Review: Amazing! So much more that I hoped for!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2014
First and foremost; this story is beautiful! Vital Sign is a story of loss, loneliness, fear and overcoming life changes.I had read the prologue and first chapter a while back as an author released teaser and my interest was piqued.  What one’s journey be if they were to meet one’s loved ones organ recipients?  A story of insurmountable loss and grief as we read about Sadie’s life; her journey through her grief is hard and I cannot imagine going through what she is going through.  The way she describes her daily life, breathing has become an effort.  She is being “pushed, squeezed and cornered” by those around her and who want her to move on with her life.  She just is and exists."He died, other people got a chance to live, and I was left to stand awkwardly in the corner at every holiday, birthday, wedding, and reunion following it."A trip to the small beach town of Tybee Island, may be the turning point is her life as she makes the journey to meet the last of the organ recipient – Jake’s heart.Alexander McBride or Zander was the lucky recipient of Jake’s heart; a heart that enjoyed Sadie’s unconditional love. She was Jake’s Rock – his sanctuary.Zander has become the opposite of his pre transplant day. The ever sought after bad boy is now a recluse where he is lonely with no real direction in life.  His family life is almost non-existent. His abhorrence towards his father has caused his secluded life.  He has no idea what to expect from meeting his donor’s wife, in reality he was not sure why he was even doing it; but a few email exchanges with her piqued his interest.Their story is a story of acceptance, acknowledgement of one another.  They each help each other go through their loneliness and become each other’s solace.“Alexander McBride is both my fallen angel delivering me to hell’s gate and the blinding light that serves as my guide, my deliverance to the hereafter.”“I want this visibly broken woman in front of me to be available to me but at the same time my hart breaks for her is she is.”“To mend you when the world breaks you. To keep you safe. To tell you when you are wrong but scream to the world that you are right…To wager my next breath, against all odds if I have to, just to see you happy. To love you”This book is worth so much more than just 5 stars, to me its immeasurable the love coming from the author as she wrote this beautiful story. It’s intense and hopeful.