This
is one book that I highlighted and highlighted - words, paragraphs, thoughts,
everything. The writing was superb. And, I was totally emotionally drained by
the time the last page was turned. This was a real toughy to read about. Abuse
and homelessness just gut me. And, the level to which the author went to show
such emotional trauma was horrifying and painful to read about. The characters
are real and damaged. Through some tragic past events we find a woman given a
second chance on her life. And, when she comes in contact with a man from her
past, she’s thrown right back into the desperate life she left behind her seven
years ago. The story is told back and forth from the past into the present by
our heroine. She now has a more meaningful life while helping patients at a
hospital as a social worker. She’s proud of work and as she recognizes an old
face from the past, she knows that she has to do everything to help him.
“Because right at that
moment, the love of my young adult life was lying in a hospital bed, clearly
still held prisoner by the choices he had made long before I had ever met him.” ~ Imogene (Chap.
3)
“He had fed me his dreams
and I had given him mine. There wasn’t a piece of his soul that I didn’t
recognize and claim as my own. At one time we had been two pieces of the same
messed up puzzle. He learned my secrets and I discovered the ones he had
guarded so fiercely.” ~ Imogene (Chap. 5)
“We’ll walk on the
beach, Imi, and we’ll dance on the sand. Because one day soon, I promise you
that all this ugly will become something beautiful.” ~ Yoss (Chap 8)
After
all these years, though, their relationship is strained. They’re both not the
same people as they were so many years ago. And, when Yoss’s life hangs in the
balance, not knowing if he will survive a possible terminal medical scare, Imi
comes to the rescue just like Yoss has done for her so many times years ago.
Oh, boy! This one will affect you with tears and big-time feelings of
heartache. Not knowing if they will get their HEA is the big question. And, I’m
not going to share if it’s good or bad. But, I will say that I was immensely
impressed with Ms. Walter’s high level of drama this book entailed. The friends
that tried to stick together as a “family” as one of them is taken in tragedy.
It had an impact on all and it seemed to destroy their decision to remain
together. Especially when Yoss had promised Imi that he would leave and go away
with her, and she catches him in a most devastating act.
“No matter how
horrified she had been, her love held her prisoner. It was up to me to set her
free.”
~ Yoss (Chap. 31)
I’m
telling you that so far this year, this is the best book that I have read. You
will not be disappointed whatsoever. And, that ending??? WoW!! I was blown
away!!!
Review Written, 3/1/16
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