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Clarity
Her world has always been dark, but he might be able to change everything...
Fiercely independent Helen Winters was born completely blind, but she vowed never to let her disability keep her down. She did not expect a traumatic event to devastate her life and force her to drop out of college. Disillusioned by the cruelty of people, Helen retreated from society to live by herself as a reclusive writer in the woods--where no one could ever hurt her again.
When a brilliant young doctor shows up on her doorstep, promising her that his new research can give her the ability to see for the first time, Helen stubbornly refuses. She has learned not to trust anyone, and to rely only on herself. But Dr. Liam Larson will not take no for an answer. He makes it his personal mission to rescue Helen from her loneliness, and bring joy into her world once more--the joy she has denied herself for so long.
When Helen's demons come racing back into her life, threatening to rip her apart and destroy the strength she has carefully rebuilt, Liam is the only one who might be able to save her. Can he reach the broken girl in time, helping her to heal and see the world in a different light? Or will Helen's grief send her spiraling out of control, lost to him forever?
Fiercely independent Helen Winters was born completely blind, but she vowed never to let her disability keep her down. She did not expect a traumatic event to devastate her life and force her to drop out of college. Disillusioned by the cruelty of people, Helen retreated from society to live by herself as a reclusive writer in the woods--where no one could ever hurt her again.
When a brilliant young doctor shows up on her doorstep, promising her that his new research can give her the ability to see for the first time, Helen stubbornly refuses. She has learned not to trust anyone, and to rely only on herself. But Dr. Liam Larson will not take no for an answer. He makes it his personal mission to rescue Helen from her loneliness, and bring joy into her world once more--the joy she has denied herself for so long.
When Helen's demons come racing back into her life, threatening to rip her apart and destroy the strength she has carefully rebuilt, Liam is the only one who might be able to save her. Can he reach the broken girl in time, helping her to heal and see the world in a different light? Or will Helen's grief send her spiraling out of control, lost to him forever?
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First published February 20, 2014
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Loretta Lost
24 books516 followersLoretta Lost is a USA Today bestselling author who writes stories about survivors. She is the author of the CLARITY series and Sophie Shields novels. She lives in Toronto, Canada with adorable cats, and she hopes to find a good boyfriend who isn't fictional before all her hair turns grey.
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Fun fact: The author's real name is Nadia-- she chose her pen name because her sister's name is Loretta, and her sister is lost.
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Fun fact: The author's real name is Nadia-- she chose her pen name because her sister's name is Loretta, and her sister is lost.
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July 4, 2014
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Helen Winters was born completely blind, however, she has always been independent. She didn’t like using her cane because she felt like it broadcasted her disability to the world. She also didn’t have a dog or any sort of help to make her life easier. The beginning of the book shows Helen lost in a staircase in her college. A man decides to be nice and help her find her class. Unfortunately she figures out way to late that he does not have good intentions. Obviously being blind she doesn’t have any details about him except for his voice. She doesn’t tell her family what has happened to her, but she drops out of college after that.
Jump forward three years and Helen is living alone in a secluded house in the words, far away from any family. She has changed her name and doesn’t tell anyone her new address. She has become a writer and still lives completely independent. One day two doctors, Liam and Owen, show up at her door and offer her the opportunity of a lifetime. They believe that a study on gene therapy drug treatment could possibly make her able to see for the first time. She is reluctant at first but she gets a call from her sister (who we will discuss in a moment), and makes a bargain with the doctors. If they take her to home, which is like two sates away, to see her sister’s wedding, then she will participate in the study. It pretty much goes downhill from here.
I have many problems with this book. One, what woman, blind or not, decides to take a more than one day road trip with two men that she has now for just a few minutes. Talk about stupidity. Then Owen decides that he is going to talk IN DETAIL about various porns for 3 hours straight! WHO DOES THAT TO A PERSON THEY JUST MET?!?! Then she starts in on it too! I really think my jaw was laying on the floor by this time. Granted, Liam was apologizing for him but still. Then we have Helens sister. Man that girl was a bitch. She guilt trips her sister into coming to her wedding then says that if she doesn’t have a date she is going to force her to go with someone. So Liam and Helen decide that they are going to go to the wedding together and pretend to be dating. Helen’s sister forces her to call him just to prove he’s real then starts talking about how big his dick is or something. I would walk out and that room and away from that girl forever.
As soon as the call from the sister happened I knew what the ending was going to be. Saying that though, the ending still pissed me off. It literally just ended at the climax of the story. That was the part I was actually continuing to read it for. I almost DNF’d this book at one point because I just found it too ridiculous in places. I’m not sure if they second book is going to start off right where the first one ended but I wouldn’t be surprised if it didn’t. I have absolutely no plans on reading it. I was reading some 5 star reviews of this book and serious wondering if I had read the same copy as these people…. I have now changed my rating from a two to a one star.
Helen Winters was born completely blind, however, she has always been independent. She didn’t like using her cane because she felt like it broadcasted her disability to the world. She also didn’t have a dog or any sort of help to make her life easier. The beginning of the book shows Helen lost in a staircase in her college. A man decides to be nice and help her find her class. Unfortunately she figures out way to late that he does not have good intentions. Obviously being blind she doesn’t have any details about him except for his voice. She doesn’t tell her family what has happened to her, but she drops out of college after that.
Jump forward three years and Helen is living alone in a secluded house in the words, far away from any family. She has changed her name and doesn’t tell anyone her new address. She has become a writer and still lives completely independent. One day two doctors, Liam and Owen, show up at her door and offer her the opportunity of a lifetime. They believe that a study on gene therapy drug treatment could possibly make her able to see for the first time. She is reluctant at first but she gets a call from her sister (who we will discuss in a moment), and makes a bargain with the doctors. If they take her to home, which is like two sates away, to see her sister’s wedding, then she will participate in the study. It pretty much goes downhill from here.
I have many problems with this book. One, what woman, blind or not, decides to take a more than one day road trip with two men that she has now for just a few minutes. Talk about stupidity. Then Owen decides that he is going to talk IN DETAIL about various porns for 3 hours straight! WHO DOES THAT TO A PERSON THEY JUST MET?!?! Then she starts in on it too! I really think my jaw was laying on the floor by this time. Granted, Liam was apologizing for him but still. Then we have Helens sister. Man that girl was a bitch. She guilt trips her sister into coming to her wedding then says that if she doesn’t have a date she is going to force her to go with someone. So Liam and Helen decide that they are going to go to the wedding together and pretend to be dating. Helen’s sister forces her to call him just to prove he’s real then starts talking about how big his dick is or something. I would walk out and that room and away from that girl forever.
