∞ stars!
Oliver Lynch must be protected at all costs 🥹
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“I’m right here, with you, and I’m still holding onto your heart. Please don’t ask me to give it back.”
Lotus is the story of Oliver Lynch, a little boy who was kidnapped on the Fourth of July and held captive for over two decades. Sydney Neville, his childhood best friend and next-door neighbor, never gave up hope of losing him. The news of his abduction left her traumatized and since then, continues living her life with a guarded heart. Twenty-two years later, Oliver is found alive. He's coming home.
This heartwarming story was filled with friendship, love, compassion, trauma, and so many swoon-worthy moments. There is so much to learn about Oliver's past and your eagerness to learn will hold you captive (no pun intended) throughout the story. Jennifer Hartmann has an amazing ability to create such a beautiful story and her characters blew me away.
I absolutely adored Oliver. He's the sweetest and purest cinnamon roll to fall in love with. What an amazingly brave and strong man to have survived living in a basement with no human contact (other than his captor) and still be so gentle, kind, and caring. His innocence and the way he took things literal was hilarious and adorable. Sydney is fun, quirky, and her love for 90's nostalgia never cease to make me smile. She helps him acclimate back into today's society, a world he thought was wiped out of humanity. Oliver, in turn, helps her liberate herself from the fears that made her afraid to lose him all over again.
These two are wonderfully crafted characters who endured traumatic experiences when they were younger. We're able to see the growth and development as individuals and as a couple. Their relationship doesn't feel rushed or forced, allowing them to rebuild a foundation of their friendship before love begins to set in. While these two may have physically been separated for twenty-two years, they were both very much in each other's hearts.
Once you know the meaning behind lotus, you will ugly cry.
Childhood friends to lovers will remain superior in my eyes.
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“Nothing worth holding is ever to hard”
⚠️Read Trigger Warnings If Necessary⚠️Tropes:🪷Banter🪷Double POV🪷Slow burn angst🪷Friends to lovers🪷Trauma🪷Survival •To the rest of the world, he was the boy who went missing. But to Sydney, he was everything. Her world hasn’t been the same since. Syd has learned it’s best to keep men at arms reach as she needs and nothing more. She’s hard enough to love. •After twenty-two years, the last thing anyone truly expects is for Oliver to show up. He’s been held captive for decades and everyone and everything is new to him, well - kind of.. but what are these flashbacks? What is Lotus?! •As Oliver tries to navigate life, Syd wants to help him. He is everything she needs. He’s her best friend after all! As time passes and emotions and feelings blossom, the walls Sydney built start to crumble and the hurtles Oliver has started to overcome aren’t over just yet! •Wow! I picked this book up after reading Still Beating (I recommend you read it first). This book kept me captivated and needing to know what’s next! A slow salacious burn of love, and triumph, heartache, happiness and growth.Favorite Quote:“But true strength isn’t necessarily overcoming the fight- it is how we fight. It is not within the sword itself, but how we wield it.”*Great character development*Phenomenal plot*Brilliant unexpected twist
