Review: BREATHING, SOUL WRENCHING, BEAUTIFUL STORY!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 4, 2013
BREATHTAKING, SOUL WRENCHING, BEAUTIFUL, AMAZING LOVE STORY!Where can I even start...I am still at a loss for words at how beautiful this story is!  Tasha Ivey is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! This is so well written it literally grabs you from the first page and never lets go!  You will not be able to put it down!!!  She makes you feel every emotion along the way, and you are left feeling apart of the story and hoping it never ends!"I am broken. Broken and shattered into so many pieces, I don't know if there is anyone who could ever put my heart completely back together."Almost 2 years ago Makenna suffered a terrible loss.  And since then she has been holding her self together hiding behind a fake smile and pretending to be normal.  But inside she is broken, scared, and confused!  She doesn't believe she will ever be able to move forward and love someone.Makenna Madison is an Elementary School teacher and with some pushing from her best friend Callie, she decides to finally date the new High School football coach.  I thought Drew was great for her.  He was so kind, caring, patient, and good looking.  Drew seems to be completely smitten with Makenna!  She is not ready for a physical relationship of any kind, not even kissing.  She just can't seem to shake the thoughts of her ex-fiance and his death.  But she puts on a brave face and tries to learn to like Drew.Her 2nd Grade class adopted a solider and wrote him letters of encouragement.  When they hear back from him, Makenna is immediately drawn to him. SSG Sawyer Harris is *sigh* swoon worthy!  He is gorgeous, rough, tattooed, strong, gentle, caring, and just amazing!  They have an immediate friendship and find themselves video chatting, writing emails and flirting almost daily.  Makenna feels like she can open up to him and tell him stuff she has never told anyone.  They are there for each other, and help one another without even realizing it."Sometimes, it takes someone just as broken as you are to heal you.  Sometimes, it takes someone else to show you that you won't heal until every breath you take is for you, not anyone else.  The scars may not ever fade, but the heart can be put back together piece by piece, if you have the right person for the job."When she discovers that both of these men are hiding things from her, there will be twists and turns that you never saw coming! (I don't want to give too much away!) You will be begging to know... WTH is going to happen next? Is she strong enough to fight again? WTF?  Will Makenna find her happily ever after? There were times I was literally holding my breath waiting to see what the next page held!  But thankfully this is a HEA with a BEAUTIFUL epilogue that just warms your heart!  You will get to see more every chapter of Mak truly finding herself and learning to forgive and find love again!  You will have moments where you are crying, swooning, scared, nervous and insanely in love!  Definitely on my TOP 10 READS OF ALL TIME, and TOP 5 OF 2013!!!!  Do not pass this up, this is a MUST READ!!!"I haven't ever really agreed with the old saying that it's better to have loved and lost than to have ever loved at all, but I understand it now."5 BREATHTAKING STARS!