As soon as the call from the sister happened I knew what the ending was going to be. Saying that though, the ending still pissed me off. It literally just ended at the climax of the story. That was the part I was actually continuing to read it for. I almost DNF’d this book at one point because I just found it too ridiculous in places. I’m not sure if they second book is going to start off right where the first one ended but I wouldn’t be surprised if it didn’t. I have absolutely no plans on reading it. I was reading some 5 star reviews of this book and serious wondering if I had read the same copy as these people…. I have now changed my rating from a two to a one star.
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December 10, 2014
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Fiercely independent Helen Winters was born completely blind, but she vowed never to let her disability keep her down. She did not expect a traumatic event to devastate her life and force her to drop out of college. Disillusioned by the cruelty of people, Helen retreated from society to live by herself as a reclusive writer in the woods—where no one could ever hurt her again.
When a brilliant young doctor shows up on her doorstep, promising her that his new research can give her the ability to see for the first time, Helen stubbornly refuses. She has learned not to trust anyone, and to rely only on herself. But Dr. Liam Larson will not take no for an answer. He makes it his personal mission to rescue Helen from her loneliness, and bring joy into her world once more—the joy she has denied herself for so long.
When Helen’s demons come racing back into her life, threatening to rip her apart and destroy the strength she has carefully rebuilt, Liam is the only one who might be able to save her.
Can he reach the broken girl in time, helping her to heal and see the world in a different light? Or will Helen’s grief send her spiraling out of control, lost to him forever?
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October 16, 2014DNF @ 10%
I've never DNF'd anything this quickly before, but good grief, this book is terrible. The writing is so bad.
and seriously... GTFO of here with that prologue.
I've never DNF'd anything this quickly before, but good grief, this book is terrible. The writing is so bad.
and seriously... GTFO of here with that prologue.
June 25, 2014
Well the beginning went in a direction I really wasn't anticipating. The problem was, it really had nothing to do with anything other than it became the reason behind Helen secluding herself away from humanity.
Helen had a tendency to act like a person who could see. She looks down to cover her embarrassment. I stare in surprise for a moment. She somehow knows when Carmen is reaching for her phone and she moves out of the way.
Helen went from wide awake to needing a nap in the same conversation.
Liam irked me. He apologized for what happened to Helen, but he did not apologize for forcing her to talk about it. Nor did he offer for her to stop while she was talking about something so sensitive. However, I also found it VERY strange for Helen to tell a complete stranger, that she would be spending a lot of time with, something of that nature after such a short time spent with them.
She then proceeds to flirt with Liam after this conversation...this girl is so at odds with her character development.
I was bored often. This author does not know how to use her words. She spends all of her time detailing scenes that mean nothing to the story. The flower scene that lasted way longer than it needed to to convey the emotional feel. And why was it necessary to detail how she ate cupcakes? What did that do for me? Nothing at all, that's what. That time could have been spent detailing how her family were affected by her leaving. It could have been spent giving life to the characters that really needed it. There is no substance to this story. It's sad because there could be a remarkable story here. But it's lost in meaningless memories and over-detailed scenes that do nothing for the read.
My father has been sharing various details of events...
None of which you are privy to because Lost decided cupcake eating and inhaling floral scents were more important.
Editing problems. Why would you do subject
The way Lost gets her characters set up to spend time together is atrocious. She makes Helen look like an invalid because her sister makes her do something she wants by forcing people on her. What, she can't just say no? She can't not show up to a date she didn't want to participate in?
Helen even feels sorry for lying to her sister? How ridiculous is this character? Is she even an adult? I'm done with her spinelessness.
Helen had a tendency to act like a person who could see. She looks down to cover her embarrassment. I stare in surprise for a moment. She somehow knows when Carmen is reaching for her phone and she moves out of the way.
Helen went from wide awake to needing a nap in the same conversation.
Liam irked me. He apologized for what happened to Helen, but he did not apologize for forcing her to talk about it. Nor did he offer for her to stop while she was talking about something so sensitive. However, I also found it VERY strange for Helen to tell a complete stranger, that she would be spending a lot of time with, something of that nature after such a short time spent with them.
She then proceeds to flirt with Liam after this conversation...this girl is so at odds with her character development.
I was bored often. This author does not know how to use her words. She spends all of her time detailing scenes that mean nothing to the story. The flower scene that lasted way longer than it needed to to convey the emotional feel. And why was it necessary to detail how she ate cupcakes? What did that do for me? Nothing at all, that's what. That time could have been spent detailing how her family were affected by her leaving. It could have been spent giving life to the characters that really needed it. There is no substance to this story. It's sad because there could be a remarkable story here. But it's lost in meaningless memories and over-detailed scenes that do nothing for the read.
My father has been sharing various details of events...
None of which you are privy to because Lost decided cupcake eating and inhaling floral scents were more important.
Editing problems. Why would you do subject
The way Lost gets her characters set up to spend time together is atrocious. She makes Helen look like an invalid because her sister makes her do something she wants by forcing people on her. What, she can't just say no? She can't not show up to a date she didn't want to participate in?
Helen even feels sorry for lying to her sister? How ridiculous is this character? Is she even an adult? I'm done with her spinelessness.
January 1, 2015
*4.5 star rating
Review copy provided by Xpresso Book Tours in exchange for a honest review and feedback.
Reading Clarity was like seeing something extraordinary happening, like the first time a bird flies. It was so touching and beautiful and charming, and is absolutely recommended to everyone, young or old.
What can I say? I absolutely adored this book and I'll remember it forever. It is such an unique heart-breaking moving story. Colour me surprised! (Seriously.)
Right from the first chapter, moving events were occurring. Three years before the actual novel takes place, Helen Winters was raped at the university she was attending. This scarred her for life, and since that time, she dropped out of school and went to live on her own in the woods in New Hampshire, far away from her family in New York. Adding to that, she's been blind since birth. When two doctors arrive to her door and explain a miracle blind procedure that can help her see again, she isn't sure if she's ready to be free and opened up to people, including Liam, a match made from heaven.
