Review: A broken love story that will tear you to pieces
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2014
Fractured. According to Webster.com, fractured means the result of breaking something: a crack or break..." Fractured. That is how I felt when I finished Arsen."Can you hear it? The sound of my heart breaking, ceasing to beat.""I hate you as much as I love you"."I need to see the eyes that have haunted me for so long, the ones that stole my soul and never let it go..."What a roller coaster of a ride! It broke my heart. It tore my apart, but I could not put the book down. Even as I ranted, cried, screamed and wanted to throw my eReader to the wall.I felt like I was reading two separate books. One part was like any other book I pick up. A sweet love story of two people meant to be, as they come together and get the end they deserve. At that part, you put the book down and feel happy, satisfied and have a smile on your face.The second part, the heart of this story, tore me to pieces. Here you see what happens at the end of the happy stories. In real life, though you may love your one true love, reality eventually hits. Commitments, responsibilities, choices and so on. Sometimes life throws you a curve you were just not prepared for.You know from the blurb of the book, this is a story full of angst. And it truly is. There is no villain, there is no moment when you pump your fist in the air and say "Hell yeah! Totally deserved it!" No, there is no villain. Just three people who lives will be shattered by choices.Catherine is married to the love of her life. On the outside, she has everything she could need or want, except the one thing she truly wants more than anything. Because of this, she feels like a failure and broken. She does not know how to talk to Ben or make him listen and understand how she is feeling. Instead she withers insides and locks those who love out.Come in Arsen. Younger, handsome, carefree and gorgeous. One glance at Catherine and he is lost. Suffering from his own past, he finds in Catherine the hope he thought he had lost.And then there is Ben. Sweet, loving Ben. The moment he glanced at Catherine all those years ago, he knew she was his now, tomorrow and forever. She was his and he was hers. Nothing could take that away from him, or so he thought. He loves her and wants to reach her when she is lost and broken, but they somehow lose their way.What follows is a story that will tear you apart. Neither Catherine, Ben nor Arsen are the villains and all will suffer in the end.Choices are made, lives are shattered and you will never be the same. Would I recommend this book, yes, one big you better read this now YES!My only hope, deep down wish, is that that there is some day a book 2. I would love to see everyone happy. But a reader can only hope.Happy reading!