Review: It was the little things that hurt the most - like paper cuts...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 9, 2013
Hell Without You is my first Ranae Rose book.  I was intrigued when reading the synopsis and decided to give it a try.  I'm so glad that I did.  I love her style of writing, it flowed very smoothly and error free from beginning to end.  Donovan and Clementine were troubled teenagers who found each other at the perfect time in their lives.  They were there for each other, able to comfort and support each other during those difficult times.  They were everything to each other.  So why did she leave him?  How long will he wait before accepting that she's gone and she's not coming back?  He finally decides to try and make something of himself in spite his drug addicted mother and his white trash trailer park upbringing.  He joins the Marines and hopes for a better future for himself.  She leaves her upperclass McMansion upbringing to attend an Ivy League college in New York.  She still thinks about him, but knows that he will never forgive her for leaving.Seven years later Clementine returns to Willow Heights and runs into Donovan.  What's he doing there?  She never expected him to come back.  He is even more sexy than he was 7 years ago.  He has a face she could have stared at forever... if it hadn't been for the rest of him.  Donovan had never stopped thinking about her, ever.  Can they find a way to overcome the problems that tore them apart before?  Can they trust each other with their broken hearts?  Are they smarter now?  After all, the kind of love that waits seven years without changing is the kind of love that makes you stupid, sometimes. 🌹