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Basically I'm going to use my noted from the reading journal for my explanation 🤷🏾‍♀️: This is going to be a hard book to stomach: avorie is now 24 and and she's deaf. But also had the love of her life in her teens and had a baby at 17 years old.
It was a secret baby; she was then committed and was in a spiranof deep depression.
Oh and she's a gifted pianist/composer.
Her family is rich; he father is some tycoon of business and politics. Her mother a beautiful stay at home kind of mom. They have a family estate that onced used to be a plantation that was passed down to them because a relative whay light enough to pass as white for them to reclam the property.....
Oh and she's in love and about to be engaged to a police detective??
It was a secret baby; she was then committed and was in a spiranof deep depression.
Oh and she's a gifted pianist/composer.
Her family is rich; he father is some tycoon of business and politics. Her mother a beautiful stay at home kind of mom. They have a family estate that onced used to be a plantation that was passed down to them because a relative whay light enough to pass as white for them to reclam the property.....
Oh and she's in love and about to be engaged to a police detective??
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
Minor: Slavery
africreole's review
5.0
What a wonderful second chance story!!!
My heart just ached for Avery Castle and Donovan Hardy. They both had been given a raw deal by scheming parents who thought they had their daughter's best interest at heart but ended up breaking her. She was practically dying of a broken heart, missing the two people that she loved more than life itself. Without them, there was no reason to live. She hated her father for what she believed he did. She knew that her bourgy parents only wanted to keep up societal appearances.
Several years later, Detective Salvador Esparza came into Avery's life and helped her heal. She was grateful for his love and she did love him but she was not in love with him. That was a good thing because he was hiding dangerous secrets. When she realized that Donovan Hardy was back in town, her relationship with the detective was over.
Both AC and Donnie had lots of healing to do and it was only the kind of healing that only being with each other could accomplish. They renewed their youthful bonds and promises to each other and the promise they both made to Avery 's great granny Franny. Her mother's ancestral Baudelaire Plantation home held wonderful loving memories for both Avery and Donovan and they vowed to return it to its former glory so they could have their own HEA there.
Amarie wrote a heart wrenching love story about two young lovers being torn apart by plotting and manipulations. Each one lived in their own personal hellish prison for awhile. The only thing that saved them and giving them back their lives was their reconnection with each other. The story was well written with a plot that kept me guessing what was going on. The script was entirely flipped with the antagonist that started Avery's heartbreak turned out to be someone else. I really enjoyed reading this book and just loved Avery and Donovan 's love. Their chemistry was off the chain hot. Great job Amarie!
My heart just ached for Avery Castle and Donovan Hardy. They both had been given a raw deal by scheming parents who thought they had their daughter's best interest at heart but ended up breaking her. She was practically dying of a broken heart, missing the two people that she loved more than life itself. Without them, there was no reason to live. She hated her father for what she believed he did. She knew that her bourgy parents only wanted to keep up societal appearances.
Several years later, Detective Salvador Esparza came into Avery's life and helped her heal. She was grateful for his love and she did love him but she was not in love with him. That was a good thing because he was hiding dangerous secrets. When she realized that Donovan Hardy was back in town, her relationship with the detective was over.
Both AC and Donnie had lots of healing to do and it was only the kind of healing that only being with each other could accomplish. They renewed their youthful bonds and promises to each other and the promise they both made to Avery 's great granny Franny. Her mother's ancestral Baudelaire Plantation home held wonderful loving memories for both Avery and Donovan and they vowed to return it to its former glory so they could have their own HEA there.
Amarie wrote a heart wrenching love story about two young lovers being torn apart by plotting and manipulations. Each one lived in their own personal hellish prison for awhile. The only thing that saved them and giving them back their lives was their reconnection with each other. The story was well written with a plot that kept me guessing what was going on. The script was entirely flipped with the antagonist that started Avery's heartbreak turned out to be someone else. I really enjoyed reading this book and just loved Avery and Donovan 's love. Their chemistry was off the chain hot. Great job Amarie!
syndi3's review
DNF
Nothing is click with me. The characters, the story, the plot, and also, Avery is suppose to be deaf right? But why the author makes it like she can hear fine.
