Review: Tasha Delivers heartache and mending in this touching novel...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 5, 2013
Oh the tangled webs we weave... In this second book from Tasha Ivey I was really impressed in the growth of her writing and story telling.  This story is heartwarming, heartbreaking and inspiring all at the same time.We follow the story of Makenna who has suffered a great loss and hasn't been able to put back the pieces of her life since that fateful day she lost the person that she was planning to spend the rest of her life with.  Her loss propels her into a state of existing but not truly living.  It's hard to hear Makenna's story and how sad she is.  She feels like she will never be able to break the cycle, and all she does is put on a front for her family and friends.  Her best friend tries everything to help her including forcing her into a relationship with Drew the high school coach with good looks and good personality.  Looks can be EXTREMELY deceiving though...In Makenna's class they all participated in a project to write to a solider overseas.  The solider that they had contacted this year wrote back a letter of thanks.  This letter would change everything for Makenna.  As the story moves on Makenna and Sawyer move from friends into that grey area, she's torn because she's technically dating Drew but has strong feelings toward Sawyer.  She starts to feel alive again for the first time in her life but that all comes crashing to a halt when things suddenly take a dangerous twist and she finds herself in uncomfortable situation with someone she trusted.Sawyer has a very broken past.  I cried for the childhood that was stolen away from this man.  For the pain that he endures daily thinking himself a failure because that's all he's ever known himself to be.  No matter how hard he tries he can't save everyone.  No matter how hard he tries it never seems to be enough... His tortured soul needs mending and when he first meets Makenna he can see the same need in her eyes.  He's drawn to her in a way that he can't explain, and he wants nothing more to fix that sadness behind her eyes. When his past collides with his future Sawyer is thrust back into believing he just isn't worthy of happiness and the secrets that he keeps could destroy the one person he has ever felt truly happy with.This book will take you on a roller coaster of highs and lows.  You will never see some of the twists coming at you, and when they hit it's like a bomb exploding!  Makenna is thrust into an uncomfortable situation and finally had to deal with the past to get too the future that she so desperately wants.  You will feel her heartache in the retelling of the story of the night her fiance was ripped from her life.  The sadness she feels when she learns of Sawyer's past and the betrayal that she feels he bestowed upon her. And the love and passion that she and Sawyer share throughout the book.  You will also feel extreme hatred, I can't tell you why but you'll find out!  Just read this book!  I couldn't put it down from the time I started it... The story pulled me in and even though at times it might have been a bit too much crazy!  It was all worth it!  I give Tasha 4.5 stars for this touching read.  I can't wait to see what's to come in this series!