What’s it about?
Sophie stopped believing in happy endings a long time ago, but could this love change all of that?
Sophie Winter lives in a self-imposed cocoon – she’s a single, 31-year-old translator who works from home in her one-bedroom flat. This isn’t really the life she dreamed of, but then Sophie stopped believing in dreams when she was a teenager and tragedy struck her family.
So, to be safe, she keeps everyone at arm’s length. Sophie understands she has a problem, but recognising it and knowing how to fix it are two entirely different things.
One night a serious fire breaks out in the flat below hers. Sophie is trapped in the burning building until a passer-by, Ben, sees her and rescues her.
Suddenly her cocoon is shattered – what will be the consequences of this second life-changing event?
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Review
Real heroes do exist! This is just the most perfect romance novel, filled with emotion!
This book opened with a bang. I personally love the damsel in distress theme (it’s so me) and this is exactly what you’re going to get here. It feels like this novel was written especially for me! This Love starts with some very tense chapters with Sophie being trapped in her appartment while there’s a fire raging in the building on the floor below hers. The situation felt authentically tense and dangerous and I’m pretty confident this author could have a go at the thriller genre and write a bestseller. I was very happy her witty remarks also relieved some of the tension because I’m not sure my heart would have survived otherwise; I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry while she was trying to escape. That’s the first time I could feel I was in for an emotional read.
When Sophie gets out safe to the ground she’s rushed off to the hospital; she didn’t even get a chance to thank Ben properly for his involvement in her escape. She assumes she’ll never see him again but of course something brings them back together again and again and the blossoming of their love was so beautiful to witness, it filled my heart. Ben is perfect, he’s humorous, he’s caring… He goes out looking for Fred, her cat, without her knowing, for hours, so who’s not going to love a man like that? Sophie isn’t looking for love though…
I had inadvertently opened a door to allow him a glimpse of a room that very few people ever entered. I really wanted to shut it again, right now, only he had one of his big old size twelve feet in the way, blocking me.
They become best of friends and are growing closer together day by day, but then suddenly when he has his friends over, he can’t get her out of the room fast enough. Did she read him wrongly and will she admit to herself what she’s feeling? Can she get over her feelings of fear for the future because what if he would leave her too, like that other person she loved and was so brutally taken away from her?
Sophie we’re all going to die… eventually. No one can alter that. It’s what you do before that counts. No one should be remembered for how they died. But how you lived… well, that’s something that shouldn’t ever be forgotten.
My heart shuddered quite a few times while reading this novel, it ballooned, almost spilled and was punctured more than once too. It was a joy to get to know Ben, Sophie and all of Ben’s wonderful friends. Even if you think you know where this novel is hurtling to and you think you’ve got it all under control, piece of cake, well you’re wrong, so wrong. If you’re really emphatic you’re going to feel it SO hard.
If you want a tear-jerker, look no further because this book will have you laughing and crying and ultimately leave you with a major book-hangover!
This Love is perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Colleen Hoover. I’ve found myself a new favourite author!
I received a free copy of this novel from the publisher Simon & Schuster in exchange for my honest opinion.
Great review! I love finding new favourite authors and having book hangovers!
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Thank you! There’s still so many out there waiting to be discovered, I love it!
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I’ve read two books by Dani so far and loved them so I’ll definitely be reading this one. At some point. 😄
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That’s great to hear, you won’t regret! I had two novels on my ereader but never got round to reading them (This Song and Fractured) but then this landed in my lap and I’m so happy it did, I would also have gotten to it in 10 years probably otherwise :-).
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Great review!
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Thank you Linda !!
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I used to be so scared of fire when I was small! But it does make a good thing for a damsel in distress story! I love the sound of this one, it seems filled with the right emotions are the right place to avoid being boring!
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It wasn’t insta-love so that’s good, it was slow and getting to know each other which I like, and then there’s humour in the story but also a more serious side. This was really a surprise-author to me and I can really recommend 🙂
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What a brilliant review! I adored this book too, it’s so beautiful and it’s one that stays with you. You’ve captured it so well in your review. 🙂
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Thank you so much Hayley!! I’d really like to read more stories like this one!
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Emotion, romance! Girl you got my attention and especially a damsel in distress! I love Colleen Hoover, especially the emotion aspect of her books so I think I defiantly need to give this one a try! Great review, I’m glad you liked it so much :).
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Yes you’ve GOT to read this, I’m very confident that you’ll love it ;-). This was my first novel by Dani Atkins but definitely not my last either :-). Thanks Amanda!
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I think I will too! I’ll defiantly check it out :). You’re so welcome!
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This is a genre I have never connected with, and yet your reviews compels me! I can feel your enthusiasm in this ❤ So wonderfully written.
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I can’t hide it when I really love a book :-), I don’t think I even have to share my rating of 5* novels, it’s that obvious :-). Only in books I find perfect love and perfect guys ;-), I think that’s what attracts me so much. Thank you!
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This sounds beautiful. The first chapters do sound tense due to the fire but I like the damsel in distress angle. I can’t remmber the last time a book made me laugh and cry. Definitely one for my TBR. Great review!
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Thank you Diana and I hope you’ll read this one, it has everything to make you fall in love with it 🙂
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I love that you loved this book. It does show in your review and it makes me feel like I want to be dragged into this world! 🙂
I’ll ad this to my TBR so when one of my YA mood strikes, I shall give this a go… I’m a sucker for tear-jerkers and book hangovers!
Gosh, this reminds me of a series I read.. it was YA.. maybe a year or two ago… crikey, I was a blubbering mess and it was all about love and romance and young people but it was sooo sad at times.. like proper ugly cried! If I can find the series on Goodreads I’ll pop you a rec over.. you may not like it, but never know 🙂
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I’m glad it showed :-). Please do send me your rec, now I really want to know which one you’ve read 🙂 and I really want to read more like these!
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A cool plot twist, he STARTED THE FIRE! 😛
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If it was a psychological thriller yes but in this love story no, it was just a party gone bad 😉
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I guess it could be one dark and twisted love story! I mean, Belle falls in love with her jailer… Shades of Stockholm Syndrome… but everyone oww’s and ahhs and Disney made it a thing. So, I mean, it COULD work!
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