Not Yet

By: Laura Ward

Narrated by: Lisa Zimmerman

Emma thinks she has life all figured out, and what she knows isn't good. For years, she's put her big sister, who was born with Down syndrome, first. Now Emma's ready to start her own life, but fate has other plans. To do the right thing for the sister she loves, Emma's dreams will just have to wait. She doesn't plan on meeting Landon - a rich, flirtatious jock, who never has to wait for anything. Not for attention, not for money, and certainly not for girls. Meeting Emma marks the first time in his life that he's had to fight for something. And Landon doesn't know how to lose. Emma has no interest in wasting her summer with a superficial guy like Landon. But very soon she realizes she is wrong about him. The question is, can she trust him? Or will he let her down like every other guy in her life? But most importantly, can Emma trust herself enough to live the life she's always dreamed of? Life has a way of sneaking in the most important lessons when you aren't looking. And once the heart gets involved, that's when the real learning begins.

©2014 Laura Rosner Ward (P)2015 Laura Rosner Ward

This story was truly inspiring!!! Loved it!!

What a wonderful love story. I could not stop listening. The storyline was very well written and narrated. I felt so many emotions while listening to it. Will read more of authors books. Ending was amazing!!!

Life lesson: always be kind

I read this book a couple of years ago and fell in love with it. The plot twist with Emma and Landon threw me off! I was NOT expecting that! I was excited when browsing my audible recs to see it on there, so immediately bought it. It was really well narrated! I think the performance was so fitting for the story and was so true to how I read it in my head. It's an amazing story about perseverance and growing. It's such a different take on the student/teacher romance and really well done. It was awesome to see both Emma & Landon grow from beginning to end. I recommended this book to friends years ago, but with a new found love for it, will recommend again with audible.

Simple

This book has all the feels, the beauty of the story is in the lessons learned throughout, its simply perfect

Great read and listen! 5 stars!

I received a copy of the audio book of Not Yet in exchange for an honest review. But here's the thing...I only listen to audio books on my work commute, which amounts to about an hour a day. After the first few hours of this story, I didn't want to wait the whole weekend to keep "reading". So I clicked the book as well.

I don't want to be spoiler-y in my review, because I'm surprised that I didn't pick up on the major plot twist! I guess I was so entranced with the story, and had envisioned it going a totally different direction.

Emma didn't know how to trust men, and she didn't think that an arrogant jock like Landon could be the one to teach her. Life guarding that summer was the start of the change in who Landon became as a man. While at first, I questioned the legitimacy of his actions...are there really 19 year old guys that swoony...it was a nice break from the reality we hear so much. And it gives hope!

I loved Evie, Trevor, Garrett, Amy and Billy. This author took the time to make them real. The reader has no choice but to love them!

I love that the story is broken down into lessons, rather than chapters. Because after all, life is really just a series of lessons. And while Emma's goal was to become a teacher, she was learning as much as she was teaching.

I hated Dean as much as I ended up loving him. I'm so happy to know that his story is on the way.

As for the audio...I would say the narrator is a perfect match. Her voices as Emma and Landon were different enough so that you knew whose chapter you were coming back to, but she doesn't have the annoyingly fake guy voice. I'll likely go back and finish the audio, even though I finished reading the ebook. It's truly a different "reading" experience, and I always pick up something different when I listen.

I totally did not see that coming!!!

This book definitely shocked me but I loved it! A beautiful story about love, growing up, waiting for what you truly want, redemption, and being a better person. Emma and Landon truly amazed me along with some other great characters in this book!