Review: ✨A stirring, potent and emotionally healing story.✨
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2014
[...]My rating: 4 of 5 ⭐️The heroine is crippled by a single violent and traumatic event, something author Prescott Lane is being very respectful of, and makes sure that all other characters are as well. Even 'frequent flyer' Reed, our hero, who does not make it a habit to be the most insightful or sensitive soul, but even without having the knowledge of her background, he senses a tentative darkness in Peyton and treats her with greater care than he has ever afforded any of his 'buffet---fillers'.Ms. Lane has written the best character, when she created Peyton's trauma therapist, Dr. Lorraine. A middle-aged, completely unconventional and hilariously straighforward woman, who didn't pull any punches and refused to treat anyone like a victim, nor did she allow anyone to view themselves as victims. In contrast, Dr. Lorraine seems unafraid to push Peyton beyond her comfort zone, where everyone else more or less tiptoes around her.Best example of that is Griffin...... you snooze, you lose, buster!!Reed had a pretty cocky and aggressive approach initially, hiding his own skeletons, but he was pretty much knocked on his ass by Peyton, causing him to step back and letting her set the pace. But his very obvious interest in her and claim on her, was enough to give her that little shove she needed to start expressing more of an interest in the world around her again.Well-written, although at times a tad juvenile in terms of the behaviour and reactions described, given that we are talking about people in their late twenties and not their late teens. Nevertheless, a very sensitive combination of issues that are very carefully handled in an interesting story with tremendous character growth for both protagonists.✨A stirring, potent and emotionally healing story.✨**Copy provided in return for an honest review.**