Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
Audience: Contemporary Romance
Length: 302 pages
Author: Katherine Center
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Release Date: May 15th, 2018
Image & Other Reviews on: Goodreads
BOOK SUMMARY:
Margaret Jacobsen has a bright future ahead of her: a fiancé she adores, her dream job, and the promise of a picture-perfect life just around the corner. Then, suddenly, on what should have been one of the happiest days of her life, everything she worked for is taken away in one tumultuous moment.
In the hospital and forced to face the possibility that nothing will ever be the same again, Margaret must figure out how to move forward on her own terms while facing long-held family secrets, devastating heartbreak, and the idea that love might find her in the last place she would ever expect.
LOVED THIS.
Definitely my new top favorite of Center’s books.
I had held off of this one for a long time because I wasn’t sure about the romance. I was worried the patient/provider romance would feel icky. How pleasantly surprised I was that I didn’t feel much that way at all. I thought it was approached well and worked into the relationship conflict like it should have. Of course there were going to be questions and hard conversations an that’s exactly what I got.
Maggie was the epitome of resilient strength. I can’t even begin to imagine those who go through similar situations. I like the depth of despair and grief depicted, but also the light and the hope. It was a study in contrasts of a non-linear movement towards a new and accepted normal.
“It’s the trying that heals you. That’s all you have to do. Just try.”
The writing is contagious and I was hooked from the first chapter. I didn’t think I was going to fly through it so quickly but the audio was amazing and I desperately wanted to continue listening anytime I had to put the book down. It’s a emotional and beautiful plot with many nuanced story lines that all play into each other so well.
“When you don’t know what to do for yourself, do something for someone else.”
I enjoyed the romance and the grand gesture at the end. It was sweet and those final tender conversations were very sweet. There’s an uplifting message within all of the turmoil and Center brought such beauty to this story.
Overall audience notes:
- Contemporary romance
- Language: a little
- Romance: kisses / make-outs
- Trigger/Content Warnings: plane crash (fully described), medical trauma, ableism, infidelity, suicidal thoughts
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