Casey’s perfect fairytale ended abruptly when she lost her boyfriend, Lucas. Completely devastated, she’s forced to brave her new reality without the slightest idea where to begin.
Lennon’s identity and his entire world collapsed when he lost his brother and best friend, Lucas. Still fractured by his last heartbreak, Lennon comes home to Florida to say an impossible goodbye.
When Casey and Lennon meet, their mutual grief connects them in a deeper way than they ever expected. Casey discovers a new life of adventure and excitement through Lennon, who is Lucas’s opposite in many aspects. While Lennon is mostly fun and confidence on the outside, he is fraught with scars and pain on the inside. But something about Casey’s sweetness and strength makes Lennon feel safe, giving him someone to wholly confide in for the first time.
How could they need each other like this? Why does their friendship feel like the only cure for this vicious loss? What would Lucas think...if he knew?
NICOLE FELLER is a Jesus-loving homeschool mom with a nostalgic heart and a fondness for historic charm.
When Nicole isn’t writing, she enjoys exploring old cities, antiquing, listening to her meticulously curated playlists, hanging out at the local coffee shops, reading love stories, quoting all the movies, and working on house projects with her husband, Daniel. Her most favorite thing in the world is being Jude’s mom.
Nicole and her family live in a sweet little 1930 house in west central Florida with their Himalayan, Poe, and their Siamese, Navy.
Pure, authentic, beautiful writing. If that’s not enough to draw you in, let me count the ways….
Grief, I’ve learned, in its own way is beautiful. It’s hard and it’s heavy, some days its weight is too much to bear. But at its core, grief is a lifetime worth of love in one feeling. It’s all of what was had and all that was lost in one singular feeling. That is the feeling we explore most in this story. The love of one man who brings unlikely strangers together.
Reading about grief is hard for me already because I know it intimately. Reading about the grief of losing a twin. Put a fork in me…I’m done. That is a bond that can not easily be understood or explained. A loss I never want to know personally. The way Feller captures that bond and the grief tied to losing it is visceral. It’s raw and real and tender and heartbreaking. And I guess the easiest way to explain why, as a reader, I was perfectly okay with that, is sometimes we just want to FEEL. And, after all, the title kind of sets you up for exactly what the feeling is going to be like.
Weaving lost love, new love, and coping with grief into one story is a huge undertaking. A brave one at that. And it is my opinion that Feller really nailed it.
This story is not for the faint of heart. It’s not light and fluffy like cotton Candy, it’s dark chocolate with flecks of salt inside. It’s rich, deep, and full of moments that will catch your emotions off guard. You’ll ask yourself, “What would I do?” And “How would I cope?” More than once. You’ll find yourself brought into the story so fully and so completely that you’ll be left to wonder, did I experience this firsthand?
I can’t say enough about how beautiful this story was, how moving and profound the messages are. If you love to be wrecked by a book in the best way, I highly recommend you give this one a read.
OMG there was so much love in this book. It’s a emotional roller coaster of love, tenderness, sorrow and healing. • Casey just lost the love of her life, Lucas. Lennon just lost his twin brother and best friend. When Casey finally meets Lucas brother, Lennon it’s in the worst scenario possible. United by their grief, Casey and Lennon find in each other the solace, friendship, acceptance and love needed to overcome their loss. But what would Lucas say about this new found closeness of his brother and his girlfriend? What would everyone say? • This book is truly special. The way the author weaves and builds the relationship between Lennon and Casey and the fact that it’s a story about finding love in the saddest moment it’s poetic really. • It’s not either a light or easy read, but it keeps you glued to each page, sentence and word like few books with this type of story do. It’s lovely and raw, fun and sad, wonderful and desperate and most of all it’s so true it’s almost scary. • You will fall in love with the characters without any doubt and you won’t like when you finish it because you have to part with them but it’s really worth it!
Another amazing story by Nicole Feller. Every book she writes I fall in love with the characters. I could not put this down yet didn’t want the story to end. I can’t say enough good things about this book. It’s an incredible story full of love, emotions and beautiful words. Thanks Nicole! I can’t wait for your next book!
I saw this book on Jc Caylen’s stream on Twitch when he did a P.O. Box opening. I immediately went on my kindle to download it.
Reading about grief is difficult since I lost my grandmother, to whom I was very close. However, the way Nicole wrote about grief was real, raw, and heartbreaking.
This is not just a romance—it is a tender, raw exploration of grief, love, and the way two broken souls can find solace in each other. If you are looking for a work that breaks your heart and then pieces it back together with hope and warmth, you have found it.
I sobbed my way through the first 100 pages of this book. It tore at my heart so much; I felt as though I was feeling everything the main characters were feeling. It was beautiful agony, such raw emotion. This was an incredible book. The way the author was able to perfectly convey what the characters were feeling without bringing in any of that cringey cliche monotony that so many authors use, was superbly done. This didn’t feel like I was reading a book. This felt like I was experiencing devastation and healing along with Lennon and Casey. This felt like poetry.
Feels Like Fire by Nicole Feller is one of the most tender, honest portrayals of grief I’ve ever read. 6 stars. Hands down incredible. You’ll cry, many times. But it’s worth it.
