From the BLURB: When Lauren and Ryan’s marriage reaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. They decide to take a year off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. One year apart, and only one rule: they cannot contact each other. Aside from that, anything goes. Lauren embarks on a journey of self-discovery, quickly finding that her friends and family have their own ideas about the meaning of marriage. These influences, as well as her own healing process and the challenges of living apart from Ryan, begin to change Lauren’s ideas about monogamy and marriage. She starts to question: When you can have romance without loyalty and commitment without marriage, when love and lust are no longer tied together, what do you value? What are you willing to fight for? This is a love story about what happens when the love fades. It’s about staying in love, seizing love, forsaking love, and committing to love with everything you’ve got. And above all, After I Do ...
Hello Darlings Readers, Well. If nothing else 2016 was a year for damn good stories – from television shows like Stranger Things , Sweet Vicious , and Cleverman – to all the books listed here … in fact, 2016 was a year in which reality was stranger (and sadder) than fiction, and inside stories – more than ever – seemed like a safer place to hang out and get lost. It feels like I didn’t read or review as many books this year as I normally do, or am happy with – but that’s mostly because I was writing and creating a lot more … the LoveOzYA Anthology , and my becoming a literary agent have happily taken up a lot of time and brainpower. But I can safely say that the books I did read were the ones I made time for and prioritised and it paid off in a big way with some rewarding, nourishing stories and writing. So, without further ado – here’s my list (in no particular order) of the books I freakin’ loved reading in 2016. ◘◘◘ The Sidekicks by Will Kostakis I’ve often said that I crave...
