"When two fuck-ups come together, chances are it'll end badly."
OK. I’m going to try my hardest to not fan girl during this review, but we all know how I feel about Mary Elizabeth, and if you don’t, well I’m sort of obsessed.
Sever, the second book following Closer, was seriously so amazing. If you’ve never read any of Mary’s books:
1. What are you waiting for?
2. She is seriously one of the most poetic, amazing, talented writers I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Seriously, her writing is so freaking addicting.
Sever picks up exactly where Closer leaves off. After a bad break up between Teller and Ella, Teller tries to right his wrongs, but with these two its never that easy. So if you’ve read Closer you know that Teller and Ella’s relationship is the furthest thing from normal. Some would call it dysfunctional, or toxic. For me, its just who they are. They’re hatred mixed with passion. Wounded mixed with tenderness. They’re enraged mixed with compassion. Together they’re this beautiful contradiction that just… works.
Both Teller and Ella fucked up their relationship in their own ways. One is too scared to commit, the other wants the relationship so bad, they’ll do whatever it takes to have it.
Sever is the story of redemption. It’s what happens when two people who are so damaged, crash and have to pick up the broken pieces. This book has it all. The hurt, the pain, the love, the forgiveness. IT IS EVERYTHING. I FELT EVERTHING. I LOVED EVERYTHING.
"The stars don’t need to hear her tender moans. The moon doesn’t deserve them. The universe didn’t fight as hard as I did. I cover her mouth with my hand because those sounds belong to me, and the sky won't rob me of them."
One of my favorite types of stories to read are dysfunctional/toxic relationships because they are real. Some stories are worse than others, but I love a crazy relationship, and Teller and Ella, though there is a light at the end of their tunnel, the shit they went through to get there was one hell of a rollercoaster.
If you haven’t read Sever, you need to. But, you have to read Closer first, since it is a continuation. Seriously, do yourself a favor and read these books. They’re addicting. I promise you, you will love these characters, the words, you’ll love it all.
Mary, it goes without saying, you have a forever fan in me <3