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gellysam's review against another edition
5.0
I had no idea the end was coming! It has dual point of views THAT I LOVE. So much emotions with this! He is there for her for a reason every step of the way but will she forgive him for what he hid from her? The emotions this put me through had me questioning if I could have shown forgiveness in this situation. It had two story lines the whole time I was trying to figure out how they could fit together and boy was I wrong the ENTIRE time. When the truth comes out I was SHOCKED. I would recommend this for sure!
beckyrendon's review against another edition
5.0
I can't figure out if it's a personal mission or her innate abilities but Marni Mann is definitely in the business of hurting my heart, breaking my spirit, and then loving it back even better than before...
"… before you.”
I can't even select the correct words from the log jam of thoughts in my mind to tell you how monumental this quote is. How life shattering, mind blowing, and utterly devastating while also heartwarming in the worst possible moment.
Marni Mann has worked her magic again. She used her intoxicating words to lull us into these lives. She gave us love abounding. She gave us intriguing details and left us to stew in our own chaotic brain's paranoid ramblings. She gave me a mystery and dared me to put the clues together. I can't tell you how wrong and right I was. I can tell you some of my craziest were my most right while others were straight wrong! I think she gets a kick out of the twisted way she manipulates our thinking because I have a feeling no one and I mean NO ONE saw all that coming. (Deep breaths, in and out)
I freely admit that I embraced my tears, shouted at Marni (in my head and possibly through messaging), and just dissolved into a mess. I do not hold Marni Mann at fault for my break down (I was told by legal to say that. [I lied. She wrecked me!])
Lol. My lunacy aside, Before You is a love story that will change you. The deep story with a heartbreaking situation. A look on life that most don't encounter...
I wrote before Before You that I was afraid. I had every right to be. Before You challenges the reader. It forces you to make a decision. As you pull on the threads of this woven tale, don't blink because you will be done and sitting with your mouth open- trying to breathe through the tears. Happy ones at that!
Oh and did I mention....I freaking loved it!
"… before you.”
I can't even select the correct words from the log jam of thoughts in my mind to tell you how monumental this quote is. How life shattering, mind blowing, and utterly devastating while also heartwarming in the worst possible moment.
Marni Mann has worked her magic again. She used her intoxicating words to lull us into these lives. She gave us love abounding. She gave us intriguing details and left us to stew in our own chaotic brain's paranoid ramblings. She gave me a mystery and dared me to put the clues together. I can't tell you how wrong and right I was. I can tell you some of my craziest were my most right while others were straight wrong! I think she gets a kick out of the twisted way she manipulates our thinking because I have a feeling no one and I mean NO ONE saw all that coming. (Deep breaths, in and out)
I freely admit that I embraced my tears, shouted at Marni (in my head and possibly through messaging), and just dissolved into a mess. I do not hold Marni Mann at fault for my break down (I was told by legal to say that. [I lied. She wrecked me!])
Lol. My lunacy aside, Before You is a love story that will change you. The deep story with a heartbreaking situation. A look on life that most don't encounter...
I wrote before Before You that I was afraid. I had every right to be. Before You challenges the reader. It forces you to make a decision. As you pull on the threads of this woven tale, don't blink because you will be done and sitting with your mouth open- trying to breathe through the tears. Happy ones at that!
Oh and did I mention....I freaking loved it!
labwa_0712's review against another edition
The blurb was very enticing. Unfortunately since the moment I started reading, I had a feeling I wouldn’t like this book because the writing didn’t appeal to me at all. It felt disconnected and not cohesive. Although this book had a great potential with the plot and the forbidden element to it. But it just wasn’t angsty at all. I couldn’t feel Billie’s pain when she learnt the truth about Jared nor the guilt that he harboured when he dated her while lying to her. When they were separated, their misery wasn’t palpable at all. I wish it had more depth to it, a little more emotion to instil more feelings in the reader.
caseroo7's review against another edition
4.0
Find this review and more at Ramblings From This Chick
I really loved this book! Marni Mann is an excellent writer and she kept me on the edge of my seat with this one! Before You had me experiencing all the emotions and I was never sure what would happen next. I haven’t read a book like this before and I enjoyed reading it so much. Every book I’ve read from Marni has been great and this one was no exception.
Marni does a great job writing unique characters that you can’t help but feel invested in. Billie and Jared were so real and I couldn’t help but feel everything as they experienced it. They didn’t have it easy, and honestly my heart broke for them over and over. I really believed that they were meant for one another though, and had faith that Marni would take their story where it was meant to go.
I will say that while this ending was mostly satisfying, it felt like things weren’t entirely finished. I am hoping that Marni will give us more of the story as I would love to read more about these characters. Rest assured though that if this is all we get, it is definitely worth the read and does not leave the reader hanging. This was a great book and I think readers are going to love it!
