Review: Beautiful Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2014
This is one of those stories that remind us of the lessons instilled in us growing up; beauty is only skin deep. It does not matter how beautiful you are on the outside if you have ugly inside of you. It is unfortunate that many of us measure ourselves on what other people think and sometimes do not believe we are just as beautiful as the models that we see on covers of magazines. We often let what is on the outside define us and we hide.What caught my attention in this story, right from the beginning, was how the author portrayed the female lead, Fran. She took us back to Fran’s childhood and it made me gasp and cry for the little Fran. We are then brought forward to find that Fran is gorgeous on the outside and inside, and has become a strong, independent woman who has made herself successful and has also found love with someone that accepted her, scars and all. Fran has a great job, great friends and is now trying to find out if she can survive after the loss of her first love.  It’s humbling to watch her throughout this story as she struggles to bare her physical and emotional scars again, and take a chance.Matt made me want to just curl up with him, hug him, and never let him go. His patience and understanding showed more beauty to me than the physical description by the author. Matt is the type of man that every woman should have a chance to meet at least once in her lifetime. He has been dealt a pretty crappy hand in his life too. He lost some of his family and that loss brings him sadness every day. He bares emotional scars that have caused him to be a bit of a control freak.These two characters were made for each other.Fran and Matt’s scars are worn differently but they bare them just the same. By the end of the story I truly became a believer that our lost loved ones are watching out for us.Fran and Matt were so much fun to read about. They made me laugh and they had incredible chemistry, emotionally as well as physically. Matt has a great dirty mouth and I love that in male characters I read about; this is a huge turn on for me. The anticipation leading to them finally having sex left me panting. They just seemed to get each other. This relationship moves pretty quickly (time wise) and I know some people do not like that but I love it. I am all for the saying, “when you know, you know.” I believe there is no time limit that you need to have, to be in love.This story met all of my needs: it flowed beautifully, you feel as if you get to know each character really well; even the supporting ones (I want a spinoff story for Caleb!) It had its conflict but not crazy conflict. It was ultimately a story of a relationship from beginning to happy ending. We got to watch it grow and blossom, and believe in love, and remember that our scars do not have to define us. We can wear them proudly because it shows we survived.