The Son & His Hope

Ribbon #3

by Pepper Winters

The unofficial ending to The USA TODAY BESTSELLING & MULTIPLE BLOG AWARD WINNING, The Ribbon Duet. The Son & His Hope is the standalone romance of Ren and Della's son. It grants solace to those wishing to remain in Cherry River for a little longer with cameos from all the beloved characters from The Boy & His Ribbon.

"Things you should know about me from the very beginning:
I was born to true love, witnessed the destruction it causes, and vowed never to let such agony happen to me. I am not a story-teller like my father. I am not a writer like my mother. I am just a son--their son.
I am happy being alone.
And that is all I ever want to be."

JACOB

The day he was born, Jacob learned his hardest and longest lesson.
It wasn't a lesson a boy should learn so young, but from his earliest memories he knew where happiness lives, so does tragedy. Where love exists, so does heartbreak. And where hope resides, so does sorrow.
That lesson carved him from the kid to the teen to the man.
And nothing and no one could change his mind.

HOPE

I first met him when he was fourteen at a movie premiere of all places. A movie based on his parent's life.
He was stoic, strong, suspicious, and secretive.
I was only ten, but I felt something for him. A strange kind of heartbreak that made me want to hug and heal him.
I was the daughter of the actor hired to play his father.
We shared similarities.
I recognised parts of him because they were parts of me.
But no matter how many times we met. No matter how many times I tried.
He stayed true to his vow to never fall.

A sweeping standalone romance for lovers of star-crossed soulmates, hearts that need healing, and a love story set amongst the fields and horses of Cherry River.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, Dark, Friends To Lovers, New Adult, Enemies To Lovers

666 pages, ebook

First published February 12, 2019

About the author

Pepper Winters is a multiple New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today International Bestseller.

She currently has thirty books released in nine languages. She’s hit best-seller lists (USA Today, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal) thirty-three times. She dabbles in multiple genres, ranging from Dark Romance to Coming of Age.

After chasing her dreams to become a full-time writer, Pepper has earned recognition with awards for best Dark Romance, best BDSM Series, and best Hero. She’s an multiple #1 iBooks bestseller, along with #1 in Erotic Romance, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary, and Erotica Thriller. With 20 books currently published, she has hit the bestseller charts twenty-nine times in three years.

Pepper is a Hybrid Author of both Traditional and Self-published work. Her Pure Corruption Series was released by Grand Central, Hachette.

Her books have garnered foreign interest and are currently being translated into numerous languages, including already released titles in Italian, French, Hebrew, German, and Turkish.

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Reviews

[jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

words cant describe the feelings that come from reading this story, these books.

ren, della, and now jacob. watching them grow and love and live has been one of the most rewarding reading experiences i have ever had. i have become so attached to these characters and being able to read and share their story has given me so much hope, grief, heartache, joy, and comfort.

this is a truly remarkable story and one i know will stay with me for as long as i live.

↠ 4.5 stars

[❥ KAT ❥ Kitty Kats Crazy About Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

’THE SUN & HIS HOPE’ is the third book in Pepper Winters ‘The Ribbon Duet' series. It picks up where the second book left off.

5 GUT-WRENCHING 'WILD ONE & LITTLE LACE' STARS

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➽ KITTY KATS CRAZY ABOUT BOOKS

Jacob's downfall started occurring when his parents life was made into a movie, seeing it on the big screen of the premiere and re-living the last moments of his father's life had an ever lasting effect on fourteen year old Jacob. It was during opening night that he also met a ten year old Hope, her father had played Ren. He didn't know it at that stage that she would be the bane of his existence. Just like him she'd lost a parent, she had an unhealthy fascination with death and the afterlife, all she wanted in the whole wide world was a friend and she was hoping above all else that Jacob would become her person.

But as the years sped by and she came and stayed on the Wild's farm to find herself and to decide what she wanted in life, she found it odd that she was more at home there with dirt under her nails instead of walking the red carpet, and the the one true thing that never changed and remained the same year after year was the boy who was forever cruel to her, always cold hearted, always closed off, always short tempered, always and forever pushing her away, always running away. Always breaking little pieces of her heart each and every-time. A boy who had become hardened by death.



Love for me? It was a drug I was addicted to. I'd grown up drunk on it with parents I adored. But the blind belief that my world would always be perfect was chipped away piece by piece every time Dad coughed until all that remained was a bleeding heart and the stark understanding that it was simply better not to care. Saner not to bother. Less agonising not to fall.

I feel so freaking drained, I feel like I've been pulled through a hedge backwards, then run over by a mactruck, the many many many hours I spent reading this, and the hours I spent with my heart in tatters over a boy who couldn't love, my heart was broken more times than I could count. My nerves were raw, Beaten, Bruised. Destroyed. This book to put it mildly simply gutted me.



Caskets, cremations, and crying littered my mind, trapping my feelings, caging my love, preventing me from breaking the chains I'd lived within since childhood.

All the feels in the world, the angst, the angst just about killed me, the tears that I kept holding at bay, the constant anger and never ending whip-lash with the too-ing and fro-ing, like a yoyo loving Jacob one minute annoyed at him the next and his one true constant was Hope. The gut wrenching heartache that wanted to claim me, but then above all was the all consuming love I had for this author's words. Hope was just perfect for Jacob one of the strongest, most annoying heroine I've come across, but god I loved her resilience.

She was so free, he was tethered to promises. These characters will forever own a piece of my heart.

A deeply compelling family saga, a truly beautifully written story of love, loss and second chances.

A boy so closed off, afraid to love, Love...that was the most dangerous thing a person could do. to touch, to feel, to lose someone he loves again would destroy him completely, where a cough sends him in a frenzy, thinking death has that person in its clutches. His emotions are on lock down, only one person has the key, and she annoys the sh#t out of him. A battle of tug of war, he pushes, she moves closer, he hates, she loves, these two were utter perfection. A battle of wills ensued from their very first meet.

Best song to listen to whilst reading this!!
Love Someone by Lukas Graham
♫ There are days
I wake up and I pinch myself
You're with me, not someone else
And I am scared, yeah, I'm still scared
That it's all a dream
'Cause you still look perfect as days go by
Even the worst ones, you make me smile
I'd stop the world if it gave us time
'Cause when you love someone
You open up your heart
When you love someone
You make room
If you love someone
And you're not afraid to lose 'em
You'll probably never love someone like I do
You'll probably never love someone like I do
When you say
You love the way I make you feel
Everything becomes so real
Don't be scared, no, don't be scared
'Cause you're all I need
And you still look perfect as days go by
Even the worst ones, you make me smile
I'd stop the world if it gave us time
'Cause when…♫

FINE....

* Teasers used are off the authors facebook page *

     

[Natalie ~ The Biblioholic · Rating 5 out of 5]

I almost cried! With The Son & His Hope, Pepper Winters tore my heart out, shredded it, tossed it around like a play thing, stomped it on the ground like a celebratory football, and then soothingly and gently placed it back in my chest whole again. The Wilds sure know how to tug on the heart strings, taking readers on an emotional journey not to be missed. Any story that can evoke so many feelings from me is always a winner in my book.

I remember the joy I felt when Jacob was born. I was so happy for Ren and Della. Seeing their love come full circle, after everything they survived, made my heart sing. But Jacob grew up to break my heart. He was so damaged and burdened not only by the greatest loss a child can suffer, but also by the promises he made. He saw first hand that there was no such thing as a happy ending. Love only brought unbearable pain. So he shut himself off. He kept everyone at a distance. Feelings hurt and touch burned. And everyone let him get away with it. He knew he shouldn't, but no one forced him to face anything. No one... until Hope.

She made me wonder what life as free as her, as happy as her could be like and, in turn, threatened everything fundamental about me.

Hope was everything Jacob wasn't. She knew what loss was, having suffered herself. But she embraced life. She loved harder. Her heart was huge and she couldn't understand someone who didn't appreciate everything life had to offer. She made herself into a nuisance. She challenged Jacob. She pushed him. She called him out on his bull. She made him feel and question and fight and in return, she lost herself to him. He owned her. And every scrap of something he dredged up to give her, she soaked it up like sunshine.

My wish of helping him was coming true. He was learning to trust me. He was learning to like me. And I wouldn't do anything to jeopardise that.

Jacob and Hope had the most dysfunctional 'friendship' I've ever seen. Even their tender moments were underscored with tension. Jacob's pain was a tangible thing, taking up space and breathing life into the wrong things. It ravaged souls. It pummeled hearts. It devoured, consumed and devastated. It also blinded poor Jacob and Hope was really his only hope. I loved how she was always there, even when he did everything possible to drive her away. Love isn't always kind and these two experienced that for themselves.

The Son & His Hope was epic! It made me want to shake the characters into some sense, it drove me to question my own thoughts on death and the 'after', and it taunted me into accepting the unknown. The saying goes that it is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all and I'm so glad that Jacob and Hope got to live that truth.



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Okay, the author isn't lying... I've been reading this book ALL day practically and I'm only at 29% 🤔🤔🤔

This book is long.

I can already tell... my heart is going to BREAK!!


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[Hulya Kara Yuksel · Rating 4 out of 5]

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First of all, I must say if you truly want to understand Jacob's pain you have to read "The Boy and His Ribbon & The Girl and Her Ren." <3

I loved Hope Jacinta Murphy so, so much. She was a very unique heroine. I also loved Jacob Ren Wild but ugh he literally pissed me off the whole book. Don't get me wrong, I understand his pain, his struggle but my god, that man sucked my whole energy. :-/

But overall I enjoyed Hope & Jacob's journey and I highly recommend this series to you. :)


*ARC kindly provided by author in exchange for an honest review. ❤




“Things you should know about me from the very beginning:
I was born to true love, witnessed the destruction it causes, and vowed never to let such agony happen to me. I am not a story-teller like my father. I am not a writer like my mother. I am just a son—their son.
I am happy being alone.
And that is all I ever want to be.”

JACOB
The day he was born, Jacob learned his hardest and longest lesson.
It wasn’t a lesson a boy should learn so young, but from his earliest memories he knew where happiness lives, so does tragedy. Where love exists, so does heartbreak. And where hope resides, so does sorrow.
That lesson carved him from the kid to the teen to the man.
And nothing and no one could change his mind.

HOPE
I first met him when he was fourteen at a movie premiere of all places. A movie based on his parent’s life.
He was stoic, strong, suspicious, and secretive.
I was only ten, but I felt something for him. A strange kind of sorrow that made me want to hug and heal him.
I was the daughter of the actor hired to play his father.
We shared similarities.
I recognised parts of him because they were parts of me.
But no matter how many times we met. No matter how many times I tried.
He stayed true to his vow to never fall.

[Kealyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Son & His Hope (Ribbon, #3) by Pepper Winters

5/5 stars

Oh my heart. My entire being went through incredible pain and immense joy while reading this stunning book. I saw some reviews which say that you can read this third book as a standalone. But I completely disagree with that. You need to read the first two to really understand this one. You need to read Ren & Della's story before you read this painful story of their son.

I don't know how to explain this properly. Without doing the story or the characters any injustice. But Pepper was very brave by writing down that Ren and Della couldn't love anyone more than they love one another. Not even their son. They love him, with every fiber of their being. And they truly live for him. But together they were tightly linked. Unbreakably linked. And nothing will ever sever that link.

And while Jacob doesn't blame his parents. Doesn't harbor any hatred whatsoever. It did f**k him up. It did break him. He watched this epic love story unfold and break before his eyes. He heard how his father's coughing changed over the years. How death chased him faster and faster. He saw the pain it caused in his father's eyes. In his mother's eyes. He saw their agony plain as day. He saw how the other wouldn't survive living without their other half. How only half would be left. He saw how hard and fiercely his parents loved him. But it was linked with suffering, with pain, with a cruel end to an epic love story. Jacob got traumatized by those breakable glances between his parents. He got traumatized by the coughing. By the lying and hearing them say everything is alright. He saw that love equaled pain. And it taught him that he must avoid love, connection in any way or form. And that is where this book starts.

It starts with his father arranging the book his mother wrote to be published. Overnight it became a best seller and it quickly turned into a movie. Jacob despises the actor Graham who plays his father. He hates how his mother dies by suicide in the movie. And he cannot stand the presence of Hope, Graham's daughter. Hope is intricately drawn to Jacob. And Jacob does everything in his power to keep her at a distance.

It broke my heart how Jacob cannot stand touch at all. How he keeps everybody at a distance. Even his mother. And it breaks Della that her son is so broken by the death of his father. By her love story with his father.

But Hope.. Hope truly is a light in Jacob's life. He quickly becomes her Jake, if he wants to or not. She opens up her heart, is there for him, and has a dying need to soothe his soul, to mend the aching in his heart, to be there for him and only him. Jacob violently pushes her away with harsh words and periods where he ignores her.

But he also cannot help opening up. How a few small tokens show that he is capable of opening up. That he does care for Hope. He just doesn't know how. How do you love without causing pain? It's all he ever saw.

This book is such a heartbreaking and painful story. The story gets pushed forward by pain and agony. But also by a tiny beacon of hope. That grows and grows and eventually snowballs into a cathartic and strong ending.

The ending was so wholesome. Things that caused pain suddenly bring comfort. And I loved the small snippets through the eyes of either Ren or Della.

I loved this book before. This is a reread. But I appreciate it way more now. I understand the characters better now. And oh my heart, how they live in my mine now. I will never, ever let them go.

Brilliant, brilliant story! 5 humongous and forever stars from me for The Son & His Hope.

[Pepper Winters]

THE SON & HIS HOPE
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[Sonya ♕Chatterbooks book blog♕ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have been on pins and needles waiting for this book because I absolutely loved the Ribbon Duet series. Ren and Della hold a special place in my heart and having the chance to read about their son’s own love story, I really could not wait. I knew going into this that it wasn’t going to be easy but we were going to witness another earth shattering love story in the making and you could never go wrong with reading something like that.

Fourteen year old Jacob has had a lot to manage in the past few years since his father passed away. Every day has been a struggle knowing that the man he’s admired and respected the most, is no longer on this earth. No more talks, no more walking to their favorite part of the woods, and no more hugs. Trying his best to move on for now for the sake of his mother, Jacob has agreed to be civil to the outside world. But his best behavior goes out the window when he meets the curious ten year old who’s about to change his entire life for years to come.

Hope Jacinta Murphy has always been fascinated about the unknown. One encounter with a boy who wanted nothing more than to escape on one of the hardest nights of his life, solidified her place into his world. But with a man like Jacob Wilde, nothing is ever easy and unbeknownst to them, love will be the least of their worries.



First off let me just say that I really loved and admired Hope as a female heroine. She was strong when she didn’t have to be, and loving when it felt like it was the most impossible task at times. with that being said, I struggled with Jacob’s character quite a bit. I really appreciated his love for his family but there was just too much back and forth with him and Hope and his character never did quite grow out of it until it was a little too late. He was a force of nature but in all honesty, he gave me serious whiplash and I hated to feel that way about him because I wanted nothing more than to see this boy who turned into a man, get his well deserve happily ever after.

Aside from that, I really enjoyed the rest of the book and I was happy that I got a chance to step back into this world again where the freedom was real, the air was crisp, and love was everything. If you haven’t read this series yet, then you really need to give it a try.



   

[Sentranced Jem · Rating 5 out of 5]

NOTE: This is SPOILER- FREE Review

I may be a faithful reader of Pepper Winter with an obvious loyalty towards The Ribbon Duet but with The Son & His Hope, Winter has blown my mind!

I am not joking when I say that I was scared to read this book. I stared. I stalled. But I finally put on my big girl panties and read the book. Just like I knew it was going to happen, I burst into tears even before the prologue FINISHED!!!

With the masterpiece of Ren and Della's story, I was a little nervous to read Jacob's story because let's be honest here ok? besides the obvious fact that there was a fear that this book perhaps wouldn't be as good. Secondly, I thought about how difficult it would be to read from Jacob's prospective : to relive and remind us how difficult it must have been to witness such a powerful love and to have seen it end so soon.
These characters may not be 'real' but the burden, the fear and the unbelievable anxiety of loss felt true with every single flip of the page.

My copy of the ebook is highlighted like it's nobodies business. It just proves to show how Pepper Winters words are a gem.

The Son & His Hope is breathtaking, gut-wrenchingly beautiful, superbly poetic and so brutally raw.

Jacob Ren Wild (Cue the crying people!) is the boy born from the epic love of Ren and his ribbon, Della. He reminds me so much of Ren and I was constantly in a state of weepiness because he is the perfect amalgamation of Ren and Della.

Hope is a force to be reckoned with. She is a fighting force of joy and happiness. She is "fascinating and fearless all wrapped up in gratitude."

Jacob and Hope's story would never truly be understood without reading about Jacob's parents story because with every step of the way you, as a reader, can feel the warm, assuring, silent guiding force of Ren as you read through this book.

Jacob and Hope's story is pure destiny. This book KILLS YOU. It is filled with incredible angst, love, impossibilities and miracles.

Beautiful is such a poor word to describe the Wild family.

Pepper Winters, Your books give me goosebumps. Your words knock the breath out of me. Your imagination to create such a masterpiece leaves my soul breathless with sadness, heartache, anger but also with hope, love and happiness.
We are the fortunate ones to have been introduced to this series ....so, Thank you!

Happy Reading Everyone!



 



 

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[Olga therebelreader · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Son & His Hope is full of volatile, raw emotion and is difficult to get through at times. The emotions stirred from this book’s telling are intense and heart wrenching. It contains despair, death, ordeal but, also, love, beauty, and hope. The author’s writing is rich in detail creating a vivid atmosphere for her story to unfold. There was nothing dry about this book; I did laugh, I did cry, at times, my heart beat a bit faster from suspense and romance and I absolutely loved the ending.
I just found Jacob’s character a bit tedious because of his negativity and constant denial, but at the end broken hearts are mended and closure is achieved.
There are so many reasons to read this book: you won't want to put it down, the storyline is appealing, and you'll really care about the characters.
Highly recommended!


In short:
Hero 4/5 | Heroine 5/5 | Plot (Point, Originality) 5/5 | Writing Style 5/5 | Steam 2/5 | Romance 5/5 | Angst-Suspense 4/5 | Darkness 4/5 | Humor 2/5 | Secondary Characters 5/5 | Drama-Conflict 5/5 | Mystery 2/5 | Twists 5/5 | Pacing Steady | Action 4/5

ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review.

