Review: Beautiful!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
I would really love to spill my guts about all the things I loved about this book, but if I did, it would contain spoilers and well… I can’t exactly ruin it for you!After going through the pain of her brother committing suicide and the heartache and guilt of not seeing the signs or being able to help him, Ella is now trying to help others by working at a suicide hotline. This is where she meets Daniel.Dealing with his own painful past filled with regret and guilt, Quinn is consumed with it and it’s preventing him from living as he should, loving others like he wants, and feeling worthy of being loved in return. Then he then turns to a stranger, Gabby, the girl that will save him from the demons in his head.Now here’s the thing, Daniel knows Gabby from the hotline and Quinn knows Ella because she is dating one of his frat brothers. The only thing is they are both unaware that they share more than one simple connection. Make sense? Ella is Gabby and Quinn is Daniel, once that realization comes to light it may just be the thing that breaks them apart.I love how Quinn is protective of Ella because he knows her boyfriend Joel is using her while “using” other girls at the same time. But Ella is also using Joel, but only for an emotional connection that ties to her past. Once she realizes what’s going on around her and in her head, she decides to move on, and the connection she feels towards Quinn starts to grow. The sweetness of Quinn and all of his swoony words and gentleness with her would melt any girl’s heart.Quinn isn’t quite ready to move forward with Ella until he is sure she won’t hate him for his past mistakes. Ella is strong and patient with Quinn, she knows he will come around at his own pace. She just hope’s that it won’t take forever for him to be able to trust her.When Quinn finally feels brave enough to open up completely to Ella, it all goes terribly wrong. Once she realizes that Quinn is Daniel from the hotline, her reaction and shock sets in and Quinn mistakes it for disgust and hate. He saw it in her eyes, but his faith and hopefulness that he entrusted her with turned into fear and sent him running away from her. If only she had opened her mouth sooner and explained. Once she realized what she had done, and what Quinn must have thought, it sends her running to him fearful of the outcome of her actions… “I need to get to you Quinn. Before you break”. And that’s exactly the moment where I broke out the box of tissues and had a book meltdown until I hit “the end”.Christina wrote a beautiful story that gave me chills and made me feel for her characters so much that it made me cry… a lot. And it had the most perfect first kiss ever! I loved it all.