Review: After I dried my eyes…
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 30, 2013
I loved this novel: After Alex Died. The characters were not only likeable; they were downright endearing. I was brought to tears more than once by this story, but it was in the best way possible. This author just had a way of bringing the hero and heroine to perfect, flawed life.I especially loved the very natural progression in feelings and revelations as the story progressed. If anyone has ever suffered a loss, unrequited love, regret, fear of rejection, depression, and an inability to forgive... they will find something to relate to here. But don’t worry, it’s not all heavy reading, there is a wonderful balance of humour and teen angst in the mix that any adolescent can relate to and any adult will remember fondly.Though one suspects from the get-go that there will be a good ending, there is very little predictability in the way this story gets there. It is not too often that I really I wish I could see down the road a few years to where the characters end up, but with this book I want to do that; not just with the main characters but with each and every last one of them.This is a story I will not easily forget.