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A review by hannahbelle_reads
Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Two words. SUIT. DADDY. That’s it, that’s the review.
Just kidding, however I knew that this Things We Left Behind would be my favorite out of the Knockemout books before I even finished Chapter 1. I am really drawn to FMCs that go through what Sloan, her mother, and her sister go through in Chapter 1 because I lived it back in 2021. I bawled like a baby, and the emotions did not stop there. I felt so many emotions during this entire book. There is history and there are secrets. There are broken promises and grudges. Yet, there is love and provisions, even when one may think otherwise.
I loved how the author peeled back Lucifer’s, I mean Lucian’s, layers throughout the book to reveal such a compelling character, and I relate to Sloan more than any other of the FMCs in the series. I mean this quote alone is just something that would come out of my mouth “He was tall, dark, and evil. I was short, fair, and awesome.”💁🏾♀️
Lucy Score is an auto-buy author for me because of the depth of relationships she builds among her characters, and while I was expecting the regulars from the previous books, I was still pleasantly surprised by how she interweaved additional characters, and so many beautiful stories while keeping the focus on Lucian and Sloan as so many of us were looking forward to.
I know that domestic violence and abuse are topics that are hard to discuss, but I appreciate that awareness was brought to not only the physical effects but mental and inter-relational impacts as well.
Favorite Quotes
“All for you. Always”
“It was funny how I needed to remind myself to do something as automatic as breathing. Grief had a way of infiltrating everything, even when you were prepared for it.”
“Hope. Some of us didn’t get the luxury of hope. Some of us weren’t worthy of it.”
“Take care of my girls.”
TW: Domestic Violence and Abuse
Ps. I knew that man was dirty since last book
Just kidding, however I knew that this Things We Left Behind would be my favorite out of the Knockemout books before I even finished Chapter 1. I am really drawn to FMCs that go through what Sloan, her mother, and her sister go through in Chapter 1 because I lived it back in 2021. I bawled like a baby, and the emotions did not stop there. I felt so many emotions during this entire book. There is history and there are secrets. There are broken promises and grudges. Yet, there is love and provisions, even when one may think otherwise.
I loved how the author peeled back Lucifer’s, I mean Lucian’s, layers throughout the book to reveal such a compelling character, and I relate to Sloan more than any other of the FMCs in the series. I mean this quote alone is just something that would come out of my mouth “He was tall, dark, and evil. I was short, fair, and awesome.”💁🏾♀️
Lucy Score is an auto-buy author for me because of the depth of relationships she builds among her characters, and while I was expecting the regulars from the previous books, I was still pleasantly surprised by how she interweaved additional characters, and so many beautiful stories while keeping the focus on Lucian and Sloan as so many of us were looking forward to.
I know that domestic violence and abuse are topics that are hard to discuss, but I appreciate that awareness was brought to not only the physical effects but mental and inter-relational impacts as well.
Favorite Quotes
“All for you. Always”
“It was funny how I needed to remind myself to do something as automatic as breathing. Grief had a way of infiltrating everything, even when you were prepared for it.”
“Hope. Some of us didn’t get the luxury of hope. Some of us weren’t worthy of it.”
“Take care of my girls.”
TW: Domestic Violence and Abuse
Ps. I knew that man was dirty since last book
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence