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The loudest love is wordless from The wrong heart by jennifer hartmann

Originally posted by: WildestDreams

The loudest love is wordless from The wrong heart by jennifer hartmann

“I'm not sentimental--I'm as romantic as you are. The idea, you know,

is that the sentimental person thinks things will last--the romantic

person has a desperate confidence that they won't.”

― F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

“You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me.”

― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

"Reading isn’t only for pleasure or entertainment. Sometimes you need to examine the same lines deeply, read the same sentences over again. Sometimes you sit there, head in hands, only progressing at a painstakingly slow pace. And the result of all this hard work and careful study is that suddenly you’re there and your field of vision expands. It’s like finding a great view at the end of a long climbing trail." - The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa

Originally posted by: LizzieBennet

How’s this book and Jennifer Hartmann’s books in general? Are there a lot of TWs? Have been wanting to try them

This is my first book by this author and it has definitely lots of TWs like death of loved ones, miscarriage, suicide (thoughts and attempts) and child abuse.😅

The beginning is heavy and kinda depressing but it’s very well written. But yeah, it isn’t a fluffy read

Originally posted by: WildestDreams

This is my first book by this author and it has definitely lots of TWs like death of loved ones, miscarriage, suicide (thoughts and attempts) and child abuse.😅

The beginning is heavy and kinda depressing but it’s very well written. But yeah, it isn’t a fluffy read

Originally posted by: LizzieBennet

I keep getting recommended and keep seeing rave reviews for one called Still Beating by her but the premise is kinda off-putting for me hence been avoiding reading it

I checked out some reviews for Still Beating and I liked the enemies to lovers trope but then I read that ML is FL’s sister fiancee. And I was out!

Originally posted by: WildestDreams

I checked out some reviews for Still Beating and I liked the enemies to lovers trope but then I read that ML is FL’s sister fiancee. And I was out!

“You know,” he began, “marriage is everything. The good and especially the bad. What you learn by the time you’re my old age is that it’s the bad that makes the good so damn good. It’s about finding a way to put the pieces back together when life tries to shatter you, and realizing just how unbreakable you are once you’re whole again. You’ll get there. I have no doubt.”

“I know it’s been hard,” Dad continued. “Hell, harder than anyone should have to deal with. What you’ve lost, it’s more than most people could fathom. But pain’s funny, you see. It has a way of turning into distance if you’re not careful. You think keeping it inside protects the other person, but the walls you build always have a way of keeping the people you love on the outside.”

“Your mom and I went through our share of rough patches,” Dad went on, his hand gripping the gear shift. “There were times we thought about calling it quits. Too much hurt, too many words we couldn’t take back. But you know what saved us?”

Camille swallowed hard, her voice barely audible when she answered. “What?”

“We stopped trying to win,” Dad said simply. “When you’re hurting, you can forget whose side you’re on. Not yours, not theirs, but the marriage. You don’t do what’s good for you, you do what’s good for your future together. Who’s right, who’s wrong, who’s hurting worse. When that’s what you start fighting for, that’s when you lose. You both do.”

Beyond Oblivion, by Jamie Mcguire

Originally posted by: WildestDreams

The loudest love is wordless from The wrong heart by jennifer hartmann

I have only read her book Still Beating, and I really liked it, but it has very very dark themes in it. Basically, a girl and her sister's fiance are kidnapped, and the kidnapper forces them to do stuff to each other in front of him (basically physical intimacy everyday), initially they are both disgusted by it and try to comfort each other through it all but eventually they start getting attracted to each other and by the time they manage to escape from the kidnapper's clutches they fall in love.