Beneath The Scars

by Melanie Moreland

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This review can be found on GenGen's Book Blog

I have no idea why I kept pushing this back, not wanting to read it. What the hell was I thinking?! It is so good! I LOVE IT! I related SO much to Zachary's character and I was just crying throughout the book and *sighs* the feels.

Zachary is a man with trust issues. Everyone in his life has used him and abused his trust. When Megan enters his life, all he wants to do is push her away and push her away he does, but Megan keeps on coming back. Both of these characters feel a pull towards one another and Megan wants to be Zachary's but he is more reluctant to giving in to what he is feeling for Megan.

Beneath The Scars helped me write my story on my blog. While Zachary's scars and mine are different, I still related to him and his feelings for his scars. Someone had to come into our lives to help us accept our scars. For Zachary, Megan came and stayed and showed him that his scars didn't define him, that if people wanted to stare, to not care. Megan helped Zachary in more ways than one and it was inspiring to read about Zachary's character growing throughout the story and changing for the better.

I had requested this book but I never found myself wanting to read it. It wasn't until I read a review from a friend of mine that I really got into it. I think many can relate to Zachary's character. All of us have had friends betray our trust. For some, it happens so much that they end up not trusting anybody but themselves. Zachary's character teaches us that even when there are so many bad people in this world, there are also very good people that are willing to help us get that trust back.

While I did enjoy reading this book, it had some aspects that I didn't really like. I would have liked more from each character. By this I mean that they fell in love rapidly. For Megan, it was practically love at first sight. Not only that, the characters didn't really interact enough for them to fall in love. The only part where the reader gets to read both characters having a real, full-length conversation is when Zachary is telling Megan about her past.

Overall, it was a good story that many readers will enjoy and relate to, just as I did.