Review: One of the most fiercely poignant passionate romance novels I have ever read.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 7, 2014
Breathtaking! Overwhelming! Portentous! Authentic! Haunting!Mia Asher presents us with a love story as passionate in it's romance as "Gone with the Wind".Arsen deals with a love story so fraught with gut wrenching emotions so exquisitely defined and hauntingly genuine your will heart race and crumble in empathy." I'm lost.I'm drifting away...Drowning in a sea of sorrow and pain as waves of regret keep pulling me down where an undertow of resentment won't let me break free."This is Cathy and Ben's story.  An adult Cinderella story that delves into what happens after the happy ending. A story full of joy, passion, love, loss, desperation, betrayal and forgiveness.  A story of real life and real love complete with dark shadows and disguised devils."Cruel reality has a way of always catching up to you, no matter how fast or how far you run; reality has a way to destroy one's hopes and dreams. Reality doesn't caress your cheek. letting you know what is to come.  No, reality slaps you across the face harshly, reminding you that a dream is just that.. a dream."Mia Asher has a way of turning a phrase and of molding words which infuse an electrifying emotional response from the reader.  I found myself feeling the emotions so deeply I cried at times and my heart broke.Outstanding novel for those 18 and over who are courageous enough to go beyond the fairytale version of  life and love and are willing to examine it in the harsh light of day.