[Sophie "Beware Of The Reader" · Rating 5 out of 5]

4,5 empty stack of tissues stars

 

This book:

-made me cry;

-made me smile;

-frustrated me (I can’t tell you how many times I wanted to bash Jacob’s thick skull)!!!!;

-made me fall in love with these characters all over again (even the ones who had left us);

-impressed me because damn, Hope is a strong girl!

-made me think about life, about death, about grief, about our purpose;

-made me worry about Jacob, as much as Della did;

-made me FEEL!

 

Warning: don’t read this review if you haven’t read the Ribbon’s duet and you plan to read it one day because it will spoil your fun!

 

Where do I start now?

 

This book must be read after “The Boy and his Ribbon “and “The Girl and her Ren” as this is the story of Jacob, Ren and Della’s son.

This is a hard story. A sad story.

A story of a little boy who had been so traumatized by his father’s death that he will protect his heart the best he could: by cutting everyone out from his live.

Grief affects us each differently. There is no “recipe” to grieving, no “101 handguide”, no preformatted path to follow. We can read about the “Five stages of grief” but it’s not an absolute truth, far from it!

Both Jacob and Hope had known loss. But they will grieve differently.

 

Jacob felt so much. Too much. And he was terrorized to love because loving someone meant hurting when they left you.

 

He offered a cold façade to the world. Never wanting to be touched. Never asking for a hug. Despising every physical touch. Every little show of love sent him running.

“Love was a trigger of mine—though I didn’t understand that until much later.”

 

He was hurting. ALL THE TIME!

And my heart broke for him as I wanted to help him like Hope wanted to.

Can you imagine the pain for Della when she felt Jacob was hurting so much and it was her and Ren’s “fault” or at least that’s what they must have thought? Being a mom and unable to hug your son because he is afraid of human touch? Afraid of connecting with someone that could leave him one day?

 

When Jacob met Hope for the first time she was ten and he was fourteen.

Poor Hope as she knew grief too. She had so many questions about death. But if she lost her mom and knew hurt she rapidly accepted death as part of life. She dared to love.

“I felt sorry for her. I was in awe of her. In awe of the way she kept fighting with joy and happiness. She wasn’t afraid to love, even though she knew what it was like to have love change to pain. She hugged freely, welcomed touch.”

 

Yet she was lonely and had no friend.

 

For years she’ll try to befriend Jacob and she was nothing if not persistent.

But loving Jacob is like loving a hedgehog: you get hurt all the time.

 

Reading their story was really a rollercoaster of emotions. Yet I confess that Jacob frustrated me to no end. I just wanted him to “get over it”. I wanted to shorten the book just to get where something would break. Either Jacob, either Hope.

But as with life it was the journey that mattered. I had to walk alongside Jacob to truly understand why he became that man petrified by the idea of loving someone.

I had to follow them at their own pace. If it was so hard for Jacob to come to term with loss, if he suffered so much hurting Hope in the process, the least I could do was be patient and give room for THEIR story to unfold.

 

Pepper Winters wrote once again a poignant story. She told a tale about love, about loss, about death and about life. How we all must follow our heart, how we must be courageous and how asking for help is not being a coward but being smart. She also wrote that love might not be enough to save someone. The journey meant to heal us is unpredictable, hard and uncompromising but there is light at the end.

 

Read it only if you have read the first two books and don’t shy away from ugly cry.
Now let's chat! Do you love ugly cry reads? And do you sometimes want to shake some sense into characters?
Thanks for reading!
Sophie

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[Jennifer Kyle · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 Stars

I was on the fence about my rating for this book...



I'll be honest I could have rated it a whole lot lower since I truly struggled with the line between broody and outright a waste of time hero. I did even contemplate stopping along the way.



I'm not sure if Jacob won me over in the end, yet I did like the story as whole and loved the writing.

"Life is too precious just to finish and not transform into something else."

[Pavlina Read more sleep less blog · Rating 4 out of 5]

<3 Omg omg <3



 

  

[Radd Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

”Live Wild. Love Freely. Be Blessed.”

You do need to read The Boy and His Ribbon and The Girl and Her Ren as those books are critical to understanding the foundation of this book.

Jacob & Hope. Dual POV. Slow burn. It has a HEA and 2 epilogues.

Let me just start out by saying that I was absolutely terrified to read this book. My heart was literally ripped out of my chest with The Ribbon Duet and I truly was not sure what journey the author had planned for this book. And, I was still mourning Ren, so how was I going to get through this book without balling my eyes out and submitting myself to further heartbreak? But I knew I couldn’t pass up Jacob’s story, so with Kleenex and wine by my side, I jumped in headfirst. 🍷🍷📖

And....OMG!! Wow....just wow!!! This story brings absolutely all the feels.

Jacob:
There were times when my heart broke for Jacob and all the weight he carried on his young shoulders. Then there were other times I wanted to strangle him and just shake some sense into him. His character definitely had my emotions going from one end of the spectrum to the other. The author does a good job of getting the reader inside Jacob’s head early on so that we can understand what drives his behavior. That understanding is critical in order to empathize with him. Otherwise I would have just wanted to punch him in the face. Lol.

Hope:
At the first introduction of Hope I absolutely fell in love with her.

”I’m Hope Jacinta Murphy.”
“My first name is Hope. My middle name is Jacinta for my mommy.” Her lip pouted. “She died when I was seven. I wanted to change my first name to Jacinta, but Daddy said there was only one Jacinta, and I have to stick with Hope. And my last name is Murphy because we all need last names as there are so many Hopes in the world but not that many Hope Murphys and only one Hope Jacinta Murphy.”

Hope’s dad is a famous actor so she has grown up with tutors on set. She is lonely and doesn’t fit in with adults or kids. She has a curious fascination with death due to the loss of her mother. She longs for something different but doesn’t really know what she’s searching for.

