Emotional And Beautiful Romances

This book was an amazing journey, two separate yet connected love stories, one told through letters and experiences during WW2 and the other during the present with the great granddaughters life, a truly unique and wonderful book.⁣⁣
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Let me tell you what an EMOTIONAL experience this story was. The narration was absolutely phenomenal, perfectly capturing the two storylines, bringing tears and joy with each chapter. I felt as if I was in war torn England with Scarlett and Jameson, the worry and heartache over whether either would survive the unthinkable air raids and bombings and whether love could keep them together. I knew from the blurb that heartache was on the horizon but holy hell my heart was not prepared for what I experienced. I ended up having to read a few scenes in the book before listening because the anxiety was real. Their story is unforgettable, such a beautiful yet gut wrenching love in the time of war.⁣⁣
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Then on the flip side we also have the love/hate relationship between Scarlett’s great granddaughter, Georgia and Noah, the man tasked to finish Scarlett’s last story, her own love story. Noah definitely stole my heart, wanting to give Scarlett’s story the ending it deserved, the fact that he was the romantic over Georgia had me swooning. Watching them fall in love was the perfect balm to my heartache over the emotions of the war. Their banter and love story was the happiness I needed. And OH BOY, Georgia’s mother evoked a few moments of me yelling out loud at her, she was the perfect “villain” of the story along with Georgia’s ex husband, Georgia really deserved the world after putting up with them. This story is definitely one I recommend experiencing for yourself, it truly touched my heart.

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Touch my soul

You know the kind of story that you absolutely love and you can't do anything but rave about it. This story's so much more. It touch my soul. The Story is surprising I will not give it away just to say you will be very surprised. it is two love stories in one. Narrators did a excellent job. I will tell you that you need to pay super attention if you listening to this in not following along in the book because of the back-and-forth of present and past but it's such a wonderful story.

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Very engaging, wonderful story

I listened to this book on a road trip and loved every minute. I’m a fan of both narrators who did a masterful job of bringing the characters to life; both the main characters and many other minor ones. Since it switches between two time periods, it’d be easy to get confused but the narration is so well done, I had no trouble following it. The characters are well developed and there is a lot of beautifully written and performed emotion that hits all the feels. There is even a twist or two that I didn’t see coming. It’ll definitely be a re-listen for me. I loved it!

Blown Away!

Blown away at this story! Full tears in my eyes and love in my heart for this creation.
Rebecca Yarros is an amazing author! The detail in her storyline is impeccable and not often found for that time period! War can be a hard topic for any author to tackle but to construct a romance in the darkest of parts makes the reader see the compassion and severity in what people went through.
Carly Robins and Tim Paige, a job well done! Always a pleasure to hear your take on the emotions the author is wanted portrayed.
On to the next!

Amazing!!! <3

Best one yet!!! She is one of my favorite authors. This story was amazingly written. I loved getting lost in this story brought me to tears!

3.5 Stars

Rebecca Yarros is one of my all time favorite authors and I will read anything she puts out. I was really excited for this one. I am not sure why, but I just had a really hard time getting into this one. This is really two love stories in one. I found myself liking the sections more about the current romance with Noah and Georgia. I found the flashback scenes hard to stay interested in for some reason until more towards the end of the story. I think it was almost too much disconnecting the two stories even though you know why they are connected (if you read this, hopefully it will make sense). I do feel this picked up towards the second half and the end. Where I was having a hard time picking this up at first, the second half I did not want to put down. The ending was so good though and what I wanted for the whole story! Overall, this was still enjoyable but I did expect a little more.

What an amazing story

Loved this book, it captured me like very few books do. I laughed and cried at times. It has an amazing twist that you won’t see coming. The narrators are excellent especially Carly Robins. Get this book you will not be disappointed

On the edge of my seat!

I was on the edge of my seat until the very last words! I thought I knew what would be coming but man was I wrong.. this was so beautiful! I can’t wait to listen to my next Rebecca yarros book!!

parallel love stories, have tissues

This was my first read by this author and won't be my last. I loved her writing style - fresh voice, polished writing, agency of characters, rich historical detail, emotional backstory and development - all of it kept me turning pages (or rather, listening - fabulous job by the narrators with the audiobook). It was a heart-wrenching read toward the end and with a twist (I sort of expected it but appreciated the turn of events nonetheless - have tissues!). I liked Georgia and Noah's dynamic and arc. Scarlet and Jamieson took a bit more for me to get into, but I did fall into a rhythm with the back and forth of time lines of then and now. The historical research shows. I loved all the side characters as well. So good. Highly recommend. Looking forward to another read from Rebecca Yarros.

a must read

loved this story especially with the twist at the end, no spoiler alert here. the female reader was great, I didn't, particularly, enjoy the male reader.