Review: Simply beautiful.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2014
This is one of the most beautiful stories I've read , yes one that is surrounded by pain.I didn't read the first book to have had an opinion on Brad going into this book but for what I've read here the guy was a piece of work at a younger age up until he was in college. Women were just a game to him and he treated them like pieces of a game until a tragic event changed everything. Brad changed and started to redeem himself and the way he looked at relationships.Mabry is a bright, cheerful girl on the outside, but on the inside she's full of pain due to a traumatic event that happened on her younger years. She copes with her pain in a way that will make you cringed, that is her secret.When Mabry and Brad meet at his father's law firm the attraction is undeniable, and Brad wants more than sex but that's the one thing Mabry can't or won't give him, so she'll do anything in her power to avoid getting into a deeper relationship with him.The author gives us the story by mixing the past and the present throughout the chapters, it is beautifully written and little by little you start understanding what shaped these two people into the adults they became.Reading about Mabry's past will bring you to tears and you'll feel incredible sorrow for the life she lived and will understand the woman she tries day in and day out to be, even though deep inside she hates being this way.Little by little and without wanting it or realizing it Brad becomes her strength and helps her start living, that is, until the tragedy that made Brad the man he is now comes back to hunt them both.There are millions of books out there but only a few make you really feel the story, live it with the characters, and this is one of them.The book deals with some serious issues and is gut wrenching at times but it's an incredible journey worth living with these characters.I highly recommend this book, just be prepared for an incredible roller coaster of emotions. Alison is an amazing writer, one I'll put on my favorites list.