Review: Tidal by Emily Snow

Tidal
Emily Snow
Publication date: December 14th 2012
Rating: 4 stars

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Now that Willow Avery is out of rehab, she's got one chance left to prove herself before she’s officially on every producer’s shit list. At least, that's what her parents and agent are claiming. She doesn't really give a damn if she never makes another movie or not—she just wants to get on with her life, get back to her friends, and find her next escape. But Willow is broke. And whether she likes it or not, acting is the only job she knows how to do.

When she accepts the lead in a beach drama, Willow finds herself in Hawaii. And in Hawaii, she finds Cooper, the gorgeous surfer hired to train her for her new role. With the bluest eyes she’s ever seen and the sexiest Australian accent she’s ever heard, Cooper’s different from the men she’s used to. He doesn’t want to use her. And he refuses to let her fail. But when an old friend re-enters Willow’s life—a friend whose toxicity she’s been drawn to time and time before and whose presence brings about the painful memories she's tried so hard to suppress—Willow will have to choose between the girl she was and the person she’s becoming. The lifestyle that helps her forget the pain and the guy she’s falling hard for.

It took me a while to really get into the story - Willow was a little hard to like and relate to at the beginning -, but halfway through it it hooked me and I couldn't put the book down.

A big part of the plot is Willow's relationship with pills, how she hit rock bottom, and if she's going to be able to keep herself clean now that she's out of rehab. Reading about her struggling with her addiction and learning that she's stronger than she realizes it was great, and once the author hinted about what made Willow turn to drugs I couldn't stop reading. I needed to know what happened, and things just got so much more interesting.

The way Cooper relates to it all was icing on the cake for me. He calls Willow on her shit and helps her deal with what she's going through. And we actually find out that the reason he does it might be a little more personal than we all thought.

The end was also all kinds of amazing and sad, and I might have shed a tear or two. It was a great book.