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Holding on to Home: Prequel to Finding Home
By junior year, Renee has had enough. High school was supposed to be her time, but between her friends and her family, she cannot seem to find happiness.
Her brother’s dating life has caused her to lose countless friends along the way, and now her own relationship threatens to fall apart. In a matter of months, her soccer-star boyfriend, Wes, is set to graduate and is sure to get a scholarship that will take him hundreds of miles away.
So many changes are on the horizon and Renee feels helpless to stop any of it, wishing everything could just stand still. But with everyone moving on around her, she knows she has important decisions to make. She needs to determine what must be let go, and what she needs to hold on to.
Her brother’s dating life has caused her to lose countless friends along the way, and now her own relationship threatens to fall apart. In a matter of months, her soccer-star boyfriend, Wes, is set to graduate and is sure to get a scholarship that will take him hundreds of miles away.
So many changes are on the horizon and Renee feels helpless to stop any of it, wishing everything could just stand still. But with everyone moving on around her, she knows she has important decisions to make. She needs to determine what must be let go, and what she needs to hold on to.
132 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 22, 2017
About the author
Erin Mahoney
6 books12 followersErin graduated with a degree in dance. She is now using that degree to pass her knowledge onto little dancers. She teaches dance five days a week. In her spare time she loves to write about young adults and the secret, crazy adventures they go through. She is a Boston native but now resides in New Jersey. Her newest novel, Reaching Home, is available now!
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February 9, 2018
I absolutely loved Finding Home by Erin Mahoney, so Holding on to Home was absolutely perfect! I really needed this book!
Holding on to Home is the prequel to Finding Home. I absolutely love prequels and personally really enjoy them. Erin allows the readers to get a better glimpse of Renee so we have a better understanding on why she is how she is. Renee has a lot of problems revolving around her brother Austin, but that is all I can really tell you about that. I do not want to spoil anything for you from either books! This book did answer a few questions I had after reading Finding Home, which was really nice.
Overall, Renee is just trying to grow up and handle college, boyfriends, long distance, friends, betrayals, and brothers. Renee has an amazing man, amazing friends, and a great family! But why isn't that enough? Will she push everyone away? Can her relationships be mended? You guys will have to read Holding on to Home to find out! The ending totally caught me by surprise!
Erin Mahoney is an amazing author! Her words are so relatable and she easily makes me feel as if I am in her stories! I felt like I was one of Renee's bestfriends handling all her drama with her! A reader knows it is a good book when he or she can place themselves in the book. Erin writes about real issues and I feel that is another important thing when you are an author, because readers relate to real. Readers can relate to family, long distance relationships, friends, and just drama in general!
Definitely add this book to your TBR list, along with Finding Home! You won't regret it!
Holding on to Home is the prequel to Finding Home. I absolutely love prequels and personally really enjoy them. Erin allows the readers to get a better glimpse of Renee so we have a better understanding on why she is how she is. Renee has a lot of problems revolving around her brother Austin, but that is all I can really tell you about that. I do not want to spoil anything for you from either books! This book did answer a few questions I had after reading Finding Home, which was really nice.
Overall, Renee is just trying to grow up and handle college, boyfriends, long distance, friends, betrayals, and brothers. Renee has an amazing man, amazing friends, and a great family! But why isn't that enough? Will she push everyone away? Can her relationships be mended? You guys will have to read Holding on to Home to find out! The ending totally caught me by surprise!
Erin Mahoney is an amazing author! Her words are so relatable and she easily makes me feel as if I am in her stories! I felt like I was one of Renee's bestfriends handling all her drama with her! A reader knows it is a good book when he or she can place themselves in the book. Erin writes about real issues and I feel that is another important thing when you are an author, because readers relate to real. Readers can relate to family, long distance relationships, friends, and just drama in general!
Definitely add this book to your TBR list, along with Finding Home! You won't regret it!
July 16, 2018
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I want to give a thanks to Erin Mahoney for sending me a copy in exchange for a review! So sorry it took this long, but I appreciate your patience!
Okay, I hate to say it, but this was not my cup of tea. I just found that this prequel made me really dislike Renee to another extreme. When I was reading her in finding home, she was cool although had her moments, but in this one where it's entirely in her point of view before Kiley shows up, and I just felt like everything was about her.
I think for me what kept me going was that they had discussion of colleges and there actually were so many moments where Austin kind of surprises you with how he responds to the way Renee is acting, and I was totally on his side! The ending was kind of sad, but bittersweet and I actually really enjoyed how it ended! I think that kind of closure is what a lot of people need, and I loved that relationship even if it had issues!
Overall this was an okay read. I hate to say negative things because I know how hard authors work on their books, but I just could not connect with Renee, and I felt like for practically the entire book it was all about her and how much her life "sucked" because of the supposed things her brother does or did. There were some sweet moments that I loved especially the Valentines Dinner that was orchestrated! So cute! But I just didn't love it.
I want to give a thanks to Erin Mahoney for sending me a copy in exchange for a review! So sorry it took this long, but I appreciate your patience!
Okay, I hate to say it, but this was not my cup of tea. I just found that this prequel made me really dislike Renee to another extreme. When I was reading her in finding home, she was cool although had her moments, but in this one where it's entirely in her point of view before Kiley shows up, and I just felt like everything was about her.
I think for me what kept me going was that they had discussion of colleges and there actually were so many moments where Austin kind of surprises you with how he responds to the way Renee is acting, and I was totally on his side! The ending was kind of sad, but bittersweet and I actually really enjoyed how it ended! I think that kind of closure is what a lot of people need, and I loved that relationship even if it had issues!
Overall this was an okay read. I hate to say negative things because I know how hard authors work on their books, but I just could not connect with Renee, and I felt like for practically the entire book it was all about her and how much her life "sucked" because of the supposed things her brother does or did. There were some sweet moments that I loved especially the Valentines Dinner that was orchestrated! So cute! But I just didn't love it.
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