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The Other Sister by Leanne Davis
4.0
12/9/2021 - Updated review for audio.
12/2021 - Per Davis' newsletter - she's pulling all her books from KU for wider distribution. The Sister audiobooks are only $1.99 to add on, so I'm grabbing them all while I can.
4/9/2019 - KU borrow.
The story was definitely 5 heart wrenching stars. The drop came from the fact that there was a need for an editor. Run on sentences, lack of punctuation, and poor structure caused me to reread to discern what the author was trying to express. Specifically abrupt changes in perspective. For many parts of the book large portions were of either Will or Jessie's. Then there were times where mid-paragraph the POV changes and I would have to reorient myself to whose thoughts were being written. It happened too many times and threw off the flow of the book. Audio smoothed some of this over, but not completely.
Emotionally, this is NOT an easy book to read/listen to. It's absolutely a romance in that there is a couple and they get an HFN (there's a follow-up novella), but it is a long, winding, vicious, and painful road for both of them. I also usually stick my content warnings at the bottom, but this entire book centers around the sexual and physical abuse that Jessie experiences and her self harm - on page - and her long road to healing. As well as Will trying to unravel all of the Bains family secrets and help Jessie. Take care fellow reader/listener.
There is a lot of angst, but it isn't unnecessary or without supporting details. Davis dives deep into the horror that Jessie endures and her realistic reactions and coping as a victim and then a survivor. Will is a hero in and outside of the military. But he's never faced or even conceived of what Jessie has been through and having to watch it in vivid detail requires him to completely change as well.
There were a lot of ugly tears for me reading and then listening to this. However, I loved Will and Jessie and that they finally get to a place of healing and true love for themselves and each other. I'm looking forward to their HEA in The Years Between.
Brittany Pressley was fantastic. I enjoyed her voices for Jessie, Will, and the rest of the cast. She did a wonderful job with such an emotional story.
12/2021 - Per Davis' newsletter - she's pulling all her books from KU for wider distribution. The Sister audiobooks are only $1.99 to add on, so I'm grabbing them all while I can.
4/9/2019 - KU borrow.
The story was definitely 5 heart wrenching stars. The drop came from the fact that there was a need for an editor. Run on sentences, lack of punctuation, and poor structure caused me to reread to discern what the author was trying to express. Specifically abrupt changes in perspective. For many parts of the book large portions were of either Will or Jessie's. Then there were times where mid-paragraph the POV changes and I would have to reorient myself to whose thoughts were being written. It happened too many times and threw off the flow of the book. Audio smoothed some of this over, but not completely.
Emotionally, this is NOT an easy book to read/listen to. It's absolutely a romance in that there is a couple and they get an HFN (there's a follow-up novella), but it is a long, winding, vicious, and painful road for both of them. I also usually stick my content warnings at the bottom, but this entire book centers around the sexual and physical abuse that Jessie experiences and her self harm - on page - and her long road to healing. As well as Will trying to unravel all of the Bains family secrets and help Jessie. Take care fellow reader/listener.
There is a lot of angst, but it isn't unnecessary or without supporting details. Davis dives deep into the horror that Jessie endures and her realistic reactions and coping as a victim and then a survivor. Will is a hero in and outside of the military. But he's never faced or even conceived of what Jessie has been through and having to watch it in vivid detail requires him to completely change as well.
There were a lot of ugly tears for me reading and then listening to this. However, I loved Will and Jessie and that they finally get to a place of healing and true love for themselves and each other. I'm looking forward to their HEA in The Years Between.
Brittany Pressley was fantastic. I enjoyed her voices for Jessie, Will, and the rest of the cast. She did a wonderful job with such an emotional story.