They were met by so many obstacles in their new lives, and the reprieves they did receive never felt long enough. And so many of those didn’t come easily to them. Not only did Anna view TJ as a 16 year old kid, but their most pressing matters were food, water and shelter. While Anna was 30 and TJ was almost 17, romance and love was the furthest thing from their minds. They found themselves on a deserted island, in the Maldives, with challenges at every turn. While on their way to TJs family’s vacation spot, their pilot had a heart attack and they crashlanded in shark infested waters. But both of their summers took a turn that no one saw coming. I gave in to the pull of sleep and the escape it offered, but seconds before I drifted off completely, I could have sworn T.J.’s lips brushed mine in the sweetest and softest of kisses.Īnna was hired to spend the summer tutoring TJ, to get him caught up in his school work, since he had just beaten cancer. Nonetheless, On the Island was a fast-paced story that kept me entertained and had me swooning over TJ. But then again, I wasn’t able to fall head over heels in love with the story. I was nervous that it would affect my attachment to TJ and Anna, but luckily it didn’t. It felt flat at times and always left me desiring more. But throughout the story, I kept wishing that the writing was a little different. It was easy to become stranded on the island with TJ and Anna, and I found myself finishing the book faster than I wanted to. On the Island was an enthralling story that always kept me guessing what was going to happen next. *Buddy Read with my fabulous friend, Chelsea* celebrates yet another birthday on the island, Anna begins to wonder if the biggest challenge of all might be living with a boy who is gradually becoming a man.
But as the days turn to weeks, and then months, the castaways encounter plenty of other obstacles, including violent tropical storms, the many dangers lurking in the sea, and the possibility that T.J.’s cancer could return. They make it to shore, but soon discover that they’re stranded on an uninhabited island.Īt first, their only thought is survival.
Their plane crashes in shark-infested waters. board a private plane headed to the Callahan’s summer home, and as they fly over the Maldives’ twelve hundred islands, the unthinkable happens.
But his parents are insisting he spend the summer in the Maldives catching up on all the school he missed last year.Īnna and T.J. His cancer is in remission and he wants to get back to his normal life.
Worn down by the cold Chicago winters and a relationship that’s going nowhere, she jumps at the chance to spend the summer on a tropical island tutoring sixteen-year-old T.J. Anna Emerson is a thirty-year-old English teacher desperately in need of adventure.
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