The story of Jacob and Hope is an emotion packed read. Both of these two are impacted by the loss of a parent, yet the way they react to that loss is night and day. Their journey is rocky and irritating, but so rewarding when they finally find their HEA. And, the epilogues....omg ”You found me, Della Ribbon.” ❤️😭❤️😭

I loved everything about this series. And, even though my heart was shattered into a million different pieces, the author was able to piece my broken heart back together in a such a way that left me better off than when I began. I will miss Ren, Della, Jacob & Hope and everyone at Cherry River Farms. So long my friends.


Quotes
“Even though it comforted me to know how similar I was to a parent I’d never see again, it also grieved me to know I wasn’t truly my own person. I wasn’t me. I was a lacking replica who constantly reminded people of what they’d lost. I was living in his shadow, doing what I could to be him, but constantly aware I was only letting them down because I wasn’t him. I would never be him. I would never be as good.”

“Life, in general, wasn’t about me. It was about upholding my vow to a father who’d been my everything, then left me with way too much responsibility. Did he understand how hard it would be? Did he get that putting me in charge of my mother’s happiness was sometimes too much to bear?”

“You have your entire life ahead of you, Wild One. All I ask is… try not to rush it. Be grateful for each day, even the dark ones.”

“Come on, Jacob. You look sad. Do you want a hug? A hug makes everything better.” Stretching out her arms, her face stayed serious and not in the least bit mocking. She genuinely believed a hug could fix me.”

“Death always makes people sad. It made me sad too, but now I’m just annoyed that no one can tell me where dead people go because I’d like to talk to my mom, you know?”

“This is Binky. He’s trustworthy, sane, listens, and looks after beginners.”
"So everything you’re not,” I muttered”

“And I will continue to love you forever. I will never stop. You have my utmost vow. I will love you until you are old and grey. I will love you when we bicker and argue, and I will love you even past death.”

“I accept that eventually one of us will die before the other. I accept one of us will be broken and the other will live a half-life until we’re reunited. I even accept that love has the power to lead us back to each other past the grave. I accept, Hope. I finally fucking accept.”

[Grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

Before I get into this review, I think it is worth noting that the Ribbon duet was one of my favorites last year. So, I hold Della and Ren’s story in high regard.

While I felt that Jacob, Della and Ren’s son, found his match in this book, the process was a bit draining. To give you a heads up and prepare you, this is definitely a slooooooow burn story.

Hope Jacinta Murphy is probably introduced to Jacob Ren Wild at the worst time, as he is forced to watch his parents love story and then death on the big screen. On top of bad timing, she’s an inquisitive girl, and that seems to clash with Jacob’s standoffish personality. Despite is often rude behavior towards her, Hope feels a kinship to him due to their shared loss (as she lost her mother). And they are both dealing with that pain, albeit, in very different ways. Jacob is closed off, and short tempered, refusing to create real friendships. Hope on the other hand, is full of positivity and desperate for a friend.

While I liked the overall message/theme of the story, I felt like the first half of the book could have been cut by 50%. The ongoing battle between Jacob and Hope got repetitive.
She wasn’t to be his friend.
He doesn’t.
She tries to help him.
He says something insensitive.
Rinse and repeat.

Hope might be lost, but . . . so was I. Still, I’d always been lost. I’d most likely always be lost. And one lost person definitely wasn’t qualified to help another.

The main problem with the approach to this slow burn story is usually when the romance takes so long to develop, there is a lot of other things the main characters are going thru, to keep you intrigued. But this story focused mostly on Hope’s desperate attempt to win Jacob’s friendship, and that ongoing struggle got to be a bit sad. But we do get a couple HEAs in this story. I felt like those were well earned.

I came alive in Hope’s arms.
No half-life. No cursed life.
Just life.

Obviously with my rating, I didn’t dislike the story. It just didn’t stand-up to my love of the previous two books and could have been edited down significantly. If you loved the duet and are patient for a slow burn story, then you might enjoy this one.

*An ARC was received for an honest review.

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[Book Maniac Forever · Rating 5 out of 5]

⭐️ 5"Wild Heart" Stars ⭐️
When it comes to Pepper Winters’s books, there’s no doubt that I’m completely addicted to her words. There’s something truly poetic and enchanting about her writing style and it never fails to give me all the feels! The Son & his Hope was my most anticipated release of 2019 and I knew I was in for a memorable emotional read! However, I wasn’t prepared for this degree of raw emotions that kept me choking on my tears all read long! This story is tragic and painful, but also scattered with hope, loyalty, desire and affection! The lyrical prose ensnared me from the first line to the last one and I was ultimately left in awe of Jacob and Hope’s arduous journey toward love!

"She woke up the cold parts of me. She called forth the dormant pieces of me."

I treasured The Ribbon Duet with Ren and Della’s unique romance, but their son Jacob had an utterly poignant story to tell! Jacob Wild is a broken boy! I felt for him, I hurt for him and all the tormenting thoughts afflicting him. He embraces a life of solitude, keeping his loved one at arm’s length in fear of losing himself even more to the inescapable agony of loss. He’s also suffocating under the burden of a long kept promise.

Hope is the perfect combination of stubborn and resilient, determined to heal Jacob’s damaged heart. This girl falling for the boy who doesn’t want to love, who’s afraid to love, who’s wrecked is an exceptional heroine. She quickly understands the kind of devastation loving Jacob Wild will put her through, but she fights for him with bravery and passion.

Just from the prologue, I was already in tears and my tissue box was well used during my read as I was a sobbing mess for most of the book. I won’t dive more in depth into the storyline, because no explanations can do justice to the overwhelming feelings that invaded me during this read. It just needs to be felt!

"She was maddening and frightening and everything I'd always avoided. Yet having her in my arms, I was free."

The Son & his Hope is more than a romance! It’s the journey of two destined souls throughout life and its hurdles toward love and happiness! A path paved with fear, torment, insecurity, recovery, acceptance, respect, devotion! Pepper Winters confirmed why she’s a top author of mine with her magnificent prose etched with palpable feelings and her story telling talent. This novel is a little gem to be cherished!

