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A review by kara_hildebrand
Come to Me Softly by A.L. Jackson
5.0
*****6 stars*****
I don't even know where to start writing this review. I haven't had this much trouble articulating my thoughts in a very long time. Let me start by saying AL Jackson is a literary genius. The way that she uses words just blows my mind. I really loved Come to me Quietly and that is a 5 star read for me. But, Come to me Softly is more. It's deeper, hauntingly spectacular and it's more than 5 stars. I was so absorbed in this story that I felt like I was there. The writing is some of the best I've ever had the pleasure of reading.
Jared comes back to Aly but nothing has really changed. He's still running from his past. Unable to overcome the guilt of what he believes that he has done. He does not feel worthy of Aly's love or the love of anyone. But, he wants to be with her. He needs to be with her. It's like air for him. He can't breathe with out her. He is a tortured soul just keeping the guilt and sadness down far enough for weeks at a time. But he can't continue to go on this way. Aly has loved him her entire life. She feels him and she is his lifeline, but she can only take so much. She's strong and independent and does not want to live with out him, but she needs him to fight his demons and fight for them and their family. We see more of Christopher (YAY!) and more of Aly's parents. A few laughs did escape me. Jared and Christopher have their own issues to overcome, but they both try to remember that they have been best friends since they were little boys and not even time and space can smother that kind of bond. Jared is hot, sexy, broody, amazing. There are almost no words to describe his awesomeness. I love him. I've missed him and I'm not sure I'll ever be the same with out him. This story is filled with love, loss, pain, joy, humor, hope, sex, destruction, creation, forgiveness, peace, and life. It's a top 5 read of 2014 for me. Do not miss this amazing story.
I pressed all my hard to her soft, holding her close against me as I flattened myself to the snowy skin of her back. Mmm...yeah. I was in love with this girl. And I wasn't going to let her go.
Instinctively, I twisted a lock of her hair with my finger. A bond. My home.
And damn if just that little brush didn't cause every last inch of my body to harden.
Motherfucking trigger.
He dropped his cigarette to the ground and toed it out with his boot. Lifting his face, he pursed his lips and exhaled toward the sky. Smoke curled around his head, climbing toward the heavens before it bled into nothing.
A throaty chuckle rumbled from his mouth and floated out to embrace my sense in an inundating swell of joy. My heart pounded as he squeezed himself through the hole that led to the center of our world, where our dreams had been bred, where we'd discovered and grown into the people we were.
"I can't live without you, baby...can't sleep without you...can't breathe without you."
I melted. Then fell a little further for this man. Impossible? It should be. But in that moment I slipped deeper in love with him.
I don't even know where to start writing this review. I haven't had this much trouble articulating my thoughts in a very long time. Let me start by saying AL Jackson is a literary genius. The way that she uses words just blows my mind. I really loved Come to me Quietly and that is a 5 star read for me. But, Come to me Softly is more. It's deeper, hauntingly spectacular and it's more than 5 stars. I was so absorbed in this story that I felt like I was there. The writing is some of the best I've ever had the pleasure of reading.
Jared comes back to Aly but nothing has really changed. He's still running from his past. Unable to overcome the guilt of what he believes that he has done. He does not feel worthy of Aly's love or the love of anyone. But, he wants to be with her. He needs to be with her. It's like air for him. He can't breathe with out her. He is a tortured soul just keeping the guilt and sadness down far enough for weeks at a time. But he can't continue to go on this way. Aly has loved him her entire life. She feels him and she is his lifeline, but she can only take so much. She's strong and independent and does not want to live with out him, but she needs him to fight his demons and fight for them and their family. We see more of Christopher (YAY!) and more of Aly's parents. A few laughs did escape me. Jared and Christopher have their own issues to overcome, but they both try to remember that they have been best friends since they were little boys and not even time and space can smother that kind of bond. Jared is hot, sexy, broody, amazing. There are almost no words to describe his awesomeness. I love him. I've missed him and I'm not sure I'll ever be the same with out him. This story is filled with love, loss, pain, joy, humor, hope, sex, destruction, creation, forgiveness, peace, and life. It's a top 5 read of 2014 for me. Do not miss this amazing story.
I pressed all my hard to her soft, holding her close against me as I flattened myself to the snowy skin of her back. Mmm...yeah. I was in love with this girl. And I wasn't going to let her go.
Instinctively, I twisted a lock of her hair with my finger. A bond. My home.
And damn if just that little brush didn't cause every last inch of my body to harden.
Motherfucking trigger.
He dropped his cigarette to the ground and toed it out with his boot. Lifting his face, he pursed his lips and exhaled toward the sky. Smoke curled around his head, climbing toward the heavens before it bled into nothing.
A throaty chuckle rumbled from his mouth and floated out to embrace my sense in an inundating swell of joy. My heart pounded as he squeezed himself through the hole that led to the center of our world, where our dreams had been bred, where we'd discovered and grown into the people we were.
"I can't live without you, baby...can't sleep without you...can't breathe without you."
I melted. Then fell a little further for this man. Impossible? It should be. But in that moment I slipped deeper in love with him.