Review: Hell Without You
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2014
First, the cover is gorgeous and I was immediately drawn to it. I think this story has it's really sad moments; Clementine has to leave for college because she's made to by her parents. She leaves behind her only boyfriend behind in hopes of never coming back. Donovan leaves sometime after Clementine, he waited to see if she would come back but when he felt like she wasn't he left to join the Marines and ended up in Afghanistan.Clementine comes back to her home town of Willow Hights after finishing college and an internship, looking for a job. She passes by her grandmother's house (which had passed away a few years back), so Clementine wants to see the house and know who bought it. A huge black truck parks behind her and it is none other than Donovan in the flesh. Knowing that, she figures that he is back in town and not leaving anytime soon since he planted roots. On her way to her new apartment, there's a lot of rain that causes a flood so her car gets stuck. On her way back to town Donovan finds her walking soaked and convinces her to go to his house for the night. So what does Clementine do when she has to share a house with an ex-boyfriend that she shared everything with and was her first love? Don't forget about Donovan's emotions, which are also running high. Can they survive their bitterness, trust issues, and hurt from so many years ago, or do they get back together and build a new life together?This story at times really broke my heart, it is filled with so many emotional moments; two people damaged mostly because of each other. I think in the end they find a balance with each other and find that they were so unhappy while they were apart. This story is both heartfelt and enlightening; how they figure out each other after so much time being apart and how it all comes together in the end. There's that moment of "Aha" when you think "Ok so that's why that happened."Hell Without You was a satisfying read for me, it contains enough drama and romance to make me happy; not too much of either to tip the scale, just the right amount. I recommend this book to all you romance readers, this will be good one to read.