What a beautiful story and plot. I was addicted from the beginning! One of the reasons why I loved this so much was probably because I could relate to Helen so much. She's a writer, I'm a writer, and we both love being alone and away from society, but then need people to help us out. I loved her as a protagonist and reading from her POV really touched me and I know it will touch other readers from years to come. I was never bored!
All of the other characters were amazing. I adored Liam from the start and I knew that he was the right one for Helen from the beginning! Like how can you not see his hotness and amazingness?
But I bet he's an absolute hottie. <3 *ovaries explode*
The only flaw in this book was the romance. I was very disappointed with it because it was hardly there! I wanted some cute action between Liam and Helen! :( Hopefully there'll be more of that in the next book. *squeals* But the conversation between Carmen and Liam on the telephone seriously killed me. xD
Although this was a contemporary-romance, it was such a deep, action-packed story. There were many plot twists that we weren't expecting and I recommend it to everyone! Pick it up, it's free on Amazon for your Kindle!
Review copy provided by Xpresso Book Tours in exchange for a honest review and feedback.
Reading Clarity was like seeing something extraordinary happening, like the first time a bird flies. It was so touching and beautiful and charming, and is absolutely recommended to everyone, young or old.
What can I say? I absolutely adored this book and I'll remember it forever. It is such an unique heart-breaking moving story. Colour me surprised! (Seriously.)
Right from the first chapter, moving events were occurring. Three years before the actual novel takes place, Helen Winters was raped at the university she was attending. This scarred her for life, and since that time, she dropped out of school and went to live on her own in the woods in New Hampshire, far away from her family in New York. Adding to that, she's been blind since birth. When two doctors arrive to her door and explain a miracle blind procedure that can help her see again, she isn't sure if she's ready to be free and opened up to people, including Liam, a match made from heaven.
What a beautiful story and plot. I was addicted from the beginning! One of the reasons why I loved this so much was probably because I could relate to Helen so much. She's a writer, I'm a writer, and we both love being alone and away from society, but then need people to help us out. I loved her as a protagonist and reading from her POV really touched me and I know it will touch other readers from years to come. I was never bored!
All of the other characters were amazing. I adored Liam from the start and I knew that he was the right one for Helen from the beginning! Like how can you not see his hotness and amazingness?
But I bet he's an absolute hottie. <3 *ovaries explode*
The only flaw in this book was the romance. I was very disappointed with it because it was hardly there! I wanted some cute action between Liam and Helen! :( Hopefully there'll be more of that in the next book. *squeals* But the conversation between Carmen and Liam on the telephone seriously killed me. xD
Although this was a contemporary-romance, it was such a deep, action-packed story. There were many plot twists that we weren't expecting and I recommend it to everyone! Pick it up, it's free on Amazon for your Kindle!
December 31, 2014
Dear Loretta Lost,
I am speaking to you about this crucial matter because it has come to my attention that you like to play with the minds of people. I know this because I recently received your book from the publisher in exchange for a review. This is that review.
I don't know how you did it. How did you get away with this, Lost? How the hell did you make me like Helen? Because I liked her. A lot. I liked her so much, that I put her in my "characters I look up to" shelf on Goodreads. That is how much I liked her. She is a fierce, loyal, honest and strong person who I'd like to make my best friend. Even though she's blind, she sees the world through all of her other senses, and in turn can take in and understand the world much better than the average human being.
I understand why you made her hesitate to take part in the experiments being conducted by the doctors, and her reaction to the doctors, saying that her life was perfectly fine and she was happy with the way she lived was also a little something that made me love Helen all the more. She was truly a wonderful person and I'm sure she'll be an inspiration to people across the globe, blind or otherwise, like she was for me.
Onto Liam. I'm cross with you, Loretta Lost. Very. Cross. I liked how Liam was being introduced. I liked HIM. I liked Liam and Helen's banter and I loved their chemistry. What in the world made you decide that ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WAS TO HAPPEN BETWEEN THEM IN THIS BOOK? It doesn't make sense, dammit. They had the spark, they had the dimensions, they had the depth. They were a power couple I was rooting for even before they were actually any kind of couple. It hurts when you authors do this, Lost. It really hurts.
Owen was so much fun to read about, though. The book kind of had this really heavy feel to it, and I loved how you added in the whole serious best friend turned light-hearted joker into the road trip that Helen takes with the two doctors to meet her family for her sister's wedding. Owen really made me laugh, and halfway through the book, it was looking good for the three of them - Liam, Owen, and Helen seemed like best friends. But then.
Helen reached home. Welcomed by her father, and sister (sort of). OK, fine. Its all good, Lost. Its going great. BUT NO. No, no, no, no, no. You just had to have that ending, didn't you? You just had to have that idiocy of a cliffhanger that just bloody ruined any chance of Liam and Helen going at it. WHY?
Loretta Lost, I beseech you, I beg of you, to give me the second book of this series right now. It's only 232 eBook pages, woman! A few more definitely wouldn't have hurt. You know how you ended your book, Lost?
You were writing about a girl ready to jump down a cliff with a rope tied to her waist to save her best friend or her cat or something, but then an avalanche occurs and nobody knows anything about either the girl or her friend (or cat) anymore. That's how you ended it. So I am pleading, PLEADING for you to give me your second book. Please. You've written a masterpiece about a woman going through emotional turmoil while standing up for herself and her values in life. I need to see Helen's happy ending. I need to see her with Liam, blissfully innocent and carefree. I need to see her smiling, and happy, and in love. I need to see her free.
I am speaking to you about this crucial matter because it has come to my attention that you like to play with the minds of people. I know this because I recently received your book from the publisher in exchange for a review. This is that review.
I don't know how you did it. How did you get away with this, Lost? How the hell did you make me like Helen? Because I liked her. A lot. I liked her so much, that I put her in my "characters I look up to" shelf on Goodreads. That is how much I liked her. She is a fierce, loyal, honest and strong person who I'd like to make my best friend. Even though she's blind, she sees the world through all of her other senses, and in turn can take in and understand the world much better than the average human being.
I understand why you made her hesitate to take part in the experiments being conducted by the doctors, and her reaction to the doctors, saying that her life was perfectly fine and she was happy with the way she lived was also a little something that made me love Helen all the more. She was truly a wonderful person and I'm sure she'll be an inspiration to people across the globe, blind or otherwise, like she was for me.
