Review: Shattered
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 20, 2014
Tracy Wolff blew me away with Shattered. Her extraordinary ability to bring such a realistic depiction of life tragedies while masterfully capturing the pure essence of the human heart. Why did that blow me away, well Wolff also manages to bring us an extreme sport, action packed, romance. Shattered is story telling at its best!Shattered is the perfect name for this story. Ash Lewis is a snowboarder, whose life was forever changed when his parents died in a car crash, leaving him guardian of his now paralyzed brother. Guilty and racked with loss, Ash abandons his boarding passion.Tansy Hampton is a cancer survivor. Personally understanding the loss of your childhood due to illness. Tansy now works for the Make a Wish Foundation to give those terminally ill children their dreams. Tansy's first assignment is to convince Ash Lewis to grant a child his dying wish...to see Ash, his hero, snowboard in personThe story beautifully reveals two difficult journeys of two amazing children. One child is dealing with his own mortality, losing the battle with cancer. The other child is dealing with being paralyzed and the loss of his parents. Wolff captures the heart ache but also amazing strength of each child's marvelous fortitude.Wolff tackles so many intensely charged situations but still hold true to the extreme sport theme. She provides a rocky and difficult romance, that will also touch your heart and keep you invested till the very end.You can't help but be moved by this emotionally jarring, extremely touching story. I would swear that Wolff has personal experience in similar circumstance to bring such realism to her characters plights. This is a must read!!!I also recommend that if you ever have the opportunity to participate with the Make a Wish Foundation or the Ronald McDonald Foundation, that you take it. It is a life alternating experience.