4.09 AVERAGE


Brittainy C. Cherry has a way with characters that has you fall in love with them, root for them and wish every HEA imaginable for them. Maggie is no exception, especially after the ordeal she witnessed, and suffers from, as a kid. She looses her voice but Brooks gives her a necklace with an anchor charm on it, vowing to always be her friend and to hear her silence.

These two have a long history together, they meet at age 6 and form a bond that is hard to break. He becomes her anchor, as promised, even when his dreams take him away. They try to maintain a relationship, but sometimes you need to let the one you love go, for follow their path. They have a common bond of loving books, and will send each other new novels to read, cementing their friendship.

Brooks is every girls swoon, he is intuitive and caring and just damn sexy. Though he has to find himself along the way, after feeling like his life is drowning. And who will be there for him? Maggie, who knows that her love for him is more powerful than any devil put in her path. I loved this girl, and cried with her through the years with different obstacles. And how can you not love a girl that loves chocolate, like every wise person! Also, her father was the sweetest man, kissing her every day and telling her - "The world keeps spinning because your heartbeats exist". Just magical.

I am enjoying this series, and even though they are standalones, they all have a certain feel and angst and emotion connecting them. Each book has been 5 stars, and my opinion is this book is the best one yet. There is one more element book to be released, and I have a feeling that I will be saying that one will be my new favourite. Just spectacular.


I received a copy for an honest review.
Reviewed for JoandIsaLoveBooks.
dark emotional tense

Uau, este livro foi uau mesmo. Nunca chorei tanto com um livro.
Só o queria devorar e saber o que iria acontecer nas próximas páginas. Um livro que me deixou literalmente sem palavras. Li +200 pág. num dia só para entenderem!
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Neste livro conhecemos Maggie, com 6 anos prepara-se para se mudar para a casa da futura mulher do seu pai na esperança de desta vez ser para sempre.
Maggie conhece a sua futura família.
Mas não só. Acima de tudo conhece Brooke. E apaixona-se num pestanejar.
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Com 10 anos já planeia o casamento com o rapaz e no dia do ensaio do casamento algo acontece no lago. Algo que mudou completamente a vida de Maggie.
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Maggie vive apavorada e com medo de falar, fechada em casa e com medo de sair e refugia-se nos livros numa tentativa de viver a vida que lhe roubaram. Brooke tenta ao máximo ouvir Maggie, mesmo sem que ela fale, entre músicas e papéis tenta falar com ela e tentar ajudá-la a enfrentar os seus demónios.
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Passados 10 anos tudo parecia continuar igual, Maggie não falava, não saia de casa e a sua melhor amiga era uma idosa. Brooke continua a tocar na sua banda e a paixão por Maggie ainda não desapareceu.
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Mas num fim de semana entre rapazes tudo muda. A vida de Brooke muda. Agora Brooke precisa que Maggie seja a sua âncora e que o ajude a enfrentar os seus demónios...
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A narrativa do livro está perfeita.
Amei a personalidade da Maggie, que mesmo apesar de não falar conseguia dizer tudo. Brooke nem sei como descrever, que homem, e mesmo quando era miúdo, uma força tremenda.
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Obrigada @editorial_presenca pela oportunidade de ler este livro maravilhoso! Espero ansiosa pela tradução dos outros livros da escritora!

Could've been 4 but it was too cheesy
emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Ouhlala que de montagnes russes!

J’ai dévoré le premier tiers de ce livre.
La perspective enfant, le premier amour, la personnalité de Maggie May, Brook

Too much. That’s all I can really say. Everything about this book felt contrived and forced. The heroine drove me nuts and it will probably make me sound like an ass hole but... get over yourself already. You spend 20+ years never leaving your house and not talking because of one traumatic event? I get trauma and I know it can do crazy things but this was taking it too far. It all felt so fake and unrealistic.
I just didn’t like it.
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Livre très émouvant. Il traite des situations poignantes. Il était vraiment bien

Le lien entre maggie est brook est vrm touchant 

J’ai bcp aimé les lien de fraternité de Maggie Cheryl et Calvin 
C’est juste dommage que on est pas vu énormément ce dernier 
Spoil en parlant de lui j’aurais bien aimé qu’on puisse assister à son mariage !!!

Et je suis contente du lien entre les deux sœur qui était très compliqué au début 
J’ai adoré que brook dise à ses enfants la phrase que le papa de maggie lui répétait 
Et qu’ils aient gardé le nom des animaux que maggie ai décider enfants. J’aurais aimé avoir un peu plus de moments sur brook, savoir comment il s’est refait à la scène etc


sinon j’ai SU le plot twist des que le mec a dit chut au chien je me suis dit mega louche. Puis ils ont ajouté des détail que la mère était parti etc ct absolument sûre

Solid 3.5 stars for this one. I enjoyed it!
emotional hopeful sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No