Into the Blue: The angsty and heartwrenching will-they-won't-they love story full of yearning
AJ is seventeen, stuck in a small town, working at a video rental store, and quietly burning with ambition. Then Noah walks in. Intense, a little unknowable, and the youngest scion of a celebrated acting dynasty, he's about as far from her world as it's possible to get. Yet somehow, a friendship catches. It deepens. And then, without a word of explanation, Noah vanishes. Seven years on, AJ finds herself cast in a big-budget sci-fi television production in New York City, only to discover that her co-star is the very same Noah, now a recognisable Hollywood name. As their characters grow closer on screen, the boundary between performance and feeling becomes harder to locate. The truth of what happened all those years ago can't stay buried forever, and when it surfaces, it threatens to undo everything. Into the Blue is the kind of love story that gets under your skin. It's angsty and aching, with a will-they-won't-they tension that genuinely earns its keep across every chapter. Brodie writes chemistry with rare conviction, and her observations about theatre, ambition, and the stories we tell ourselves about our own lives give the romance real texture and weight. Praised by the likes of Taylor Jenkins Reid and Gabrielle Zevin, this is a novel that blends nostalgia, longing, and just enough heartbreak to leave a mark. Funny in places, quietly devastating in others, it asks a question worth sitting with: what happens when you stop following someone else's script and start writing your own?
- Author: Emma Brodie
- Publisher: Orion
- Genre: Family & Relationships
- ISBN: 978-1398730410
- Pages: 448 pages