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Meant to Be Mine
by Lisa Marie Perry
**3 1/2 stars**
There is so much going on with this story I don’t even know where to start and I’m afraid that in all my ramblings I may give away a few things I shouldn’t. If I do I apologize and I’ll give fair warning now that there may be some slight spoilers that I didn’t mean to include.
Sofia left Eaves and didn’t look back. She didn’t have the best history there, but she did have her aunt and Burke – both of whom she turned from when she left. Unfortunately her aunt is now gone and while back for her funeral Sofia runs into Burke again. There’s a lot of mixed up feelings, not just of having abandoned both of them, but also where she’s going now and how she can face the town that has so many negative feelings for her. Her health is also a concern and how it impacts her long term relationships. It’s a lot of things going on but she’s a fighter and gonna figure it out.
I can understand why Burke hid his abuse and turned to drugs. But I’m absolutely stunned that he somehow kept it quiet so well for so long. And that finding out about it doesn’t impact Sofia more. There are so many assumptions made about him that turn out to be untrue and so many people that could have helped him but didn’t. I feel so horribly for him but he’s managed to get and stay clean. It doesn’t wipe away those feelings of being unworthy though and that includes being with Sofia.
This is not an easy read by any means, so make sure that you are up for a layered read that will pull on your heartstrings and require time to fully digest. There’s a lot of difficult history for these two and they are still dealing with a lot of complications in their lives. They made a good pair at one point in time – at least as much as they were willing to let the other in. But all grown up now, they have to decide if they are willing to risk opening themselves up and letting the other in completely. There is no halfway here. It is definitely all or nothing and that can be an amazingly scary thing.
(Complimentary copy provided in exchange for an honest review)
There is so much going on with this story I don’t even know where to start and I’m afraid that in all my ramblings I may give away a few things I shouldn’t. If I do I apologize and I’ll give fair warning now that there may be some slight spoilers that I didn’t mean to include.
Sofia left Eaves and didn’t look back. She didn’t have the best history there, but she did have her aunt and Burke – both of whom she turned from when she left. Unfortunately her aunt is now gone and while back for her funeral Sofia runs into Burke again. There’s a lot of mixed up feelings, not just of having abandoned both of them, but also where she’s going now and how she can face the town that has so many negative feelings for her. Her health is also a concern and how it impacts her long term relationships. It’s a lot of things going on but she’s a fighter and gonna figure it out.
I can understand why Burke hid his abuse and turned to drugs. But I’m absolutely stunned that he somehow kept it quiet so well for so long. And that finding out about it doesn’t impact Sofia more. There are so many assumptions made about him that turn out to be untrue and so many people that could have helped him but didn’t. I feel so horribly for him but he’s managed to get and stay clean. It doesn’t wipe away those feelings of being unworthy though and that includes being with Sofia.
This is not an easy read by any means, so make sure that you are up for a layered read that will pull on your heartstrings and require time to fully digest. There’s a lot of difficult history for these two and they are still dealing with a lot of complications in their lives. They made a good pair at one point in time – at least as much as they were willing to let the other in. But all grown up now, they have to decide if they are willing to risk opening themselves up and letting the other in completely. There is no halfway here. It is definitely all or nothing and that can be an amazingly scary thing.
(Complimentary copy provided in exchange for an honest review)