Title: Against All Odds
Author: Angie McKeon
Release Date: April, 2014
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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Blurb:
Our
lives shattered... Our hearts broken... Our souls torn to pieces...
He
was my world, my whole life. My reason for breathing. I had a perfect marriage,
a baby on the way, and I felt fulfilled—almost invincible.
Until
the day life hit, leaving me broken, vulnerable, and alone.
She
was my life. My ray of hope on the cloudiest day. With her, I thought I had the
ultimate safety. A love that would never hurt or betray me. I gave her my
heart, my body, and my soul.
Until
she broke me, destroying every dream and illusion I had about life, love, and
marriage.
In
our grief, we made a mistake. A mistake I'm not sure we can come back from.
Review:
Such
an excellant debut novel. A must read for sure. Just make sure you
have tissues, my poor husband kept getting hugs while I cried reading
this and I kept making him hold me. :)
-Rachel
Author Info:
Rating 4 1/2 cry-enducing, heart-clenching, smiling stars!!!!!!!!!!!
It's been quite a while since I've read a book that brought forth
so many emotions. The prologue itself was heart-wrenching to read.
This story is about Kylie and Cooper who suffer the worst kind of
lose expecting parents can with the lose of their child. This is a
story of forgiveness, grief and healing. This book at times was very
painful to read. I'm a wife and a mother so it definitely hit me right
in my heart.
The first half of the book is from Kylie's POV and the second is
Cooper's. I really enjoyed getting both of their POV's. At the
beginning of the story you immediately see that these are two seriously
broken people. Their grief and how they dealt with it almost destroyed
their marriage
"We share a reckless, toxic love that feeds the
brokenness in me, in us. Our love is an addiction. A love that I won't
consider living without."
As
much, as they screwed up they still loved each other. During the first
part there are lost of flashbacks, showing before and after their
loss. My heart literally felt like it was going to explode in my chest
from the pain. You want to slap and shake them both so many times, but
when they have a breakthrough you slowly see their relationship repair
itself and can't help but cheer them on.
"I was made to love her. She's mine, and I am hers."
This
was such an excellant-realistic tale of two people who lost something
so precious and how it almost destroyed their marriage but how they both
fought and fought hard they did to get it back. I do have to say poor
Grayson (love him) but he's getting his own book. Unforunately through
Cooper and Kylie repairing their marriage it screwed up a life long
friendship. Grayson appears to be a very broken man. I'll be curious to
see what type of woman is going to help him heal and move on.
-Rachel
Author Info:
A multi-tasker from
birth—and now proudly able to add 'writer' to my resume—I'm a mother, wife and
blogger. I love to read, write and drink copious amounts of iced coffee.
All three
aforementioned addictions are detrimental to my sanity.
I have a voracious
appetite for dark, painful and twisted reads. I'm enamored with the concept of
love and heart break. I believe life is a journey, a tale in its own for each
of us. The road to happiness is sometimes paved with stones from hell, or glitters
of satisfaction graced from the heavens above.
In my upcoming debut
novel, 'Against All Odds,' I strive to make you feel. I believe any
emotion—whether painful or happy—is good. To me, the key to living is to go
through life feeling its ups and downs. Love is dark and it can be painful but,
at the end of the day, it can save the most lost of souls and the most broken
of hearts
Author
Links:
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Angie_McKeon
Website:
http://angiemckeon.blogspot.com/
EXCERPT #2
I step back
and release a shaky breath. “I don’t know what to say. You know that we...” I
flick my eyes to the other side of the room to collect my scattered thoughts.
Erasing the
distance I just tried to put between us, he lifts my face to his. Our eyes connect,
and my pulse—already wild—intensifies.
He looks
straight through to the heart of me. “You don’t have to say anything right now.
You don’t have to say anything ever. Just think about what I’m saying.” Gaze
locked on mine, he places a tender kiss on my lips.
When he pulls back, he clears his throat and
pulls out his phone. “All right, get packed. I’ll call the pilot and let him
know we’re ready to leave.”
I nod numbly
as he walks out of the room. I want to go home to my empty house. My empty bed.
My empty life. I need some time away from everyone. I need to figure out what’s
wrong with me. What happened to the girl
with morals?
I close my
eyes as all energy drains from my body. I slip to the ground, hugging my knees.
I miss my life before Kayla died. Before all I felt was pain and hopelessness.
Before all I saw was a nightmare. Before I shut down and started doing stupid
things.
I need to
find the girl I used to be, but I’m not sure she’s in there anymore. I’m not
sure she’s strong enough to come back. Because coming back means feeling the
loss of her baby and confronting the problems in her marriage. It means facing
pain, fear, and guilt. That is so terrifying that living in a state of numbness
and denial might just be easier.
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© 2014 Copyright, Angie McKeon.
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Can't wait to read it!!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to read this...thanks for the chance
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