Review: A Stellar Debut!!  5 stars of heartbreak and hope!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 23, 2014
At 6% into this book, I realized this could be one of those reads. The kind of story that would create a change in me - I would be touched by the sentiments of a young widow and she reflects back on her life with and the loss of her husband, her daughters father.  Ultimately the story is about love and seconds chances, friends, family and new beginnings.First and foremost the writing is stellar - poetic and filled with the kind of structure that I truly love. A storytelling/ writing style of ending important thoughts with a statement of sentiment of the lesson learned.  So many great quotes from this book that I used in my GR progress updates.The author does an amazing job with her characters. At times one feels like we just don't know enough about the characters, but the story is about getting us there, showing us who these characters are as the story unfolds. We think we know Katrina (Kat/Tree) and we have a glimpse of who Adrian is , but there is a mystery to the story - which is a big part of the plot. The plot wrought with enough heartbreak in Kats loss (Pete) as with her gain (Adrian).  A good part of the story is told through Katrina's reflection on her life with her deceased husband Pete.  We don't really know them, but we get a feel based on their lifestyle - they had a plan and everything was going as it should - then it's gone. That was my change moment - you realize that the mundane actions may end up being what you want to change. While Kat struggles with the "what if's" in life.As Kat and Adrian get to know each other - the healing process begins, as both have suffered losses. They are both people heartbroken as they lost large of themselves and their personal identity in lives they led prior to meeting each other.Sounds so heavy, but it really is a sweet story of meeting someone, immediate connection and how to navigate through the complexities' of coming to know someone and their lifestyle - Katrina with a young daughter and Adrian with a lifestyle he wishes to forget.In the end, what I love about the characters though is that they don't fully regret what they can't change, where they are - But you have to read this story to understand that.  I highly recommend this to anyone and everyone