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A review by aseimetz
Feels Like Home by Melissa Grace
5.0
Everything about this book was absolutely superb. I loved every second of it and wished it would never end.
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Dallas definitely rubbed me wrong in Long Way Home so he had a big redemption arc to cover for me and he did not disappoint! He has big emotions and sometimes just doesn’t know how to express that. But he is 100% a golden retriever boyfriend (as McKenzie so kindly notes). Katie is an honest to goodness superhero…which also tends to be her Achilles heel. She’s a go-getter, hard-working, fierce, loyal, passionate & witty…but also needs to learn accepting help from others doesn’t make her weak or less than.
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I could talk about their romance & how cute it was (& it was). But the real story here is Katie & her journey to diagnosis & the subsequent journey after. I LOVE how Melissa showed not only the battle to being heard (bc it is not easy), but also the battle of figuring out life after. We see the not pretty parts- how in attempt to make life easier caretaker can diminish life if not careful; how attempting to live to not be defined by a diagnosis can lead to living life defined by a diagnosis. It was all beautifully done & heart wrenching.
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This is book 4 of the Midnight in Dallas series, but can be read as a standalone. I will say, given I read this series in the most CHAOTIC way (3, 1, 4, 2), I do recommend reading in order. 1-You’ll get spoilers of future books & 2-The cast remains mostly the same, with a few additions, throughout the series, meaning it’s a pretty large cast. I had a hard time keeping up with who everyone was until I read their proper intros in book 1!
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Thank you Melissa Grace & Team for providing a free eARC in exchange for my honest thoughts!
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Dallas definitely rubbed me wrong in Long Way Home so he had a big redemption arc to cover for me and he did not disappoint! He has big emotions and sometimes just doesn’t know how to express that. But he is 100% a golden retriever boyfriend (as McKenzie so kindly notes). Katie is an honest to goodness superhero…which also tends to be her Achilles heel. She’s a go-getter, hard-working, fierce, loyal, passionate & witty…but also needs to learn accepting help from others doesn’t make her weak or less than.
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I could talk about their romance & how cute it was (& it was). But the real story here is Katie & her journey to diagnosis & the subsequent journey after. I LOVE how Melissa showed not only the battle to being heard (bc it is not easy), but also the battle of figuring out life after. We see the not pretty parts- how in attempt to make life easier caretaker can diminish life if not careful; how attempting to live to not be defined by a diagnosis can lead to living life defined by a diagnosis. It was all beautifully done & heart wrenching.
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This is book 4 of the Midnight in Dallas series, but can be read as a standalone. I will say, given I read this series in the most CHAOTIC way (3, 1, 4, 2), I do recommend reading in order. 1-You’ll get spoilers of future books & 2-The cast remains mostly the same, with a few additions, throughout the series, meaning it’s a pretty large cast. I had a hard time keeping up with who everyone was until I read their proper intros in book 1!
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Thank you Melissa Grace & Team for providing a free eARC in exchange for my honest thoughts!