Let's discuss it in detail!! Spoilers welcome, (beware for those of you entering who have not read this one yet). Back out now if you don't like spoilers. Commence with the swooning. Include your favorite parts and your favorite quotes. I highlighted SO much of Will. Everything WILL.... *sigh*
Okay so remember when I said I gave it 4.5 stars and held back form 5 stars 'cause of one thing? So many of you asked privately what I meant, and here is what I wrote: Time.... time with the two of them in love... *sigh*. Husband said he thought it sounded perfect that it ends on them finally getting back together and then of course the real ending, that they stayed together forever after that. But I would have LOVED to indulge in the two of them a bit more. That hood of the car scene after his concert where he spills his beautiful guts to her - LOVED it, and I wish we had more of him (so I'd LOVE for her to come up with another book or two - or even novellas) where we go through the trials of their life at some point together. OR!!! his POV because OMG now that I know all that he sacrificed for her, and how hurt he must have been the entire time when she first broke up with him, and when he found out she was with another etc.. ext.. lump in my throat right there. All the times he "almost" told her and then finally decided to, in a song. On the other had, it's almost perfect where she left off, but I just wish I had more of him in the story, because he was SO amazing.
And then I went into a bit more detail: HIS POV can go into their future together maybe, you know? So HER book ends with her journal as they come to the end of their life together, but HIS POV enters us into their 30-something life together... awwww! would LOVE that!
I agree with your 'time' issue. When I read a romance, I want to actually see the relationship. I mean, i know that without building up the tension before the relationship starts, it's not as fulfilling, but I read romances to see the romance, not to see the failed relationships. Still, overall a good book. I couldn't put it down even if it wasn't exactly what I hoped it'd be.
I felt your pain Maryse. I figured that was what you were talking about. When I read the epilogue, I was a bit disappointed that we wouldn't get a glimpse into their life together. It was of course wonderful that they ended up together, but to not get the taste of their life together, I was disappointed.
Tell me you’ve seen the world. Now, you’ve come back home Tell me you’ve carried me with you, That you’ve held me close. Tell me you’ve missed me Or that I’m not crazy for waiting cause Of all the butterflies that chose to stay, I’m in love with the one that got away Yeah I cried.
Yes I agree I wanted, needed more of the two of them together. I would also love to see things from his POV. I love that they were together, I loved the epilogue but I wanted something more in between
Let's hope the author is inspired to continue their story. It would be difficult considering how poetically she ended this one (like my husband said... to him it sounded "just perfect") but what does he know! LOL!! , She's good. I'm sure she can come up with it without ruining the effect of the first one. Yep. From his POV it might take on a new life and give is what we want.
I absolutely loved it, but completely agree that more together time would've made it a 5 star read. I've re-read the scene at the end on the hood of the car at least 3 times and it is "swoon worthy."
Oh my!! Just finished the book! I didn't see that ending at all. I'm very teary eyed indeed! Brilliant read and it felt very close to home as well. I book on wills pov would be amazing! I love him! ❤ I now must find something light hearted to read! I don't think I can take much more between this book and the opportunist I'm broken hehe
I, too, just finished the book. I enjoyed it, but, there were times that my "angst" was consuming me, to the point where I had to put my kindle down. I agree that seeing this relationship from Will's pov could have added so much to the story. I cried when he poured out his heart, then got furious when she rejected him, then cried some more when she realized he was "the one". Like you, Arryn, I need something light and funny next. Any suggestions?
I finished the book last night, Sigh. I loved Will and wished there was more of his POV, also wanted to shake her a couple of times It was a great read over all, that scene on the car at the end, and her going through her memory box, tears* so good!
I finished this book in one day, I really couldn't put it down. It didn't have the usual heart breaking angst that most if my latest favs have but this book did end up taking my breath away. Especially towards the end after Wills concert. It started w/Jules: "It hurt, Will. You gave up on us. You stopped trying, and at the very end, when it mattered the most, you never even fought for us – or at least, I never had known that you had even tried,” I said firmly, without wavering." FINALLY!! I felt like she should've told him that years earlier! But when she told him that she will see him in her dreams & they'll be sixteen & happy,thats when my tears really started. I couldn't hate her Cuz she was going with her head & not her heart & trying to be realistic. But Will drove that Final nail in for me: "“Jules, but no matter what big dreams you’re living or what lucky guy you end up marrying…,” he said, as his words trailed off. Please know that I love you. Even if I have to do it in secret – or in dreams – I’ll love you forever,” OMG, I was done, crying like I was Jules & he was talking to me. & then of course she went to the field after him & I got my HEA in the sweetest way. I love this story & a Wills POV would be perfect!!
I loved that part too Jess. I was crying. Oh I cried throughout the book. I should just point out parts in the book when I didn't cry , those parts would be easier to find.
Seeing your recommendation for this book, and reading the blurb, I thought why not? I had no idea what exactly I was getting myself into until you posted about the 20% mark, 40% mark, sobbing, and ugly crying. Yep, right there with you! Still red eyed and teary as I write this ... What a great book! A group of friends and I have formed our own little book club looking at books such as these. I can't wait for them all to read this one and talk it out. I surely hope that just like Jaime McGuire in Beautiful Disaster that Laura Miller should consider a sequel in Will's POV, and reveal what his thought process was and all the pain he endured/ the other side of the coin. I also agree that 4/5 stars is a worthy rating. I really wanted more detail and fewer points where such a vast amount of time had advanced with absolutely no details. Because of that, I do hope we will get some insight into the world of Will Stephens! And well, who wouldn't want the HEA in both the characters' stories and ours as readers?
I wonder, do y'all think she died at the end after reading his love letter? " a soft gust wiggles free a page from my journal and sends my last words tossing around in the wind" I'm not sure keep going back and forth, it curious what y'all think. Also, she says she " recites a wish" Does that mean that wished for him again?
I wondered that too!!! I think she did... which made it all that much more bittersweet. *sigh* LOVED it.
I also think she did pass because her thoughts are... As for the war, I surrendered. Fighting the battle of life without him was too much, remembering the hardship of her life without him in it, was too much to bear. I definitely think that her wish was to be with him for eternity - in the space beyond our life here on earth. And that is why I don't think we could get another book from Laura Miller, since she covered their whole life story. Sure details are missing, and that is why I also think a book in Will's POV would make much more sense and could help fill in all the gaps in the missing details and extend our desires for more happy times
