This week's pick is But I Love Him, by Amanda Grace and coming May 8 from Flux.Summary: Tonight was so much worse than anything before it.
Tonight he didn't stop after the first slap.
At the beginning of senior year, Ann was a smiling, straight-A student and track star with friends and a future. Then she met a haunted young man named Connor. Only she can heal his emotional scars; only he could make her feel so loved-and needed. Ann can't recall the pivotal moment it all changed, when she surrendered everything to be with him, but by graduation, her life has become a dangerous high wire act. Just one mistake could trigger Connor's rage, a senseless storm of cruel words and violence damaging everything-and everyone-in its path.
This evocative slideshow of flashbacks reveals a heartbreaking story of love gone terribly wrong.
My Thoughts: This one sounds so potent and gutting and filled with emotion. Just reading this summary, I already feel so much for Ann... but I also want to know Connor's story. Is it just a temper gone too far, or something else? I want to know everything that drives both sides of this story, and I want to know if Ann is okay in the end. I adore contemporary, and this one really seems to hold all the gritty, rough stuff I love. And I really love this cover, so simple but catching, and the heart is something I could stare at for a long time... and just might hold a whole lot more meaning after reading the book.
This sounds good. I've got to get more contemporary reading in. Nice choice.
ReplyDeleteAnother awesome sounding contemporary book! I've recently added this on my TBR list, can't wait for it to be released! Great pick :)
ReplyDeleteAnother new book for me.
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Sounds interesting
I hadn't heard of this book, until now! :) It sounds pretty good. I've added it to my tbr/wish list. :) Thank you, great WoW!
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I have seen this one and a couple more dealing with YA abuse by partners. I am glad authors are dealing with this issue as I think it happens a lot more than anyone realizes. Great pick!
ReplyDeleteNot normally my kind of read, but there is something about the synopsis that made me interested.
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Unfortunately, this kind of "love gone wrong" exists...a lot.
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The cover is pretty neat! I like all the colors!
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Eh, there's so much emotion I bet. I always said that one should never giver her whole being for a man - at least keep a part of you for yourself.
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I was about to post this one as my wow pick today, I cannot wait for it. Sounds so intense, great pick!
ReplyDeleteI already know I will be in tears with this book...and probably really pissed off, too. Nice pick!
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Wow! This sounds really good. I dropped by to check out your pick but I'm a new follower.
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This book sounds really good! Great pick!! : )
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Don't read too many contemporary books. I think need to take up the challenge! The cover on this one is pretty. The story does sound heartbreaking. But I'll give it a shot when it comes out in May!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like it will be such an emotional read.
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I really love contemporary too! And this one might just make me cry!
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