Review: Beautiful Story with Heavier Content
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 19, 2013
Wow.  Where to start without giving spoilers.I have to start with the cover.  That cover drew me in and made me want to pick this up without even reading the blurb.  Absolutely gorgeous!This book is definitely not a light fluffy read.  It deals with issues that are not of the “happy happy I am in love” romance type, mainly suicide.  That being said, it is a beautiful book.  While not light and fluffy, Beautiful Rose does read fast as you fall into this world where Jack is dating an evil nasty mean girl to avoid getting to close to anyone he would fall in love with it, (Harmony is evil, there is no other way of putting it) and Rose has checked herself out of an inpatient mental health facility that her parents checked her into after one too many (unsuccessful, thankfully) suicide attempts.I get Rose’s thoughts.  I have always been very open about my struggle with depression and suicidal thoughts, both on my blog and in my day to day life, because the stigma that is associated with mental health needs to go away.  I didn’t start as young as Rose did, I was 14 when these things hit me, and it is scary when they do.  At 39, I am in a good place (finally, thank you to my very patient doctor who has been there for me since I was 14), but it was still very easy for me to relate to Rose and the thoughts she had, even as a fictional character, my heart hurt for her.I didn’t read Seduce first, though I have it.  I am going to sit down and do that now because I want the full story with what happened to Jack, what he went through with Belle to get him to this point where he avoids love at all costs.I loved it.  Once I started I couldn’t stop swiping the pages by.  I will definitely be picking up the next book in the series that revolves around Jack’s brother, Alex.  I think Missy is going to become one of those authors that I can’t miss any book from.Note: There are definitely some hot scenes in this book, definitely for the more mature crowd.I received an ARC of Beautiful Rose in exchange for an honest review.