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A review by sami_leigh
Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-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
5.0
๐๐๐๐๐/5
๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ.5/5
๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ.5/5
It was strange, having a secret with the boy Iโd once loved and now sharing it with the man I couldnโt stand.
I should be the one sitting across the table from her. I should be the one taking her home, waking up next to her. Reading what she was reading. Yelling at the evil cat. It should be me in her life.
And for the first time in my life, I felt like the hero instead of the villain.
โLoving you has been a touchstone for more than half my life.โ
๐ธ First person dual POV
๐ธ Enemies to lovers
๐ธ Second chance / childhood friends
๐ธ Both have secrets & stories behind their mutual hatred
๐ธ Representation of working through trauma and anxiety associated growing up in domestic abuse
๐ธ Nickname ๐ฅน
๐ธ Found family
๐ธ Banter ๐๐ป
๐ธ Tension & spice ๐ฅต
๐ธ Small town vibes
๐ธ โTouch her and Iโll kill youโ vibes
๐ธ He. Falls. HARD.
๐ธ Well established secondary characters; Knox & Daisy (Book 1), Waylay (Book 1), Nash & Lina (Book 2), Stef & Jeremiah, Emry, Maeve.
๐ธ MC growth; overcoming past trauma, trust, risking a relationships & family, priorities, communication, self worth.
๐ธ Epilogue
๐ธ Bonus epilogue 10 years later
Available in audiobook, ebook and paperback.
โ ๏ธ Violence (moderate), gun violence (explicit), death of a parent (past), death, blood (minor), parental abandonment, medical trauma (moderate), cancer (past, not MC), domestic abuse (past).
Graphic: Gun violence and Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Violence
Minor: Cancer and Blood