Returning to Paradise
Summary:
This is the sequel to
Leaving Paradise, after 8 months Caleb and Maggie have move on from their
life’s, Maggie has gotten the opportunity to go to Spain to finish high school
and Caleb is no longer with his family
he has move to Chicago leaving Maggie
with a broken heart. But Caleb has gotten himself arrested one more time, this
time he calls his friend Damian to bail him out, as Damian agrees to bail him
out but only for one condition, that was for Caleb to attend a summer trip for
RE-Start Program (This program is where teens who have been in a car accident
go around and talk to one another. Little did he know that Maggie will be
attending the same summer trip, through the time they both had together they
did all that they could to avoid one another but their feeling said something
different. Maggie was determent to help Caleb go back to his family and help
him put a bandage on his pass. After a couple of week of being together in the
summer trip, Caleb find out that after this Maggie would be leaving to Spain To
finish up her Senior year of high school over there, that got Caleb catching
old feeling sparking up wanting something to happen between them two and they
both know that their families would not allow it nor the law. They are both
still in the Re-Start Program but it would be last day for the summer trip and
as that would be the last time they would see each other they said their good
byes. Caleb has realize how he needs to start his life again so he decided to
give his family a second chance so he did but his family was not the same no
more it was like it has been broken. Everything that Caleb has seen was a bit
to much for him so he decide to go get something to eat little did he see
Maggie on a date with another guy and immediately gets jealous, so he when the
next day to Maggie’s house and tells Maggie how he feels about her and pours
out the biggest secret of his life of what really happen that night of the
accident. When Maggie finally know the true she is move by this and saw that
Caleb had nothing to do with her accident but the sister did, and that left
Maggie with an opportunity to explain what happen to her family so Caleb and
Maggie can be together without anyone to judge him. Even though Maggie is still
leaving to Spain thy date till the last day
that Maggie has to leave to Spain, Caleb has not move on but Maggie has
date it people over their but still in love with Caleb, soon after she has
finish her school year in Spain she come back to Caleb and they both leave
happily ever after.
Author: Simone Elkeles
Publisher: Flux, Sep 10, 2010
Edition/Format: 
book_printbook :
Fiction : Secondary (senior high) school : English : 1st edView
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book_printbook :
Fiction : Secondary (senior high) school : English : 1st edView
all editions and formats
Database: WorldCat
My impression of the book:
I really did not like the book because is a back to back
novel and there too much going on in one book, their also too much drama more
than Leaving Paradise, and is not that exiting as the first on that keeps you
trill and wanting to read more. This one is just like giving u everything
without the trill and the story is too predictable.
Reviews:
Format: Paperback
If you've been a long time follower of my blog (or reviews) you
might remember my gushing one for Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles- an author
who has yet to disappoint me in any way- so as you can imagine when I received
the sequel to that oh-so-yummy-and-addicting novel, I was just a bit
squeal-happy. Well, maybe just a lot more than just a bit, but anyhow, as I was
soon to find out, Return to Paradise was definitely worth the wait. Because not
only was it better than its prequel (which I didn't think could happen), it was
nothing short of amazing/rock-my-socks-off fantastic!!
As the reader begins Return to Paradise it's been eight months since Caleb left, taking not only Maggie's heart with him but his dark secret about what really happened the night he was arrested and Maggie was left disabled and abandoned in the middle of the street alone. And while each of them still wants and misses each other more than ever, they've moved on with their lives the best they could. Maggie finished high school and is going to Spain in a few months, and Caleb has been in Chicago trying to make enough to support himself on. Though, as it turns out, fate isn't done with them yet, as they are soon to learn when they find themselves together on summer trip with four other teens that have also been affected by drunk driving. Together again they find themselves torn between the what-ifs: what if they got back together, what if Caleb finally admit what truly happened that night, and a star crossed romance that would make almost any teen girl (or even boy) swoon.
As the reader begins Return to Paradise it's been eight months since Caleb left, taking not only Maggie's heart with him but his dark secret about what really happened the night he was arrested and Maggie was left disabled and abandoned in the middle of the street alone. And while each of them still wants and misses each other more than ever, they've moved on with their lives the best they could. Maggie finished high school and is going to Spain in a few months, and Caleb has been in Chicago trying to make enough to support himself on. Though, as it turns out, fate isn't done with them yet, as they are soon to learn when they find themselves together on summer trip with four other teens that have also been affected by drunk driving. Together again they find themselves torn between the what-ifs: what if they got back together, what if Caleb finally admit what truly happened that night, and a star crossed romance that would make almost any teen girl (or even boy) swoon.
Format: Paperback
My Thoughts: I know I'm going to have a hard time writing this
review. I just finished Leaving Paradise a few days ago and I had the chance to
read Return To Paradise. Return to Paradise finishes up the storyline where
Leaving Paradise stopped. We are reunited with Maggie and Caleb and I fell just
in love with Caleb all over again. There is just something about him that truly
amazes me. He acts tough on the outside but Caleb is truly Maggie's soulmate!
It's been 7 months since they last saw each other. A lot has changed in those 7
months. Maggie is a stronger person. She is friends with Caleb's sister again.
Caleb has been busted for living in a drug house. He hasn't touched the stuff
but he had to have a roof over his head somehow. But fate brings them together
once again. Caleb and Maggie are once again in a situation where they have to
be around each other. This time it is for the RE-Start Program. It is basically
a program where teens who have been in car accidents go around and talk to
other teens in juvenile detention facilities, etc. I also really liked all the
side characters such as Lenny and Matt. They helped the storyline a lot. I
enjoyed reading more about Maggie and Caleb and I liked seeing where the
relationship went. I loved the scene where Maggie and Caleb were in bunks
across from each other. This book is also told in both perspectives again,
which I really liked. All the feelings Caleb and Maggie have been holding
inside start to come to the surface and things finally start to be out in the
open. This was a delight to read!
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