karlie_maher123's Reviews (113)

This book was absolutely amazing from the the characters and the world building. 
The way that athena has wrote these characters makes you really love them and not want anything to happen to them.
Some of my favourite quotes from the book where: 
"You may have forgotten my queen. But I remember everything about you you. A thousand years is a long time to love someone."
And
"He stole me from you, He cursed me. But you....... you brought me home. And stayed with me after all the cruel things I said to you."
It's not just the quotes that I love its all some of the descriptions the author used such as:
"For a moment they simply sat there holding hands as the waves whispered against the shore."
And
"The river of the dead was a place of haunting beauty and profound sorrows"
And my favourite one
"They continued to wander deeper into the garden, the night wrapping around them like a cloak, thick with possibilities"

This book was absolutely amazing every time i picked it up I get sucked back into the story

This book has captivated me from page one and such a fast read. I absolutely love everything about this book from the characters to the world and the writing. Its such a good read if you want something quick to read and honestly will reread this book in the future and I would highly recommend it too anyone.

THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS
Liberating Bells is book two in the Loathing Ryan Duet. It carries on from the first book but 5 years later.
We are welcomed back to a world of many loveable characters and some not-so-loveable characters.
This book starts with Ryan returning due to some personal family stuff. When he comes home he still has feelings for Bells, but he soon finds out that she is in a relationship with

fuckface

Mark. But everything seems to go downhill from there when Ryan finds out that

Mark has been not only manipulating Bells but physically and mentally abusing her because Ryan is still in her life.

Ryan isn't the only one who notices this but also Bell's best friend Juliet. Because of this situation, Ryan

starts to become an alcoholic and drinks on a very regular basis to help numb his pain as he can do very little to help Bells.

In the second half of the book we see Bells realize that

the relationship she has with Mark is very toxic and abusive. We see her finally get the help she needs

We also see Ryan get help from his newfound friend Josie. We get to see how Ryan and Bells come back together from the hard times they have both been through and get the happy ending they rightfully deserve.

I once again love how Aria Harding has written this book and love the way she writes about these toxic situations and gives the characters the resources they need to get help.  I honestly have nothing bad to say about this book as the situations presented in this book I have not been through.

I also want to mention that I cant wait to read her other works and read whatever she writes next.