Review: An emotional journey like no other!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 16, 2014
I have just literally finished The Bars That Hold Us and I have to say I am sort of speechless right now.  I didn't go into it thinking it would be a warm and fluffy read. Heck, the author herself said the day before she knew some would be mad at her. But I'm not one of them.What I take away from this beautiful read is that this is about two people, Mercy and Saxon, who are more alike than they even thought possible. Each is truly held back by bars, hers emotional and his, emotional and physical. Saxon is in jail for manslaugher, a bad mistake that has put him behind bars for the last 3+ years. Mercy is a cop, devastated by her fiancees death, finding it hard to carry on living her life without him. When she takes a job as a guard where Saxon is being held, something in her begins to feel for the first time in over a year, when she comes face to face with the man that might finally break her free of her own self-imposed sentence.This story of forbidden love was well written and thoughtfully executed.  This was a believable storyline. It just takes place in a prison. Not unlike the prison that can be one's heart and the only thing missing is the key to unlock it.  Mercy and Saxon find in each other that key.  It wasn't planned but the passion, the heat, the pure love they feel for each other leapt right off the pages of my Kindle. I never would have thought a "prison romance" of sorts could be so captivating, so enthralling that I am hoping for more.  But underneath all the doom, the gloom, the rancid odors that are described in detail of the conditions behind prison walls, is the story of a man and a woman, who meet and bring back life into each other's lives.I applaud the author for tackling a less than easy subject and giving it the beauty and dignity that made it so compelling in every way.To say I recommend it is an understatement. This is truly a journey like no other and you need to take it to see for yourself.A huge 5 stars!