Review: LOVED
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2014
Jade is a broken young girl, after years dealing with her alcoholic, cruel, mean mother, her just as mean boyfriend and struggling through life in general she no longer has any confidence about herself, in fact she hates herself as well as the life she is living.Then her childhood valentine moves back into town. Kiernan may have been just a young boy when she last saw him but Jade can’t forget the boy she has been crushing on all these years, especially now he’s not a boy any longer and instead is a sexy, confident young man…who also rides a motorcycle. And Kiernan is determined to bring this shy, broken girl into the light, to get her to start living life rather than just existing in it. But Kiernan has a painful secret himself, one that could destroy Jade once the truth is finally revealed.“But I decided right then and there that sometimes pretty lies are better  than the truth”Jade was a wonderful character. She was broken, beaten down, shy and had no confidence in anything especially herself but I loved her. The author has done a brilliant job in creating her in such a way you feel for this young women and you wish she would believe in herself. Sometimes characters with utter lack on confidence annoy me but not Jade, I truly understood why she was the way she was and I connected with her straight away. I was rooting for her the whole way through, praying she became happy and got to lead a better life.“Life doesn’t last forever Jade. You can’t forget to live it.”Kiernan was another character I absolutely adored. He was sensitive, sweet, cute, determined and so kind and so brave. He was the perfect boyfriend, what every young women would want and his determination to give Jade a better life, to make her happy for once was just so heart warming. When we learn his secret I was actually devastated and even shed a tear.“You saw all these broken pieces that reflected back skewed images of myself and you pieced them back together”I’m not going to say too much about the story itself as I don’t want to give any spoilers. The plot starts off by focusing on Jade and Kiernan’s determination to give her some happiness and belief in herself and then BAM!! We are hit with Kiernan’s secret and I’m being completely honest when I saw I had no idea…from then on it’s pretty rough I’m not going to lie. I cried ugly tears but I also smiled because Kiernan and Jade were so beautiful together, and the story itself was beautiful as well.“How beautiful you are. How funny and sweet and special you are.”This story did start off a little slow for me but once it’s gets going and Jade and Kiernan’s relationship begins to grow I started to fall in love with it, and by the end I couldn’t stop the tears and I didn’t want it to end at all.A beautiful but heartbreaking story, one that really has touched me and I look forward to reading the next book.“He gave me hope and love and family. But above all Kiernan Parks taught me how not to be afraid”Bethany