It has taken me a long time to read this book; I’ve had it for an age but had this inherent fear about reading it. Why? Well, I read the synopsis and some reviews and I knew that Elena quite possibly had the ability to break me, I wasn’t looking forward to the emotional upheaval that I knew would come with this book so kept knocking it off the top of my TBR. I signed up for the release of her next book Look After Me with the view to pushing me to read this one. It’s always a sure fire way to get me to read something as I like reading to deadlines. If I have to read something then I will. And that’s where I am now, with Elena’s new release imminent it was time! I don’t cope well with emotional books and can only read them now and again despite relishing in a well written one.
Can I just state for the record that you Elena Matthews are naughty! You did in fact break me and I was right to fear this story for so many reasons. This book….I don’t even know where to start gathering my thoughts to put into a review but I’ll try. This absolutely stole my heart. I was in Elena’s world right from those first two words “two pounds” and it felt like she was in mine. I’m a preemie Mum, though not as early, I’m still one. I found myself a little distraught reading about Lily-Mai due to my own experiences and memories and felt I needed grounding before going any further. I always listen to Wires from Athlete when I think of my little boy and for some reason it always puts my feet back on the ground. So that’s what I did and then came back and devoured Ava’s story.
It isn’t a pleasant story; Ava’s history is often times brutal. This book is all Ava and to be honest I consider most other characters very much secondary to hers. I know Caleb and Ashton play huge roles but this was Ava’s story from beginning to end. It wasn’t difficult to get on board with her as your heart is instantly opened from the first chapter and despite some of her decisions you stay with Ava right through to the end. The emotions that played out through these pages, characters and plots leave a reader feeling sore. My heart ached at times, even through the good moments there was an undercurrent of sadness that was very hard to shake and I didn’t know who I felt sorry for the most. But….but, the story is so good it nourishes your soul at the same time. You can deal with the sadness and grief that pours through the story. You find yourself holding onto that belief that Ava will get her HEA. It has dark themes riddled throughout that absolutely suck you in and spit you out! How can I not love it? You get a good comprehensive history that you need in order to understand future events in the book.
You get a glimpse of Ashton’s POV and I felt it came at the perfect time, it was sorely needed. I really liked that Elena did it this way. I also liked what Elena did with Sebastian’s character. It would have been so easy as an author to write the obvious and whilst waiting for it I was extremely glad that the author did not take the easy way out. I think I would have put the book down in all honesty. I know a lot of readers loathe the cheating angle, I don’t. It really doesn’t bother me and it felt perfect for this story.
I enjoyed the style of writing although it wasn’t magnificent it really did flow and capture me as a reader. It was impeccable and the story was so heart breakingly captivating that it was really hard to put down. So I would definitely recommend this to anyone. Yes, it has very difficult content to contend with but this just needs to be read. I really am looking forward to Look After Me although I know again that it will be a tough read. After this how can it not be? Congratulations on a well written book. 5 stars all the way!!
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