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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
This book was beautifully written. I was pleasantly surprised. This book addresses the many angles of domestic violence. Many thanks to the author for bringing these issues to light
This is one of my favorite Molly McAdams' novels, second only to Taking Chances. I hate that I devoured this so fast, but I couldn't stop wanting more!!
This book is one of my favorites by Molly!! It's such a beautiful and heartbreaking story!!
Knox and Harlow had an immediate connection when they met each other for the first time. Unfortunately Harlow was a minor while Knox was not. It caused a major problem for them that lasted years. Knox always said he would wait for Harlow once she turned eighteen so they could FINALLY be together. After some unfortunate circumstances they went their separate ways only for Harlow to have married a monster. Years later Knox finds her again and never stopped loving her....
Knox was one of the best book boyfriends I've stumbled upon!! He was so sweet and charming. I LOVED how he expressed loving Harlow to the stars instead of to the moon since the stars are furthest away. Harlow was extremely brave through everything and my heart kept breaking for her, for both of them. Their love was the best thing of the story. It knew no bounds. The only thing was that some of the flashbacks didn't feel like it was the right place for them, so it didn't feel like it exactly flowed. That was the ONLY thing.
I can't wait to see what's up Molly's sleeve next!!!
This was told in first person through the hero and heroine's POV.
OMG this book was epic! I was in pins and needles the whole time not knowing what was going to happen next. Definitely one of Molly McAdams best.
*ARC gifted by publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review*
4.5 'To the stars' Stars!
I love you to the moon and back."
"The moon? The moon isn't that far, Harlow."
"Isn't it?"
"No. Not far enough. I want to love you to the stars."
"Then to the stars."
Let's get one thing straight. To The Stars is not your typical happy-go-lucky romance. Almost 70% of the book focuses on the abuse that Harlow faces. Ms. McAdams covers the topic of domestic abuse at its rawest. She shows the absolute horrifying and soul shattering side of domestic abuse without sugar coating a single thing. Yes, there are moments between Harlow and Knox that are so sweet you wish to be in their shoes but the Ms. McAdams smacks you in the face with the reality that is Harlow's life...
Abusive.
In this book, not only do you see Harlow being abused. You see a woman who even when is abused fights for her life. For her family and her happiness.
To pack that much hate, fear, dread, anger, love and a myriad of every single emotion and be able to deliver to the audience that has never been in such a situation and make them see and read and feel and know what a woman goes through when abused by the one person who promised to protect her... It is not pretty. When you are blind to the reality of abusive relationships and how far it can go, it makes you sit and rethink a lot of things.
We get the gist of what the book is about when reading the blurb and if you think, for even a fraction of a second that it is going to be what it says, then you are wrong.
Harlow is a happily married woman and oh-so in love with her husband until she wasn't.
We'd been at a dinner party the first time I'd caught a glimpse of my monster - and it also should have been the last night I ever saw Collin. But I was in love, we'd just gotten engaged, and I kept making excuses for him in my head."
Before any of this happened to Harlow, she had met a guy. Knox Alexander. She was 15 to his 18. There was immediate attraction and chemistry but despite all of that Knox waited. He said he would wait until she was 18 and then they would be in a relationship.
Wait, how old are you?”
“Fifteen.”
“Why? How old did you think I was?”
“Not fifteen.”
But before she turned 18 she was swept away by her then unknown monster, Collin Dohetry during her freshmen year at college.
Harlow didn't wait.
She chose the wrong guy and by the time she realized it she was neck deep in a relationship that was abusive not only physically but mentally as well.
The whole time while reading the book the one thought that went through my head was... If only she had waited for Knox.
Don't do this; we can't risk anything."
"The I'll wait for you, Harlow," he promised, and the sincerity in the words stunned me for long second. "I'll wait until your eighteen."
I haven't read many abusive stories, but the ones that I HAVE read are the ones where the hero or the heroine have already escaped the abusive relationship and now are trying to fight their footing.
To The Stars is different because it shows all the warning signs and we watch the abuse take flight and get worse page after page to the point where Harlow is nothing but a shell of woman.
I placed both hands against his cheeks and kissed him softly. When I pulled back, it was all over his face that he knew what I was about to say. “I did not spend the last two and a half years living with him, and living with what he was doing to me, just to let someone else finish things for me. He’s my problem. I need you, Knox. But I need you to help me stay strong in this, okay?”
Knox and Harlow meet but as mentioned before. Harlow was nothing but a shell.
Amidst the pain and anguish and heartbreaks there is a small ray of hope where I desperately wished for Harlow to get her Happy-Ever-After. For Knox and Harlow to be reunited. And she did.
The topic that Ms. McAdams covers is at its rawest and it couldn't have been portrayed more poignantly and beautifully.
It was raw, heart wrenching, soul shattering yet so so so beautiful!
I am so glad I actually went ahead and read my first Molly McAdams book.
Buy it here ― http://amzn.to/1PqLfwL
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4.5 'To the stars' Stars!
I love you to the moon and back.""The moon? The moon isn't that far, Harlow."
"Isn't it?"