**ARC Provided by Social Butterfly PR**
I really loved this book! Marni Mann is an excellent writer and she kept me on the edge of my seat with this one! Before You had me experiencing all the emotions and I was never sure what would happen next. I haven’t read a book like this before and I enjoyed reading it so much. Every book I’ve read from Marni has been great and this one was no exception.
Marni does a great job writing unique characters that you can’t help but feel invested in. Billie and Jared were so real and I couldn’t help but feel everything as they experienced it. They didn’t have it easy, and honestly my heart broke for them over and over. I really believed that they were meant for one another though, and had faith that Marni would take their story where it was meant to go.
I will say that while this ending was mostly satisfying, it felt like things weren’t entirely finished. I am hoping that Marni will give us more of the story as I would love to read more about these characters. Rest assured though that if this is all we get, it is definitely worth the read and does not leave the reader hanging. This was a great book and I think readers are going to love it!
**ARC Provided by Social Butterfly PR**
caseroo7's review against another edition
4.0
Find this review and more at Ramblings From This Chick
I really loved this book! Marni Mann is an excellent writer and she kept me on the edge of my seat with this one! Before You had me experiencing all the emotions and I was never sure what would happen next. I haven’t read a book like this before and I enjoyed reading it so much. Every book I’ve read from Marni has been great and this one was no exception.
Marni does a great job writing unique characters that you can’t help but feel invested in. Billie and Jared were so real and I couldn’t help but feel everything as they experienced it. They didn’t have it easy, and honestly my heart broke for them over and over. I really believed that they were meant for one another though, and had faith that Marni would take their story where it was meant to go.
I will say that while this ending was mostly satisfying, it felt like things weren’t entirely finished. I am hoping that Marni will give us more of the story as I would love to read more about these characters. Rest assured though that if this is all we get, it is definitely worth the read and does not leave the reader hanging. This was a great book and I think readers are going to love it!
**ARC Provided by Social Butterfly PR**
I really loved this book! Marni Mann is an excellent writer and she kept me on the edge of my seat with this one! Before You had me experiencing all the emotions and I was never sure what would happen next. I haven’t read a book like this before and I enjoyed reading it so much. Every book I’ve read from Marni has been great and this one was no exception.
Marni does a great job writing unique characters that you can’t help but feel invested in. Billie and Jared were so real and I couldn’t help but feel everything as they experienced it. They didn’t have it easy, and honestly my heart broke for them over and over. I really believed that they were meant for one another though, and had faith that Marni would take their story where it was meant to go.
I will say that while this ending was mostly satisfying, it felt like things weren’t entirely finished. I am hoping that Marni will give us more of the story as I would love to read more about these characters. Rest assured though that if this is all we get, it is definitely worth the read and does not leave the reader hanging. This was a great book and I think readers are going to love it!
**ARC Provided by Social Butterfly PR**
atouchofbooknerd's review against another edition
3.0
DNF @ 39%
This book was kinda of boring and the characters were dull I really wanted to keep going but I just couldn’t
This book was kinda of boring and the characters were dull I really wanted to keep going but I just couldn’t
readfrenzy's review against another edition
3.0
Before You is a unique and unpredictable book with a mystery that kept me guessing up until the end.
Billie and Jared’s relationship is told in alternating first person points of view, and I enjoyed the way their story unfolds. We know fairly early on that Jared is lying to Billie, but I had no idea what secrets he was hiding or if he was even a good guy.
Where the book suffers is in the disjointed integration of an additional storyline. Honey’s story is one long flashback and I had trouble keeping up with the jumping timelines. Unlike the rest of the book, this storyline is told in the third person. I felt unconnected to Honey and Andrew and was always anxious to return to Jared and Billie’s story. The prologue also threw me because while it seems to add to the mystery, it is only thinly connected to the main plot and really rather unnecessary.
Two strong main characters, an age gap romance, some action-packed moments, and an intriguing puzzle make up the backbone of the book and are the main source of appeal.
Recommended for fans of:
Age gap romance
Mysteries
Food critics and foodies
Billie and Jared’s relationship is told in alternating first person points of view, and I enjoyed the way their story unfolds. We know fairly early on that Jared is lying to Billie, but I had no idea what secrets he was hiding or if he was even a good guy.
Where the book suffers is in the disjointed integration of an additional storyline. Honey’s story is one long flashback and I had trouble keeping up with the jumping timelines. Unlike the rest of the book, this storyline is told in the third person. I felt unconnected to Honey and Andrew and was always anxious to return to Jared and Billie’s story. The prologue also threw me because while it seems to add to the mystery, it is only thinly connected to the main plot and really rather unnecessary.
Two strong main characters, an age gap romance, some action-packed moments, and an intriguing puzzle make up the backbone of the book and are the main source of appeal.
Recommended for fans of:
Age gap romance
Mysteries
Food critics and foodies
hey_yall's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
The format of this book and the main 4 characters kept me wondering how this story would come together.