Review: J4's BEST BOOK YET!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2014
I’ve been a HUGE fan of author Jenn Foor since she first introduced us to Colt Mitchell and the entire Mitchell clan. I’ve read and loved her books, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and fan-girling her in person on more than one occasion and I have always thought she is a great writer. So of course I could not wait to read her latest release, Love’s Suicide. Well let me tell you Jenn Foor has outdone herself with this one! It is like none of the other books she’s written and I think it is her best work yet.What makes Love’s Suicide such an incredible book? For me it is the emotional turmoil this book put me through. To me these characters became real and I felt everything along with them. All their feelings of love, grief, sadness, anger, fear, hopelessness, despair, happiness, strength came through the pages and I found myself experiencing them right along with Katy, Brooks, Branch, and all the others. I love when a book can do that for me, it’s what I enjoy most about reading. When an author captures that emotion so deeply and so perfectly the way Jenn Foor does here, I am in love. Even if it means at times I want to yell at her for putting me through this or scream at her for the decisions these characters make, it is only out of love for the story.Tissues. You will need PLENTY of them while reading Love’s Suicide. This book is filled with so many tear-jerking moments, and at times I thought my heart couldn’t take much more. The angst is so intense and just keeps coming back. You start to relax, you think everything is finally going to be okay and all worked out and then BAM! There’s another twist in the happiness plan and the angst is back in full-force. Again you find your heart racing and your hands shaking as you turn the pages, hoping once again for it all to work out the way you want it to. Does it? I will not say. For me not knowing if all problems get solved is one of the best parts of reading and I won’t spoil that for anyone. Just know this is a long story. It goes quickly because it pulls you in right away and you are constantly on edge wanting to know what’s going to happen next, but in terms of size it is a big book. So make sure you have the time to devote to it because you will not want to put it down.The characters Jenn Foor has created are so real and very well developed. I feel as though I got to know them intimately as I read the story. Did I love them all? No I did not. But to me that is a true testament to the author’s wonderful writing ability. I remained glued to this story even after I decided that Katy was driving me crazy making one poor decision after another. I wanted to reach in and wring her neck screaming at her to rethink her actions! My fists clenched many times as I watched her life take another bad turn. I don’t want to get into any story details about why she does what she does; I won’t give anything away. She has her reasons and they are somewhat justified. On the other hand my heart wept for Brooks and all that Katy and others put him through. I so badly wanted him to find the happiness and peace he so deserved. All the other characters are wonderful as well and had my emotions all over the place, even conflicting at times. I found myself liking and hating a character almost at the same time.The message I took away from this story is that you truly cannot change the past. It doesn’t gain you anything to constantly look back and harp on the “what if’s” and “if only’s”; what’s done is done. You can only move forward and hope that your future will be built on what you’ve learned from your past. And on that note I cannot wait to move forward to the next Jenn Foor book as she continues to amaze me story after story. Thank you Jenn for bringing this incredible story and these characters to life.