academy.  Dalton is a twenty three year old recent college graduate.  Dalton is Wrenn's temporary History teacher.
Wrenn and Dalton try fighting their feelings for each other but some things just can't be fought.  Teacher/ Student relationships are kind of a taboo topic but it didn't feel wrong in this story.  Missy Johnson does such a wonderful job writing the story so that nothing about Dalton and Wrenn's relationship seemed wrong. 
The story also has more than a teacher/ student romance.  Dalton's father passed away from a terminal disease that can be passed down to his children.  Dalton initially reuses to have the tests to determine if he has it.  We are not told right away what the disease is and that kept me guessing as to what it was. 
Always You is a great story.   It is a definite must read!
5 Amazeballs Stars!






 
Missy lives in a small town in Central Victoria with her husband, and her confused pets (a dog who think she's a cat, a cat who thinks he's a dog...you get the picture).

When she's not writing, she can usually be found looking for something to read.


 

 
 
 
 

 
 



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