A story of how love can break our hearts – and heal them.
A year ago I met the love of my life. For two people who didn’t believe in love at first sight, we came pretty close.
Lilah MacDonald – beautiful, opinionated, stubborn and all kinds of wonderful in ways that words could never quite capture. The woman who taught me to live again.
My Lilah, who gave me so much, and yet kept from me a secret that she knew would break my heart.
My name is Callum Roberts, and this is our story.
Me Without You is a book to make you smile, bring you to tears and remind you to hold on tightly to those you love.
Review
The start of this book was quirky and instantly captivating,
just how Callum find Lilah when he first sees her on the ferry with bare feet,
juxtaposed with the rest of her outfit which very much says ‘business. The
story draws you in and before you know it you’re over halfway through.
Lilah and Callum seem a match made in heaven. The right
blend of different and similar, in fact they have a conversation about this in
the book and the whole conversation was wrote in a beautiful way.
Lilah is passionate about the environment and all living
things but has a very spontaneous outlook on live, and takes every opportunity she
can to enjoy herself. Callum on the other hand has a good job, but doesn’t seem
to have experienced life in the same way Lilah has.
Seeing their relationship develop and blossom was amazing.
At times they were frustrated with eachother, but still found their way back to
where they belonged, with one another.
The story is so beautifully written. Callum’s viewpoints are
written as a retrospective, which was really interesting way to read it, and
you really get how he feels at all times. Interspersed with Callum’s story are
diary entries from Lilah, drip-feeding you information, so you leaen more about
her, knowing something is wrong, but are kept guessing until the reveal. I was
certainly wrong with what it was.
The last 20-30% of this book was so emotional, I literally
needed to read it faster and faster, like ripping off a plaster. It was so sad,
but incredibly touching at the same time. Kelly Rimmer has cracked it with this
book!
Published by: Bookouture
Gratefully received from the publisher with thanks
No comments:
Post a Comment