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[Sofia Lazaridou · Rating 1 out of 5]

When the reviewers are saying that the romance between Jacob and Hope is a slow burn they mean it. And when I say slow I mean slooooow, like 11 years slow. There isn't even enough romance, to begin with. I skipped some parts because I grew tired of the same pattern. Hope was trying to win Jacob's friendship for many years and he was always rude to her and was pushing her away. I could sum up the book to "Jacob is a douche". I haven't read The ribbon duet so I didn't have a connection to the characters as some readers might have. I firmly believed that Jacob should have gone to the therapist after his father died. He was angry all the time, he was mean and he had many issues that are understandable on one hand, but started to annoy me on the other. I didn't get the feeling that he had matured or grown as a character in all those years we saw him and I was only thinking that Hope was a fool for staying so long on his side. I like a heroine who is pushing for what she wants, but Jacob wouldn't give her a time of the day and overall it made her look a little pathetic. I kept thinking that she needed to move on and find someone else.

I wish the author had dedicated more time to Jacob's growth as a character instead of repeating the same thing. The ending was like, Jacob pushes Hope once again away, someone drops a bomb on him, he is shaken and realizes that Hope is his forever, the end. And I don't think that was 50 pages long. It was even shorter. And even the way he came to that conclusion was disappointing because I felt like he wouldn't have changed his mind about everything if he hadn't heard something so drastic and he would have continued doing what he had been doing for the rest of the book.

[Dora Koutsoukou · Rating 3 out of 5]

(reposting my pov since it recently disappeared)

3,5 💔❤️💔⚡️🌪🌟🌟🌟s

I doubt if there is an emotion I haven’t felt while reading the story of the Wild One and his Hope...
I really loved Jacob and Hope. With their weaknesses and with their strengths. With their fears, doubts, insecurities, stubbornness and passion.
Every page where Della’s thoughts and feelings were expressed brought tears and when I read Ren’s letters, I couldn’t but sobbed....
The author’s writing was outstanding and touching.
I would have given 5 stars if there were less pages regarding the first half of the book and the pace wasn’t so slow.
This family owns a part of my heart and my soul and their journey will be unforgettable for the rest of forever❤️❤️❤️

[Jenny - TotallybookedBlog · Rating 4 out of 5]

‘Della had to remember how to laugh without tears. Jacob had to learn to live without fear.’

Unrequited love. It may just be the most agonising love of all, and in The Son and His Hope, Pepper Winters sure did deliver the pain in her powerfully moving story. You name it, we felt it. Sadness, anger, frustration, heartache, and maybe, just maybe, a small twinge of hope, however fleeting it was. But our overall feeling? That would be the torment and sadness we suffered on Hope’s behalf. Hope broke our hearts. We wanted to give this beautiful girl a stern talking to, whilst at the same time hug her tightly to our chests and absorb her pain. It was torturous witnessing what Hope was put through.

“You’re Jacob Wild. The loner. The thief of hearts and the destroyer of hope.”

The Ribbon Duet is one of our all-time favourite love stories; just re-reading the quotes has the ability to send us into a flood of tears as we recall Ren and Della’s epic journey. It was unforgettable, and although satisfied with their story, we found ourselves desperate to hear more about Jacob. Feeling a closeness and love for him, we desperately needed to know if he found the type of love his parents shared and if he found the happiness we so wanted for him. We were thrilled when this book was announced.

Jacob Ren Wild was a boy born from loving parents. A couple who experienced a once in a lifetime true soulmate love, who only wanted for their son to feel the level of love they themselves had experienced and we too had an inherent need to follow Jacob through to adulthood to see how he fared.

The prologue begins from Della’s POV and it sure was a gut-wrenching start, one that saw us immediately transported back to the pain and heartbreak we felt in The Ribbon Duet, with Della’s need for her beloved son to feel love and live life emanating from the pages. A heartfelt mother’s plea for her son’s happiness and it hit our hearts.

Jacob met Hope Jacinta Murphy when they were both children – Hope was effervescent to Jacob’s surliness. These two were kindred spirits in that they had both experienced a deep loss, but whereas the loss had intrigued Hope, leaving her with a barrage of questions and why’s, Jacob’s loss had caused him to essentially shut down emotionally, afraid to let anyone in for fear of loss and pain.

“Love can sometimes be the worst weapon.”

Jacob and Hope’s paths would cross many times throughout the years with each meeting seeing Hope fall a little more for the broken Jacob, desperately wanting to be a friend and confidante for the closed off boy who preferred a solitary life in fear of losing those he loved. It’s easier to not feel than be hurt and bereft.

Hope was a beautiful soul. A sweet outgoing child, an inquisitive and caring teen, a forthright and compassionate woman who loved a man as closed off as she was open. Hope was persistent, seeing something in Jacob, feeling something in her heart that saw her continually be the butt of Jacob’s cold-heartedness and indifference. Our hearts went out to her time and time again, and in the process, we became infuriated with Jacob’s treatment of her. The scenario of how many times can you kick a dog before its loyalty and love makes it retreat into a corner sprang to mind.

‘I tucked up the heartbeats of my pain and stored them deep in my aching chest.’

We had expected to be sobbing in the corner over Jacob’s story, to empathise with him and to connect with him on every level, knowing the loss he had endured, and there were certainly moments when this story brought us to tears, however, Jacob’s character pushed us to the limit and beyond. We love a broken and tortured hero. Now and then we even love a hero that’s a bit of an arsehole, but there is a fine line between arsehole behaviour and cruelty, and Jacob stepped over that line for us. His actions towards Hope were, for the most part, cruel and unkind, and not even his pov and inner monologue softened the blows, as his anger for Hope dripped from his thoughts. It was, at times, a bit unsettling to hear how he perceived and felt about Hope.

Now we completely understood Jacob’s unrelenting inability to open his heart for fear of pain, how the promise he made, and the weight of that responsibility weighed him down, and we absolutely understood the profound effect his loss had had on him, however, that couldn’t excuse the way he treated this poor girl who wanted nothing more than a bit of kindness and human connection.

‘Even in my hate, I wanted him.
Even in my rate, I needed him.
And that hurt me the most because my heart should be mine to command, not his to bury.’

Whereas Hope wanted to live life to the fullest Ren was afraid of living and loving in fear of losing it all, and we sympathised with Jacob’s feelings, we really did, but felt it was pushed too far, and we feared, as we moved closer to the end of the book, there could possibly be a point of no return for our feelings about Jacob. Could he redeem himself?

‘I kept people at a distance because I loved too much, not too little.’

