A review by angelsmomreads
This Life and All the Rest by Brit Benson

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

his life. The next life. Every life after that. I will love you in all of them, Lennon Capri. It doesn’t matter who you become or how you change. My soul will always belong to yours.”

Five stars to Jf Harding and Lidia Dornet they made this audio book shine with their performances, And J was the perfect Macon.

Can I just say a man that doesn't touch another woman after he loses the love of his life? Isn't done enough, this man waits four years and probably would have kept on being celebate living his life had Trent ( Lennon' s) father hadn't ended up in the ICU. If he never saw her again, he would have lived his life alone.

β€œπ’―π’½π‘’ 𝒽𝑒𝒢𝓇𝓉 π’Ύπ“ˆ 𝒢 π“π‘œπ“ƒπ‘’π“π“Ž π’½π“Šπ“ƒπ“‰π‘’π“‡ π“Œπ’Ύπ“‰π’½ π‘œπ“ƒπ“π“Ž π‘œπ“ƒπ‘’ π’Ήπ‘’π“ˆπ’Ύπ“‡π‘’! π’―π‘œ 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 π“ˆπ‘œπ“‚π‘’ π“π’Άπ“ˆπ“‰π’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” π’Έπ‘œπ“‚π’»π‘œπ“‡π“‰ 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 π’Άπ“‡π“‚π“ˆ π‘œπ’» π’Άπ“ƒπ‘œπ“‰π’½π‘’π“‡'π“ˆ 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝑒.”
The way that Claire will have to live her whole life knowing how sabotaging her best friend's love with her brother.
How she hurt BOTH of them.
Can we get a little karma for her please?
There was pining on both sides, And it was work that Macon had to do to win Lennon back.
There was work that Lennon had to do to get him to believe he wasn't abandoned.
Why ? Because of the horrible people who wanted to think they knew best .

β€œI’m an addict, Astraea. I don’t know how to do anything small. I feel intensely. I want intensely. I crave intensely. For me, if it’s not a healthy obsession, it’s not love.”
There’s that word again. Love.

β€œBecause I was homesick for
you. Because the only decision I’ve ever made in this life that I’m sure of
was being selfish for you.”

There’s so much damage between us. So many secrets and broken
promises. I should tell her we can wait. I should reassure her and prove to
her I’m a better man now.
But in moments like this, I’m not sure I am.
I’m always going to be an addict, and she’s always going to be my
greatest temptation. The only addiction worth ruining myself for.

We had to be apart before we could be stronger together.

She’s still my Lennon. I’m still her Macon. We’re at
our truest when we’re together.

This book was just the finest duet I have ever read. I cried, I laughed with the characters, and I hugged my pillow at the end , because the love that was written in these pages was beautifully broken, and deserving of a movie. I will never stop thinking about these characters.