Review: Begin Again

Begin Again by Amanda Leigh
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Note: I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Well I'm not really sure how I should feel about this book.

I mean it has some content that would not be suitable for young readers, such as 13/14-15+ year olds. Even as a 17 year old, this is a bit unsettling to read. But regardless, there was just something about this book that made me push on.

So..

The cover. Looks sweet, light hearted romance. So deceiving. Contradictory to the actual summary. I mean the summary talks about abuse, a tough situation, a kid involved. And this looks like some sunshiny cover overall. So definitely I was deceived. But I loved it regardless.

The storyline. Well there's nothing more that would excite or intrigue you more to read than an abuse story, especially when there's a kid involved. So I was definitely curious to see how it would pan out and scared if they will ever get a happy ending. But this author did not disappoint with the ending so definitely points to that.

The characters themselves. Well they have redeemable features such as resilience to tough it out in a situation which is not even through their fault, the mother being strong enough to get out and save herself and her family.

Such a husband should be killed, no offense.

Regardless, the characters were all resilient, nice, confident, strong, and loveable too. I loved them so much, I could not let go of them at the end. Sigh... So points to that.

I was just not happy with the abuse story. I'm not a fan of abuse stories and usually stay clear from them, so reading this was not easy, let me tell you. But since I'd already signed up, I wanted to continue reading it. But if anyone who may get triggered by this, should really stay away for their own mental sanity.

The stranger fact. A stranger helping them. I don't know why of all people you take a stranger's help to save yourself and your family. Clearly the husband had hit her a bit too much to run to strangers to help them.

DID AN EXTENDED FAMILY NOT EXIST? I'm really skeptical about that. Of all the people you trust, you trust a stranger to help you.

Humanity is far from trustworthy, these days. Clearly this woman should read her news.

Anyway, this is a so-so recommendation. Not highly recommended.

Until the next read,

-J.B

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