I don't have enough fingers to list the reasons why, but friends and family showing concern is a big one. On the other hand, Reena shouldn't have gotten involved with Sawyer. It was selfish and impulsive on his part. I understand now why he left, but I really wish he had never gotten involved with Reena. His life is lacking substance, so he seems to just float from one place to the next. He was a troubled teen with parental problems (that are never really explained), and he also struggles with addiction. I didn't love Sawyer, but I don't think I was supposed to either. I could look at some of her choices and think about how I would do things differently, but that's because I've already lived through that part of my life and learned from my mistakes. She was a young adult trying to find herself, and mistakes are a part of the process. I didn't always agree with Reena or her decisions, but I did understand them. Obviously, we know Reena ended up pregnant and had a baby, but we simultaneously get to see what her life is like now, and the events that led up to that world-changing moment. I loved the alternating chapters! The before and after really helped shaped the overall story. I feel like I've lived Reena's entire life! The audiobook wasn't any longer than others I've listened to, but it still felt like I grew up with her. In this breathtaking debut, Katie Cotugno weaves together the story of one couple falling in love-twice.

After everything that's happened, can Reena really let herself love Sawyer LeGrande again? Reena doesn't want anything to do with him, though she'd be lying if she said Sawyer's being back wasn't stirring something in her. But just as swiftly and suddenly as he disappeared, Sawyer turns up again. Reena's gotten used to being without Sawyer, and she's finally getting the hang of this strange, unexpected life. But then Sawyer disappears from their humid Florida town without a word, leaving a devastated-and pregnant-Reena behind.Īlmost three years have passed, and there's a new love in Reena's life: her daughter, Hannah. Reena and Sawyer fall in messy, complicated love. But he's never seemed to notice that Reena even exists until one day, impossibly, he does. Reena Montero has loved Sawyer LeGrande for as long as she can remember: as natural as breathing, as endless as time.

How to love by katie cotugno