For the most part I really enjoyed this book.
There was a really good storyline that I think a lot of women can relate to.
Lennox, or Len, suffers from manic depression. She has struggled with it her
whole life and the reader follows along as she tries to navigate through life
and relationships. While most women do not experience the highs and lows quite
like Len, I think that she still represents a little of each of us.
When
Len falls for Dean, she falls hard and fast. He does as well. I loved their
relationship, at first. There is a gradual change in their relationship until
finally she starts to break. The two are growing up and they have to figure out
how to handle it together or it will tear them apart.
Fast
forward to when she is a wife and mother. A lot of women get sucked in to the
monotony of life. There are times of depression, but again, most women can dig
their way out. Len has a harder time "shaking it off" due to her
manic depression. We see motherhood and life through her eyes. I really did
enjoy her journey and self-discovery.
This
story is told in the present and also gives us flashbacks of the past. This is
where I'm not quite sure how I feel about it. I DO enjoy stories like this. I
feel it adds another layer to the plot and just gives me a better understanding
of the characters. The author did it pretty well, but at times I felt that the
story was a bit slow and repetitive. Lennox was down on herself quite a bit and
it got a bit old, BUT that is a product of her illness, so I got it.
I
think that this is a really good story. I became attached to the characters and
am hoping that there is another book. There is NOT a cliffhanger. I just
honestly enjoyed all the characters and would like to connect with them again.
This book isn't about perfect characters that have perfect relationships. In
all honesty, they are all flawed in some way. It is how they navigate through
life despite all their flaws that makes a lovely story about love, forgiveness,
and the possibilities that life can hold.
There
was a time in my life when the light within me shined so brightly. At some
point I lost it. I lost me. Life used to course through my veins like an out of
control wildfire, unstoppable and infectious. Time was supposed to heal, but
all it did was slowly strip me down to an empty vessel void of passion, desire,
and drive. I wanted to scream, “Be the one to save me,” but my soul was
drained, my heart was shattered, and time had siphoned the life out of me.
Dani’s
passion for writing started at a very young age. It all started with a multitude of diaries,
then as her passion grew she turned to poetry and short stories. She received her Bachelor’s Degree at USC in
Theatre with an unofficial minor in writing.
While at USC she wrote her first screenplay and post-graduation was
fortunate to be hired to write another screenplay. As family life got busy her passion was
pushed aside, but as she fell back into the love of reading her desire to write
again increased, so she returned to it in the summer of 2013. She is currently
working on a YA Urban Fantasy Romance series, The Life of Arie, with book 1
already published, and a Romance Novel to be released on March 17, 2014. You
can connect with Dani through her website www.danihartbooks.com.
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