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summermusings's review
3.0
I didn't know what to expect when I started listening. This is more a story about addiction and recovery than a romance, but that is not a negative. For being as short as it is, it is still a solid story about grief turning into addiction and then recovery. While there were some over the top plot points, I appreciated the author's ability to use honest reactions to them.
babblingchatterreads's review
4.0
🖋️ SNEAK PEEK ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 STARS REVIEW 🖋️
This one will grab you deeply in the heart. This is not just another romance story rather more of self-discovery when life throws you a curveball that you least expected. The downfalls of being broken and struggles in moving on in life.
This one will grab you deeply in the heart. This is not just another romance story rather more of self-discovery when life throws you a curveball that you least expected. The downfalls of being broken and struggles in moving on in life.
faithand311's review
4.0
I appreciated that this book was broken into two parts. Which is very real to life with addiction and loss. There's the fall...and the fall...and the fall... And then the terrifying struggle of climbing out of it. Belle's story touched me and I am a better person for having read it. Thank you, Bethany, for this heartfelt addition to your already stellar library.
pavi_fictionalworm's review against another edition
4.0
This story isn't really much of a romance rather more of a "finding yourself" fiction with hints of romance! And it was a wonderful experience!
There are two parts of this story - but the whole book revolves around Belle and her quest to understand herself after loosing her husband, and the consequences of that loss!
In the first part, we see Belle start off on a road trip, in a quest to find her jest for life again, even though she has been increasingly partaking in some increasingly risky behavior since she lost her husband, and when those choices end up with her almost loosing her life? That denial and the consequences come to a head - and she needs to decide to make a plan to regain control of her life.
The second part of the story is the recovery and where Belle takes control of her life and finds new reason to live on, even with her realising it!
This is a story of a survivor - a survivor who triumphed over her addiction, and choose to hold on to a new lease in her life - and it was a wonderful story to lose myself into, for a couple of hours!
But here's my issue: while I understand that this was the story of triumph over tragedy and my heart hurt for everything that Belle went through, but somehow I wasn't able to connect to the story like I thought I would, and I know I should have, and I honestly tried, but I couldn't. I really couldn't. And this issue was exacerbated when Luke and Belle met.
Luke and Belle's romance was sweet and definitely going somewhere, when without a second thought, they both declare they are in love. I really wanted them to have a solid foundation before jumping into the love relationship!
The book redeemed itself in ways that you can't imagine in the epilogue - that little sneak left me all warm and tingling and I ended this book with a smile on my face! <3
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fortheloveoffictionalworlds's review
4.0
This story isn't really much of a romance rather more of a "finding yourself" fiction with hints of romance! And it was a wonderful experience!
There are two parts of this story - but the whole book revolves around Belle and her quest to understand herself after loosing her husband, and the consequences of that loss!
In the first part, we see Belle start off on a road trip, in a quest to find her jest for life again, even though she has been increasingly partaking in some increasingly risky behavior since she lost her husband, and when those choices end up with her almost loosing her life? That denial and the consequences come to a head - and she needs to decide to make a plan to regain control of her life.
The second part of the story is the recovery and where Belle takes control of her life and finds new reason to live on, even with her realising it!
This is a story of a survivor - a survivor who triumphed over her addiction, and choose to hold on to a new lease in her life - and it was a wonderful story to lose myself into, for a couple of hours!
But here's my issue: while I understand that this was the story of triumph over tragedy and my heart hurt for everything that Belle went through, but somehow I wasn't able to connect to the story like I thought I would, and I know I should have, and I honestly tried, but I couldn't. I really couldn't. And this issue was exacerbated when Luke and Belle met.
Luke and Belle's romance was sweet and definitely going somewhere, when without a second thought, they both declare they are in love. I really wanted them to have a solid foundation before jumping into the love relationship!
The book redeemed itself in ways that you can't imagine in the epilogue - that little sneak left me all warm and tingling and I ended this book with a smile on my face! <3
For more reviews visit For The Love of Fictional Worlds :)
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