Review: a phenomenal ending to an amazing series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 22, 2013
"WOW always confuses me," he said finally, and laughed. "I never know if 'wow' is a good think, a shocked thing, or 'wow' I wish that never happened 'thing'"All I am left saying after reading this book and this trilogy is WOW, 'WOW' that was amazing, 'WOW' that book truly touched my heart and my soul, 'WOW' that book made me cry ugly tears and just 'Wow' I am so glad I finally decided to read this trilogy but be able to read them all together. BUt most of all 'Wow" what an amazing final book to such an amazing story and trilogy, outstanding job to the author bringing so many story lines all together and intertwining them to truly touch me and make me feel so many emotions, the very same emotions the characters were feeling in the story, such amazing writing right there" I think about what life brings, and gives, then takes away."This truly is a story that is about life, life is not always easy, sometimes bad things happen to good people, sometimes people have had to deal with more in a short amount of time than most of us deal in our entire life and some never get to live a full and complete life but what this books tells us is that there is a plan in life for each and everyone of us and that we don't know how long that will be but we need to appreciate what we have and life each day to the fullest."To be a star you must shine your own light, follow your path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine the brightest"In this book, once again Carlee is faced with a challenge, this time it's her health as we kind of saw a bit of that being hinted at in the end of book two. But how she handles it and the story of Kyliejo, a young girl she meets, her Rad Buddy truly touched me and of course made me cry or fight back tears at many moments. But Carlee truly proved how truly a 'special person" she was letting her brightness shine through.'A journey of a thousand miles beings with a single step'Through this book and to be honest this complete series, we see and get to be part of Andy's story, the thousand miles he has traveled and see every single step he has taken, starting off with the first time he sees his 'Bethy' through there many many years of ups and downs, to becoming a very important part of Carlee's life to many many years later moving past and trying to move on from the past to love again. When I started reading this trilogy, I thought it was Bethy's story but it was his story and the three great ladies he was fortunate to have loved and be loved by."I want my life to be remembered as a quilt. Wrap it around. Let you warm you. Each of you is a piece of my quilt of life. Each of you put there for a different reason. Maybe your block of time was a small one, maybe you were the center block of color in a particular pattern in the quilt of my life, but each of you are an integral piece. Some blocks in that quilt are the cornerstones, maybe the whole quilt. maybe it was a cornerstone of a part of the pattern. Security. Honesty. Integrity. Love. Some blocks were the strength I needed at a certain time. Some blocks are the compassion i needed at an especially difficult time. But each block represents love. My quilt would not be complete without your part in the pattern. I want to leave pieces of my quilt for each of you."Once again this book and this trilogy wrapped it self around me, it made me feel loved and strength for Carlee and Kyliejo and the many more out there in real life fighting these battles. It made me stop to think and take a look at my own life. This story was filled with so much love, the life long love of soul mates, the love for a child and parent and the love of friends and family. There were some sad moments that brought tears but this book just wrapped itself around me a little bit tighter to give me strength and to heal my aching heart.You're a place in my heart and it will never beat the sameThis book and this trilogy have taken a place in my heart and now that I have read this amazing story it truly will never beat the same, every time I think of it, it will be bittersweet, I will remember the tears shed but also the smiles that were felt, those moments that truly healed the heartache and dried up the tears.These were the first books of this author I have read and will definitely won't be my last, she has found herself a brand new HUGE fan!