The Unrequited by Saffron A. Kent

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Have you ever seen something so beautiful you need a moment to sit back, blink, and breathe it in? You know, like a sunset, a baby sleeping, or a lover’s smile? And the object of your admiration is so freaking perfect, you can’t get your head around it. It’s as though the phenomenon is too much to comprehend all at once. So you pause, marvel, and shake your head in bewilderment, all the while wondering how on earth it came into being.

Yeah. This was my experience when reading Saffron A Kent’s novel, The Unrequited.

On paper, so much could have gone wrong with this book. I mean, how is the reader supposed to sympathise with a self-confessed stalker? How are we to understand a woman intent on crossing so many social boundaries to fulfil her own physical and emotional needs? Isn’t she narcissistic? Naïve? Immoral? And what about Thomas Abrams? The arrogant, broody, married—you read correctly—professor? Surely, the reader will never empathise with him?

Wrong.

So wrong.

The love between Layla and Thomas is one of the purest I have ever read. It is tortured, sure, but in the same breath also honest, passionate, and real. Only the truly talented can write a novel this brilliant. Only those who have mastered their craft can pen such complex, alluring characters. Saffron A Kent has not only shown her ability to create a world we all want to escape to, she has done it with class, heart, and a plot line you’ll never forget.

One of my top reads for the year. For the love of all things holy get your hands on this book. You can thank me later.




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