Review: Emotional and Devastating
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 29, 2013
Arsen is a story about a broken heroine named Cathy who is lost in a deep depression and unable to connect to her husband Ben. She has suffered multiple miscarriages with each driving her depression deeper and pushing her away from her marriage.  She blames herself for everything and while her husband tries to be caring and supportive, she can't accept his love anymore.  She feels he doesn't listen to her and instead just wants to make everything go away.Enter Arsen. He is a young, gorgeous playboy to whom Cathy is instantly drawn to and after another brutal loss, Cathy and Arsen begin to have an affair.Throughout the entire novel, Cathy's deep pathos takes the reader on an emotional ride.  She might not be a heroine in the traditional sense of good, but one can see her line of reasoning and the devastation her decisions have on Ben, Arsen, and herself. Her self-hatred causes all of them so much pain.I loved this book and thought it was fantastic because it brought out so many emotions in me; frustration, anger, disappointment, sadness, and hope. I needed a box of Kleenex by the time I got to the Epilogue.I hope there is a sequel and soon!!  Great work!!