Title: Better (Too Good #2)
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Author: S. Walden
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Hosted By: Romance Addict Book Blog
Synopsis:
Their relationship has been exposed, and now their lives are changed forever.
For Cadence Miller, the fast track to adulthood proves intimidating and frustrating. She’s a little girl lost—abandoned by her parents and uncertain of her future. She doesn’t think she “fits” anywhere. She’s eighteen. She wants to be older. And the result is both comical and heartbreaking.
Mark Connelly will do anything to provide Cadence a stable, loving home—to be her protector. But he’s just as broken and lost, and his heart won’t let go of his past so easily. He knows he must share his secret with Cadence. And he hopes his revelation won't tear them apart. He hopes it will draw them closer, and make their love better.
Review
I
was provided an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
“I
chose to be with him. I. Chose.”
Better stars where Good left off. Now that everyone knows about Mark and Cadence they are left
to deal with the aftermath. Mark and Cadence are in love more than ever, and
are determined for their relationship to work. However, when Mark’s secret
comes to light, things don’t go as planned. I cannot say I expected this
secret. When we learn about it, I appreciate Mark even more. Through the
darkness he was able to find light, in Cadence. In spite of pain, he opened up
his heart to someone when it may have even seemed possible before.
“Because I love you. Madly.
You’ve infiltrated my brain. Driven me crazy.”
We truly get to see Mark and Cadence, grow as individuals as
well as a couple. They argue, they make up. They are like any other couple, but
with obstacles. These obstacles include Cadence’s family that will not accept
that Cadence has found love with her now former teacher. The realism aspect of
this book is what I found very interesting. The characters were so relatable
and real. S. Walden writes with such true emotion and conviction. She holds
nothing back. She allows us to see her characters are they are, flaws and all.
Her story pushes the envelope makes you uncomfortable, but isn’t that what
reading is about? To challenge the reader and make them go places they didn’t
they could go? Or think about things that they wouldn’t have before? You
question your beliefs and that is why I enjoy this author’s style of writing.
She challengers her readers.
“I fell in love with for so
many reasons. You make my heart feel. You bring joy to my life”
I really enjoyed Good, but Better brought this series to a whole
different level. Mark has such a beautiful soul. For him to love Cadence with
such passion was amazing. Every
word you felt. Every emotion was experienced as I read this story. I laughed,
cried, and swooned. I read this all in one sitting because putting it down was
not an option.
If you think you are in for your typical student-teacher
rainbows and roses relationship, you’re wrong. If you are looking for a
heart-felt, emotional, gripping book about forbidden love and how it is conquered
then you NEED this book. If you believe that love is above all things, this is
a must-read. Love never fails. Love conquers.
“I’m gonna love you for the
rest of my life. You know that? Even when my mind goes and I’ve no idea who or
where I am, I’ll know you. And I’ll love you.”
Teaser
Mark sat in his car staring
through the windshield. Any minute now, Cadence, dressed in graduation robe and
cap, would round the corner with her brother and Fanny. All he wanted was to
see her smile.
He knew her parents didn’t show
up. They made their intentions clear three nights ago when Cadence called home
to speak to her mother. After she hung up, she told Mark she didn’t care that
they refused to attend, but he awoke later that night to the sounds of her soft
cries. She was curled up lying close to the edge of the bed, far away from him.
He reached out to touch her, then stopped. Something told him not to, that it’d
be disastrous if he tried to comfort her. So he left her alone. The next
morning she was bright and cheery and as fake as he’d ever seen her.
He drummed his fingers on the
steering wheel. “Please smile. Please smile. Please smile.”
He thought back to the first
time he saw her really smile. She grinned at him on the side of Highway 28, but
it wasn’t until she sat on a metal bench in the bus parking lot on the first
day of school that he saw a real smile. She giggled about the names she’d been
calling him, revealing pretty teeth with one imperfection. She had a calcium
deposit on her eye tooth. Yeah, he’d noticed. And he recalled feeling like a
total creep for liking it so much.
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About the Author
S. Walden used to teach English before making the best decision of her life by becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Georgia with her very supportive husband who prefers physics textbooks over fiction and has a difficult time understanding why her characters must have personality flaws. She is wary of small children, so she has a Westie instead. Her dreams include raising chickens and owning and operating a beachside inn on the Gulf Coast (chickens included). When she's not writing, she's thinking about it.
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Hey Bianca,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for taking the time to read and review Better. I'm so happy you enjoyed the series. Thanks for participating in my tour and helping me spread the word. <3
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