Onto Liam. I'm cross with you, Loretta Lost. Very. Cross. I liked how Liam was being introduced. I liked HIM. I liked Liam and Helen's banter and I loved their chemistry. What in the world made you decide that ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WAS TO HAPPEN BETWEEN THEM IN THIS BOOK? It doesn't make sense, dammit. They had the spark, they had the dimensions, they had the depth. They were a power couple I was rooting for even before they were actually any kind of couple. It hurts when you authors do this, Lost. It really hurts.
Owen was so much fun to read about, though. The book kind of had this really heavy feel to it, and I loved how you added in the whole serious best friend turned light-hearted joker into the road trip that Helen takes with the two doctors to meet her family for her sister's wedding. Owen really made me laugh, and halfway through the book, it was looking good for the three of them - Liam, Owen, and Helen seemed like best friends. But then.
Helen reached home. Welcomed by her father, and sister (sort of). OK, fine. Its all good, Lost. Its going great. BUT NO. No, no, no, no, no. You just had to have that ending, didn't you? You just had to have that idiocy of a cliffhanger that just bloody ruined any chance of Liam and Helen going at it. WHY?
Loretta Lost, I beseech you, I beg of you, to give me the second book of this series right now. It's only 232 eBook pages, woman! A few more definitely wouldn't have hurt. You know how you ended your book, Lost?
You were writing about a girl ready to jump down a cliff with a rope tied to her waist to save her best friend or her cat or something, but then an avalanche occurs and nobody knows anything about either the girl or her friend (or cat) anymore. That's how you ended it. So I am pleading, PLEADING for you to give me your second book. Please. You've written a masterpiece about a woman going through emotional turmoil while standing up for herself and her values in life. I need to see Helen's happy ending. I need to see her with Liam, blissfully innocent and carefree. I need to see her smiling, and happy, and in love. I need to see her free.
May 10, 2015
Helen was born blind and has always been adamant about her independence. When a terrible thing happens to her in her early twenties, she drops out of college and moves away from her family to live alone, away from society. Content with her solitude, she is certainly irritated when a pair of doctors come knocking at her door, offering gene therapy to possibly give her sight.
January 31, 2019
Η ιστορία κυλάει σαν νεράκι... οι χαρακτήρες είναι καλοδουλεμένοι, η πλοκή είναι καλή αλλά το βιβλίο σαν δομή θυμίζει πιο πολύ επεισόδιο από σειρά πάρα βιβλίο. Το τέλος δε, θα μπορούσε να ήταν το winter break του 1ου κύκλου ...
2,5 αστέρια
2,5 αστέρια
February 9, 2015
"Books are medicine for the soul. They heal the eternal parts of a person. (...) If a person reads a good book—they become permanently changed. They can't even help it. They can't unlearn what they've learned. It will always be with them."
2,5 real.
Sinceramente no tengo idea de cómo empezar esta reseña. Así que, como siempre, les cuento la historia... Escuché de este libro gracias a los giveaways de Goodreads, me anoté porque el tema me parecía interesante y perdí (como siempre). Bueno, resulta que gracias a una persona genial de acá me enteré de que este libro está gratis en Kindle y corrí a bajar la aplicación (y enloquecí con demás títulos, pero eso es otra historia). Ya descargado, por alguna razón me decidí a leerlo y acá estamos.
Retomando, Clarity tiene como tema interesante que su personaje principal es ciega. En cierto punto de su vida, sufre una situación traumática por la que decide aislarse del mundo y, más tarde, llegan hasta ella dos doctores que le ofrecen ser parte de una prueba en la que tiene altas chances de recuperar la vista. Y ESO ES TODO EN ESTE LIBRO. Si, en serio. No es malo, lo cierto es que muchas veces me reí, hay algo romántico y rescato un montón cómo Helen percibe el mundo y se maneja tan bien a pesar de este gigante problema que tiene en su vida. Y ni hablo de Liam, porque realmente es imposible no quererlo.
Pero, y he aquí mi problema con el libro, es demasiado corto para ser el primero de una trilogía. Me parece muy estúpido hacer tres libros de lo que podría lograrse un excelente standalone. Entonces, y por esto, sólo tenemos tres hechos y espacios significativos en la historia: el prólogo; el aislamiento de Helen y la llegada de los doctores; y el viaje para llegar al casamiento de su hermana. Bueno, y el final ultra WTF (aunque un poco predecible) para que decidamos leer el siguiente libro.
Ya, no tengo nada más que decir. No puedo ponerle una mejor puntuación porque por más que la historia esté interesante, no logró más que entretenerme en los pocos ratos libres que podía leerlo y rescatar algunas citas que me gustaron mucho. Si no tuviera divisiones, probablemente hubiese ganado tres estrellas (es más, en Amazon lo califiqué con tres porque para estar gratis está bueno). Tengo ganas de leer el libro que sigue pero no creo poder hacerlo a menos que lo gane. Eso es todo, es entretenido pero no es más que una breve introducción al nudo real de la historia.
August 1, 2014
*Please note that I rated the 2nd book a 3 star and am still yet to read the 3rd book*
*Long-time Amazon Freebie*
Genre: Contemporary Romance – Serial series.
Cover: 6/10
Writing: 8/10
Heroine: 8/10
Hero: 8/10
Humour: 5/10
Hotness: 0/10
Romance: 2/10
Extra book Details: Heroine POV; 1st person. Approx 150 kindle pages. Free on Amazon.
Recluse 25yr old Helen Winters, blind author extraordinaire, is approached by Dr Liam Larson, who begs her to take part in gene therapy trials in order to restore her eyesight. Things go awry when she decides to call home for the first time in three years.
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I didn't really read any Blurb or reviews for this one, as a short book/freebie I just ploughed ahead, so the beginning was a shocker for me. Also pretty good when it comes to the evilness of a bad guy. It was let down some when it became instantly obvious who the bad guy was. But inbetween that, I saw a sweet relationship blossoming between Helen and the lovely Liam.
I really liked both Helen and Liam. Helen was a little wicked, a lot sarcastic and fiercely independent. I loved how softie Liam totally fanboyed over Helen and I adored his banter with the extremely humorous and adolescent bestie Owen.
*Long-time Amazon Freebie*
Genre: Contemporary Romance – Serial series.
Cover: 6/10
Writing: 8/10
Heroine: 8/10
Hero: 8/10
Humour: 5/10
Hotness: 0/10
Romance: 2/10
Extra book Details: Heroine POV; 1st person. Approx 150 kindle pages. Free on Amazon.
