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A review by kthrnmtk
In This Moment by Autumn Doughton
4.0
4 insta-love stars
First and foremost, I have to comment on the writing...it was just beautiful. Many of the lines read like a poem. The depth and emotion [a:Autumn Doughton|6573700|Autumn Doughton|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1369404043p2/6573700.jpg] put into these two broken characters, paired with her gorgeous writing style, made this such an amazing read.
We meet Aimee starting her freshman year in college. Having lost her best friend to an accident, Aimee is broken and tortured by the memories of what happened that night. I truly felt for this girl. There were many times in the book that I was an emotional wreck and had to put the book down and collect myself.
Aimee literally falls into Cole on her first day at school. Cole was a womanizing jock who knew the second he saw Aimee, he had to have her. He is very patient in dealing with the emotional roller coaster that is Aimee and I have to give him props for that! He falls head over heels for her and it was great being able to have his POV and see just how much he truly cared about her.
"Aimee has me wrapped up inside this moment. And if she wanted to, she could reach into my chest and rip my heart out of my body because it already belongs to her"
I also love how the book always seems to go back to Aimee and her inability to go back to the sport that she loved- swimming. This sort of eludes to the fact that her friends death had something to do with water. Throughout the book, water is a key term used to describe many things in her life. For example: Aimee describes Cole's green eyes like "leaves submerged in water" and she uses the term "riptide" to describe the many memories that rush back to her that seem to keeptrying to drag her under." Like I said, I loved the writing. I could probably write more about it, but I really don't want you guys to experience it on your own!
Overall, this was an amazing and emotional read! I loved this book and I would definitely recommend it to those who love a good heartwarming story about healing and learning how to swim with your head above the water again. (get what I did there? yep...)
First and foremost, I have to comment on the writing...it was just beautiful. Many of the lines read like a poem. The depth and emotion [a:Autumn Doughton|6573700|Autumn Doughton|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1369404043p2/6573700.jpg] put into these two broken characters, paired with her gorgeous writing style, made this such an amazing read.
We meet Aimee starting her freshman year in college. Having lost her best friend to an accident, Aimee is broken and tortured by the memories of what happened that night. I truly felt for this girl. There were many times in the book that I was an emotional wreck and had to put the book down and collect myself.
Aimee literally falls into Cole on her first day at school. Cole was a womanizing jock who knew the second he saw Aimee, he had to have her. He is very patient in dealing with the emotional roller coaster that is Aimee and I have to give him props for that! He falls head over heels for her and it was great being able to have his POV and see just how much he truly cared about her.
"Aimee has me wrapped up inside this moment. And if she wanted to, she could reach into my chest and rip my heart out of my body because it already belongs to her"
I also love how the book always seems to go back to Aimee and her inability to go back to the sport that she loved- swimming. This sort of eludes to the fact that her friends death had something to do with water. Throughout the book, water is a key term used to describe many things in her life. For example: Aimee describes Cole's green eyes like "leaves submerged in water" and she uses the term "riptide" to describe the many memories that rush back to her that seem to keeptrying to drag her under." Like I said, I loved the writing. I could probably write more about it, but I really don't want you guys to experience it on your own!
Overall, this was an amazing and emotional read! I loved this book and I would definitely recommend it to those who love a good heartwarming story about healing and learning how to swim with your head above the water again. (get what I did there? yep...)