Never mind. I am shelving this book under DNF.
Nothing is click with me. The characters, the story, the plot, and also, Avery is suppose to be deaf right? But why the author makes it like she can hear fine.
Never mind. I am shelving this book under DNF.
bookkraves's review
4.0
Great Story
I enjoyed reading this BWWM story. The characters are flawed, which makes the story even better. Avery is deaf and this in no way held her back from living life to the fullest. Donavan...hmmmm, that bad boy....yummy. Life dealt him a difficult hand, and he is just trying to survive. In this story, both Donovan and Avery were given a raw deal and had to fight every step of the way to be together. They had to overcome conniving parents, a psychopath obsessed with Avery, Donovan's involvement in illegal activity, mental health issues and the death of someone close to them. This is a charming story.
I enjoyed reading this BWWM story. The characters are flawed, which makes the story even better. Avery is deaf and this in no way held her back from living life to the fullest. Donavan...hmmmm, that bad boy....yummy. Life dealt him a difficult hand, and he is just trying to survive. In this story, both Donovan and Avery were given a raw deal and had to fight every step of the way to be together. They had to overcome conniving parents, a psychopath obsessed with Avery, Donovan's involvement in illegal activity, mental health issues and the death of someone close to them. This is a charming story.
hawful's review
1.0
This was just... GOD AWFUL. I cared for no one at all nor their journey, which is a shame. That's a good synopsis.
Also the actions were VERY hard to follow. I kept having to re-read to figure out what was happening in the scene.
Also the actions were VERY hard to follow. I kept having to re-read to figure out what was happening in the scene.
kindleandcrochet's review
3.0
So I got this as a freebie and honestly it sounds so good and I was excited for the deaf mc.
I found this book lacked something for me... Not sure if it was Donovan that couldn't quit Palmer, or Avery's total lack of faith in Donovan once he came back. Despite her knowing some of the stuff her dad did.
I think the ending was hugely rushed and anticlimactic. I expected Salvador to be the ending and it was honestly the only thing that kept me reading... Seeing what he would come up with next. And honestly i was a little disappointed he didn't try something else before forcing himself on her.
Donovan was a dick and not in a good way, he totally made me question Avery's feeling for him, not in the sense that he'd leave her a second time just in general, I'm not sure why though.
I actually expected Verdrena to admit to poisioning her tea back in the day... And honestly i think i wojld have punched her for keeping such a secret and lieing all those years and depriving Avery of her son no matter what.
But i honestly can't figure out why Avery would blame her dad to start with for the tea... That just seemed so odd.
I found this book lacked something for me... Not sure if it was Donovan that couldn't quit Palmer, or Avery's total lack of faith in Donovan once he came back. Despite her knowing some of the stuff her dad did.
I think the ending was hugely rushed and anticlimactic. I expected Salvador to be the ending and it was honestly the only thing that kept me reading... Seeing what he would come up with next. And honestly i was a little disappointed he didn't try something else before forcing himself on her.
Donovan was a dick and not in a good way, he totally made me question Avery's feeling for him, not in the sense that he'd leave her a second time just in general, I'm not sure why though.
I actually expected Verdrena to admit to poisioning her tea back in the day... And honestly i think i wojld have punched her for keeping such a secret and lieing all those years and depriving Avery of her son no matter what.
But i honestly can't figure out why Avery would blame her dad to start with for the tea... That just seemed so odd.
maisierosereads's review
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
Format: ebook (free via BookBub)
I downloaded this ebook when I saw it was free (via Bookbub) because I the MC was deaf.
I am very glad I didn’t pay for this book.
I really didn’t like Donovan at all. Far too “alpha male obsessed with violence” for me.
The main relationship felt unhealthy to me.
I downloaded this ebook when I saw it was free (via Bookbub) because I the MC was deaf.
I am very glad I didn’t pay for this book.
I really didn’t like Donovan at all. Far too “alpha male obsessed with violence” for me.
The main relationship felt unhealthy to me.
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