In the very beginning I felt sympathy for the Main Character Rose. All of her insecurities and anxieties revolving around not only her prior relationships yet also horrible stuff in her past and her low self-worth. However, after a few chapters I started feeling SO ANGRY at her! I felt like telling her that life sucks for many people, to go get help and STOP moaning all the time! That many people go through horrible, horrible things in their lives yet work hard to come through it. To tell Rose to STOP second guessing herself and start the work towards life. It seemed as if every page was 2/3 Rose saying the same things over and over and 1/3 new content. Don’t get me wrong, I have sympathy for her yet hated the repetition.

Yet at one point partway through, after Rose gave the Main Male Character Rob a chance and started seeing him, she started to change. Change for the better, better in a way for her. As we learned more about Rose, and Rob himself, we learned that they are two people who had been through H#^^ and had not made it back yet.

This is a true to life love story. It is gritty and raw. Full of the ups, downs, and sideways actions that are realistic in so many ways. This book takes the reader through a variety of emotions- anger, fear, sadness, love, hate, and more. One feels what the characters are feeling. Even in the beginning when I was angry and wishing I could yell at Rose I was feeling her own anger at herself and my own anger as I have felt very similar so many times in my life.

Please read the tropes though. This book deals with many hard issues and will trigger intense feelings.

For me, this book receives 5 stars as it made me face many of my own insecurities yet at the end see how this amazing couple made a new life that works for THEM. That love exists in many different ways. What matters is that your relationship is healthy for both of you. This book gives us that hope. That love IS out there for everyone. Even those fighting their way back to life.

I received a free copy of this book as an ARC and am voluntarily leaving a review.

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