Eighteen at Last (Wilson Mooney #2)
Gretchen de la O
November 3, 2012
Chained by unfortunate timing and restricted by society’s expectations, every choice Wilson and Max make becomes pivotal to their future together.
Eager to take their relationship to the next level, Wilson returns to Aspen with Max to celebrate her eighteenth birthday. When an uncontrollable situation leads to a split-second decision, both will be tested like never before. Butterflies will soar, hearts will clash, and Wilson’s relationship with Max will spin into a silken cocoon with choices that seem too impossible to overcome.
Could it be…uncovering the deep ache that lays dormant in their hearts will become the real threat to their forbidden love? Or will the pressures of keeping their relationship a secret be too much to bear?
Wilson is finally eighteen, you would think it’d solve a lot of issues, but no. Max is still her teacher and she’s still crushing, hard. Luckily, he’s crushing just as hard back on her. He decides to surprise her with a trip to Aspen for her birthday, it being the first year with out her grandparents and being born on Christmas is hard. Luck seems to be on her side since the Goldstein’s are Jewish, so her birthday is just hers.
The Goldstein family welcomes Wilson with open arms, trying to make this the best birthday yet, Max takes her downtown to see the 12 days of Aspen even though he’s Jewish and doesn’t celebrate Christmas. When they get back to his house, it’s time for what they’ve been waiting for. Wilson is now 18, even though she’s still his student, she’s at the legal age of consent they can finally go all the way. Or so we thought. Something terrible happens to the Goldstein family and unfortunately Wilson is shut out in a way.
My heart aches for Wilson after something else happens, it’s like this girl can’t catch a break. I want to wrap her up in a blanket and just rock back and forth with her. So many bad events happen in Wilson’s life, that it feels like there’s never any good happening to her, but she has so much good in her life, she just needs to try and look past the bad and I know that’s really difficult to do when you’re just barely 18 years old and you’ve had bad things happening for so long.
Gretchen enjoys self-publishing her work and is truly learning to let go with every curve and bump in the creative process. Gretchen enjoys writing about first loves and first times, in the first person. She is a firm believer that anything is possible if you set your mind to it; and what you expect out of life, always finds a way of showing up.
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