This story was quite morose, and we felt utterly exhausted when we’d finished with tears streaming down our faces throughout, we found the need to pause now and again to calm ourselves when Jacob’s behaviour caused a wave of anger deep in our gut or profound sorrow in our hearts. Life at Cherry Hill Farm was shrouded in so much grief and sadness, mostly due to Jacob’s inability to express love, which was gutting because it should’ve been a place of warmth and love.

“Being afraid of love isn’t healthy. It will end up killing you. You have to be able to see that.”

We loved the snippets of Della and Ren and this aspect of the story was done incredibly well, as was Hope’s character. It was impossible not to love her and so every hurt she felt affected us deeply, which, bravo to Pepper Winters for writing Hope this way because we completely connected to her and felt so protective of her, hence our feelings for Jacob which wavered between sympathy and anger.

‘Why did he have to be so handsome? So brilliant? So wild.
My heart physically hurt. It wrapped itself up in a blanket of thorns, bleeding with need just to tell him.
To say thank you
I love you.
Don’t be afraid.’

We wanted to justify Jacob’s behaviour but for the most part, we couldn’t. We wanted to fully connect to Jacob, and at the beginning and near the end, we most certainly did. However, so much push/pull and sadness needed more light peppered through the story. The epilogue was stunning and beautiful, leaving us in a flood of tears, and we wish how we felt at the end had come a little sooner.

There was much we did love about this story in which Pepper Winters delivered an important message; grasp every day. The good and the bad, because every day spent with loved ones is a bonus and moment to cherish. We’re reminded to open our hearts, let love in, and to honour the memory of those who have gone by living every day to the fullest, to live in the now and choose love and happiness.

‘Be grateful for each day, even the dark ones.’

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[Kay's Blushing Book Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Son & His Hope by Pepper Winters
GENRE: Coming of Age Romance
NARRATION: Dual POV
BOOK DETAILS: Part of the Ribbon Duet
AUDIO AVAILABLE? Not yet but will follow shortly

MY THOUGHTS
What a Wild and amazing ride Pepper Winters took me on with this amazing masterpiece. This book broke my heart over and over again, threw me to the curb, kicked me around and then piece by piece put me back together again.

I am still emotional just thinking about this story even a day after finishing it. Pepper sure has a way with words, her story telling is enthralling, captivating, raw, emotional and nothing short of brilliant.

This may be a long book, but I was gripped by every word, taken by every moment and lost my breath at times, too full of emotions to continue.

I feel like even though this was Jacob and Hopes story it gave closure and peace to Della and Ren’s. I am not going to discuss any details of the story itself because I simply would not do it any justice. You need to read this for yourself.

It's a rare thing to have a book evoke so many sentiments from a reader. I held my hand over my heart, I smiled, I laughed, I cried, God I ugly cried and I got angry and frustrated but most of all I became inspired. This story is a reminder to us to cherish those you love, hold them closer. It gives us a beautiful perspective of afterlife, soul mates, love and friendship, loyalty and persistence and most importantly acceptance in that which we cannot change, death.

The characters through the entire Ribbon Duet are all so wonderfully unique and so memorable. She gives each their own specialness for example -Hope (Little Lace) Jacob (Wild One) Della (Ribbon) Ren (his love for the wilderness and wondering) You feel deeply connected to them because their passions are so real and powerful.

If you have not read any of Pepper Winters Ribbon duet books I cannot recommend them enough. These books have change me as a reader and will forever stay with me.

This is an unforgettable story that will leave you breathless but full of Hope.

MY RATINGS: (All ratings are out of 5)
HERO RATING: 5
HEROINE RATING: 5
BLUSH RATING: 3
ROMANCE RATING:5
PLOT RATING: 5
OVERALL: 5 Stars

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[Sophie's Reading Corner · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 STARS

The Ribbon Duet was one of my favorite book series I've read last year. I've loved it and I cried for it. I couldn't help but read the third part of this series and I don't regret a thing. This was definitely a closure to this beautiful series.

The story follows Jacob, the son of Della and Ren when his mother's book is turned into a movie. He hates everything and everyone and that includes the actor's daughter, Hope. Years come and go and he still can't open himself to get close to people, because he doesn't want to get hurt again. Death is like a noose around his neck and he doesn't let himself enjoy life because eventually someone will die and someone will get hurt. Hope is trying to break his barriers, but this challenge seems harder and almost impossible.

This book was such an emotional punch to me. Some things I expected them to happen, so I wasn't surprised, but still the scenes were so strong and powerful. I have to admit that there are things that annoyed me, like Hope having to be a doormat at moments and tolerating more than enough, although she was also the only one who didn't accept his attitude as well. His attitude made sense at moments, but then again he also didn't.

Pepper once again gave me exactly what I needed with that extended epilogue and I finished this book with a happy heart and tears in my eyes. My angsty friends will definitely love this tale.

ARC was kindly provided in exchange for an honest review.

[Ari · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 I'm entirely and utterly ruined stars

OMG I can't believe I fucking survived this book!

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

Read my entire review on my blog at Readin' Under Street-Lamps

If The Boy & His Ribbon was the easiest book to read in this entire saga, and The Girl & Her Ren was the most difficult, then this book is something of a love child, because when it was effortlessly heart-wrenching in plot, it was desperately vulnerable in it’s voice. And I haven’t been more haunted by a story before this.

I don’t know what I can say to justify how beautifully tragic this book was, and how completely decimated I feel by it, but I can say this, Pepper Winters is easily one of the best writers in the romance genre right now.

[Sharon ∞❥ is an emotional book junkie ❥∞ · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 ⭐'s

Sometimes it pays to listen to your inner critic...and I really should've listened.

We all know that Jacob went through something horrible but we had no idea how it would affect him. Certainly, it would affect him but the extent of that was overwhelming and depressing AF.

Honestly, this whole story is depressing AF. Not only for how Jacob is but the author decides to bless us with some more heartbreaking devastation as if we needed more.

And should I even mention Hope? She meets Jacob when she is ten and goes through his constant disdain and rejection for ELEVEN years.

The book is seriously long and for probably more than 90% we are put through hell. To be fair, there are some bright moments. I loved reading more about Della and Ren and there were some touching moments with the rest of the gang at the farm.

