Until Friday Night

By: Abbi Glines

Narrated by: Olivia Song, Sebastian York

A #1 New York Times bestseller

A football star and the quiet new girl at school bond over family troubles in the first novel in a series from bestselling author Abbi Glines about a small Southern town filled with cute boys in pickup trucks, Friday night football games, and crazy parties that stir up some major drama.

To everyone who knows him, West Ashby has always been that guy: the cocky, popular, way-too-handsome-for-his-own-good football god who led Lawton High to the state championships. But while West may be Big Man on Campus on the outside, on the inside he’s battling the grief that comes with watching his father slowly die of cancer.

Two years ago, Maggie Carleton’s life fell apart when her father murdered her mother. And after she told the police what happened, she stopped speaking and hasn’t spoken since. Even the move to Lawton, Alabama, couldn’t draw Maggie back out. So she stayed quiet, keeping her sorrow and her fractured heart hidden away.

As West’s pain becomes too much to handle, he knows he needs to talk to someone about his father—so in the dark shadows of a post-game party, he opens up to the one girl who he knows won’t tell anyone else.

West expected that talking about his dad would bring some relief, or at least a flood of emotions he couldn’t control. But he never expected the quiet new girl to reply, to reveal a pain even deeper than his own—or for them to form a connection so strong that he couldn’t ever let her go…

Sweet high school romance

Chapters were pretty short., but it was an enjoyable read. I think the story should have been developed more thoroughly and this would have made it a 5 star book.

Lots of introspection

This is a romance between high school students who are dealing with serious, very adult problems. Although the main characters are having difficulty dealing with their individual issues, the romance itself has little conflict. The story moves slowly with lots of introspection. There are no explicit sex scenes but there are references to lots of sexual activity among students. The characters seem older than their years, making it seem that the teen-agers are finding their one true love while still in high school. The story held my interest, although I wanted it to move along at times. A few loose ends lead me to believe there will be other books in the series.

Cute and Emotional

This was a cute and emotional story. Definitely enjoyed listening to this. I was captured from the beginning. I went through all the feelings and was left with a happy heart.

Great!

Abbi is a great narrator. The story was sweet, and surprisingly deep. Was a good buy!

Not New Adult

More like Young Adult. More immature than Abbi Glines other books. But still with quite enjoyable characters.