Book Blurb:
Addison Snow is your typical teenager. She has a family that loves her, friends that make her laugh, and she's wrapped up in the excitement of graduating high school and going off to college to pursue her dream of becoming an author. When her mother, who also happens to be Addison's best friend, dies unexpectedly, her world comes to a crashing halt.
Death changes everyone...
To make the pain go away, Addison and her father travel down separate, dark paths. She chooses to end her grief forever, while he drowns his sorrows in the bottom of a bottle. How do you learn to live again when the most important person in your life is gone?
Addison struggles to pick up the pieces of her life. Instead of getting back to being the carefree teenager she once was, she's stuck handling all of the responsibilities that should have been her father's. She has no time to grieve, no time for emotions, and no time for happiness...until Zander Reinhardt walks in. All it takes is one little handwritten note on a napkin to kick-start her back to life and help her realize that maybe there's more to that life than pain.
But can it really be that simple? Can she really trust this man who makes her feel alive again for the first time in a year?
Addison and Zander both have secrets they aren't ready to share. When the truth finally comes out, is it enough to tear them apart or has something bigger than themselves always been watching over them, pushing them together, making sure they both get their happily ever after?
Death changes everyone...
To make the pain go away, Addison and her father travel down separate, dark paths. She chooses to end her grief forever, while he drowns his sorrows in the bottom of a bottle. How do you learn to live again when the most important person in your life is gone?
Addison struggles to pick up the pieces of her life. Instead of getting back to being the carefree teenager she once was, she's stuck handling all of the responsibilities that should have been her father's. She has no time to grieve, no time for emotions, and no time for happiness...until Zander Reinhardt walks in. All it takes is one little handwritten note on a napkin to kick-start her back to life and help her realize that maybe there's more to that life than pain.
But can it really be that simple? Can she really trust this man who makes her feel alive again for the first time in a year?
Addison and Zander both have secrets they aren't ready to share. When the truth finally comes out, is it enough to tear them apart or has something bigger than themselves always been watching over them, pushing them together, making sure they both get their happily ever after?
Angie E's Review:
I was afraid to read this book. I have been so emotional and hormonal that I thought wow this is going to drain me. After I seen a few comments of other bloggers who had started to the book stating they can’t read from all the TEARS, I thought YEP definitely can’t read this one. However, I was NOT going to let Tara down. I LOVE that gal. Seriously she’s awesome =) So I put on my big girl panties threw some glitter around picked up my Kindle and read the first page and put it down. ALREADY tears. GREAT. So I again put on another set of big girl panties and was determined. So I set up my station. Tissues=CHECK, Diet Coke=CHECK, chocolate (shhh don’t tell anyone I cheated on my diet) =CHECK, and Kindle=CHECK. I WAS READY !
So the book starts GLOOMY, so sad and depressing, there was NO cheery moments AT ALL. I felt so depressed reading it. But I knew Tara would not disappoint me. She never has. I kept reading and before I knew it was like at 80% read and thinking WOW what just happened. REALLY? I was yet again mind blown bar Tara. Trying to write this review without spoilers is extremely hard so just be warned. I don’t mean to spoil but there may be an occasional OOPSIE.
Now that I’ve finished the book and sit here gathering my thoughts through tears ( yep add me to the KLEENEX CREW) I’m amazed at how I even finished this book. Is that a bad compliment…. NO !!!! I’m dealing with some personal issues of my own with my mother so this really is hitting home for me. It didn’t register at first but then LIGHTBULB and I’m like Niagra Falls! Tara has proved again just how talented she is. She has such mad amzing writing skills. She’s SUPER WRITER. I’m 100% convinced she can write anything.
OK the book. Addison Snow, I’m not sure how to say this without spoiling, but she broke my heart. I was so sad and filled with her emotions. THAT is what made this a hard read for me. The writing style leaves you NO CHOICE but to feel that emotion of that character. When Addison was finally figuring her life out I couldn’t wait to see the happiness she would have. I wanted so badly to hug her, to be there for HER, to just say I’m sorry for everything you have went through. I wanted to console her so badly (yes I remember this is a book) but I kept thinking about a convo me and Tara had and the whole time I was reading I just kept thinking TARA YOUR MORE AMAZING THAT I EVER THOUGHT !!!!!.
Zander is the answer to EVERYTHING. I mean that. He was and is the one thing in the book that brings out the happiness. His love is so strong for Addison. His whole personality just draws you in. I love how he is so sweet and so attentive. He really is what was best for Addison. They are the perfect couple !
This book for me was definitely a hard read but I would read it again. I love Tara’s writing. I’d totally give this 4 stars. She really did an AMAZING job.
Author Info:
T.E. Sivec is the pen name for Tara Sivec. Under T.E. Sivec, she delves into a more serious genre that is her absolute favorite to read romantic suspense. She loves reading a book and feeling her heart speed up with anticipation and wanted to be able to give that feeling to her fans. T.E. lives in Ohio with her husband and two children, living the dream of being a fulltime writer.
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