Review: Phenomenal - one of the best I have read in 2014!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 18, 2014
5 StarsYour life could change any minute. Kate and Daniel were spending a lazy morning together; they just walked out of a movie at the local cinema when Kate’s life changed forever. A massive earthquake begins and Daniel’s main concern is Kate’s safety. In the end his last act on earth was to push her to safety.Kate is understandably crushed by this event and the death of Daniel. There is a scene right after the earthquake when she sees the building; Leanne Pearson wrote it so poignantly that I had to put the book down after I read it because I felt I was invading Kate’s privacy. Everyone can understand her despair; but what was done so well was her road to recovery. Some authors who are more concerned with the romance part would have her heal fast; find love and move forward. Kate stumbles along her healing and does some things that would inhibit that healing – that is what made this book so real to me. Dom could identify with Kate right away; and I enjoyed how that slowly became apparent in the book.  Yes Dom seems to be a take charge Marine, but he is so sensitive and caring it melted my heart. He completely understood the importance of Daniel in Kate’s life.This book is written with a great depth of emotion; the journey Kate takes to healing has hills and valleys and I am so happy I had the pleasure of reading this. It just pulls at your heartstrings; I didn’t make it through without a tear in my eye at parts. Leanne Pearson walked a tight line on this one. Too much emotion would just make it one of those sappy books people just can’t get through, too little and we would not get the full depth of these characters. There was also some realism to it; I had to remind myself that this was a work of fiction. Yes the tragic loss of life due to this earthquake did happen, but this was not a non-fiction account of Kate’s struggle back to happiness.Wow; that is what I said to myself when I finished this book. I just sat there and thought about it and knew I couldn’t put my thoughts into a review right away. I had to let it grow. A good book makes you think and this book made me wonder if I would be able to find happiness again like Kate did.Even though Leanne Pearson treated us to a complete HEA for Kate and Dom I didn’t want my time with them to end. I am not even sure it has been started but Leanne Pearson’s next book is on my TBR pile!I received this book as a gift and this is  my honest review.