Review: epic emotional read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2014
This review will not contain spoilers, you need to read it yourself to see the beauty of the story.This book is not a kind, fluffy, feel good, sappy read - at least in the first 50 pages. Is a gripping, grab your seat, emotional, raw, gritty prelogue and prologue. It contains "distressing" content that may be offensive to some readers. With that said here are my words.I loved this book. I cried, ugly tears. It was an emotional roller coaster that kept me reading until I was forced to put it down. Written beautifully in the first person, the reader actually feels the experiences that Allyn feels. Being drawn into her character you feel her pain and anguish.Now to the story - Allyn is a normal young woman who lives a simple life. She works at a clothing store and enjoys life full of color and carefree. That all ends one day, in a horrific crime that leaves her all but dead. Amazingly she survives, only to live in emotional hell. She can't leave her house, accept any sort of human contact except her doctor and her parents. Cuts off all interaction to the human world outside of her door. She is in self induced prison. Her whole world is bland, boring, beige... One day she sees a doctor on TV that she thinks could help her more than her doctor for 3 years. She calls desperately trying to get an appointment with him to come to her house. He finally agrees. That's when she sees a blue-jay outside her window... it gives her hope. She is looking forward to meeting with the new doctor and adding some color back into her life.Enter - handsome Dr. Dominic Shriver. psychologist extraordinaire. He meets with Allyn on her terms. Pushes her to limits only she can overcome. While watching her breakdown the barriers around her, he falls for her. Overcoming his own bad deal with life, he accepts her faults and all. Together they bring color back into her life.There is angst and set backs for Allyn. She has hard days, but after what she went through, the reader can understand. It's such a beautiful story. Written perfectly to keep the reader engaged.The ending for me was the coup de grace - I loved that Ms. McHeyzer gave you all of the endings the HEA and the punishments that fit the crimes.I can't wait to see what she has to offer next. This is a MUST to put on your TBR list.