Recluse 25yr old Helen Winters, blind author extraordinaire, is approached by Dr Liam Larson, who begs her to take part in gene therapy trials in order to restore her eyesight. Things go awry when she decides to call home for the first time in three years.
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I didn't really read any Blurb or reviews for this one, as a short book/freebie I just ploughed ahead, so the beginning was a shocker for me. Also pretty good when it comes to the evilness of a bad guy. It was let down some when it became instantly obvious who the bad guy was. But inbetween that, I saw a sweet relationship blossoming between Helen and the lovely Liam.
I really liked both Helen and Liam. Helen was a little wicked, a lot sarcastic and fiercely independent. I loved how softie Liam totally fanboyed over Helen and I adored his banter with the extremely humorous and adolescent bestie Owen.
March 24, 2017
Less than 1 star. Could not finish and one of the worst books I ever tried to read. I have read a lot of complaints about the cliff hanger ending. I am so glad I did not get further along to "see" something even worse. Though I do agree the prologue was gripping, After that, the book was worthless: The prologue was not enough to bring the rating for me up to 1 *.
July 24, 2017
CLARITY is about a young woman who is offered the chance to cure her blindness by volunteering to take part in a new experiment. However, very little of this is mentioned in this book, as the story focuses more on the protagonist's romantic relationship with her soon-to-be doctor, as well as her inner struggle in coming to terms with a horrific assault which happened years ago. In the aftermath, Helen Winters must fight to regain her identity, as well as restore a close relationship with her family, particularly with her sister in the shadow of her wedding. However, all is not as it seems as the demons of her past catch up with her.
While the contemporary story sounds like an interesting premise for a heartfelt romance, there is very little romance at all in this book, and where it exists it feels as if it comes entirely out of nowhere. Since the main romantic leads have very little time to actually get to know each other (barely more than the space of a car journey) it's unusual how quickly they develop any sort of attraction for each other. It is also a little strange that the main character has attraction for him at all considering her unhinged mental state: in an earlier scene she switches from tears to flirtation within the matter of a sentence. Even her male interest Liam has very little reason to be interesting in the main character, not even romantically, but from a medical point of view. Even though Helen is rude and curtly rejects the offer, he persists, despite the fact there would likely be hundreds out there who would jump at the chance to undergo a procedure that might potentially heal their blindness.
Another weak aspect of the story was the poorly developed characters. Our main lead has all the cliches of a troubled, pretentious writer, who just happens to be incredibly attractive at all times. I can't wait to start reading books again where the main female isn't stunningly attractive and who is judged by her merits rather than her physical appearance. I wouldn't usually draw such attention to this issue but literally every single character draws attention to how flawlessly beautiful the main character is, from the sister to the doctors, and it gets very repetitive and tiresome. Interestingly, she is later revealed to wear only "granny panties" and doesn't shave her legs. It is also strange that having known each other for so little time that the doctors want to know Helen's "deepest darkest secrets". Perhaps if they had known each other for a while it would work, but the request comes across as demanding and intrusive, and as simply a handy tool to reveal the protagonist's tragic past experiences. Once more, Helen spills her secrets very quickly in an unrealistic speech-style format to near-strangers, and yet, she refuses to reveal the same information to her own family.
However, the writing style was quite interesting and saved the story. There was some brilliant imagery and some of the dialogue was really intriguing, less so between the main characters, but more for the side characters. My favourite character overall was Owen: he had the best lines and his switch between being intellectual and discussing his pornography addiction really lightens up the moment. It balances out well against Helen, who I found to be increasingly dull as the story progresses. While a woman's battle to transcend the scars of her past does sound interesting in premise, the majority of Helen' internal and external dialogue becomes increasingly tiresome and downright whiny at times. Even when she is being tended to and on the day of her own sister's wedding she diverts the attention back to herself and offers little support to those around her.
The length of the story is short and makes a quick read, and the suspenseful cliffhanger of an ending, while predictable, still left me feeling glad that I kept reading until the end, leaving room for a future story and earning an extra star rating. Ultimately, if you're looking for a short and sombre read, check this one out.
While the contemporary story sounds like an interesting premise for a heartfelt romance, there is very little romance at all in this book, and where it exists it feels as if it comes entirely out of nowhere. Since the main romantic leads have very little time to actually get to know each other (barely more than the space of a car journey) it's unusual how quickly they develop any sort of attraction for each other. It is also a little strange that the main character has attraction for him at all considering her unhinged mental state: in an earlier scene she switches from tears to flirtation within the matter of a sentence. Even her male interest Liam has very little reason to be interesting in the main character, not even romantically, but from a medical point of view. Even though Helen is rude and curtly rejects the offer, he persists, despite the fact there would likely be hundreds out there who would jump at the chance to undergo a procedure that might potentially heal their blindness.
Another weak aspect of the story was the poorly developed characters. Our main lead has all the cliches of a troubled, pretentious writer, who just happens to be incredibly attractive at all times. I can't wait to start reading books again where the main female isn't stunningly attractive and who is judged by her merits rather than her physical appearance. I wouldn't usually draw such attention to this issue but literally every single character draws attention to how flawlessly beautiful the main character is, from the sister to the doctors, and it gets very repetitive and tiresome. Interestingly, she is later revealed to wear only "granny panties" and doesn't shave her legs. It is also strange that having known each other for so little time that the doctors want to know Helen's "deepest darkest secrets". Perhaps if they had known each other for a while it would work, but the request comes across as demanding and intrusive, and as simply a handy tool to reveal the protagonist's tragic past experiences. Once more, Helen spills her secrets very quickly in an unrealistic speech-style format to near-strangers, and yet, she refuses to reveal the same information to her own family.
However, the writing style was quite interesting and saved the story. There was some brilliant imagery and some of the dialogue was really intriguing, less so between the main characters, but more for the side characters. My favourite character overall was Owen: he had the best lines and his switch between being intellectual and discussing his pornography addiction really lightens up the moment. It balances out well against Helen, who I found to be increasingly dull as the story progresses. While a woman's battle to transcend the scars of her past does sound interesting in premise, the majority of Helen' internal and external dialogue becomes increasingly tiresome and downright whiny at times. Even when she is being tended to and on the day of her own sister's wedding she diverts the attention back to herself and offers little support to those around her.
The length of the story is short and makes a quick read, and the suspenseful cliffhanger of an ending, while predictable, still left me feeling glad that I kept reading until the end, leaving room for a future story and earning an extra star rating. Ultimately, if you're looking for a short and sombre read, check this one out.
