If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)
by Courtney Cole
If You Stay by Courtney Cole holds a well received rating of 3.94 out of 5, based on 31.4K reader ratings. First published in 2013. The book spans 220 pages.
About If You Stay
24-year old Pax Tate is an asshole. Seriously. He’s a tattooed, rock-hard bad-boy with a bad attitude to match. But he’s got his reasons. His mother died when Pax was seven, leaving a hole in his heart filled with guilt although he doesn’t understand why. What he does know is that he and his dad are left alone and with more issues than they can count. As Pax grew up, he tried to be the kid his father always wanted; the perfect golden boy, but it didn’t work. His dad couldn’t overcome his grief long enough to notice and Pax couldn’t keep up the impossible perfect façade. So he slipped far, far from it. Now, he uses drugs and women to cope with the ugliness, the black void that he doesn’t want to deal with. If he pretends that the emptiness isn’t there, then it isn’t, right? Wrong. And it’s never more apparent than when he meets Mila. Sweet, beautiful Mila Hill is the fresh air to his hardened frown, the beauty to his ugly heart. He doesn’t know how to not hurt her, but he quickly realizes that he’s got to figure it out because he needs her to breathe.When memories of his mother’s death resurface from where he’s repressed them for so long, Mila is there to catch him when the guilt starts making sense. Mila is the one…the one who can save him from his broken troubled heart; from his issues, from the emptiness. But only if he can stop being an asshole long enough to allow it. He knows that. And he’s working on it. But is that enough to make her stay?
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Author | Courtney Cole |
| Published | 2013 |
| Pages | 220 |
| Genres | Romance, Fiction, Young Adult, Chick-lit, Fiction |
| Average Rating | 3.94 / 5.00 |
| Total Ratings | 31,388 |
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What genre is If You Stay?
If You Stay is categorized as Romance, Fiction, Young Adult, Chick-lit. Its primary genre classification is Romance.
Is If You Stay worth reading?
Based on 31.4K reader ratings, If You Stay has an average score of 3.94 out of 5.00, which is considered "Well Received."
How many pages is If You Stay?
If You Stay has 220 pages.
Who wrote If You Stay?
If You Stay was written by Courtney Cole. It was first published in 2013.
What is the ISBN for If You Stay?
The ISBN-13 for If You Stay is 2940016249310.0.
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