It was so hard to not let emotions get the best of me
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I read this book from start to finish in the same day. It was so hard to not let emotions get the best of me. It tore me apart but it was so good! I could not put it down
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Currently going through depression and receiving cognitive behaviour therapy which with my last session my therapist hit some raw nerves. Things I have in my head but don't want to open the box to discuss. It's hard as from the out side people think ur ok but ur not. It's hard and a worry if I will ever break from this. Reading ur book has made me realise there us light at the end of the tunnel. But I know for sure I have a journey to go through with this.
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It is hard to control the way I want it too. I hope I get on to it because I gave the old one to my son.
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**Received ARC for an honest review**

This book was a complete mind f*** for me. I am not a lover of books with cheating, however, I found myself enthralled with this book and trying to understand. While I have never been through the things Victoria had in this book, it was so well written I felt it could have been me and I was completely unmovable until I had devoured every last word. I felt everything. This book evoked such a range of emotions, at times it was hard to breathe, others I wanted to go change my panties and then there were the screaming at my Kindle ones that left me wanting to throw it against a wall.

This book was an emotional roller coaster. It will rub you raw and leave you in pieces. This is one of those books that stay with you always. I highly recommend reading this book, it will blow your ever-loving mind!
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Dee and Beck were an emotional roller coaster of a story. It was A LOT to take in and A LOT of drama. Anyways, I was with the rest of the characters and didn't know the depth of Dee's despair, her brokenness. Dee has had a hard life. Sure she comes from a rich family, but they are not family. Her mom and dad have both hit her and her father is where her men issues stem from. Things have happened in Dee's life that are just plain horrible. It was so hard to read certain parts and really feel along with Dee her despair. Dee hides behind a joyful mask around her friends. When in reality she isn't happy she is the opposite and the only one who sees past her mask is Beck. I loved Beck. He was patient with Dee. He didn't leave her even when she thought she pushed him away. He kept at her, was there for her, and his love for her was powerful. I really loved Beck because he really loved Dee in such a way that he saved her.

This story is split into three parts. While, I understood we needed the back story (part 1) it felt way to long and in all honesty I skimmed most of it. Even skimming it I understood the depression, hopelessness, and utter despair Dee is in. I understood she came from a HORRIBLE childhood and circumstances in her life has made her depressed and created these fortress of walls around herself. I skimmed part 2 and some of part 3 as well. I just felt like there was scenes and drama that weren't needed. Even though I skimmed some of the book I did enjoy the growth these two characters went through. Part 3 just felt like a complete utter shock. I was reeling and I felt so gutted. It will be interesting what the next couple books are like. I hope its not so drama filled. I liked the first two books and I liked this one it just had a lot of things going on. Plus, Dee and Beck's story is so hard to read. Its not light, it's not pretty, but in the end it was a beautiful love that saved two people who needed each other the most.
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Kian will melt your soul and Brynn will break your heart. Kian is patient, protective and Brynn is self sabotaging, craves pain, and needs it. ~ Brynn ~ It was almost like I couldn't allow myself to be comfortable. I had been comfortable my whole life up until Evan, and then everything had suddenly turned into a nightmare. All that was still so fresh in my mind. I kept waiting on pins and needles because it all just felt too good to last. I waited for Evan to show up. Or for Kian to give up.
~ Brynn ~ I don't know what Im scared of Kian. Maybe Ive just tried to stay in the shadows for so long that Im afraid of being exposed. Maybe Im afraid that someday this will wear thin. That all mu f***upness will get tiresome. Theres no guarantee. This is all still fresh and new. It may not work in the end, and then what? You won't always be here to protect me.
~ Kian ~ I don't know how to convince you. This isn't a flash in the pan. This isn't some fly-by-night thing, here today and gone tomorrow. Youre mine Brynn. Im not going to bail on you because you have this f***ed up notion that Im better off without you. Im not giving up on you.
Kian has a solution and that solution is the introduction of kinbaku ~ means tight binding. A Japanese style of bondage or BDSM which involves tying up the bottom using simple yet visually intricate patterns.  It becomes a catharsis for Brynn.
Kian and Brynns story is one of love, trust, angst, intensity, insecurity, fear, patience, hope. I could go on and on. A love story you don't want to miss out on and a book crush on Kian that will move him to the top of your book boyfriend list.
~ Kian ~ Every time she made my fingertips ache to touch her. She made my heart ache to love her.
~ Brynn ~ I can now feel pain without shutting down. I can now feel love without freezing in fear. I can now be who I am without shamebecause of Kian.
~ 4 ~ Stars
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This book was so hard for me to read! It was beautifully written, but very heart rending. My emotions went everywhere and I couldn't help but feel the desperation of the characters reaching out to me.
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I opened Pretty Reckless and there was a Greek to English glossary which just gave me shivers (and made me feel a bit better as I thought I had forgotten all of my Greek and it turns out I haventyay me!).