"No. Not far enough. I want to love you to the stars."
"Then to the stars."
Let's get one thing straight. To The Stars is not your typical happy-go-lucky romance. Almost 70% of the book focuses on the abuse that Harlow faces. Ms. McAdams covers the topic of domestic abuse at its rawest. She shows the absolute horrifying and soul shattering side of domestic abuse without sugar coating a single thing. Yes, there are moments between Harlow and Knox that are so sweet you wish to be in their shoes but the Ms. McAdams smacks you in the face with the reality that is Harlow's life...
Abusive.
In this book, not only do you see Harlow being abused. You see a woman who even when is abused fights for her life. For her family and her happiness.
To pack that much hate, fear, dread, anger, love and a myriad of every single emotion and be able to deliver to the audience that has never been in such a situation and make them see and read and feel and know what a woman goes through when abused by the one person who promised to protect her... It is not pretty. When you are blind to the reality of abusive relationships and how far it can go, it makes you sit and rethink a lot of things.
We get the gist of what the book is about when reading the blurb and if you think, for even a fraction of a second that it is going to be what it says, then you are wrong.
Harlow is a happily married woman and oh-so in love with her husband until she wasn't.
We'd been at a dinner party the first time I'd caught a glimpse of my monster - and it also should have been the last night I ever saw Collin. But I was in love, we'd just gotten engaged, and I kept making excuses for him in my head." Before any of this happened to Harlow, she had met a guy. Knox Alexander. She was 15 to his 18. There was immediate attraction and chemistry but despite all of that Knox waited. He said he would wait until she was 18 and then they would be in a relationship.
Wait, how old are you?”“Fifteen.”
“Why? How old did you think I was?”
“Not fifteen.”
But before she turned 18 she was swept away by her then unknown monster, Collin Dohetry during her freshmen year at college.
Harlow didn't wait.
She chose the wrong guy and by the time she realized it she was neck deep in a relationship that was abusive not only physically but mentally as well.
The whole time while reading the book the one thought that went through my head was... If only she had waited for Knox.
Don't do this; we can't risk anything." "The I'll wait for you, Harlow," he promised, and the sincerity in the words stunned me for long second. "I'll wait until your eighteen."
I haven't read many abusive stories, but the ones that I HAVE read are the ones where the hero or the heroine have already escaped the abusive relationship and now are trying to fight their footing.
To The Stars is different because it shows all the warning signs and we watch the abuse take flight and get worse page after page to the point where Harlow is nothing but a shell of woman.
I placed both hands against his cheeks and kissed him softly. When I pulled back, it was all over his face that he knew what I was about to say. “I did not spend the last two and a half years living with him, and living with what he was doing to me, just to let someone else finish things for me. He’s my problem. I need you, Knox. But I need you to help me stay strong in this, okay?” Knox and Harlow meet but as mentioned before. Harlow was nothing but a shell.
Amidst the pain and anguish and heartbreaks there is a small ray of hope where I desperately wished for Harlow to get her Happy-Ever-After. For Knox and Harlow to be reunited. And she did.
The topic that Ms. McAdams covers is at its rawest and it couldn't have been portrayed more poignantly and beautifully.
It was raw, heart wrenching, soul shattering yet so so so beautiful!
I am so glad I actually went ahead and read my first Molly McAdams book.
Buy it here ― http://amzn.to/1PqLfwL
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You can find me here:
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"Why would anyone waste their time only loving someone to the moon when you could love them to the stars?"
Gah my favorite favorite line! The feels, oh the feels that come from this book! Molly McAdams sure knows how to perfectly break your heart and show you how to feel. Thankfully though this book has a great ending that soothed my soul in a way that only McAdams knows how to do. Knox and Harlow (I just accidentally typed Know haha) met when Harlow was 15 and Knox 18 so he decides to wait for her. Harlow doesn't wait. I need more Knox and Harlow!
Gah my favorite favorite line! The feels, oh the feels that come from this book! Molly McAdams sure knows how to perfectly break your heart and show you how to feel. Thankfully though this book has a great ending that soothed my soul in a way that only McAdams knows how to do. Knox and Harlow (I just accidentally typed Know haha) met when Harlow was 15 and Knox 18 so he decides to wait for her. Harlow doesn't wait. I need more Knox and Harlow!
Holy cheese and rice!!!! This book....took me on the BIGGEST emotional roller coaster ever! I'm always scared to read a Molly McAdams book and this one was no exception.
The only thing that I will say is "Why would anyone waste their time loving someone to the moon...when they could love them to the stars?"
Read this book. Take breaks in between because it does get intense. Have tissues handy because you will need them.
The only thing that I will say is "Why would anyone waste their time loving someone to the moon...when they could love them to the stars?"
Read this book. Take breaks in between because it does get intense. Have tissues handy because you will need them.
I loved Knox in Letting Go at least the little we got to know about him. Getting his story was wonderful this time around. How Molly can write such tearjerker a and then mystery/thriller just as well is beyond me. I will say I do get frustrated in my life and in books when abused women stay with the abuser I don't understand it. But Harlow's husband gets what he has coming for him.