November 21, 2015
Though the blurb doesn't sound too enticing, I took a chance a while back and I found beauty in the view of the blind.
I loved this novel and would recommend this to my friends, my family, and people who like a little realism but, at the same time, not too many facts that they drown.
Now this was a sort of book that was both realistic but it was fiction which made it a wonderful and happy read. If you don't like CLIFFHANGER(S) and or short stories, I don't recommend though....have fun and enjoy!
There is a TRIGGER so be warned. If you'd like to know, please PM me.
I loved this novel and would recommend this to my friends, my family, and people who like a little realism but, at the same time, not too many facts that they drown.
Now this was a sort of book that was both realistic but it was fiction which made it a wonderful and happy read. If you don't like CLIFFHANGER(S) and or short stories, I don't recommend though....have fun and enjoy!
There is a TRIGGER so be warned. If you'd like to know, please PM me.
February 4, 2017
This was my second time reading this, but I think I enjoyed it a little bit more than the first time.
The first time I read this, Owen and Carmen really annoyed me. I didn't find Owen so bad this time though, and he actually made me laugh one or two times.
Looking forward to reading the next one.
Overall, An okay reread.
The first time I read this, Owen and Carmen really annoyed me. I didn't find Owen so bad this time though, and he actually made me laugh one or two times.
Looking forward to reading the next one.
Overall, An okay reread.
July 21, 2014
This is a book that honestly caught me by surprise, and not because I enjoyed it. While I normally prefer a good old-fashioned bloody adventure (I like to think of it as a guy thing), I don’t mind a good romance every now and then (I can rather be a hopeless romantic). Going into this book, I expected a fairly standard romance plot. The guy and girl meet and fall in love through some odd and random occurrence of the universe forcing them to run head first into each other. There might be a few heroics thrown in to overcome their problems, or perhaps it would take a more comedic route as a documentary of their misadventures. All of the standard, but still satisfying and enjoyable tropes.
However, this book delivered so much more. The closest thing I can associate reading Clarity to is taking a ride on the biggest roller coaster I can find. The high, light, and funny moments are incredibly funny, and the serious and dark moments can be truly gut wrenching and heart breaking. It really is a rather amazing feat to seamlessly intertwine these two radically different aspects of light and dark into a story. A less skilled author may have been able to make a coherent story out of this, but here the humor and serious tones seem to fit together perfectly. This is a promising indication of Loretta’s skill.
Clarity will make you laugh until you cry, cry until you are afraid, and find the ability to smile in your fear. The characters are memorable and layered; simplistic in their natures and complex in their interactions. Helen is a strong leading lady and gives a fairly positive view of the life of a blind woman without trying to idealize it or turn her into inspiration porn. Liam is a nice guy that shows charm and promise for being a strong leading man. Owen has to be one of the most entertaining and hilarious characters I have ever read, completely defying the initial impressions you might have from him.
It is impossible to write this review without addressing the issue of rape, which is the focal point of much of the story. Loretta handles this with care and skill, taking you through the sways of emotions and tremendous effects that occur to someone after such a horrifying crime. This is the kind of story that really helps to explain why rape is something that a victim cannot just get over. Helen’s journey to free herself from the mental trauma and prison that she been trapped in is what makes this story truly worth reading.
This is an excellent book that I highly recommend. The ending seems an almost cruel point to leave off at, but the promise of more books of this quality leaves me hungry for more. I can’t wait to see the rest of Helen's story with just a few more words of Clarity.
However, this book delivered so much more. The closest thing I can associate reading Clarity to is taking a ride on the biggest roller coaster I can find. The high, light, and funny moments are incredibly funny, and the serious and dark moments can be truly gut wrenching and heart breaking. It really is a rather amazing feat to seamlessly intertwine these two radically different aspects of light and dark into a story. A less skilled author may have been able to make a coherent story out of this, but here the humor and serious tones seem to fit together perfectly. This is a promising indication of Loretta’s skill.
Clarity will make you laugh until you cry, cry until you are afraid, and find the ability to smile in your fear. The characters are memorable and layered; simplistic in their natures and complex in their interactions. Helen is a strong leading lady and gives a fairly positive view of the life of a blind woman without trying to idealize it or turn her into inspiration porn. Liam is a nice guy that shows charm and promise for being a strong leading man. Owen has to be one of the most entertaining and hilarious characters I have ever read, completely defying the initial impressions you might have from him.
It is impossible to write this review without addressing the issue of rape, which is the focal point of much of the story. Loretta handles this with care and skill, taking you through the sways of emotions and tremendous effects that occur to someone after such a horrifying crime. This is the kind of story that really helps to explain why rape is something that a victim cannot just get over. Helen’s journey to free herself from the mental trauma and prison that she been trapped in is what makes this story truly worth reading.
This is an excellent book that I highly recommend. The ending seems an almost cruel point to leave off at, but the promise of more books of this quality leaves me hungry for more. I can’t wait to see the rest of Helen's story with just a few more words of Clarity.
November 3, 2016
I got this free on Amazon. It sounded pretty good so I thought I would give it a try. Yeah... it was just okay. I was peeved from the very beginning when some jerk raped Helen, who is blind, and probably should have stopped reading. But did I?! Nope! After the rape prologue it takes you ahead 3 years where Helen is living all alone, in a cabin in the woods, 2 states away from her family. She never told them she was raped... said she was only mugged. She ran away and changed her name. Enter Liam and Owen, who are doctors, that tracked her down to try and get her to enter into a medical trial to help her to be able to see. Loved Liam from the start! He's about the only bright spot in the book! Owen would've been great if he would've used a different topic of conversation. Really... why would some random guy talk about nothing but porn for hours to a total stranger who happens to be female?! Anyway... that all happens while they are driving her back home for her sister's wedding. She traded the ride for the medical trial. I knew I wouldn't like her sister, Carmen, right away and I was right! I hate her! Her fiance turns out to be the man that raped Helen 3 years ago! And that ladies and gentlemen is where this books ends. I'm just stupid enough to pick up the 2nd book in the series just to see what happens...
Content:
Mild violence before Helen is raped.
Language - moderate. The F-bomb is dropped a few times.
Romance - none.
Content:
Mild violence before Helen is raped.
Language - moderate. The F-bomb is dropped a few times.
Romance - none.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 1, 2017
Spoilers ahead!
