The story
of Penn and Harper is one that can and will easily stick with me. Through to You by Lauren Barnholdt is short, sweet and simply
delightful.
It starts with a scribbled note in class: I like your sparkle. Harper had
casually threaded a piece of blue and silver tinsel through her ponytail in
honor of school spirit day. And that carefree, corny gesture is what grabs Penn
Mattingly’s eye. Penn—resident heartbreaker of the senior class. Reliably
unreliable. Trouble with a capital “T.” And okay, smolderingly sexy.
Harper’s surprised by Penn’s
attention—and so is Penn. The last thing he needs is a girlfriend. Or even a
friend-with-benefits. The note is not supposed to lead to anything.
Oh, but it does. They hang
out. They have fun. They talk. They make out. And after a while, it seems like
they just click. But Penn and Harper have very different ideas about what
relationships look like, in no small part because of their very different
family backgrounds. Of course they could talk about these differences—if Penn
knew how to talk about feelings.
Harper and Penn understand
their attraction is illogical, yet something keeps pulling them together. It’s
like a crazy roller coaster—exhilarating, terrifying, and amazing all at once.
And neither knows how to stop the ride…
