Reminders of Him: A Novel

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so THEN i tried to resort to internally sobbing which is unhealthy and do not recommend and leaves ur insides feeling like crumpled paper in a fist. I truly believe that Kenna is not over Scotty and never will be. Throughout the whole book I felt as if Scotty was developed more as a character/love interest than Ledger, circumstance brought Kenna and Ledger together with a sprinkle of lust. Colleen Hoover always brings the feels with her contemporaries. I went into this one blind, like I always try to do with her books, and I was overcome with all I felt. It brought me to tears more than once and it had deep and heavy topics, but also moments of lightness that made me laugh. I love books that can do both. It’s the perfect balance. This story embodies pain. Something CoHo is known all too well for. She strikes the balance of stories that seem so far out there - out there to my own world view - with so much care and heart. Hazel is a 19-year-old book enthusiast who has a (sometimes overwhelming) craze for reading and writing. She’s a prolific writer and aspires to travel the world. While she has a passion and talent for books, she’s currently studying finance as she prepares to graduate college.

i felt different reading this one. instead of the usual butterflies and heart flutters her books normally give me, this feels very raw and heavy. its definitely a life story more than it is a love story.Ledger puts some pieces together early on in the book and figures out who Kenna really is. Aside from the whole still-kissing-Ledger-when-she-knows-he's-her-dead-boyfriends-best-friend thing, my heart truly went out to Kenna in this story. I think that's why I kept reading for so long, I was waiting for everyone to have empathy for her, to try to put themselves in her shoes and forgive her. Just don't forget my two tips if you're going to read this. And maybe I'll even remember them myself one day. It was a stark realization that no matter how much you love someone, you can still do despicable things to them.” Kenna Rowan is a 26-year-old woman who has been released from prison 5 years into a 7-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter involving the death of her former boyfriend, Scotty Landry, in a tragic car accident that occurred while they were intoxicated. Kenna had left the scene of the accident and, to this day, is considered to be a villain in her small town. I'm the founder and president of The Literary Lifestyle, an authentic community that helps busy women relax, learn, and embrace a very cozy way of life.

Maybe it doesn’t matter whether something is a coincidence or a sign. Maybe the best way to cope with the loss of the people we love is to find them in as many places and things as we possibly can. And in the off chance that the people we lose are still somehow able to hear us, maybe we should never stop talking to them.”You think you know how you’ll react in a terrifying situation, but that’s the thing. You can’t think in a terrifying situation." And I know that Kenna likes Ledger, for some reason. I know this. But it just seems so hypocritical of Ledger to tell Kenna that she's using him to get to her daughter when he's the one who's shoving his tongue down her throat and coaxing her into having sex with him. Also, Ledger kept harassing Kenna to show him the letters she writes to Scotty and that is totally none of his business. She said no. When a woman says no, you don't keep asking her until she says yes.

I don’t think this part is handled particularly well. Not that it didn’t break my heart seeing Kenna’s longing for her child and her struggle as well as desperation to see her. However, I’m disappointed that Kenna didn’t try harder to fight for her daughter. Not that there was anything much she could do in her position. But she only tried once, got rejected by the people in her daughter’s life, and was ready to give up. I feel like she should’ve made more plans, taken more steps, be more persistent. When Kenna lost all hopes of ever having custody of her daughter she turns to her mother, who is so horrible I wanted to slap the bitch all the way to Australia. Her mother is so bitter and resentful that Kenna was ungrateful to her for saving her from foster care (and then still proceeding to emotionally abuse and neglect her daughter), she refuses to even apply for visitation rights or half custody of Diem so that Kenna would at least be able to see her daughter whilst in prison. but fortunately the crying wasn’t even entirely because of sad scenes or anything traumatic, it was the scenes towards the end that left the biggest smile on my face. things really came full circle.

The amount of times my throat felt like it was closing up?! That ache in my chest?? Prominent throughout the ENTIRE BOOK. Kenna Rowan is an ex-con who served her five year sentence in prison for involuntary manslaughter of her then still alive boyfriend. Upon discharging, she’s looking to start over and reconnect with the daughter she carried and birthed during her serving time but never had the chance to hold. As they continue to get to know each other, he figures out who Kenna really is, which leaves him conflicted, and she begins to rehabilitate herself with a low-paying grocery store cashier job. Ledger is Kenna’s dead boyfriend’s (Scotty) best friend who’s been taking care of her daughter along with Scotty’s parents.