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A review by nicoelena_lvr
The Thorns Remain by Chelley St Clair, Jennifer Hartmann
5.0
This is like the longer and darker version of ‘evidence of the affair’ by TJR. I NEED TO READ THIS ASAP.
Boi was I wrong about this ^ because it was so much more.
MY REVIEW : (it’s a long one-even for me)
Did I devour this book or did it devour me?? Also Hartmann and Clair should not have this much skill in manipulating my emotions like this. This book killed me and brought me back to life so many times I’ve lost count. I couldn’t stick with one emotion at all while reading. It was always a mixture of pain, love, and frustration.
Whooo when I said I knew there was pain just around the corner. DID I KNOW OR DID I KNOW?! I had no idea what to do with myself. I cried, I laughed and felt so much heartache but a sense of satisfaction in the end. It was… the word rollercoaster doesn’t do it justice. At times I had psych myself to STOP reading because I have an actual life to live and people to be peopling with. But then I kept coming back to the book with the same jumbled emotions and in love with their story.
Evan had me cracking up so much because his sarcasm and banter was so relatable. I loved his relationship with his daughter. He was so wholesome.
“I know that while I hate hard, I love harder. ”
He was the most excruciatingly under appreciated character I’ve read since Dean and I feel like all he wanted was someone to love him. But then again what he did was so fucked up even I was questioning the lengths he went to. But everything that happened in the last half of the book was INSANE. The plot twists were so convoluted my brain was just like HANG ON A SECOND!! Give me time to breathe!
Josie made me want to give her a big bear hug for everything she went through. I loved the way she handled it and what she did to put herself first. At times I would feel like I was reading her pov when I wasn’t because Hartmann and Clair wrote her so well it would lift her off the page and into my head.
There were points in the book that made me stop to think and really reflect and I love how this book got me so attached to EACH CHARACTER. It made me proud of watching them grow into the best version of themselves.
If it’s not obvious I’m obsessed with this book then I’ll say it again because you absolutely need more of Hartmann’s books in your life! It was such a slow burn and THAT made the book even better IMO. Everyone has to read this book because the writing made me feel like these characters were alive and as though I wasn’t even reading. I would write three essays and a poem on this book if I could.
Fav quotes:
“Josie Grant could be wearing a giant kangaroo onesie, and I’m still going to seduce the fuck out of her.”
“Hair like honey. Eyes like bourbon.
Josie Bennett.”
“She’s a contradiction. An anomaly.”
“Life isn’t about what we deserve. It’s about what we choose.”
“You can’t choose what life throws at you, but you can choose how you react to it.”
Boi was I wrong about this ^ because it was so much more.
MY REVIEW : (it’s a long one-even for me)
Did I devour this book or did it devour me?? Also Hartmann and Clair should not have this much skill in manipulating my emotions like this. This book killed me and brought me back to life so many times I’ve lost count. I couldn’t stick with one emotion at all while reading. It was always a mixture of pain, love, and frustration.
Whooo when I said I knew there was pain just around the corner. DID I KNOW OR DID I KNOW?! I had no idea what to do with myself. I cried, I laughed and felt so much heartache but a sense of satisfaction in the end. It was… the word rollercoaster doesn’t do it justice. At times I had psych myself to STOP reading because I have an actual life to live and people to be peopling with. But then I kept coming back to the book with the same jumbled emotions and in love with their story.
Evan had me cracking up so much because his sarcasm and banter was so relatable. I loved his relationship with his daughter. He was so wholesome.
“I know that while I hate hard, I love harder. ”
He was the most excruciatingly under appreciated character I’ve read since Dean and I feel like all he wanted was someone to love him. But then again what he did was so fucked up even I was questioning the lengths he went to. But everything that happened in the last half of the book was INSANE. The plot twists were so convoluted my brain was just like HANG ON A SECOND!! Give me time to breathe!
Josie made me want to give her a big bear hug for everything she went through. I loved the way she handled it and what she did to put herself first. At times I would feel like I was reading her pov when I wasn’t because Hartmann and Clair wrote her so well it would lift her off the page and into my head.
There were points in the book that made me stop to think and really reflect and I love how this book got me so attached to EACH CHARACTER. It made me proud of watching them grow into the best version of themselves.
If it’s not obvious I’m obsessed with this book then I’ll say it again because you absolutely need more of Hartmann’s books in your life! It was such a slow burn and THAT made the book even better IMO. Everyone has to read this book because the writing made me feel like these characters were alive and as though I wasn’t even reading. I would write three essays and a poem on this book if I could.
Fav quotes:
“Josie Grant could be wearing a giant kangaroo onesie, and I’m still going to seduce the fuck out of her.”
“Hair like honey. Eyes like bourbon.
Josie Bennett.”
“She’s a contradiction. An anomaly.”
“Life isn’t about what we deserve. It’s about what we choose.”
“You can’t choose what life throws at you, but you can choose how you react to it.”