Review: What I Didn't Say by Keary Taylor

What I Didn't Say
Keary Taylor
Publication date: April 30th 2012 by Createspace
Rating: 3 stars

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Getting drunk homecoming night your senior year is never a good idea, but Jake Hayes never expected it all to end with a car crash and a t-post embedded in his throat. 

His biggest regret about it all? What he never said to Samantha Shay. He's been in love with her for years and never had the guts to tell her. Now it's too late. Because after that night, Jake will never be able to talk again.

When Jake returns to his small island home, population 5,000, he'll have to learn how to deal with being mute. He also finds that his family isn't limited to his six brothers and sisters, that sometimes an entire island is watching out for you. And when he gets the chance to spend more time with Samantha, she'll help him learn that not being able to talk isn’t the worst thing that could ever happen to you. Maybe, if she'll let him, Jake will finally tell her what he didn't say before, even if he can't actually say it.

I have to say I was expecting more from this book.

As soon as I started reading it I knew it would be a sad one, and I was right. Reading about Jake having to learn how to live without being able to speak because of a stupid mistake he and his friends made made my heart ache. But then it gave me all kinds of warms feelings when he decided he wouldn't let this destroy him.

What I had a problem with was Sam and her situation. I can't really pinpoint what didn't sit well with me, but the whole deal with what happened to her and no one even realizing what was happening until Jake finds out was just... I don't know... It was iffy.

The end also felt a little bit confusing and too rushed compared to the pace of the rest of the story, but overall I quite enjoyed reading it.