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The Key to My Heart
by Lia Louis
Her hands glided along the black and white keys as the music flowed through her veins and transported her back to a time where her heart was most content. People bustled around her as her music filled the place. Each person with their own troubles and problems. She hoped the music could soothe whatever ailed them, as it was for her.
The Key to My Heart is a heavy journey of a romance that follows Natalie, a woman who lost her husband in an accident and is still reeling with grief. Music is her connection to the past with Russ, but also hopefully a spark to help her move forward.
Despite what this cover depicts, this is not a holiday/winter themed romance (it’s honestly barely set in winter), so know that before you go into it if that’s what you were expecting. It is also dealing heavily with grief and loss, so this is not a lighthearted romance to escape in. What this book is though, is a beautifully written journey of what it’s like to lose someone and navigate the grief that comes with their disappearance in one’s life. How feelings of grief manifest as guilt and fear, as well as the weight of being stuck. How none of those feelings are wrong. Lia has a way with crafting words that just make you FEEL as a reader. And while I wasn’t a fan of the love triangle in this story, I loved watching Natalie grow as a person, while still validating her feelings of loss and heartbreak.
Read this if you want a romance that really dives into the darkness of loss and how it’s okay to be in those feelings while still moving forward in life and finding joy in the small and big things.
The Key to My Heart is a heavy journey of a romance that follows Natalie, a woman who lost her husband in an accident and is still reeling with grief. Music is her connection to the past with Russ, but also hopefully a spark to help her move forward.
Despite what this cover depicts, this is not a holiday/winter themed romance (it’s honestly barely set in winter), so know that before you go into it if that’s what you were expecting. It is also dealing heavily with grief and loss, so this is not a lighthearted romance to escape in. What this book is though, is a beautifully written journey of what it’s like to lose someone and navigate the grief that comes with their disappearance in one’s life. How feelings of grief manifest as guilt and fear, as well as the weight of being stuck. How none of those feelings are wrong. Lia has a way with crafting words that just make you FEEL as a reader. And while I wasn’t a fan of the love triangle in this story, I loved watching Natalie grow as a person, while still validating her feelings of loss and heartbreak.
Read this if you want a romance that really dives into the darkness of loss and how it’s okay to be in those feelings while still moving forward in life and finding joy in the small and big things.