Title: Unlit Star
Author: Lindy Zart
Release Day: August 20, 2014
Genre: New Adult & College
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We are not guaranteed anything, not even this life.
Rivers Young is the popular guy untouchable by reality. He is like a star—bright, consuming, otherworldly. The thing about stars, though, is that they eventually fall, and he is no different.
He falls far and he falls hard.
Delilah Bana is the outcast enshrouded in all of life's ironies. Alone, in the dark, like dusk as it falls on the world. When Rivers hits the ground, she is the night that catches him. In the darkness, they meld into something beautiful that shines like the sun.
Only, the greater the star is, the shorter its lifespan.
"I'm funnier," I say, poking his stomach. A tiny light blinks above his shoulder and I grab his arms and whirl him around.
"Look! It's a lightning bug." I bounce on the balls of my feet. He looks over his shoulder at me. "You act like you've never seen one before." "I love lightning bugs," I breathe. "I used to spend hours every summer catching and releasing them." "Like a true fisherman of bugs." I squint my eyes at him. "Come on—let's catch some." Without waiting for his answer, I skip forward, turning in a circle as I catch blips of glowing orbs in that magical time between partial dark and full. I spy one in the grass by my feet and reach a hand down, holding still as the bug lands on my fingers.
"Go on, little buggy, go home before the storm comes." It flies away, lighting up as it goes, and I smile as I straighten.
His breath tickles the side of my neck as he says, "You are the sweetest version of quirky I have ever had the pleasure of seeing in motion."
I laugh softly. "Thank you. Glad you got to see me in action."
He wraps his arms around my midsection and rests his chin on my shoulder. "Don't ever change."
"I do what I want," I say, just to say it.
Rivers' hold tightens. "That's the exact thing I don't want to ever change about you."
"You could always come work at the flower shop with me. I'm sure your flower arrangements would be extraordinary."
"You're really not as funny as you think you are, you know that?""I'm funnier," I say, poking his stomach. A tiny light blinks above his shoulder and I grab his arms and whirl him around.
"Look! It's a lightning bug." I bounce on the balls of my feet. He looks over his shoulder at me. "You act like you've never seen one before." "I love lightning bugs," I breathe. "I used to spend hours every summer catching and releasing them." "Like a true fisherman of bugs." I squint my eyes at him. "Come on—let's catch some." Without waiting for his answer, I skip forward, turning in a circle as I catch blips of glowing orbs in that magical time between partial dark and full. I spy one in the grass by my feet and reach a hand down, holding still as the bug lands on my fingers.
"Go on, little buggy, go home before the storm comes." It flies away, lighting up as it goes, and I smile as I straighten.
His breath tickles the side of my neck as he says, "You are the sweetest version of quirky I have ever had the pleasure of seeing in motion."
I laugh softly. "Thank you. Glad you got to see me in action."
He wraps his arms around my midsection and rests his chin on my shoulder. "Don't ever change."
"I do what I want," I say, just to say it.
Rivers' hold tightens. "That's the exact thing I don't want to ever change about you."
OMG - I was still crying while I wrote this.
Delilah and Rivers were classmates in high school, but by no means were they friends. There was a horrible accident and the golden boy was traumatically injured. Overly independent Delilah, who was valedictorian of her class, is saving money for an after summer trip-by-rail, so she goes to work as a fill in maid for Rivers' family while theirs in on vacation. Due do an impending death in their family, his parents are called away and ask Delilah to stay at the house to make sure that their traumatized son has someone to watch over him in their absence.
What follows is one of the most endearing, uplifting, horrifying, sad, and yet beautiful story I've read in a very long time. This is a book about living and loving without regret, without fear, and with your complete heart and soul - each day, each moment, each breath should always be lived to its very fullest.
Lindy Zart has been writing since she was a child. Luckily for readers, her writing has improved since then. She lives in Wisconsin with her husband, two sons, and one cat. Lindy loves hearing from people who enjoy her work.
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