This story hurt in the most beautiful way.
Casey loses her boyfriend, Luc, in a tragic accident. When his identical twin brother, Lennon, comes home from LA, she quite literally crashes into him, wrapping her arms around him for one fragile second as if he could be Luc. They share the same face, the same eyes. But Casey notices Lennon’s differences immediately… and she finds them beautiful.
Lennon is carrying his own weight of guilt — regret over not being as close to his twin as he once was. Casey becomes the last living connection he has to Luc. And he becomes the only person who understands the depth of her loss.
They cling to each other at first because grief is suffocating. Because the silence is louder when they’re alone. They spend nearly every minute together, soothing panic attacks, holding each other through breakdowns, learning how to breathe again in a world that feels wrong without Lucas.
About a month in, people start asking questions. What looks like comforting each other begins to resemble something more. And that’s where the ache deepens.
How do you grieve someone and begin to feel something new at the same time? Is it healing… or betrayal?
I cried through the first 30% of this book. The heartbreak felt real. The way Lennon quietly shattered but wouldn’t let anyone see it, except Casey. The way she never treated him like a replacement. She always saw him as Lennon. Their honesty and bond ran deep, and it was beautiful.
It was tender. Devastating. Poetic in places without trying too hard and the emotional tension was handled so well — confused, raw, and completely human.
Why aren’t more people talking about this book?!!!
Unforgettable. Hands down six stars. One of the best stories I’ve ever read. I’ll never forget this book.
GOOD GRACIOUS, THIS BOOK. I absolutely adored it! I’ve have never read a story quite like this, ever. It’s messy. It’s real. It’s painful. It’s BEAUTIFUL. I mean, I’ve certainly read some raw and real books, but this one is truly so uniquely beautiful and poignant. I love the unapologetic honesty and vulnerability on full display throughout the entire story. And the tenderness. Oh, the TENDERNESS.
While there were moments that absolutely tore my heart up, there were other moments that felt like the VERY WARMEST of hugs. Nicole will have you bawling one moment and grinning like a fool the next. Feels Like Fire explores the process of grief in the most open and honest of ways possible.
When Casey finds out the love of her life Lucas has tragically passed away, her grief is unbearable. Her heart is completely ripped from her chest and all that remains is a gaping wound. But then she meets Lucas’ identical twin brother Lennon—whose depth of grief and shattered heart matches her own.
From their very first moments together, their shared grief forges an unbreakable bond—a bond that is pure and open and authentic. There is no hiding. No pretenses. They fully embrace the other’s pain and hurt with no shame or judgement. They endeavor to both find comfort and give comfort—tending to the other’s broken heart with the utmost gentleness and care.
Lennon and Casey become best friends in every sense of the word—rediscovering hope and joy together. But of course, when you open yourself up so completely to another, the fall into love is inevitable. There is really no choice. Their hearts have become intrinsically linked. As you can imagine, there is nothing simple or easy about such a situation.
Please, oh please, read this unbelievably moving story! You will not regret it!
This one worried me a bit. A girl whose boyfriend dies suddenly and tragically… and his twin brother!? Is that a story that I can read without being uncomfortable or judging? Can this story even work?
The answer is yes. A good author can acknowledge the uncomfortable things and move through them compassionately and realistically. As a reader, I was uncomfortable, but also felt myself rooting for these two. The judgment and guilt Lennon and Casey felt were present and fully explored. Nothing was glossed over. Their emotions were raw and hard. Nothing was pretty or wrapped up nicely. Lennon and Casey’s relationship was messy, confusing and complicated. Sometimes books rely on flashbacks but this book used Lennon and Casey’s stories and memories to paint a picture of Lucas, the person they both lost. How they grieved and processed their loss felt very realistic and also completely unique. My one issue is that I thought the end was too abrupt. I needed a bit more conversation and explanation to reconcile the “I have to leave” with the “I’m back now.”
Trigger warnings: tragic death, abortion, SA
I will also say, as unpopular as I’m sure it is, this book touched on the effect that abortion can have on the man/father, which I really appreciated. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that discusses this.
This book. This sweet, heartwrenching book. Bring tissues. You'll need them. I love just how pure of soul the main characters are. But there's also not a shying away from the rawness that comes in this story. and oh, it's so beautifully written. one of my favorite reads this year.
a quote that made me stop because it was just so good.....
In the dark, a mirror is just glass. In my life, love is just pain.
This was quite literally the best book I've ever read! This is a story about a young woman who's boyfriend dies, and soon after, she unexpectedly meets his twin brother. They quickly form the most beautiful bond, and carry each other through their grief. This book broke my heart and simultaneously sewed it back together.
4.5 stars. Wow, this book has me sobbing. Nicole writes grief in such a raw way, pulling you so easily into Casey's pain. That said, I loved the connection between her and Lennon 🩷😭 gosh, I wish Lucas would have lived, but Lennon truly fit her so well. I do wish we would have gotten an epilogue at the end, but otherwise this was a great story.
This is a wonderful book. I loved it. Bring your tissues. It is so well written that you will feel what these characters are feeling! You will love them and won't want the book to end. Please give us more Casey and Lennon! Would love to see what comes next for them.