I love everything Jeff Zentner writes and this is no exception!! Colton Gentry is a country music star who is dealing with the death of his best friend due to gun violence and is struggling with addiction. He loses everything when he takes a stand against guns at his concert. Throughout the novel Zentner flashes back to Colton’s high school days as a football star who falls in love with Luann, who is fiercely independent and artistic. Their relationship ends before Luann leaves for college.

After losing everything, Colton returns to his hometown to rebuild his life slowly and discovers Luann has also returned home. One of my favorite things about Zentner is how he develops and writes his characters, showing how they struggle and grow and fall and get back up again and fall again and help each other back up again.

One of my favorite books this summer!