Review: Learning to live again
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 28, 2013
Well I was apprehensive to purchase this book for $5.99 due to cost and the top rated review being 3 stars.  Ultimately the plot really drew me in, and I had read another book by the author that I had enjoyed so I forged ahead with the purchase crossing my fingers it would be worth it.SOME SPOILERS AHEAD*It was worth it.  It was a very gritty, dark, and depressing book at times.  There was romance, steamy sex, personal growth, the importance of family, friendship, death, taking responsibility of one's decision, etc.  All in all, it was well written, but tough to read at points.  Darren was a very dark and depressed man that couldn't move past his sister's death, guilt that he could have prevented it, and granting forgiveness to the women he was once in love with.  At times, I wanted to smack him for how he treated Bailey, but ultimately it was his coping mechanism and couldn't blame him.  It was just sad how unfortunate the accident was and how Dare couldn't see past his own grief to know it wasn't an intentional act.  He treated Bailey as if she deliberately murdered his sister.  Be prepared for the first 1/3 of book to go back and forth from present day to the past to really understand the background and what has happened to bring Darren to such a dark point in his life.  The last 10% of the book is previews to other books, a waste of space, and I would have taken more epilogue.The few things that I would point out are #1-been to Memphis, and Beal St is actually spelt "BEALE".  #2-who was vandalizing her house?  I found it odd that most of the town knew they (D and B) were hooking up, so shouldn't Darren be the person that would do the vandalizing if anyone considering he was the one directly affected by her actions 6 yrs ago?  If he was ok with Bailey and had been seen socializing with her around town, I would think the townspeople would have backed off seeing that he was ok with her.  Ultimately follow in his footsteps in accepting her back into society.I would recommend this if you aren't looking for a generic fairytale romance.  Lots of drama and grit here.