Title: Wished Away (A Broken Fairy Tale #2)
Author: S.P. Cervantes
Age: Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance
It is a rare thing to find your soul mate, but Jess found true love in Dave when they were only teenagers. They’ve built a happy life together in a small shore town, becoming pillars of the community and making everyone around them envious of the seemingly perfect life they have built together. Jess has always been the life of the party, and Dave was always there to reel her in and keep her safe. But one night, while on duty as the town Sherriff, the unimaginable happens, altering the directions of their lives forever.
This is a story about finding love, having it all taken away, and discovering that moving on doesn’t mean forgetting the past.
My Rating:
Favorite Quotes:
“I will forever remember how perfect his lips
feel against mine with our last kiss, and keep that memory locked away for the
rest of my life.”
“I feel like I’m walking through life skinned
alive and my memories are like a gust of wind scraping across my exposed, raw
skin.”
“You’re the pulse that keeps my heart
beating. Everything I do is for you.”
My Review:
An emotional and intriguing
tale. We start off with a couple in
love, epic love, having been friends since the age of six. But we aren’t
allowed to be happy with them for long… half of this novel was simply heartbreaking,
as our leading man dies all too soon.
I found this novel to be not only moving, but also interesting and unique
- in content as well as the structure of how the story unfolds - as it was told
from several aspects and in an uncommon way.
We hear from 2 different narrators - one male and one female - and the
story slips back and forth in time as they recount their memories - good and
bad - from childhood to his death. Tricky
and unique part aspect is that we continue on with our male narrator while he dies,
and after… as he continues to remain while he feels the need to watch over his grieving
wife and child. And her anguish is palpable. My only complaint with this book was that her
sorrow turned into wallowing, and her inner dialog was too repetitive.
We are presented with the interesting
musings, as well as the mental and emotional struggle our hero’s entity faces,
in deciding he cannot leave his wife while she remains broken. He is in conflict about moving on to the next
phase, although he is unsure what that next phase would be. He decides he cannot leave while his young
widow and small child grieve, although he also senses this to be incorrect and
feels a pull to a better place. I found this
such an interesting concept, as well as the notion that the spirit or entity
could not retain his focus and was frequently surprised in the large gaps of
time that had elapsed while he retreats to his memories. This fascinated me. I found this story quite moving, and was
brought to tears several times. Not only
by their past and her grief, but in her reawakening. Our heroine is conflicted yet
drawn into a new love with a beautiful, kind, and understanding man, who is
similarly grief stricken after losing his wife.
Thankfully, there is much humor and levity provided by interactions with
her life-long friends, as well as the excitement and discovery of new love. Although steamy sex is implied and
mentioned, the love scenes were more sweet and tender than steamy.
Empress DJ
About the Author:
S.P Cervantes lives in Orange County, California with her husband and three children, where she is a teacher. She enjoys spending time with her family, writing, reading, and running, but is always thinking of an idea for her next novel.
S.P. Cervantes is the author of the highly rated New Adult Romantic Fantasy series Secrets of Shadow Hill. "Always and Forever" and "The Prophecy" are the first two book in the series that are available now. The third book in the series, "War of Wizards" will be released May 27, 2014.
S.P. Cervantes also has a contemporary romance series, A Broken Fairy Tale, in with the first book of the series, "Dust to Dust (A Broken Fairy Tale)" released March 4, 2014.
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