I know the word EPIC is so not cool anymore but really, this was EPIC! :) Where do I even begin with this one? I’ll admit I did not know what I was getting in to with this one. I have had it on my TBR list for a while but was unsure based on reviews. Saturday, the book came highly recommended to me (Thanks Megan) so I bumped it up. I started it Sunday and was in love with it. It made me laugh. I loved the writing, I loved the love story. I loved the depth of these two characters. The feeling of finding your other half. I loved it until I could see where it was going. I loved it until I could feel an ache coming that I just couldn't face. I got a little over half way through and had to put the book down and go to sleep. My heart was breaking, pounding and at times felt like it wasn't beating at all. Sleep did not come easily and the minute the alarm went off I had to continue. I felt like screaming WHY?? A split second decision changed the stars, changed the fates and just left me broken. This book wrecked me. I was emotionally wrecked and physically wrecked. My mood was off and my sleeping was off. I felt out of breath and as if I was on a race to the finish. SO MANY MISTAKES!! SO MANY FREAKING MISTAKES!! I ached for Paul. I ached for Eliza. I ached for what could have been, what should have been and what HAD TO BE! The second half of the book was the complete opposite of the first. I didn't love any second of it. I didn't like where the story went. Where time led these two people destined to be together. I could hardly endure turning the pages. I felt there was no hope, no chance. Again, I felt like I was on a race, a race to get back to the feeling I had before. The feeling I knew had to come at some point. I needed it like I needed my next breath. And then the hope, the drive, the wind in my sails was ripped right away from me. Now I wasn't just broken, I was ANGRY! NO, NO, NO!! This just couldn't be happening, this is a ROMANCE!! Another stopping point for me; I needed to collect myself and my thoughts. Then I picked it back up and read until the end. This is where my review has to end. I don’t know how to put into words where the end of the book takes us without spoiling anything and that, I do not want to do. What I can tell you is that you have to believe in Romance while reading this book. BELIEVE! This book is all about love, sacrifice, understanding, miscommunication, loss, hope, need and belief. This is a book of finding yourself, overcoming your fears, learning, growing and every other emotion you can possible think of. This book MOVED ME. This is not my normal type of book. I usually try to stay clear of the romance book that elicits this type of emotion from me. The book that is just a little too real. I want to read the book that isn't real, escape there and leave with a happy heart. That being said, I loved this book. I will need a lot more time to forgive it for the deep routed pain it caused me and feel whole again but there is no question that this book is amazing, well written and gripped me from page one until the very end. Now, I need to go chase some rainbows…"If you want me you are going to have to come and get me."
Read. Book Reviews by Jennifer
Read. Read. Read. I have been a reader since I learned how. It’s what I do. Everything else is kind of secondary, but shhh, that is just between us! I can’t actually remember any time in my life where I didn’t read. I am an addict and do not hide it or am I looking for a cure. I love reading so much I just got Read. tattooed on my arm so I can see it when I read.
I love reading books that have romance in them. They can have whatever else they want to but I love to have at least a touch of romance. Of course, I love a full blown romance too! I am not a big fan of real life stories or stories that rip my heart out. Too much emotion hurts my heart and I read for an escape. I also try to stay away from overly dark reads. There is a fine line that I walk and if I consider something that seems out of my comfort zone I have to read a lot of reviews and talk to other readers first.
When I am not reading I am very active on Goodreads. Reading reviews, writing reviews and chatting about books is second best to the actual reading. I don’t know how I lived without Goodreads. If I could go back in time and catalog everything I have ever read I would know true happiness. One day I would at least like to get all the books I own added to Goodreads. I have always been obsessed with keeping track. I always had lists with me so I knew what I read, what I wanted to read and what I owned. Now having one place to do this and with friends is amazing!
I try to review everything I read. I don’t usually provide a synopsis on my review; I focus more on what I honestly thought about the book. This opinion could at times be very long winded or sometimes just a sentence or two. I love reading and love to share my thoughts with others. Hopefully it will help them decide they also want to read the book. I will never be one of those amazing reviewers. You know the ones that I mean, you can’t miss them. But I do read daily and usually have something to say about the book that I read.
I know the word EPIC is so not cool anymore but really, this was EPIC! :) Where do I even begin with this one? I’ll admit I did not know what I was getting in to with this one. I have had it on my TBR list for a while but was unsure based on reviews. Saturday, the book came highly recommended to me (Thanks Megan) so I bumped it up. I started it Sunday and was in love with it. It made me laugh. I loved the writing, I loved the love story. I loved the depth of these two characters. The feeling of finding your other half. I loved it until I could see where it was going. I loved it until I could feel an ache coming that I just couldn't face. I got a little over half way through and had to put the book down and go to sleep. My heart was breaking, pounding and at times felt like it wasn't beating at all. Sleep did not come easily and the minute the alarm went off I had to continue. I felt like screaming WHY?? A split second decision changed the stars, changed the fates and just left me broken. This book wrecked me. I was emotionally wrecked and physically wrecked. My mood was off and my sleeping was off. I felt out of breath and as if I was on a race to the finish. SO MANY MISTAKES!! SO MANY FREAKING MISTAKES!! I ached for Paul. I ached for Eliza. I ached for what could have been, what should have been and what HAD TO BE! The second half of the book was the complete opposite of the first. I didn't love any second of it. I didn't like where the story went. Where time led these two people destined to be together. I could hardly endure turning the pages. I felt there was no hope, no chance. Again, I felt like I was on a race, a race to get back to the feeling I had before. The feeling I knew had to come at some point. I needed it like I needed my next breath. And then the hope, the drive, the wind in my sails was ripped right away from me. Now I wasn't just broken, I was ANGRY! NO, NO, NO!! This just couldn't be happening, this is a ROMANCE!! Another stopping point for me; I needed to collect myself and my thoughts. Then I picked it back up and read until the end. This is where my review has to end. I don’t know how to put into words where the end of the book takes us without spoiling anything and that, I do not want to do. What I can tell you is that you have to believe in Romance while reading this book. BELIEVE! This book is all about love, sacrifice, understanding, miscommunication, loss, hope, need and belief. This is a book of finding yourself, overcoming your fears, learning, growing and every other emotion you can possible think of. This book MOVED ME. This is not my normal type of book. I usually try to stay clear of the romance book that elicits this type of emotion from me. The book that is just a little too real. I want to read the book that isn't real, escape there and leave with a happy heart. That being said, I loved this book. I will need a lot more time to forgive it for the deep routed pain it caused me and feel whole again but there is no question that this book is amazing, well written and gripped me from page one until the very end. Now, I need to go chase some rainbows…"If you want me you are going to have to come and get me."
