Review: One of a kind read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 13, 2013
I am honored to be part of the blog tour for this book.  When the story started I was hooked and couldn't put it down.  I was drawn to the relationship between Rhane and Dalton, the constant fighting, nipping back and forth and the make up sex.  They were a disturbing yet adorable couple. Then their world comes crashing down around them.  With the accident Rhane's life will never be the same again.  Within the first chapter the author had me so invested in this couple I was actually tearing up over Dalton and Rhane.Then the book takes a different direction, as if we had started a new book with a new story plot.  I went from falling in love with the golden couple to mourning the existence that they found themselves in.  Rhane was a tough cookie, she certainly can't be called a victim of circumstances, she was more of the outraged spit fire that every mother warns her son about.In comes Ian and Emmy, a single dad who has a list of mistakes and damage from his past and Emmy, his sweet adorable deaf daughter.  I don't think Ian would have been able to break through Rhane's walls had it not been for the craziness he had been subjected to in his past.  In this part of the story what I admired the most was Rhane teaching Emmy to play the piano, even though Emmy would never hear the music she was creating.The author did a wonderful job at taking us down so many different paths, this book felt like three stories all in one.  You had the mad passionate rock star love story, the damaged young woman left behind now without her career, family, friends and voice.  Left to start over again with nothing but a broken heart and a temper that would more than likely land her in jail and finally we crept into the world of redemption and new love.  It was certainly a journey watching Rhane become whole again.The same emotional intensity that we saw in the first chapter didn't maintain throughout the whole book.  As I stated earlier, this felt like three phases of life in one book, the emotional intensity changed along with the phase.  I am not usually a fan of that, but the author made this work for us.  I think the story itself called for the change of direction and emotions so we could really understand and care about Rhane.  What was consistent though was the passion Rhane had inside, even if that passion ended up with her hand through a window and a trip to the ER, or sitting in anger management classes.  The woman was on fire.  I won't say I lost my interest in the book because the author gave us characters from page one that I couldn't help but fall in love with and care about.  I won't say this is a hot steamy love story, but it is a real, mature and deep meaningful love story.  She gives us many things to think about regarding life, love, happiness and the feeling of purpose in life.