Brought Tears To My Eyes
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I haven't read a book this moving in a very long time. The minute I started reading I was sucked into the lives of Elin, Sofia, and Kirsten. Throughout the whole book I was on the edge of my seat, and the ending made me cry each time I reread the last few pages. I definitely recommended this book. It's one of my favorites now.
361858
It is rare that I can be so moved by a book. Tears of sadness and joy. We all have moments and people in our lives that take time to appreciate. Thank you for sharing this story!
4419864
Wow!!

This book brought me to tears! Literally still have tears in my eyes! I've read a lot of books  over the years but I can't remember one that made me feel so emotional. Its a must read in my opinion!
2552440
The Darkest Sunrise duet was such an emotional toll that it took me a week to recover. The utter pain of losing a child is something that I pray I will never have to endure. Reading about it broke my heart. I cried so hard. These books were an emotional read that I would absolutely recommend to anyone and everyone.
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This book brought tears to my eyes. Beautiful. My favorite part was when Andy Biersack rode off into te sunset with Onsion on a dinosaur eating black bean burgers. Please read sections of this book at my funeral.
3266913
This book struck me right off the bat with this one beautifully poignant sentence, "I cringed as the memory of their smiling faces fixated in front of my eyes for a second before they transformed into two cold boxes."

This blew me away...I had tears in my eyes...I am an avid reader and not many books have made me feel tears, and this is certainly the first one that evoked that sense of sadness as soon as I met the main character. I don't particularly relate to the main character, the author just makes you connect with her through her story and beautiful writing. I was thoroughly impressed.

So, needless to say, I was pretty set for a sad story. It isn't all sad though, it isn't even mostly sad, it is full of twists and fantasy and wonder that will keep you up all night (it sure did me!). I can't say enough how well written and well rounded, and just all around awesome I thought this book was! I can't wait for the next in the series! Thank you Ms. Cage for a wonderful story :)
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What a beautiful story of strength and hope....I cried many times through this book and cannot imagine the pain the Hance family endured.  I so glad they had little Kasey to bring them a sense of joy again.
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Heartbreaking. That is the word that keeps coming to my mind as I reflect on this book. How can such a small book be so gut wrenching? By the end my emotions were all over the place. I was an uncontrollable sobbing mess yet so glad that I was able to experience this book. How can you be sad and happy at the same time? Only a powerful book can make you feel that way.

Mr. Ness is no one hit wonder. As a lover of Chaos Walking I am just plain blown away here. I often state that for me a sign of a wonderful author is that they can move from genre to genre and still write books you love to read (Markus Zusak, Melina Marchetta). Mr. Ness has now joining that list of authors for me and I can't wait to see what he does next.

I will add that my mother suffered from cancer for a large portion of my life (8 years) and passed away when I was 13. Reading this book was like pulling a band aid off my heart. It left me raw. Mr. Ness captured all my thoughts and feelings as a young girl watching the person you love the most in the world shrink away little by little. You feel powerless and angry. You make bargains with God and ignore what is right in front of you. You don't want the outside world to know your truth because then it becomes real and in turn you become different. You become that girl whose mother has cancer. It is hard enough to young, but to be different too makes it almost unbearable. I am not sure if Mr. Ness experienced these thoughts and feelings as a child, but either way he got them right. Almost too right.
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I read a lot as I'm sure all of us on here do ;) I'm an emotional reader, like to get swept away and sucked into a book, but I'm not a huge crier. Yes my eyes will get misty from time to time, words may blur as I'm trying to read, but I can usually beat the tears back. This book made me cry 3 times. Actual tears down my cheeks cry (good feels cry, not depressing sad tears) and for that it gets 5 "what a beautiful story" stars.
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It brought me to tears...wish we could all feel the love they had.
Loved reading this very beautiful loving story
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I sobbed when I came to the end of this beautifully written story.  I haven't cried when reading a book in a long time.

The book starts in the middle of a difficult subject--the death of two teenage boys--so it took me a while to keep reading past the first chapter; the grief of the two mothers was so well described I could not stop thinking about how awful I would feel if anything happened to my children.  Fortunately, I pressed on and read the entirety of this very compelling story.  I enjoyed how she portrayed each mother's story sympathetically; "the truth" is never as simple as it first seems.
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This book touched me deeply. I found myself turning to it time and again.  it opened my eyes, making me laugh and cry,sometimes at the same time.
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I wasn't sure how I'd feel about this book knowing how tragic a loss this was for this family. I was saddened for their profound loss of their 3 daughters and the way of life they had before but I was also rooting for this couple to stay together and make a newer life which included this new child. The pain and anguish and heartache was palpable throughout this book but so was the strength and love and forgiveness. I cried both sad and happy tears!
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This book was really good. It was such a beautiful story, heart wrenching it made me cry. I was hesitant to start reading it because of what the book was about. I recently lost two people in my life to cancer. There were times that couldn't keep reading, I just needed to stop cry and then go back to reading after. I'm really happy I did read it though, the characters captivated me, their story made me appreciate my life more :)
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It was not my usual read but once started o
I couldn't put it down. I could see the characters in my minds eye, feel their pain and happiness and cried tears myself, as I am now after finishing the book and writing the review
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ARC received in exchange for an honest review.

There's one aspect that I appreciate and enjoy the most out of Adriana Locke books, that aspect is that the characters she creates is so very much like real life. There's just something about them that makes them feel like the people you live next door to or sometimes, even yourself. This book was no exception in this case, the characters made me FEEL. They made me feel so deeply that my heart ached, my eyes teared up, and my mouth went dry. This is the most beautiful book I have read so far in 2015, there are just no words to describe how amazing it was. Julia and Crew captured my heart and if you read this book it will be very easy for you to see why they did so. This book is heartbreaking but yet uplifting because it will make you believe that even in the worse situations there are rays of light. I cannot applaud Adriana Locke enough for the beautiful words she writes and the amazing characters she made. So I highly recommend this book, but be warned, be prepared to cry and be prepared to feel!
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Brought  tears to my eyes as I read it.  My babpy girl ( dog)  of 15 years past and took a piece of My heart with her.  There's not a day goes by i do not open my back door go to her resting place in her special place in my yard.