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A review by beckyrendon
Before You by Marni Mann
5.0
I can't figure out if it's a personal mission or her innate abilities but Marni Mann is definitely in the business of hurting my heart, breaking my spirit, and then loving it back even better than before...
"… before you.”
I can't even select the correct words from the log jam of thoughts in my mind to tell you how monumental this quote is. How life shattering, mind blowing, and utterly devastating while also heartwarming in the worst possible moment.
Marni Mann has worked her magic again. She used her intoxicating words to lull us into these lives. She gave us love abounding. She gave us intriguing details and left us to stew in our own chaotic brain's paranoid ramblings. She gave me a mystery and dared me to put the clues together. I can't tell you how wrong and right I was. I can tell you some of my craziest were my most right while others were straight wrong! I think she gets a kick out of the twisted way she manipulates our thinking because I have a feeling no one and I mean NO ONE saw all that coming. (Deep breaths, in and out)
I freely admit that I embraced my tears, shouted at Marni (in my head and possibly through messaging), and just dissolved into a mess. I do not hold Marni Mann at fault for my break down (I was told by legal to say that. [I lied. She wrecked me!])
Lol. My lunacy aside, Before You is a love story that will change you. The deep story with a heartbreaking situation. A look on life that most don't encounter...
I wrote before Before You that I was afraid. I had every right to be. Before You challenges the reader. It forces you to make a decision. As you pull on the threads of this woven tale, don't blink because you will be done and sitting with your mouth open- trying to breathe through the tears. Happy ones at that!
Oh and did I mention....I freaking loved it!
"… before you.”
I can't even select the correct words from the log jam of thoughts in my mind to tell you how monumental this quote is. How life shattering, mind blowing, and utterly devastating while also heartwarming in the worst possible moment.
Marni Mann has worked her magic again. She used her intoxicating words to lull us into these lives. She gave us love abounding. She gave us intriguing details and left us to stew in our own chaotic brain's paranoid ramblings. She gave me a mystery and dared me to put the clues together. I can't tell you how wrong and right I was. I can tell you some of my craziest were my most right while others were straight wrong! I think she gets a kick out of the twisted way she manipulates our thinking because I have a feeling no one and I mean NO ONE saw all that coming. (Deep breaths, in and out)
I freely admit that I embraced my tears, shouted at Marni (in my head and possibly through messaging), and just dissolved into a mess. I do not hold Marni Mann at fault for my break down (I was told by legal to say that. [I lied. She wrecked me!])
Lol. My lunacy aside, Before You is a love story that will change you. The deep story with a heartbreaking situation. A look on life that most don't encounter...
I wrote before Before You that I was afraid. I had every right to be. Before You challenges the reader. It forces you to make a decision. As you pull on the threads of this woven tale, don't blink because you will be done and sitting with your mouth open- trying to breathe through the tears. Happy ones at that!
Oh and did I mention....I freaking loved it!