Review: 5 Gut-Spilling and Tragically Beautiful Stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 11, 2014
It’s no secret I’ve been dying for this story. I’ve been a fan of Cherry’s for a while, and as soon as I’d read the synopsis for this book, I knew I had to get my hands on it. Unlike traditional student/teacher romances, Loving Mr. Daniels delves into some pretty heavy topics, but all are handled with delicate care as the reader hits new highs, and darker lows. ‘Roller-coaster of emotions’ doesn’t even come close to what this author does to you. You live this story. You breathe it. And when they cry, you cry. When they laugh, you do. Every little piece of this well-woven story elicits all the kind of emotion that I look for in a story. Loving Mr. Daniels - and Daniel himself - is the reason I read.Both with traumatic pasts (Daniel - a teacher in high school, and Ashlyn - a senior in a new town), we see this story told in dual POVs. This author hits you in the gut when you’re not looking, throwing those sucker punches again and again as their pasts unfold. And even though this kind of love is forbidden, and I know it’s something that’s morally incorrect, that thought doesn’t even come into play for me when I see them together.They’re simply magic. Anyone can see that these two are meant to be.The characters were romantic, realistic, and compelling. There’s simply too much that happens in this story to be able to explain it all here. But even the secondary characters had my heart bleeding. They were written so well that I mourned, giggled, wept, stood up for, hugged, and shook my finger at all of them. Not to mention all of the highlighting and noteworthy quotes in this book. Man, she does have a way with words!If there were only one book I could choose as my favorite in the past five years, it would be this one.