Two lost souls, bound by love, unable to let go.Given a second chance to find his soulmate after a horrific accident takes their lives, a young man returns as a teenager named Dexter Andrews.But there are rules:She won’t remember him and he’ll have to rely on fragmented memories of the life he once knew.Finding her is one thing; loving her and her self-destructive ways is another.
I was warned this book would hurt, and it did. I loved Noa and Dexter and at times I wanted to punch them. After a fatal accident where a boy and a girl die, the boy pleads with Death to let their souls live. He will send them back but she will not know him. He will have to FIGHT for her love and to win her heart all over again. Little does he know the fight he is in for. This book is hard to read at times. You know this couple is young (for most of it) and you want Dexter to just do the work, but he is in a place where he doesn’t know what that is. Noa is kind of a mess. While we realize she needs to get herself together, I wanted them to realize they were better together. There are so many ups and downs and also so many heartbreaking moments. This ends on a cliffhanger, and what a cliffhanger it was. I need to read the conclusion ASAP. The idea of soulmates transcending time is one of my favorite things and i have a feeling this duet will take my heart.
Dexter is the anti-alpha, as a high school senior with a serious case of amnesia his only real goal is to find the woman he can’t stop thinking of. He doesn’t know her name, he doesn’t know her voice, but he knows she’s out there. He’ll shed his previous, popular skin for a chance with her. Noa isn’t looking for anyone and she doesn’t want anyone to look for her, but she can’t deny the changed Dexter. Their first touch lights a spark in both of them, but not even a love like that of soulmates can fix the history that makes up Noa. He knows she must be it, but she’s a beautiful mess who hasn’t yet learned to even love her own self. When We Crash is the story of two souls and the repeated chances they get through the course of time.
“I didn’t know who she was anymore. But what I did know was that there was an ache in my chest where she’d been.”
Cynthia A. Rodriguez gives us more than just an angsty romance, it is clear she has poured her own heart and emotions into this book and it is clear from this rambling review that I am completely enamored with this read. When We Crash is a story of heartbreak, loss, forgiveness, addiction, and time…more than anything, it’s about time. Dexter and Noa are given time, time to find one another, but time doesn’t always fix everything. Time brings distance, changes, new love, loss, death, and life. Though they’ve been given this chance it is up to them to take advantage and sometimes two souls crash together and even time can’t stop the wreck. It’s a raw story, completely unpredictable with the pages filled with love so intense, but no secure place for it to hold onto.
“Except…I love you. There it was. The voice that belonged to the person I’d loved in my last life.”
I loved the youthful feel of the romance between Dexter and Noa, as well as the centuries old feeling of soulmates that spills from them. It’s such a heartbreaking read, but somehow Cynthia still filled it with hope. There’s the promise of soulmates, of love transcending time, but the truth is that finding your other half isn’t all it takes, especially when one is so naive and insecure about their place in the world. My word does reading this book hurt, the what ifs these two explore are so painful and so powerful, and yet When We Crash is infused with magic. I cried, of course, I smiled a lot, and I fell in love with the souls inside of Dexter and Noa. I can’t imagine what is to come in the next novel in this stunning debut, but here Cynthia, here’s my heart do with it what you will.
Wow! Just wow! I’m at a loss for words. I was captivated and intrigued from the very first sentence. My anxiety level was through the roof the whole time reading this. I also felt the ache that Dexter felt for his missing woman. I felt the hurt and his passion for finding his soul mate. There’s hurt and tragedy and confusion and so much more going on here but through it all, it’s two souls crashing together and knowing that no matter how many lives they live, they’re it for each other. That cliffhanger though leaves me with more questions and I can’t wait for the final book.
This book will make you believe it you don’t already that everyone has a soulmate and that those souls are connected in such a deeper level than even the souls know. When I read this book it took me on such a journey through Dexter’s and Noa’s triumphs and tribulations but there was the always something that help them. This books makes you believe you are stronger than the darkest moments of your life.