Review: thoughts on can't go without
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 5, 2014
Tristan- words are hard to describe him. He's arrogant, cocky a jackass of epic proportions, but underneath all that he's sweet, kind and gentle. Except that is a side he doesn't like to show. why? Because it doesn't please his father. A man he is always trying to please.  Trying to get to love him. Trying to be worthy of.One night shattered Tristan and he went down a dark path that has him thinking he is the devil. That he is unworthy. That he is a monster and since than he has been broken and left his kindness buried. A night he can't remember but has paid the ultimate price for.Leah- the girl that Tristan loves and who loves him. The girl who created the beast Tristan became. the girl who broke him and lied about what he did. She should feel remorse and guilt but feels it was justified. She pays back her debt and tries to go on. Karma they say is a beeyitch and it gets her to in the package of her boyfriend Sam. Sam is a snake and makes Leah feel settled but he also cons her.Karma also has kismut and in this case keeps placing Tristan and Leah together. they end up in North Carolina together for his brother's wedding and here the truth comes out. Tristan lashes out at his brother, the perfect one who doesn't see what he really did. Only sees that he save their sister but not the cost. Tristan lets him know. Leah tries to run but really there is nowhere to hide.Tristan though amazingly becomes resigned and freed. He starts to become himself , find who he is and break the chains that his father has had him in.Leah and Tristan begin to get close and fall in love again but it is a bumpy ride still.this book is a wonderful story of forgiveness , love and redemption. It shows that family is where you love and are accepted. Love can forgive all and that you can be who you want as long as love is there. Tristan will have you crying for him and smiling as you see his transformation. A beautiful story of how one transforms and is freed when the chains of the past lies are exposed and acceptance and forgiveness is there. A love story that will have you smile and hope for a HEA. A graciously written tale that will have you see love as it is a great healer.