And no matter how much she still cares for him, her child’s wellbeing remains her one and only priority. I loved how the story went back into the past from when Kennedy and Jonathan first met, and to the present as well.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Whether it’s unconditional remains to be seen; nonetheless, Kennedy believes in Jonathan’s dreams of stardom because, all said and done, this lad’s got the talent. As he strives to be the man he has always wanted to be, he will do whatever it takes to win his family back and keep them forever. Up until then, I only saw your anger, but that day I saw your fear, like you were afraid of how much more pain I was going to cause you, when I wanted nothing more than to make it all better. She might show moments of weakness and give in to Jonathan but she knows when to pull back and focus.don’t get me wrong, there is groveling, but in my opinion she forgave him a little too quickly and that’s my only complaint. When an accident forces him to take a small break from acting, his heart leads him to the very place he’s worked his whole life to escape, and into the lives of the two people who will always be his only home. Kennedy isn’t where she wants to be in life, and she knows it’s not what her parents ever envisioned for her. I am madly in love with Jonathan and my heart was bursting almost the entire time I was reading this.

And let me tell you, I am in love with an actor, a dad, a boyfriend, an alcoholic, but above all else, I am in love with the man that loves his queen. Through the pages of that notebook, I felt her adoration, devotion and various emotions that she invested towards her relationship with Jonathan. Her prose is beautiful and lyric, evoking different reactions in the reader by simply changing sentence structures or shifting points of view, and her consistent use of present tense makes us live this story and feel deeply the sting of these characters’ emotions.Maxine Mitchell is passionate about animals, traveling, coffee, a good bottle of wine, and great stories.

Kennedy left Jonathan because he wasn't ready to be a good father to their daughter but later on Maddie became the only reason they both got back together. How you convey to the reader that love that these characters use to have for each other in the past. A couple of times he got lucky by landing some minor roles on Television dramas but it wasn’t enough.All the pain and neglect she went through when they were younger and then years later he just waltz back in like nothing happened? Possible Triggers: Yes Drug/alcohol use/abuse/addiction (H on page), domestic violence (H's dad to H - on page), the h was a virgin and unexpected pregnancy (on page). I closed the kindle multiple times and just saw there smiling like a complete idiot because of this child. Kennedy gave up everything once for the man she loved to chase his dreams, and now six years later, she's still picking up the pieces that he left in his wake.

And she can’t even tell her story now, not the way she wants, because her voice has been stolen and no one will ever get the chance to read her words. In fact, to say how this second chance standalone novel affected me is quite honestly, difficult to put into words. Going into a league that very few novels go into, I felt the love because I not only experienced it through the characters - but I conjured up some of my own for the little things.

they both run away at 17/18 and go all the way to hollywood for johnny to pursue his dream of being an actor. I’m playing with fire, like I don’t remember how much it hurts to get burned, but from here, where I’m standing, all I can seem to feel is the warmth. I also loved the fact that this story was a "slow burn", where the hero wasn't just forgiven without some hardcore groveling.