Review: 5 SOUL BURNING STARS!  ORIGINAL, HONEST, PAINFUL, AND REFRESHING.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 27, 2014
"There were no coincidences in life, just fate."Wow!  The story inside the pages of this book were not at all what I was expecting! This was an intensely emotional book full of regrets, sorrow, and pain.  This book did a number on my heart... good and bad.I wanted more, but didn't I have it all minus a white picket fence?  From the outside, it looked like I had it all, but on the inside, I had very little.  I was empty and unfulfilled.  I wanted the epic love I read about.  I wanted my dreams to come true like in the movies.  I wanted what I had now, but I wanted to feel it.This book immediately hooked me by the writing style alone as I was taken down a dark journey of reflection. I couldn't put it down  and I have the blood shot eyes to prove it.  We are introduced to a 32 year old, married, mother of two,  named Lennox, who suffers from a lifetime of depression.  She is lost and unhappy with her current life and appears to have feelings of remorse about her recent actions, which are not immediately clear.  As the story unfolds, we are transported back and forth from past to present.  We learn about Lennox's struggles, her pain, the loves of her life, and the path and decisions that led her to where she is."How could I love two boys so passionately, yet so differently?  My heart belonged to one and my soul to another."What I loved most about this book was the honesty and how real it felt. There wasn't a moment when I didn't feel like I wasn't a part of this story.  The characters were well thought out and written.  Although I felt a connection with all of them, the main character, Lennox, is a character that I will forever hold close to my heart.  I was surprised how much I understood her and could relate to her, and I think anyone who reads this will be able to relate to her in some sense as she tells her story.I also loved the originality of this book.  There are many twists and turns and every time I thought I knew where this story was going... it took a completely different turn.  This isn't one of those stories where the character has had a dark past full of abuse and just needs someone to save her.  This is an honest depiction of depression and shows an individual's struggle with it from a young age as she tries to live her life as normally as possible.I would recommend this book to everyone.  It's a beautiful story and one of the gems of indie publishing.