Review: A Beautifully Written Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2014
*I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review.“Because pretending to be happy is almost like being happy. Until you remember that you’re only pretending. Then you’re sad. Really sad. Because wearing a mask every day of your life is the hardest thing to do. And after a while, you get a little scared because the mask becomes you.”I started Loving Mr. Daniels with certain expectations. I have read my share of student/teacher romances, so I had this idea in my head of how things would go down in this story. Well, I was 100% wrong and I absolutely love that I was. Loving Mr. Daniels is a beautifully written story not just about the fact that she's a student and he's her teacher, but it was so much more than that.Ashlyn has suffered a great loss, the loss of her other half. This 19 year old now has to move with an estranged dad that has made a life with another family. Even with all the people surrounding her, she feels lost. She's drowning in her grief and doesn't know if she'll be able to heal, that is, until she meets Daniel."Beautiful.Breathtaking.Brilliant.Blue eyes."Daniel. I loved Mr. Daniels. He has also suffered a great loss and is trying to move on, to also heal, but hasn't been able to. That is, until she meets Ashlyn. These two were fated to find each other, to heal each other. Their connection was one that as I was reading, I felt. It was passionate, beautiful, breathtaking.“I don’t want to be your friend,” he said. We breathed in together and exhaled in harmony. “I want to be yours, I want you to be mine, and I hate that we can’t be us. Because I think we were meant to be us.”I loved the side characters Ryan and Hailey. But what I absolutely adored was Ashlyn and Daniel's mutual love for Shakespeare and music, and some heartfelt letters that made me laugh and cry.This is not just a story about forbidden love, but about love, heartbreak, loss, and hope. This is one of those stories that no review will do it justice and you have to experience it yourself. I highly recommend you read this book, it will touch your heart.