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Women's fiction
Head of Zeus
368 pages
Publication date 1st April 2018
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One Love, Two Stories.
Anna Cole grew up in care, and is determined to start a family of her own. Theo Montgomery had a loveless childhood, and wants only to find his soulmate.
Then, one day, Theo meets Anna, and Anna meets Theo. Two damaged souls from different worlds. Is their love for each other enough to let go of the pain of their pasts? Or will Anna and Theo break each others' hearts?
There are two sides to every love story. This is Anna's.
My thoughts:
The concept of splitting this story into two separate books is genius. It could so easily have been written as one book, yet I don't think the reader would get half as much detail and enjoyment had it been published that way.
The feelings and experiences that Anna went through which formed her personality over the years from the love-filled years of her early childhood through the tragic loss of her family members and subsequent move to the Midlands all gave Anna tough lessons in life.
Things could have gone in such a different direction for Anna had her mum not have taught her that love makes you feel good. Her friend Shania didn't have that background and but for Anna showing her that life could be different if you choose it to be she too could have ended in a much different place.
The alphabet game - a simple yet effective distraction technique for coping with anxiety - helped Anna through many tricky situations in life and it was the little things like that which she taught Theo which helped him see life differently and that love can get you through tough times.
Ultimately though, Theo's problems proved too deep seated even for Anna to solve and, without giving too much away, an emotional space built up which sadly became a physical distance between the couple. I will be very interested to find out the detail of Theo's story to understand why Anna's tale ended the way it did.
Theo is a very closed person so very little has been shared with us throughout this book which leaves us plenty to learn in the follow up novel which is due out very soon.
A brilliant concept of a story which has been executed to perfection. Huge congratulations to Amanda Prowse - I have laughed, cried and been tormented by the unfairness of life throughout this realistic book.
The feelings and experiences that Anna went through which formed her personality over the years from the love-filled years of her early childhood through the tragic loss of her family members and subsequent move to the Midlands all gave Anna tough lessons in life.
Things could have gone in such a different direction for Anna had her mum not have taught her that love makes you feel good. Her friend Shania didn't have that background and but for Anna showing her that life could be different if you choose it to be she too could have ended in a much different place.
The alphabet game - a simple yet effective distraction technique for coping with anxiety - helped Anna through many tricky situations in life and it was the little things like that which she taught Theo which helped him see life differently and that love can get you through tough times.
Ultimately though, Theo's problems proved too deep seated even for Anna to solve and, without giving too much away, an emotional space built up which sadly became a physical distance between the couple. I will be very interested to find out the detail of Theo's story to understand why Anna's tale ended the way it did.
Theo is a very closed person so very little has been shared with us throughout this book which leaves us plenty to learn in the follow up novel which is due out very soon.
A brilliant concept of a story which has been executed to perfection. Huge congratulations to Amanda Prowse - I have laughed, cried and been tormented by the unfairness of life throughout this realistic book.
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