catsandtats 's review for:

Without You by Marley Valentine
5.0

Man, this book had me all over the place in my feels. It was so well written and I related hard to the parental disappointment. Here are some of my favorite quotes--
"My eyes fill with tears, because it’s one thing to know your parents love you, but it’s another to know you’re still never enough."
"It blackened my insides, darkened my soul, and killed every single living feeling inside me. Slowly, painfully."
“That’s the problem, babe. You didn’t hurt me, I hurt you. Somewhere along the way we got lost, and I just don’t think I can find my way back.”
“You’re the beat of my heart, the blood in my veins, the strength in my bones. None of me works without you. And if you need me to tell you every fucking day for the rest of our lives, then I will, because you are more than enough. You’re everything.”
“I love you more than my past,” he says. “I love you more than the obstacles the present has thrown in our way. Because you’re my future. And I’m going to love you forever because you’re my always.”