Review: Perfect Moment!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2013
***VISIT [...] FOR MORE REVIEWS***I honestly did not know what to expect when I started this book since it has received some mixed reviews. I was so taken back by not only the story but the characters. I love that this story is focused on the male's demons and issues, something we don't read about alot. Yes, there are some editing issues, but that didn't take away from the story being told.Ryan and Lili both have their own issues to work through. Ryan thinks that he is dealing with his demons just fine by fighting them out in the ring. Lili knows that Ryan has issues but doesn't know how to approach him. They both just keep the issues at bay and pray that they just go away in time. Lili became a mother at young age and had to grow up quicker than most kids but she still kept her head on straight and forged ahead.Lili has alot on her plate at a young age, so bringing someone with a raging past into her and her family's life isn't really a great idea. But she feels that in time, she can help Ryan heal from whatever he is dealing with. What she doesn't know is that Ryan will never let her in - he doesn't want her to know the ugliness inside him. Ryan has been tormented by his past for so long and dealt with in his own way, that he is afraid to let anyone in, especially Lili."It's because I love her!" I yell, split flies out of my mouth. "Because she's the last good thing I've got left in my life, because if she knows she'll hate me and she'll leave, Alex, and I'll have nothing. Nothing.""A woman can't fix a man. Not matter how much love, no matter how many desperate pleas, if he doesn't want to change, he won't"A Moment deals with some tough issues. I was moved by this book - the misfortune that Ryan had to go through when he was kid, him trying to deal with it on his own at one point just giving up, it just crushed me. I love that Lili wasn't extremely pushy with Ryan and acted the way alot of us would - tiptoeing around the issue and just hoping that some day that person will open up. But loving someone who won't open up to you is not easy. How can you truly love someone, if you never know all of them??"Te amo con todo me corazon, pero lo estas rompiendo." - I love you will all my heart, but you're breaking it.I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone - this is definitely not a romance novel at all. Beware it does deal with some heavy issues. It struck a chord with me and I am sure it will with others."Because in the end, it's the moments that make life worth living" - Liliana Cosgrove (Lili)