FULL DISCLAIMER: I read this book because it was free, I like romance, and my name is Helen. I wasn't impressed with this book. There were quite a few WTF moments. Here are a couple of the ones that had me violently shaking my ereader.
Helen is incredibly suspicious of men (and understandably so), but she takes the fact that Liam is a doctor at face value and gets into the car with him and his sketchy friend. If I were her, I would have called Dr. Howard (their mutual acquaintance) and confirmed that he was who he said he was. Heck, I would probably have done that anyway, and I’m not nearly as much of a recluse/paranoid person as this particular Helen is.
Liam, the eye doctor, actually mansplains to Helen what it's like to be blind. Seriously? This is the love interest?
And WHAT was up with Owen’s obsession with describing every porn movie he’s ever seen, for HOURS, to a woman he’s just met?
I kept reading because I wanted to read a quick book, but it turned out that the storyline isn't even wrapped up in the first instalment.
April 16, 2015
2.5 stars
ARC provided to me by Xpresso Book Tours via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
Warning : This is a review of the first 3 books of the series. No spoilers though
I've had a fairly nice time reading this series (although to me it looks more like just one story divided in three parts, and not really three book).
What disturbed my reading was my rather cartesian mind kept reminding me that most parts of the storyline were just highly improbable.
I found Helen's family reactions always inappropriate and it bothered me greatly, even though I understand that it was supposed to serve the purpose of the storyline.
I just wish the characters and the situations would have been more finely-shaded.
Nevertheless I spent a nice time with Helen and Liam whose developing relationship was the most interesting part of the books. And Owen was kind of fun to read about (once you get to know the character).
There were a few twists that I didn't see coming and that was enjoyable. There were some that you could see coming miles away though...
ARC provided to me by Xpresso Book Tours via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
Warning : This is a review of the first 3 books of the series. No spoilers though
I've had a fairly nice time reading this series (although to me it looks more like just one story divided in three parts, and not really three book).
What disturbed my reading was my rather cartesian mind kept reminding me that most parts of the storyline were just highly improbable.
I found Helen's family reactions always inappropriate and it bothered me greatly, even though I understand that it was supposed to serve the purpose of the storyline.
I just wish the characters and the situations would have been more finely-shaded.
Nevertheless I spent a nice time with Helen and Liam whose developing relationship was the most interesting part of the books. And Owen was kind of fun to read about (once you get to know the character).
There were a few twists that I didn't see coming and that was enjoyable. There were some that you could see coming miles away though...
March 21, 2016
ARC given for a fair and honest review.
I found more wrong with this than right!
Helen is born blind but refuses to use a Cain or Guide dog so she can have her independence. That is a insult to those who have no sight or partial sight as these as there to give just that INDEPENDENCE. Also someone born with sight loss would not think in this way.
The author really should have done her research before writing about sight loss. The opening scene has Helen not hearing a man approach... She would hear him! With one sense loss, another intensifies and there is nothing to indicate she has hearing loss also.
>"I think I may be crying but there are no tears" < You'd know! <
For a blind person, Helen goes off with two strange men without hesitation after living in exile after a traumatic incident with.. Yup you got it... A man!
Helen has too many mannerisms that someone with sight would have, again poorly researched and written and let's not start on the sister shall we?
I found more wrong with this than right!
Helen is born blind but refuses to use a Cain or Guide dog so she can have her independence. That is a insult to those who have no sight or partial sight as these as there to give just that INDEPENDENCE. Also someone born with sight loss would not think in this way.
The author really should have done her research before writing about sight loss. The opening scene has Helen not hearing a man approach... She would hear him! With one sense loss, another intensifies and there is nothing to indicate she has hearing loss also.
>"I think I may be crying but there are no tears" < You'd know! <
For a blind person, Helen goes off with two strange men without hesitation after living in exile after a traumatic incident with.. Yup you got it... A man!
Helen has too many mannerisms that someone with sight would have, again poorly researched and written and let's not start on the sister shall we?
July 20, 2016
I thought I would take a chance on this as it was a free read, I am kind of glad I did. It 3.5 stars for me.
Helen, Is blind but don’t let that stop you from reading she is brilliant. She is a little insecure about herself but who wouldn’t be when people are not always kind.
She struggles and shut herself off from everyone and everything.
She is presented with the opportunity to see for the first time by 2 very persistent doctors, Own and Liam.
She needs a ride to the city so if they want to do test and try out the medicine on her they need to get her to the city for her sister’s wedding. The car ride was EPIC well until she opens up but then again Owen is the life of the party so to speak and make thing entertaining.
Yes this has a cliff-hanger but still a good fast-ish read too.
Helen, Is blind but don’t let that stop you from reading she is brilliant. She is a little insecure about herself but who wouldn’t be when people are not always kind.
She struggles and shut herself off from everyone and everything.
She is presented with the opportunity to see for the first time by 2 very persistent doctors, Own and Liam.
She needs a ride to the city so if they want to do test and try out the medicine on her they need to get her to the city for her sister’s wedding. The car ride was EPIC well until she opens up but then again Owen is the life of the party so to speak and make thing entertaining.
Yes this has a cliff-hanger but still a good fast-ish read too.
November 9, 2014
The beginning and ending of this was good, but everything else was a bit dull. I'm thankful that it was short.
Helen was an okay character, and i felt really sorry for her because of everything she went through.
I have to say that Owen and Carmen really annoyed me though!
This ended on a cliffhanger, so i will probably read the other books in the series in the future. I'm just hoping that they're not as dull in the middle as this one.
Overall, Alright read but the middle could have been better.
Helen was an okay character, and i felt really sorry for her because of everything she went through.
I have to say that Owen and Carmen really annoyed me though!
This ended on a cliffhanger, so i will probably read the other books in the series in the future. I'm just hoping that they're not as dull in the middle as this one.
Overall, Alright read but the middle could have been better.
no-thank-you
January 24, 2017After reading Naksed's review I'm going to stay clear of this one. Shame. It sounded so promising.
Want to read
September 29, 2014“ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review”
October 28, 2017
I really wanted to like this book. I like to find books where one of the main characters has a disability. Especial when it’s a visual one, I feel that much more connected to the character. As I am visually impaired (I am NOT completely blind) myself and currently use a cane for the blind and have use a seeing eye dog in the past.
