So many people want perfection. There are so many books out there where boy meets girl, they fall in love, get married, and have a happily ever after. But the books on my list show you that not everything is perfect. Life isn’t perfect. Things aren’t always good or happy. I like when something beautiful is born from something ugly, and every book on this list is exactly that. Perfect with imperfections.
I loved this book by Kelly Moore because of how emotional it was. I love when books are written so well, it makes you feel like you’re living the story, rather than reading about someone else. I love a book that you don’t want to step away from, and this was one of those books.
I loved the character development, the overall story, Kelly Moore’s writing style, but most of all, I loved how the emotions jumped off the page and right into my chest.
Maeve Archer's heart was caught between two brothers—Evan, who stole it in a chance encounter at the market, and Danny, the charismatic one who won her over when Evan inexplicably stepped aside for his brother to marry her.
Two years after Danny's tragic demise during a fishing trip with Evan, Maeve struggles to piece together her shattered life. Angry and abandoned by Evan's disappearance, she pours her emotions into letters, receiving no reply. Eventually, she resigns herself to moving on.
A celebration of life brings Maeve face to face with Evan, the man who has always owned her heart. However,…
I loved this very emotional read. I loved the characters, the writing, and the story. The romance is steamy yet tasteful—extremely beautiful.
This is another book that gave me all the feels, but another story that left me feeling happy with the ending rather than feeling like I was left wanting more.
One night changed my life forever. Beau Bennett has been my best friend since I can remember. He was my first crush before everything came crashing down, and now he wants more, but it's more than I can give him. Things are different now. I wish I could tell him why, but I can't. I haven’t told anyone. I never knew how much I really needed him until the day he left for college, and I was completely alone. Then one day, Asher Hunt rides into town with his dark, captivating eyes and cocky grin. He doesn't care who I…
Shahrazad’s Gift is a collection of linked short stories set in contemporary Cairo — magical, absurd, and humorous.
The author focuses on the off-beat, little-known stories, far from CNN news: a Swedish belly dancer who taps into the Oriental fantasies of her clientele; a Japanese woman studying Arabic, driven mad…
Wait for You by Jennifer L. Armentrout was a book I read long ago, and
it's one that still sticks with me to this day. It's a book I've read
and reread.
I love how the main character, Avery, is flawed–making her
feel real. And I love Cam and how patient he is with her. Avery is a
character who's had some trauma, and she's running. Little does she know
she's running right into the arms of the man she's supposed to be with.
These characters felt so real.
The writing was good, but not over the top to where I had to stop and think, "Who talks like this?" And it was
paced perfectly–the couple grew to be closer over a longer amount of
time rather than to meet, fall in love, and overcome everything in a
matter of days or weeks. It's another example of something
beautiful coming from something dark, telling the reader that recovery
is possible–that anything is possible.
“J. Lynn creates a wonderful cast of characters that will make you laugh, swoon, and cry. Cam stole my heart.”
—Cora Carmack, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Losing It
Some things are worth waiting for...
Traveling thousands of miles from home to enter college is the only way nineteen-year-old Avery Morgansten can escape what happened at the Halloween party five years ago--an event that forever changed her life. All she needs to do is make it to her classes on time, make sure the bracelet on her left…
This book was an emotional rollercoaster. I love a good book that pulls every emotion out of you, even when you try to resist. And boy, did I try and resist. This book grabbed my heart and took me on a ride that I didn’t want to get off.
The writing is amazing, the author painting a picture so beautifully that I felt like I was right there, experiencing everything right along with the characters. It’s been years since I’ve read this book, but it’s always one I think about when I’m wanting something deep and emotional.
I wasn't always in love with Colton Calloway; I was in love with his younger brother, Kyle, first. Kyle was my first one true love, my first in every way.Then, one stormy August night, he died, and the person I was died with him.Colton didn't teach me how to live. He didn't heal the pain. He didn't make it okay. He taught me how to hurt, how to not be okay, and, eventually, how to let go.
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Nell Hawthorne is in love with her life-long best friend, Kyle Calloway. Their young love is invincible and life is full of…
Tap Dancing on Everest, part coming-of-age memoir, part true-survival adventure story, is about a young medical student, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor raised in N.Y.C., who battles self-doubt to serve as the doctor—and only woman—on a remote Everest climb in Tibet.
I loved this book because it gripped me the moment I picked it up. It’s suspenseful, so I never wanted to put it down. It was one of those books that I couldn’t stop thinking about. I devoured this book as quickly as possible and found myself thinking about it long after I finished.
From the bestselling author of The Secret of Ella and Micha comes a mesmerizing novel of fate, friendship, and the healing power of love . . .
The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden
For Kayden, suffering in silence was the only way to survive. If he was lucky, he could keep his head down, do as he was told, and make it through the day. But one night it seemed like his luck-and his life-might finally end . . . until an angel named Callie appeared just in time to rescue him.
It is about a shy young woman who has always lived in her best friend's shadow. When that shadow is no longer there to hide in, she's forced to join the rest of the world. Diving into this novel means you'll follow along on one woman's journey of self-discovery, where she's challenged with overcoming loss and grief while learning to trust and fall in love despite it all.
My bookis an inspirational story about healing—turning something negative into something positive. It shows how ugly life can be but how it's okay to stumble your way through, making memories along the way. This is a road trip you don't want to miss.
Constance is a wild, stubborn young girl growing up poor in a small industrial town in the late 1800's. Beneath her thread-worn exterior beats the heart of a dreamer and a wordsmith. But at age twelve, she’s orphaned. Running away to join the circus—like kids do in adventure books—seems like…
Katie's Gamble is an unexpected, unique story about a young woman who's trying to support her younger siblings by keeping her family's confectionery shop open.
In order to do that, she has to take on her older brother, who's a notorious gambler in Louisiana. Additionally, she has to outsmart Rowdy…
