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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
intense
Crazy. Intense. Emotional. Heart breaking. Scandalous. Messy. This book is just so crazy I don’t know where to start. Yes it has taboo parts but overall is the picture of a deeply broken man who finally finds where he belongs.
Crazy. Intense. Emotional. Heart breaking. Scandalous. Messy. This book is just so crazy I don’t know where to start. Yes it has taboo parts but overall is the picture of a deeply broken man who finally finds where he belongs.
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Is it possible to have read this in this dimension while reading it in a different dimension with another outcome?
I cannot stop thinking about this book. I didn’t love every second of it. Matter of fact there were a lot of areas I felt like there was too much fluff that just kept drawing out the book. However, the good parts and the plot twists were just so good that I gave this like 3.75-4 stars. I loved Lazarus’ story of redemption, true friendship, his love for both Traci and Damien and the love Traci held onto just for him. I really liked the long epilogue and being able to see Traci and Lazarus’ HEA.
Loved this book! Definitely follow the author's advice and go in blind though. If you are looking for a emotional read and don't mind having a big age gap - then you should definitely give this one a try ❤️
What did I just read.
You think it starts out slow, but it’s needed for what the author is about to put you through. Also, I understand that you need to go into it blind to get the full effect of the later events, but I wish I had known what we were getting ourselves into because all that was way too much for me lol.
That being said, you could tell the author put so much work into it. No chapter was boring or unnecessary, and TBIBR definitely had me hooked until the very last page.
I need a glass of water.
You think it starts out slow, but it’s needed for what the author is about to put you through. Also, I understand that you need to go into it blind to get the full effect of the later events, but I wish I had known what we were getting ourselves into because all that was way too much for me lol.
That being said, you could tell the author put so much work into it. No chapter was boring or unnecessary, and TBIBR definitely had me hooked until the very last page.
I need a glass of water.
emotional
slow-paced
I went into this not knowing what to expect, but holy shit it was not that. TBIBR was an emotional rollercoaster, and I still don’t know how to feel...
Y’all need to read it. Just do it. You won’t regret it.
Y’all need to read it. Just do it. You won’t regret it.
Author specifically says to go into it blind but it’s probably because the plot twist was the worst thing ever
the main heroine has been in love with her dads best friend ever since she was younger, then they end up getting involved when she’s SEVENTEEN and finally do the deed when she’s eighteen. Plot twist is that the main hero was in love with the heroines dead mother AND her father. To add on top of that, after the heroines mother died, Lazarus the hero, did the deed with the heroines dad. The dad ends up dying and when Lazarus tells the main heroine about him being in love with her dad, she doesn’t care and ends up being with him. What in the world was this mess.
Content Warnings
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Car accident, Death of parent
Why are you this way and why do I like it?
I seem to be developing a strange relationship with this author’s books. First, I can’t stay away, then I don’t know what to think once I’ve read it. And I think that’s a good thing. Her words are pretty powerful and seem to get to me one way or the other. Anyway so this book is all kinds of forbidden and angsty and taboo, so much so that the large age gap and substance abuse doesn’t even register on the taboo scale. In fact, the age gap stuff is pretty well handled with none of the could-be-creepy grooming that can happen in stories of this type, and a very obvious attraction from Traci’s side right from the start and almost none from Lazarus until much later.
The whole first half (or more) I was feeling all sorts of things and invested entirely in a certain outcome, even when I basically knew what was probably going to be a thing and I was like we can get past this no problem. Then all hell broke loose and secrets came to light as expected, and I was still like, this could work. But then. Things went in a direction I wasn’t thinking they would, I felt things I wasn’t expecting to feel and I was seeing things in a new light, and then something happened that devastated me, made me mad and sad and then I was like, this should have totally gone a different way. Basically I was a gods damned mess and didn’t know what to feel. My heart ached for them. Especially for one person. This vague as heck rambling is brought to you by me trying to spoil nothing because seriously the best way to read this is to go blind and with an open mind, but definitely stay away if you have triggers and mainly just heed the author’s content warning in the beginning. I’m not even discussing the characters for fear of giving anything away.
Towards the end, I wasn’t even sure if the denouement was what I wanted, not because I was judgmental of their relationships, but because I felt like one of the parties in said relationships was getting the raw end of the deal. No matter how much that party kept saying that wasn’t the case. I would’ve liked to have seen some distance, some discomfort, and some proper groveling maybe. The author’s note at the end did help me see a little better however. Honestly I don’t know, I might, just might, have been even okay with a non HEA (gasp). I’d probably sing a different tune if that happened though.
I seem to be developing a strange relationship with this author’s books. First, I can’t stay away, then I don’t know what to think once I’ve read it. And I think that’s a good thing. Her words are pretty powerful and seem to get to me one way or the other. Anyway so this book is all kinds of forbidden and angsty and taboo, so much so that the large age gap and substance abuse doesn’t even register on the taboo scale. In fact, the age gap stuff is pretty well handled with none of the could-be-creepy grooming that can happen in stories of this type, and a very obvious attraction from Traci’s side right from the start and almost none from Lazarus until much later.
The whole first half (or more) I was feeling all sorts of things and invested entirely in a certain outcome, even when I basically knew what was probably going to be a thing and I was like we can get past this no problem. Then all hell broke loose and secrets came to light as expected, and I was still like, this could work. But then. Things went in a direction I wasn’t thinking they would, I felt things I wasn’t expecting to feel and I was seeing things in a new light, and then something happened that devastated me, made me mad and sad and then I was like, this should have totally gone a different way. Basically I was a gods damned mess and didn’t know what to feel. My heart ached for them. Especially for one person. This vague as heck rambling is brought to you by me trying to spoil nothing because seriously the best way to read this is to go blind and with an open mind, but definitely stay away if you have triggers and mainly just heed the author’s content warning in the beginning. I’m not even discussing the characters for fear of giving anything away.
Towards the end, I wasn’t even sure if the denouement was what I wanted, not because I was judgmental of their relationships, but because I felt like one of the parties in said relationships was getting the raw end of the deal. No matter how much that party kept saying that wasn’t the case. I would’ve liked to have seen some distance, some discomfort, and some proper groveling maybe. The author’s note at the end did help me see a little better however. Honestly I don’t know, I might, just might, have been even okay with a non HEA (gasp). I’d probably sing a different tune if that happened though.