Release Blitz~~The Weight of Life by Whitney Barbetti @barbetti

by Tera · June 28, 2017

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Mila

“Don’t let go.” Those were my first words to him, as I hung over the side of a London bridge. The words I would soon say again, in a moment that didn’t involve bridges, but something much more fragile: my heart.

He held onto me for three weeks, in a time when I needed to be held. Needed to connect to someone who understood how loss tunneled unrepentantly through the fabric of your soul.

Although he said he’d stay, we both knew he wouldn’t. I had already survived one loss—I didn’t know if I’d survive another.

Ames

She spun into my life like a tornado of smiles and chatter and everything else I’d long avoided, with a persistence that I admired, albeit begrudgingly. She broke down each neat wall I’d constructed without even trying. Her presence alone caused me to remember what it felt like to smile, to look forward to what the day would bring.

But it was only supposed to last three weeks.

“Don’t let go,” she’d pleaded.

I’d promised her I wouldn’t—but I would. I didn’t have a choice.

Tera’s 4 Blush Review

I made a great pick for my first Whitney Barbetti book. The writing is wonderful, the characters perfect and the feels so feely.

Ames and Mila are broken. During a chance meeting on London Bridge, their worlds collide and we are given a story where the “sun” brightens the “dark.” Mila showed Ames there are different ways to greive and that even though a person may be grieving, there’s no reason that person can’t be happy. There is no timeline for grief. There is no reason anyone has to let go and forget. Both of these characters were so amazing because Whitney depicted both of them in times of strength and weakness. We got to see them be human. We saw them fall in love. We felt them heal. I was particularly impressed with Ames and watching his character change and grow and heal from one chapter the the next. The sub-characters were also wonderful and I can only hope to see more from this world.