Review: "Hope overcomes the Impossible"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 15, 2014
My first thought when I completed this book was, “Morgan Parker, I’m not very happy with you.” And I told him so. He made me cry…again! And if I’m being completely honest, although I’ve completed a few books since finishing Sick Day; I’m still in an overall ‘funk’ and I blame Morgan. Now, to most people, I may not be painting a very pretty picture. And, I guess I’m not. Sick Day isn’t flowers and unicorns. It’s gritty. Real life, yuck. But underneath it, there is a beautiful undying love story. One that, in case you missed it; made me cry!!!“I know your fears. But sometimes the best decisions are the ones we don’t make ourselves. So I’ll make the decisions tonight.”This story teeters on the love of two people that made a promise to one another when they were seniors in high school. Cameron and Hope were never meant to be apart after college. Their plan was to go off to school and find one another when they finished. But as life got in the way, that promise became something of a mythical creature. Cameron found Riley and Hope, well, Hope found the ‘old guy.’Throughout life, Cameron and Hope have found each other when lease expected. Almost as if their love had a gravitational pull on them. But the timing never seemed to work. However, even timing and the inconvenience of it, didn’t stop them from becoming one (doing the dirty deed).  The love they have for one another is stronger than an ocean’s under current. It is unwavering, unyielding, and unsympathetic to their partners. In fact it is the “worst kind of love out there.”‘”This love,” I tell her, “is the kind that destroys people.”’This is a gut wrenching read. Not for the reasons you think. Infidelity isn’t fun; not to experience, and most certainly not to read. However, Morgan has a way of writing that will have you cheering for the wrong because it IS what is right. The back and forth, push and pull, and the anger (because there is anger, how can there not be) is all worth it. There is wit, charm, smut and a beautiful car (yes I said car) that will leave you drooling for more and force you to turn the next page and the next and the next…you get (I HOPE, pun intended).This book, this story, this love, is one-click worthy and five stars laudable!!