Kill Devil Hills by Sarah Darlington Review

4.5 Smooches!

Synopsis

He’s twenty-four. She’s eighteen.

His life is exactly the way he’s always wanted it to be…stable.
She’s quite possibly the very definition of unstable.

Noah saved her.
Georgina never wanted to be saved.

Growing up, Noah Clark was passed from one relative to the next until he finally ended up living with his abusive, alcoholic uncle in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Thanks in part to the unwavering love and support of his best friend, Ellie Turner, Noah survived those years, escaped his uncle, and grew into the man he is today. Now he runs his own business and lives a pretty normal, no-nonsense life—one where he maintains a high level of control.

Georgina is Ellie’s younger sister. Four months ago, Noah saved Georgie’s life, but he thought that was where his involvement with his friend’s sister would end. Now Georgie has returned home from the recovery facility her parents sent her away to and Noah, still haunted by the night that connects them, can’t stop himself from continuously trying to protect this girl he barely knows. But is he willing to give up all of the control he’s worked so hard to build in his life and risk everything for her? Even more importantly, would she do the same for him?

Review

This book follows Noah and Georgina as they try and navigate their way through life while fighting the things that are trying to pull them under. Georgina is hit with a tragedy that causes her to fall on a downward spiral, we get a quick glimpse into this at the start of the book. Noah who is her sister’s best friend becomes the hero to Georgina, he becomes a person that she feels safe with. Noah is fighting his own past and also his need for control.

Georgina at the beginning of the book takes drastic measures to escape the feelings that she is having, but luckily for her Noah is there is help her. 4 months later, after some much needed personal time, Georgina comes home. She is trying to move on from what happened but it seems the only people that are willing to treat her normally and not like some fragile little girl are Noah and her older sister Ellie.

Noah has had his head all over the place in the 4 months that Georgina is away, he can’t stop thinking about her and is unsure why these feelings seem to have surfaced. He is glad he was there the night tragedy struck but he is also unsure of how to be around her because of the pull he feels towards her.

Noah and Georgina have a weird sort of comfort, safe relationship when she first returns as they seem to both get something from the other. Noah gets sleep and his nightmares erased and for Georgina she gets comfort and to feel safe. The relationship soon develops into friends and then more. We get to read as the relationship between these two grows into something so much more and also something that both of them deserve. The issues they have are soon worked through and the only thing they have to do it is finally admit they both deserve, they are both amazing people who together are better.

Noah is a person that needs complete control in his life as he never had it in the past. “I’d risk it all for this girl. Give up all the control in my life for her. And it was as simple as that.” Georgina just needs to feel like being saved was the right thing. “Seriously, Noah. You’re worth living for.”

This is such a fantastic read, and once I started it I couldn’t out it down. I wanted to know what happened with Noah and Georgina. Well done Sarah Darlington on a fantastic read.

“The circumstances of us coming together weren’t ideal – I didn’t care.”

Stacey

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