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Reminders of Him
by Colleen Hoover
Easily her BEST yet and better than It Ends With Us. This story was so amazing - tragic, heartbreaking, gut wrenching, tear inducing, BEAUTIFUL. I finished this and immediately had to call my mom just to hear her voice. I can't imagine what Kenna must have felt. The guilt. The fears. The anger. The hurt. She was such a strong, fierce and determined character and I loved that about her. She wanted to turn her life around after repenting for her mistakes, for serving prison time for her mistakes. That alone made me root for her because she truly did not expect nor want handouts.
A mother's fight for her child was so real in this - not only Kenna's fight for Diem, but Grace's fight for Scotty, and even Ledger's mother when the time came. It just tugged on my heart strings and there were SEVERAL moments in which I shed copious amounts of tears, especially the part where Kenna sees Grace and says, "I get to meet her?" And the meeting in which Kenna DOES meet Diem, and Diem doesn't think it as monumental as Kenna does... that was so beautiful and on point.
And also, can we talk about Ledger?! Like, HELLO. He is the blueprint. Loyal to his friends and family. A family man who takes responsibility for helping to raise a child that isn't his, but who he literally says he loves as his own, and loves her equally as he does his own (future) children. The way in which he helps Kenna, providing her love and support when no one else will. He helps facilitate her finally getting to meet her daughter and I just... wow. He's perfect. The moment when he tells Kenna that the reason he never explicitly complimented her looks was because he was reading books about feminism and he always made sure to compliment Diem on more than her looks was just *chef's kiss*. I WISH I had a Ledger.
I truly believe and stand by the fact that CoHo really outdid herself with this one and it is her best work yet. I cannot stop thinking about this book and all that it entails and it will be hard for me to get into another book like this because I don't think anything can top it. Seriously.
A mother's fight for her child was so real in this - not only Kenna's fight for Diem, but Grace's fight for Scotty, and even Ledger's mother when the time came. It just tugged on my heart strings and there were SEVERAL moments in which I shed copious amounts of tears, especially the part where Kenna sees Grace and says, "I get to meet her?" And the meeting in which Kenna DOES meet Diem, and Diem doesn't think it as monumental as Kenna does... that was so beautiful and on point.
And also, can we talk about Ledger?! Like, HELLO. He is the blueprint. Loyal to his friends and family. A family man who takes responsibility for helping to raise a child that isn't his, but who he literally says he loves as his own, and loves her equally as he does his own (future) children. The way in which he helps Kenna, providing her love and support when no one else will. He helps facilitate her finally getting to meet her daughter and I just... wow. He's perfect. The moment when he tells Kenna that the reason he never explicitly complimented her looks was because he was reading books about feminism and he always made sure to compliment Diem on more than her looks was just *chef's kiss*. I WISH I had a Ledger.
I truly believe and stand by the fact that CoHo really outdid herself with this one and it is her best work yet. I cannot stop thinking about this book and all that it entails and it will be hard for me to get into another book like this because I don't think anything can top it. Seriously.