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linaru's review
5.0
This story is simply beautifully heart wrenching. It breaks you. And then puts you back again. Just to break you again.
Ms Preston has described all the feels perfectly. Her characters were well developed and I connected with them so much that I cried with them. For them. Recently I rarely have books that move me so much. But this? This spoke to my heart. To all the feels I have.
Well done Ms Preston. A story that I will revisit. Even though it makes me go through mountains of tissues.
Thank you for sharing this story with us.
5 heavenly stars.
Ms Preston has described all the feels perfectly. Her characters were well developed and I connected with them so much that I cried with them. For them. Recently I rarely have books that move me so much. But this? This spoke to my heart. To all the feels I have.
Well done Ms Preston. A story that I will revisit. Even though it makes me go through mountains of tissues.
Thank you for sharing this story with us.
5 heavenly stars.
beckyrendon's review
4.0
After the End is a trying and emotionally charged book. With a premise that is sure to make your heart squeeze and an H that will melt you like an ice cube on the HOT sidewalk, it hard to think about the end.
But the end already happened and this book is all about what's next! Heartfelt and troubled, After the End is all about guilt. Guilt for actions you can't change. Survivor's Guilt. Guilt marrying the life you have and preventing the life you want.
After the End is a real life romance - meaning hearts and flowers need not apply. It's ugly, messy, and just short of bloody. So for all those real life romance lovers....I raise this glass of Coke.
Reviewed for Sweet Spot Sisterhood
But the end already happened and this book is all about what's next! Heartfelt and troubled, After the End is all about guilt. Guilt for actions you can't change. Survivor's Guilt. Guilt marrying the life you have and preventing the life you want.
After the End is a real life romance - meaning hearts and flowers need not apply. It's ugly, messy, and just short of bloody. So for all those real life romance lovers....I raise this glass of Coke.
Reviewed for Sweet Spot Sisterhood
bookishsteph's review
5.0
I absolutely love Linc and Tully. They have such a traumatic last but the intense chemistry keeps pulling them together!
suey_library's review
4.0
***Received an Advanced Readers Copy during a blog tour with InkSlingerPR in exchange for an honest review***
Oh my goodness - I am crushed.
Bring on the angst, intensely rollercoaster of emotions my furry friends because this one is a flipping doosey. What always makes for a good emotional read? Amazing characters with such crippling emotions. Ergo: After the End.
And speaking of these alluring, heavily emotional characters... oh my lanta give me all the feels. I don't know what parts tugged at my speckled heart more, Lincoln punishing himself for the past years, struggling internal for his decisions, or Tilly, downing personality where it is almost as if the turmoil of her brothers' accident has turned her into an entirely different more emotionally crippled individual. Truly just powerfully haunting and yet beautiful.
I liked seeing Linc and Tilly evolve. They had such a depth that was honestly untouchable. Getting glimpses of their history, the conflicts of forgiving, moving forward really hovered over the both of them. Something I really also enjoyed that really aided in the plot was that there was always a type of trust, an attraction. And although I really did love their slow build of recreating their friendship and ultimately a romance was that there was a drawn out drag feel - at times I felt it was too much back and forth, too much cowering, I understand the reasoning, but for me I felt some aspects of the slow rebuild to their dynamics was a bit over-played.
But honestly, the slow drag was well worth the wait. Tilly and Linc were amazing together. Still feeling the swoonage. I think the story really gripped me the most because I honestly felt a connection to both characters. They had such a magnificent, beautifully developed depth that made them believable, their struggles a realty for the readers.
Overall, I really enjoyed the emotional tug-war with After the End. This was such a beautiful story, once I got started I honestly couldn't put it down. Tilly and Lincoln's story was just perfection. Everything from the romantic tugs, the push and pull of emotional struggles, both from rekindling their lost friendship as well as their internal struggles, all the way down to the pure swoonage that bled from the pages.
I absolutely adored it, start to finish. Natasha is quickly becoming a personal favorite author!
Oh my goodness - I am crushed.
Bring on the angst, intensely rollercoaster of emotions my furry friends because this one is a flipping doosey. What always makes for a good emotional read? Amazing characters with such crippling emotions. Ergo: After the End.
And speaking of these alluring, heavily emotional characters... oh my lanta give me all the feels. I don't know what parts tugged at my speckled heart more, Lincoln punishing himself for the past years, struggling internal for his decisions, or Tilly, downing personality where it is almost as if the turmoil of her brothers' accident has turned her into an entirely different more emotionally crippled individual. Truly just powerfully haunting and yet beautiful.
I liked seeing Linc and Tilly evolve. They had such a depth that was honestly untouchable. Getting glimpses of their history, the conflicts of forgiving, moving forward really hovered over the both of them. Something I really also enjoyed that really aided in the plot was that there was always a type of trust, an attraction. And although I really did love their slow build of recreating their friendship and ultimately a romance was that there was a drawn out drag feel - at times I felt it was too much back and forth, too much cowering, I understand the reasoning, but for me I felt some aspects of the slow rebuild to their dynamics was a bit over-played.
