Review: Beautiful Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2014
After being abducted and tortured a year ago, Carmen Andrews is trying to put her life back together, all while not talking.  Jacob Weller is a recent psychology graduate opening his practice.  In his new office and ready to start doing what he worked so hard for, Jacob is faced with his first patient Carmen Andrews.  Through their weekly meetings he is determined to get her to do what no other doctors have been successful at, talking.  Yet unexpected events begin occurring and Jacob is forced to deal with his own heartbreak while trying to heal Carmen of her demons.Throughout Body Language both characters lead completely separate lives, except during their weekly visits.  Jacob is faced with heartbreak throughout the story, all while trying to maintain his newly opened practice.  Carmen is trying to heal through dance, but often time finds herself stumbling through and begins to question her choice of returning to the art she loves so much, ballet.  As the story progresses their lives slowly begin to weave together without either of them knowing.Carmen meets Ms. Mabel and I loved their relationship.  I wish that there would have been more moments in the story that really emphasized what drew the two women to each other.  Body Language was beautifully written, and the element of art as therapy was refreshing to read.  I enjoyed the examples of dance, drawing and singing as forms of helping to heal.  I think many people read as an escape and their own meditation, the same goes for authors who write as a form of expression and release.  All forms of art help in healing or meditation in a way and I really loved those parts of the book.The book does have a side of suspense as well, and the reason behind it was never on my radar.  I would have never guessed what would happen, and in my opinion, when the reader doesn’t figure it out before it happens then it always makes for a great story! But I won’t go any further, no spoilers here!*I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*