Review: Intense!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 31, 2013
WHOA! Okay so I got this book cause it was free on book bub it looked interesting enough so I said why not... Well I have stumbled upon an intense roller coaster of emotions with Ryan and Lillie... The explanation in the synopsis is great so I will just give the review of the characters.. AMAZING! I fell hard for Alex... He wasn't the main character but he was an amazing cousin.. Felt bad for the burden that he put on himself out of guilt but I do like e fact that he is there for Ryan.... Which leads me to Ryan.. Man.. A scarred young man, a sad and deeply troubled young man all because his youth was stolen by someone who had no business doing it! I just wish that he got help in a better way.. His parents were horrible and his uncle even worse of a monster.. Some people just should never have been blessed to have nor raise children these folks were amongst that group.. Ryan is a fighter and I'm happy that he turned out the way he did in the end.. He didn't know his own strength but to have lived through his nightmare he was a lot stronger than most! Liliana "Lili or Lili Bean" was an amazing woman.. Her story as she liked to put it was one of a statistic.. Yes she may have had her child at 14.. But the part of her that doesn't make her a statistic is the fact that she didn't let having a baby at the age of 14 change her course her goals.. Although it was harder she still pressed forward and I love characters like that! Given all that she has to deal with she finds the room to love again and not only love but to heal... She knew from day one that something wasn't right with Ryan yet she still took that leap and fell for him and helped to save him from his own hell... This was a great book.. The issues from teenage pregnancy, abuse, abandonment, chronic illness all brings this story to life in a way books don't do these days! This is a must read! Enjoy!!!!