Review: You Are The Everything

You Are The Everything by Karen Rivers
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Elyse Schmidt has had a crush on Josh Harris since the 4th grade. On their way back from Paris after a high school band competition, she has the luck to be sitting beside him on the last row on the plane. Elyse and her friend Kath had a fight and Kath gave her seat to Josh Harris so she would not sit with Elyse on the plane. Josh is fast asleep, but it does not stop Elyse to fantasize about how it would be if they were dating. She is drawing all kinds of life events where she and Josh are a couple. Suddenly, turbulence starts, the plane tilts, and soon everything is chaos and panic. Elyse realises that they are about to crash. Soon after impact, she is hurt, and she knows that she must escape if she wants to survive. She escapes the plane and rolls down a hill hurting all over. She eventually stops against someone and she knows that it is Josh Harris. He is breathing. The plane explodes and Elyse realises that they are the only two survivors.

After months of rehab, Elyse and Josh are now in love and move with their family to Wyoming to get away from all the publicity surrounding them. The story follows Elyse’s life as she struggles with memory issues, loving Josh, and coming to terms with the loss of her best friend, Kath. Elyse struggles and she has memory gaps which bring doubt to what is real and what is not.

This book is a big surprise. It is beautifully written and moving.

🙋🏼‍♀️ Thank you Thomas Allen and Son for sending me a final copy of this emotional book. You are the Everything by Karen Rivers will be available at your favourite bookstore on October 29, 2019.

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