However, that in no way resolves the sheer torture we are put through. There is a bright light at the end of the tunnel...so there is that. You've been warned.

[Amber- Leave Me Alone I’m Reading · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book gutted me. I thought I was ready. I thought I could stay strong. But I was crying before the end of the prologue, and sobbing my face off for most of the book. The memories and grief are crushing. And Jacob... Jacob, Jacob, Jacob... so sad, lonely, and broken. He broke my heart to pieces. Sweet Hope is such a loyal friend and light through the dark that he can’t see shining. Their relationship through the years is filled to the brim with pain and love. Pepper is bringing back ALL THE FEELS, you guys.
I can’t even explain what this whole series has done to me as a reader. It’s simply the best story I’ve ever read. So complex and emotional and real and just... it’s everything. Everything. And I’ll never, ever forget it.

[Riley Ashby]

Can my poor heart endure it???

[Mali Mor ❤️ The Romantic Blogger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pepper Winters / The son and his hope
🔥 NO SPOILERS REVIEW!!! 🔥
💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚


You know the saying that it's better to love and lose than not to love at all ...? 💔

📚 "... And just like his father, the love he has to give comes with torture and torment, and I pity the poor girl who falls for him." 📚

Jacob Wild is a special man who stole and broke my heart in the same time. I thought Ren was stubborn, but his son? Grrr!!! 😬
I felt sorry for him and hated him and loved him and hated him again and again! 💘🔥

📚 "I was born to true love, witnessed the destruction it causes, and vowed never to let such agony happened to me. I am not a story-teller like my father. son- their son. " 📚

I always said someone should make a movie about Ren and Della. well, someone was listening ... 😉🎬
And in the movie premiere, Jacob - a broken sad boy, met the girl who would change his life forever, Hope. 💚

And just as the love story of his parents' was full of trouble, heartbreaks and a love larger than life ... so was theirs. 💔😭

📚 "She was the most dangerous thing to me.
She was the one person who could end my life all by loving me." 📚

It's a story about friendship and love, filled with emotion that only Pepper can make me feel (including very ugly crying! 😭😂), special characters and epic writing! I felt as if I was experiencing everything myself. 😍💗

This book was a long and heartbreaking journey, sometimes even frustrating (there were times when I wanted to smack them both!!! 🤐) - But so much more... 💘
A journey that reminded me how frail life was. That we need to appreciate every moment with the people we love. 🙏
So, as soon as I finished reading, eyes filled with tears, I went to kiss and hug all the people I loved! ❤😭

📚 "I'll love you during life and well past death." 📚

From the first word I knew it was one of those books that would stay in my heart forever. 👑
I fell in love with Ren and Della all over again (there are no other love stories like theirs!!!) and cleared space in my heart for their special son. 💚

Can't wait for your next masterpiece, Pepper!!! 💋

[Siobhan Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Update after reading: Well that ripped my heart to shreds, but it was so worth it. I struggled to hold onto empathy for Jacob toward the end and his cruelty and selfishness was too much at times, but it was angsty AF and it had me racing through the pages, inhaling the story. At the 65% mark, I was ready to throw my kindle at the wall and I couldn't read through my blurry eyes. I understand why that happened, but it was bittersweet, and my poor heart couldn't take it. So much tragedy but I'm glad it ended on a happy note because Jacob and Hope really deserved that.

Update Feb 9: It's coming in THREE DAYS! Woot. I haven't been this excited for a book in ages. Bring it, Pepper <3

I am so freaking EXCITED for this book. Gah! So happy she is writing it. Thank you Pepper! Can't wait to read Jacob and Hope's story.

[Nikki ღ Navareus · Rating 4 out of 5]

I adored both The Boy & His Ribbon and The Girl & Her Ren , but I was devastated and shattered by sadness when I finished the second story, and I needed a good amount of time to lick my wounds before finally diving into A Boy and his Hope. Thank you Chloé for not giving up on me and getting me to pick this baby up finally! This story's hero and heroine both had their own sad stories to tell. It dredged up sadness from the previous stories as well, but this story was worth all the emotional turmoil by the ending. Jacob was such an asshat to Hope in an revolving cycle of toying with Hope, then repeatedly pushing her out of his life again. Hope took so much shitty treatment from Jacob before finally letting him go and moving forward with her own life free from Jacob's hate and self destruction. I cannot believe how Pepper Winters was able to turn this story around into the awesome HEA it ended with. This author is an amazing storyteller and she can sure churn out the angst. This ending had me misting up with happy tears.

This would have been a full 5 star read, but I really needed a shit-ton more grovel from Jacob after the asshole treatment he dished out during 95% of this story. A lot more ass-kissing was required here. That being said, I still loved this story.

[⏃ : ✦ villainous_vixen ⏃ : ✦ · Rating 5 out of 5]

♥ 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 ♥




"The emptiness only grew worse, slithering cold and chilling, freezing me into nothing.
I tried to cry, to feel, to live.
But I had nothing.
No grief.
No regret.
No shame.
Just a severing, sombre silence, cutting me from the world of the living. "

The Son & His Hope by Pepper Winters in simple terms was absolutely poetic. It was brimming with raw, powerful, emotion that has stolen my heart. The unique storyline, wonderful well thought out characters and the depth of emotion created such a beautiful heart-wrenching story. The choices people make . . . how to handle grief . . . forgiveness . . . and second chances that help heal those aching hearts. This book is so much more than a romance. It's a story about a boy, now man that learns the will to live again.


The Son & His Hope is a story where heartbreak and tragedy eventually lead to love, healing and redemption.

[Anna Valsa · Rating 1 out of 5]

The 1 star is ONLY for Della and Ren.
I am so tired and angry for reading this book.
I am disappointed.
This book is not a love story.
This is a book about death and fear of living.
The love came at the last 10%of the book. But it was too late.
😬😴😱😭👻🎀

[Beatrix · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though I loved the story of Jacob's parents more (The Boy & His Ribbon & The Girl & Her Ren) I'm still glad I read this.

Jacob and Hope were not Ren & Della, but still the author managed to weave a great story. I loved the atmosphere and the setting, and I really hope the author continues to write in this world. *wink*