Review: Heart wrenching beautiful continuation
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 24, 2013
On to Found. We continue on Maria and Owen's journey of healing in Found. This one is just as dark, as they are still living through the past and now have the present to contend with.  Poor Owen.  My heart broke for him.  I explained in my Lost review that I have had my own situations in the past that I can use to relate to their stories, but there is honestly nothing I can use to compare with what Own is going through in this book.  I honestly don't know if I would have been strong enough to make some of these decisions and survive.  To someone who doesn't suffer from depression, that might sound strange, but others might understand that spiral downward to the dark place where you feel like it would just all be better if you gave up and ended it.  I've been in that place and thankfully survived those moments but my darkness wasn't nearly as dark as Owen's. It takes a lot to pull yourself out of that place and continue on.He has Maria though.  She is still coming to terms with her own nightmare.  Maria is who I can relate to most.  What happened to her has happened to me twice. Like I said in my review of Lost, I don't remember a lot of what happened to me.  I assume that means after two and a half decades, I still haven't worked through mine.  I'm not just missing those nights, I'm missing whole sections of time around those nights.  People will say do you remember this? We had so much fun!  No.  I don't remember a lot from then.  That's how my brain dealt with the pain.I think Maria is doing so much better in Found, she still had a long way to come, but in terms of dealing with the fallout, her brain's way of protecting her from the damage, she has come a long way in what she can deal with and now she is helping Owen.Honestly, it's an amazing series and I'm afraid to say too much for fear of spoiling something.If you're a survivor (and can handle this type of book), I recommend this.  If you're someone who knows someone who can't come to terms with their past, I highly recommend this book. If you're someone who loves to read a heart wrenching story that sucks in you and won't let you go, that stays on your mind after you've closed the book or swiped the last page over, I recommend this book.  The series is hard to read. It is. But it is amazing journey from start to finish.Nadia Simonenko I thank you from the bottom of my heart for letting me read these two books. They were beautiful!