Then I start reading and I cant even begin to describe the emotional tug of war that Jane Anthony put me through, not least because I saw so much of myself in both characters having been through much of what they were both battling. This book was one which touched a lot of nerves for me and I found myself sobbing through much of this book wishing they could find a way through their own personal turmoils even if they couldn't find each other.

Chase is a recovering addict, he lives a simple life, he holds down a job, looks after his Gran and doesnt get involved with women.

Kat is first generation Greek American, her family are traditional Greeks, but she is on a road to destruction, drowning her problems and memories. To say her last relationship ended badly would be an understatement of epic proportions. She has dreams but her family don't support her.

When these two lost souls collide sparks fly and I felt caught in a trap with them as they pulled against and towards each other unsure which way they should be going and often at opposite times as one pulled away the other would be pulling toward so their wires would cross and messages never quite getting through.

This book tackles the struggles of addiction with such a raw honesty and although it brought back some horrific memories for me I was so entangled in the story of Chase and Kat I couldn't help but to love the words on the page, every single one of them and to just root for these two people who deserved to find some peace and love.
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These are the emotions I feel when I read this book. I wish the book was a bit more on the "ok what do we do to fix it" instead of focusing all on the blame.
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Right now there are a thousand emotions running through my mind and heart. You can't read this book and not feel deeply about Emily and Noah. At first, I planned to give this book a 4 because I hate when books fast forward and have tons of errors, but after the emotion upheaval, I experienced from the middle to the end of this book, there was no way I could rate it less than a five. I just know this book will haunt me for a long while. I almost threw my kindle across the room a few times, but I had to keep reading. Now I am left heartbroken and angry and can't stop crying. What an epic love story! It touched me to my very core, and I am a little afraid of what will happen in book two. I have no idea where the next book will go, but I am sure Shandi will leave me once again in an emotion mess. Warning!!! Read with a box of tissues and no throwing books!

I received this book in exchange for an honest review.
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It's a hard choice that is made in this book, and there are difficult choices to make as the reader. I fell in love with Tom and Isabel and Lucy, and I never stopped caring about there family. As a father, I could empathize with all sides, but that doesn't mean that I liked the resolution. The last half of the book was emotionally draining in ways that I had never given thought to. I hoped for the happy family of the Lighthouse, and shed many tears at the thought of what could be found, and subsequently lost, in a lifetime.
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Every time a new Colleen Hoover book comes out I get anxious, nervous, and put off reading it until I can no longer stand not knowing what is inside those pages. Every book of hers, that I have read, I have loved and I don't want the next one to be the exception. So I put off reading them, and try to prepare myself for the roller coaster ride I know I'm going to be on. November 9 came out and I bought it two days later. I didn't start reading it till November 11th, at 10 o'clock at night. I finished at 2:05 AM.  For 4 hours I went between laughing, smirking, gasping out loud, tearing up, wanting to yell at both characters and Colleen, and finally not really knowing how to come down off of the book high I just experienced. It was worth every tear, every moment of heart ache, and every anxiety filled minute I spent reading Ben and Fallon's story.
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i found it very hard to won't to go back and read on as i got into it .this made it borring
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I was so not ready for this book to ends! I'm panicked and emotional and need to co the reading!!!
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when I tell you that what happened is not anywhere near what i was expecting. I was feeling bad because i was talking out loud and telling one of the characters that he needed to go get on meds and the whole time he was right and couldn't prove it. Ugh the worst feeling ever. I cant say too much other wise i will give the story away
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There were times I wanted to close my eyes, when the sadness and pain overwhelmed me but the beauty and the light kept me coming back.
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I knew it was gonna be tough to read, but I would become so overcome with dread, fear, and a certain level of revulsion that I had to take a lot of "mental health breaks" before I could resume the story. Intense is a bit mild to use to describe this book.