Past the Broken Bridges, B. Celeste
Past the Broken Bridges, B. Celeste
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Past the Broken Bridges

Author: B. Celeste

Narrator: Jeremy York, Rebecca Estrella

Unabridged: 13 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/15/2025


Synopsis

Thirteen years ago, Sawyer Hawkins and her childhood friend Paxton shared secrets and snacks at their favorite wooden footbridge . . . until Hurricane Katrina forced Sawyer's family to head north. But after the long battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that kept her away, twenty-one-year-old Sawyer is finally heading back to Louisiana for university.

Now with a new lease on life, Sawyer wants to be a normal college girl. Check items off her list—make friends, go to parties, fall in love, and find her favorite bridge again. Even if Paxton is no longer there.

And her mysterious, gorgeous neighbor Banks might just be able to help her with that list.

But as their friendship grows, so do the secrets between them. Sawyer's future is more complicated than she lets on, and there's a reason Banks doesn't talk about his home life. The closer they get to one another, the more their bruised hearts are in danger of falling—or breaking. And when Sawyer learns Banks is Paxton Banks, and Banks realizes she's the same Sawyer from long ago, they'll find that while their footbridge may still be standing, it's up to them to cross the distance to each other.

Contains mature themes.

About B. Celeste

B. Celeste is a new adult and contemporary romance author that gives voices to raw, realistic characters with emotional story lines that tug on the heartstrings.

She was born and raised in upstate New York, where she still resides with her four-legged feline sidekick Oliver "Ollie" Queen. Her love for reading and writing began at an early age and only grew stronger after getting a BA in English and an MFA in English and creative writing. When she's not writing, she's working out, binge-watching reality game shows, and spending time with her friends and family.


Reviews

Omg this was so heartbreaking 😭😭 Wow. This story is crushing! Pull this one out when you need to feel something. We follow our FMC, Sawyer who has been battling cancer for a good chunk of her life. She's been through four rounds of chemo and just wants to feel like a normal girl and experience life in......more

Goodreads review by Mira on February 27, 2025

The heroine has been battling cancer for the past five years, and when she starts getting better, she decides to return to Louisiana—the place where she spent her childhood and where she holds warm memories. She enrolls at a university there, makes new friends, and finds herself drawn to the sweet g......more

Goodreads review by brenessa on March 07, 2025

Realistic Rating: 4.5⭐️ ”Life wasn’t perfect, but the days I spent in the shade eating fruit snacks under the tree with Sawyer the redheaded adventurer were close.”THIS BOOK IS SO SAD. I ALSO WANT TO SAY IT’S NOT A ROMANCE AS GOODREADS CATEGORIZES IT. I received this book as an arc and honestly I bar......more

Goodreads review by laurie on May 05, 2025

3.5!! Binged this in less than 24 hours, I couldn't put it down. I wasn't fully on board with the direction this took but it pulled at my heartstrings and I enjoyed the pacing and writing.......more

Goodreads review by faith elizabeth on February 22, 2025

5/5! Past the Broken Bridges?? i think i’m forever stuck at the bridges. This book tore my heart out , I laughed, I cried and I stared at the ceiling. A dual POV where we get to see how both main characters deal with the highs and low of life at their young age, dealing with issues such as abuse, grie......more