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A review by readsomemorekatie
Adore by Ella James
5.0
I feel wrung dry. Like a sponge who was filled to the brim with emotions but Ellis some how squeezed them all out. Sometimes gently, sometimes with a firm grip. Sometimes just enough to make the steady drip, drip, drip add up to a puddle on the floor. I am in awe of the level of research, care and raw, real life experience that must have gone into these books.
Where Wrath was a perfect coming of age story of being “other” in the deep south, On My Knees is real grown folk stuff. Vance and Luke go through it. When I say through it, I mean through it ALL. Ellis gives them no easy way out and the weight of their decisions and their obstacles felt so real. As an adult with real responsibilities in my own life, how these character’s choices effected other people was so beautifully depicted that my heart squeezes when I think of Luke and Vance and I’m kind of convinced it always will.
How does a man who is so naturally nurturing and giving stand by and watch someone they love go through such inner turmoil and not become jaded?
How does one, who is a servant of God, balance the scales of selfish and selfless?
Please do yourself a favor and read these books. The way Ellis’ characters crawl under my skin and make themselves at home is something I will always share with anyone who will listen.
Where Wrath was a perfect coming of age story of being “other” in the deep south, On My Knees is real grown folk stuff. Vance and Luke go through it. When I say through it, I mean through it ALL. Ellis gives them no easy way out and the weight of their decisions and their obstacles felt so real. As an adult with real responsibilities in my own life, how these character’s choices effected other people was so beautifully depicted that my heart squeezes when I think of Luke and Vance and I’m kind of convinced it always will.
How does a man who is so naturally nurturing and giving stand by and watch someone they love go through such inner turmoil and not become jaded?
How does one, who is a servant of God, balance the scales of selfish and selfless?
Please do yourself a favor and read these books. The way Ellis’ characters crawl under my skin and make themselves at home is something I will always share with anyone who will listen.