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For Lucy
by Jewel E. Ann
firstly, this book was so well written. i felt every emotion, from happiness to gut-wrenching sadness. the story was captivating in the way it dealt with grief, loss, a broken-down marriage and a second chance redemption arc.
i loved emmett (H) so hard. this man is the most selfless and loving soul ever. the way he loved his daughter lucy so hard that he protected her despite what the consequences meant for him. He spent 5 years after the breakdown of his marriage still in love with his ex-wife tatum (h) whilst she moved on.
so why the 2 stars??? look i don't rate books for simply how well they are written, i rate books depending on how it makes me feel and how the characters are portrayed. a story is only as good as its characters. so my 2 stars are purely for emmett and lucy. but i can't rate this book any higher because of just how much i disliked tatum.
i know we didn't get her pov in the book, but the dialogue between them was enough for me to make up my mind, that this woman ruined her marriage, let her ex-husband only see his 12-year-old daughter for 10 hours on saturdays only for 5 whole years and that to me is unforgivable. no matter what happened for her to do that, nothing will justify that, and the fact that this was never addressed bothered me. not a single heartfelt apology came from tatum, it was all emmett with the i forgive you. to top it off she almost married another guy (another person's life/time she wasted lol), who she also admitted she was in love with...
i mean the way this story was set out i was hoping tatum would come to her senses, but the only reason she got back with emmett was because of lucy's confession. had lucy not said anything, tatum and emmett would not have their HEA, even tatum admitted that, which for me just ruined the tone and atmosphere of the book. they may have started off as lovers, but by the end of the book it was very clearly a one sided love, tatum did not convince me.
look i'm all for men simping for women because we fucking deserve it, but poor emmett. his love was never ending, his back must be in severe pain for the way he CARRIED this fucking book.
i loved emmett (H) so hard. this man is the most selfless and loving soul ever. the way he loved his daughter lucy so hard that he protected her despite what the consequences meant for him. He spent 5 years after the breakdown of his marriage still in love with his ex-wife tatum (h) whilst she moved on.
so why the 2 stars??? look i don't rate books for simply how well they are written, i rate books depending on how it makes me feel and how the characters are portrayed. a story is only as good as its characters. so my 2 stars are purely for emmett and lucy. but i can't rate this book any higher because of just how much i disliked tatum.
i know we didn't get her pov in the book, but the dialogue between them was enough for me to make up my mind, that this woman ruined her marriage, let her ex-husband only see his 12-year-old daughter for 10 hours on saturdays only for 5 whole years and that to me is unforgivable. no matter what happened for her to do that, nothing will justify that, and the fact that this was never addressed bothered me. not a single heartfelt apology came from tatum, it was all emmett with the i forgive you. to top it off she almost married another guy (another person's life/time she wasted lol), who she also admitted she was in love with...
i mean the way this story was set out i was hoping tatum would come to her senses, but the only reason she got back with emmett was because of lucy's confession. had lucy not said anything, tatum and emmett would not have their HEA, even tatum admitted that, which for me just ruined the tone and atmosphere of the book. they may have started off as lovers, but by the end of the book it was very clearly a one sided love, tatum did not convince me.
look i'm all for men simping for women because we fucking deserve it, but poor emmett. his love was never ending, his back must be in severe pain for the way he CARRIED this fucking book.