Poughkeepsie
What would I do without Goodreads! What would I do without my Goodreads friends who drop these amazing gems into my lap?!
Poughkeepsie was EVERYTHING. If you are looking for something that will make you cry, read Poughkeepsie. If you are looking for some of the most amazing romance you can find, read Poughkeepsie. If you are looking for an adrenaline pumping thrill read, FRICKING read Poughkeepsie!!
There wasn't a male character in this book that I didn't fall madly in love with. There wasn't a female character in this book that I didn't admire... This book had 7 of the most profound (even in odd ways, see Beckett) characters... Blake with his cardboard piano and glass skin, gosh he just made me ache for loving him. Beckett's dimples and bad mouth, Cole's controlled demeanor hiding his tortured past... and Mouse, oh god, how Mouse completely snuck up on me.
Then, the way the story was constructed, as each new POV was added to make the story more rounded was just brilliant. First it was just Livia and Blake, then it was Livia, Blake and Cole and Kyle, then it was Livia and Blake, Cole and Kyle, Beckett and Eve... then you add Mouse, and just keeps going and going, weaving all these amazing characters. And the story, first it was just romance and then that little snowball just got bigger and bigger until you were barely holding on as the ride got more and more intense.
I have quite a few of favorite books marked on Goodreads. But of those, there are only a handful that made me feel this way when I was reading them. They make me feel every single type of emotion, they make me feel exhausted and worn out... they make it so that for days afterwards I'm ruined for anything else.
Debra Anastasia is one more author that Goodreads has led me to discover who just doesn't get enough recognition. People should know this author. I've been permanently affected. I must own this in print.