But honestly, the slow drag was well worth the wait. Tilly and Linc were amazing together. Still feeling the swoonage. I think the story really gripped me the most because I honestly felt a connection to both characters. They had such a magnificent, beautifully developed depth that made them believable, their struggles a realty for the readers.
Overall, I really enjoyed the emotional tug-war with After the End. This was such a beautiful story, once I got started I honestly couldn't put it down. Tilly and Lincoln's story was just perfection. Everything from the romantic tugs, the push and pull of emotional struggles, both from rekindling their lost friendship as well as their internal struggles, all the way down to the pure swoonage that bled from the pages.
I absolutely adored it, start to finish. Natasha is quickly becoming a personal favorite author!
jeanetteporcaro's review
4.0
This book is full of so many emotions. This is a different side of Natasha that we haven’t really seen. She portrays feelings more in this book than any book I’ve read by her. (Kind of sad there was only one steamy sex scene, but I’ll let it slide) the backstory is heartbreaking but there’s so much love at the same time. Wasn’t my favorite of hers but it is still such a good story.
samanthajayne_x's review
4.0
"I loved the story, I loved the plot and I loved the characters but overall I was comparing it to how I felt about Reliving Fate and as I said before every book has to live up or surpass that which is hard to do."
Full review at ABookHaven
Full review at ABookHaven
my_introvert_bookishlife's review
3.0
This hard for me, but I’d rather review than not review- this is a 3.5 star read for me. It was my first read my Natasha Preston and I’ll definitely read more of her books in future.
Beautiful writing and the subject matter was touching and Linc won my heart over and over- but Tilly, I just didn’t feel her completely. I understood her but still she was such a downer and the misplaced blame she harboured for Linc seemed to stretch on forever.
I love the secondary characters, the friendship group and the the connection between Linc and Tilly was there but it fell a little short too many times on the angst for a super slow burn.
3.5 STARS. ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
Beautiful writing and the subject matter was touching and Linc won my heart over and over- but Tilly, I just didn’t feel her completely. I understood her but still she was such a downer and the misplaced blame she harboured for Linc seemed to stretch on forever.
I love the secondary characters, the friendship group and the the connection between Linc and Tilly was there but it fell a little short too many times on the angst for a super slow burn.
3.5 STARS. ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
slovene1's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
becsa's review
4.0
Tilly Drake's life was drastically changed 3 years ago when her brother Robbie was killed in a car accident. Nothing has remained the same but she has slowly tried to get on with her life until he walks back into it.
Lincoln Drake was not driving the car that killed Robbie but his brother Stanley was and his family fled their hometown to start again. Now Linc has come back to fix up his family home to sell it.
Linc doesn't want to make life hard for Tilly but he can't deny how he feels about her. Will Tilly find it in her heart to forgive Linc for his part in that night and will Linc be able to forgive himself?
This was such a great book and I enjoyed it from start to finish!
I hated that Tilly lost her brother in an accident but I did also feel for most of the Drake family as they left town after supporting their son, Stanley. I know as a parent I would do the same for my own child so I really could understand their actions and then they left town because of it and I did feel bad for them.
Tilly was so torn between how she felt about Linc and her loyalty to her family and it was so sad that she felt that way. I hated that she felt the need to hide everything from her parents.
I thought Linc was awesome and my heart broke for him and how he felt when he came back to town and how he felt the need to hide from everyone so no one felt uncomfortable. He was a great guy and I was super sad at what he went through.
I loved that Tilly slowly began to open up to Linc and how they worked on repairing things until t all went sideways again. I thought Tilly's parents were awesome and understanding and I loved how it all came together!!
Such a great read!
Lincoln Drake was not driving the car that killed Robbie but his brother Stanley was and his family fled their hometown to start again. Now Linc has come back to fix up his family home to sell it.
Linc doesn't want to make life hard for Tilly but he can't deny how he feels about her. Will Tilly find it in her heart to forgive Linc for his part in that night and will Linc be able to forgive himself?
This was such a great book and I enjoyed it from start to finish!
I hated that Tilly lost her brother in an accident but I did also feel for most of the Drake family as they left town after supporting their son, Stanley. I know as a parent I would do the same for my own child so I really could understand their actions and then they left town because of it and I did feel bad for them.
Tilly was so torn between how she felt about Linc and her loyalty to her family and it was so sad that she felt that way. I hated that she felt the need to hide everything from her parents.
I thought Linc was awesome and my heart broke for him and how he felt when he came back to town and how he felt the need to hide from everyone so no one felt uncomfortable. He was a great guy and I was super sad at what he went through.
I loved that Tilly slowly began to open up to Linc and how they worked on repairing things until t all went sideways again. I thought Tilly's parents were awesome and understanding and I loved how it all came together!!
Such a great read!