Grace wants out. Out of her house, where her stepfather wields fear like a weapon and her mother makes her scrub imaginary dirt off the floors. Out of her California town, too small to contain her big-city dreams. Out of her life, and into the role of Parisian artist, New York director - anything but scared and alone.
Enter Gavin: charming, talented, adored. Controlling. Dangerous. When Grace and Gavin fall in love, Grace is sure it's too good to be true. She has no idea their relationship will become a prison she's unable to escape.
Deeply affecting and unflinchingly honest, this is a story about spiraling into darkness - and emerging into the light again.
This book... Right now, I have no words. Like, this was just so raw and hurtful and maddening and heartbreaking... Just, wow. I have tears in my eyes right now. I highly recommend this book. It honestly left me breathless with how the story is told and how descriptive and vivid the "bad romance" is.
The reality is, there are guys like Gavin, who are so manipulative but at the same time, they don't know they're doing it. They really aren't mentally unstable and that's also sad. But what guys like him put women through? That fear... I felt Grace's fear so deep inside me. This book helped me see why women stay in these relationships. Sometimes, they really don't know how to get out of it. And seeing that desperation in Grace broke me.
I had a bad romance, but not like Grace's. Still, it was extremely toxic and my reason for not leaving was thinking I would never find someone to love me or care for me, even though this guy didn't know how to do that. Every one of us have different reasons for staying in these relationships. It's sad, but it's the truth.
Full review to come soon.
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3 July, 2017:
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