That being said.... I DNF this book… I’m not sure if the author didn’t research blindness or if her interaction with a blind individual was not a position one. I’ve NEVER come across a completely blind individual that didn’t did use and or see the safety value of a cane, nor since they did not know any different cooking and cleaning one’s homes was just as normal to them as to a sighted person. Yes even myself who has some sight use tools, modifications, and at times we think outside the box to get things done since we do live is a sighted world but to just say oh its to hard so I don’t cook or clean OMG I saw red….. and stopped reading the book
Ok breath and getting off my soap box.... and off to find a new book
That being said.... I DNF this book… I’m not sure if the author didn’t research blindness or if her interaction with a blind individual was not a position one. I’ve NEVER come across a completely blind individual that didn’t did use and or see the safety value of a cane, nor since they did not know any different cooking and cleaning one’s homes was just as normal to them as to a sighted person. Yes even myself who has some sight use tools, modifications, and at times we think outside the box to get things done since we do live is a sighted world but to just say oh its to hard so I don’t cook or clean OMG I saw red….. and stopped reading the book
Ok breath and getting off my soap box.... and off to find a new book
February 10, 2021
Unabridged Audiobook Collected on April 25, 2016
Original Audible Title: "A good novella length intro"
Review posted via Audible app on: 02-08-21
Cover Gush: I really love everything about this cover especially the hidden images, bravo!
Narrated by: Elise Arsenault
Series: Clarity, Book 1 of 5
Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 04-28-15
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings
Overall: 4 out of 5 stars
Performance by Elise Arsenault: 4 out of 5 stars
Story: 3 out of 5 stars
Okay, so the premise really intrigued me. However, I wish that there had been a trigger warning for the violent act against the heroine that caused her retreat from the world. Dr. Liam seemed quite sincere in wanting to help her via his medical study. I had the next audiobook and jumped right into it next.
Original Audible Title: "A good novella length intro"
Review posted via Audible app on: 02-08-21
Cover Gush: I really love everything about this cover especially the hidden images, bravo!
Narrated by: Elise Arsenault
Series: Clarity, Book 1 of 5
Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 04-28-15
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings
Overall: 4 out of 5 stars
Performance by Elise Arsenault: 4 out of 5 stars
Story: 3 out of 5 stars
Okay, so the premise really intrigued me. However, I wish that there had been a trigger warning for the violent act against the heroine that caused her retreat from the world. Dr. Liam seemed quite sincere in wanting to help her via his medical study. I had the next audiobook and jumped right into it next.
April 16, 2023
The book seemed interesting at the beginning, but went downhill from there. Way too much unnecessary sexually explicit dialogue and I had to wonder how Owen even got in medical school as he seems so stupid. There were so many things in this book that didn't make sense. A blind woman who is traumatized and then hides away from everyone in a cabin. She gets mad when Liam and Owen first tell her that a new procedure could give her sight. And she just talks to these two doctors for a few minutes and then goes on a road trip with them for hours? Unrealistic for someone who was traumatized by a man when she was younger. And once they are on the road, Owen starts talking about every porn movie he has ever seen and she goes along with it. Family dynamics are weird and her sister is so pushy and immature despite being the oldest sister. After the sister starts throwing sexy thongs at her and referring to sex when talking to Liam on the phone, I had enough and stopped reading. I would have never started reading it if I had known it was not a clean story. I would have given it a lower rating if it was possible to do so.
March 31, 2025
Reaching to the bottom of my currently-reading shelf I found this at 79.
Look straight up, I will warn you. The main character is blind and experiences a rape. So you will have to decide for yourself if this is something you can handle. The author covers the situation with all her senses, as she does with the rest of the book. Though I didn't like the rape, the next bits of the story are quite interesting.
Elise Arsenault narrated the Audible version I listened to. Her voice is a great addition to the story.
Now I have to say what I didn't like. Say it with me? Cliffhanger! The worst! Good thing it happened at night with me awake enough to want to read more. I often don't buy the next if that's how the authors do it. Somehow, I moved on and am reading book two. But I feel violated when an author does that!
Still, I do like the main character and how she chooses to live her life. And I do want to read more.
Look straight up, I will warn you. The main character is blind and experiences a rape. So you will have to decide for yourself if this is something you can handle. The author covers the situation with all her senses, as she does with the rest of the book. Though I didn't like the rape, the next bits of the story are quite interesting.
Elise Arsenault narrated the Audible version I listened to. Her voice is a great addition to the story.
Now I have to say what I didn't like. Say it with me? Cliffhanger! The worst! Good thing it happened at night with me awake enough to want to read more. I often don't buy the next if that's how the authors do it. Somehow, I moved on and am reading book two. But I feel violated when an author does that!
Still, I do like the main character and how she chooses to live her life. And I do want to read more.
July 10, 2021
I really didn't like any of the characters, so I will not be continuing on with this series.
I liked the idea of this story though. I thought that after what Helen went through at the beginning of this story, she would be more caution about trusting others, but she manages to get in the car with 2 men that she didn't know nor did she have a reason to trust them.
The story ends with a cliffhanger, but not even that kept me intrigued enough to want to continue. Heck, I wasn't even surprised by what the cliffhanger revealed.
I liked the idea of this story though. I thought that after what Helen went through at the beginning of this story, she would be more caution about trusting others, but she manages to get in the car with 2 men that she didn't know nor did she have a reason to trust them.
The story ends with a cliffhanger, but not even that kept me intrigued enough to want to continue. Heck, I wasn't even surprised by what the cliffhanger revealed.
April 25, 2019
“I smile and proceed to torture them with my words. If my words are the only power I have, I intend to use them well.”
Maybe just not for me.I didn't find the MC believable at all. She is traumatized and decides to move far away to hide and then...after the fist visitors, she just merrily...leaves. Two new people drive her across multiple states for hours and one guy....talks about Pornos the whole time? Their plots no less? I just....this was not my kind of story.
Maybe just not for me.I didn't find the MC believable at all. She is traumatized and decides to move far away to hide and then...after the fist visitors, she just merrily...leaves. Two new people drive her across multiple states for hours and one guy....talks about Pornos the whole time? Their plots no less? I just....this was not my kind of story.
September 6, 2018
Fantastic
Hate how it ended forcing you to groan in frustration that you can't flip the page and read more, but that's how good this book was. I'm in need of the rest of the series now.
Hate how it ended forcing you to groan in frustration that you can't flip the page and read more, but that's how good this book was. I'm in need of the rest of the series now.
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