Told through the eyes of Rachel, this story took me on a journey through the mostly unfamiliar beach cities I grew up around and vaguely introduced me to the world of meth.
This story begins with a sister in search of her lost brother. A brother who has chosen to be lost in some ways, and perhaps helplessly lost in other ways, into a world of drugs. It turns out Micah, Rachel's older brother is most likely selling too and therefore is in way deeper than Rachel expected or fully understands.
Rachel cannot decide how she feels about her brother anymore. There is the memory of a sweet Micah whom she grew up with. Her flashbacks give us a glimpse of the typical good big brother. That is to say, the kind of brother who looks out for his sister, and as they grow up, often treats her like a friend, with that special unspoken big brother pact, to always protect her. Hence, beating up the jackass of an ex-boyfriend.
But the Micah, Rachel now knows is a Micah she thinks she might hate. She is guilt ridden and trying to make peace with the fact that her brother is lost and maybe he cannot be found. She is trying to maintain a place in her heartbroken family. Rachel soon realizes as she searches for Micah, that maybe Micah doesn't want to be found, and maybe, in all reality, she doesn't want to find him either. At least not this latter Micah.
She takes a short and seemingly simple trip with her brother's good friend and band mate Tyler. Tyler also seems to be or rather become her unrealized crush. Over the course of this road trip the two have been given the gift of time in close proximity to one another to realize their true feelings.
Overall, Out of Reach, is a worthwhile read. I think it gives the reader the ending it deserves, rather than forcing something too contrived or seemingly perfect. For its purposes Out of Reach gets real enough, without getting too real.
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