Collect Hope Over Fear (Over, #1) By J.A. DeRouen Distributed As E-Text
is the day the day that the man I love marries someone else, I dont deserve pity or sympathy, Ive made my bed. I left Mason and ripped his heart to pieces as I ran away, The guilt and sorrow consume me, threatening to choke me everyday,
But today is a new beginning, Today is the day I will wake up with a renewed resolve and determination to do better to be better to be worthy.
My name is Sara Preston, and this is my story about what happens after,Fearless Stars
by Natasha Gentile
So I read the blurb and right away Im sucked in.
I think this is going to be a heart breaker, Tear jerker, even though Ive never cried at a book before, but you know Im trying my hardest, What I'm not expecting is to snort out laughing and get big grins on my face, Grins that a Cheshire Cat gets when he has the mouse in his mouth with the tail hanging outThis book was so refreshing.
Ok enough, let me tell you about it,
Meet Sara, A delivery nurse great friend super shy and thinks she doesn't have a right to be happy especially after she broke her best friend/boyfriend's heart.
I believe she ripped it out of his chest and ran away and stomped on it, Ok, maybe not that bad, But she lives with guilt, shes feels guilty for hurting him and she needs to let it go,
When she invited her ex over to apologize to him for breaking his heart, she is the one who gets shocked.
You see Mason is getting married, . UMMMMM excuse meMarried, but how Its too soon,
"No, its not too soon, I knew within the first month of being with Natalie where we were headed, I didnt have to convince her to love me, She just did. Do you know how fking refreshing that was To know that theres someone in this world that adores me, to know that her day is better just because Im part of it Come to think of it, I guess you know that feeling, dont you Sara"
Wow, you can now have the knife back that you just put in my heart and save it for another dayOh wait before I leave let me tell you one more thing.
“You know, no matter where we are or what were doing, youll always be my girl, Sara Marie Preston.
You may not have turned out to be my forever, but youre my girl just the same, Nothing changes that, okay”
Ok, now that you've stabbed my heart and kicked me while I was down, you can so get married to that other girlSeriously.
Luckily shes got two of the best friends that ever existed Marlo and Alex,
Im glad to hear it, Sara, but I just want you to know that its okayif youre not doing great, I mean.
Im here for you in whatever capacity you need, Voodoo dolls and needles Im your girl, Angry chick music and whiskey Sign me up, A bonfire and old love letter Ive got the matches in my pocket, Now, if youre planning on storming the church with ugly girl tears and demanding Natalie hand over your man, you're on your own.
That shit is just bad karma, ”
I mean I seriously want them to call me, Who wouldnt be friends with these girls I want to hang with them, When she wants to wallow in self pity, they dont let her, Hell No!
Good friends take you out, Get you drunk. Get you laid.
"A bad year A wholedays since youve had sex Baby girl, I believe you may be the only twentysomethingyearold woman I know with cobwebs in her vagina.
Thats a damn shame!"
I mean shes never had an orgasm from having her man go “downtown”On second thought maybe its a good thing Mason left.
I mean dude talk about being greedy,
So she sets off to finally be in the living again, She has the opportunity to volunteer at the local outreach clinic, She is so ready for this, She is going to rock this, . UMM, who is that That my friend is Adam, OH ADAM. . OH ADAMdid I mention Adam!!!
The man is sitting with one leg on the desk, leaning into her while whispering quietly with a smirk on his face.
He is, in one word, beautiful, He has thick, black, bed head hair, chiseled cheekbones, broad shoulders, and a sex five oclock shadow One look tells me all I need to know.
Hes one of those guysthe type who remain eternally unaffected, Unaffected by everything and everyone around him, Unfortunately, thats the kind of guy who always turns me into a blubbering mess, Its as if their confidence is like a vacuum that sucks the selfesteem right out of my body, I become an awkward teenage girl who cant form complete sentences, Its humiliation, and I usually steer clear of those guys out of selfpreservation, since I dont particularly enjoy looking like an asshat.
What she doesnt know is that Adam has his own secrets, Secrets that he guards and protects, Can she be the one who he lets in with those secrets and can he be the one who makes her feel like she is worthy of someones love
"I see a girl who loved her best friend enough to let him go.
Someone with the courage to not settle for the familiar and comfortable, but to hope for that allencompassing love, The real question is do you love me enough"
Simply hoping that you survive your fear.
A wonderful debut novel, It gave me sugar and spice and everything nice kind of feelings, It was also at times sad and I even got exasperated, but it mostly made me smile with its lightheartedness, sweet and sexy swoonyness.
Sara ended her relationship with her best friend and boyfriend Mason, But in doing so, she felt badly and underserving, When she learns that Mason can forgive her, has found happiness and is moving on, she feels shes “finally ready to move forward.
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“Im a work in progress”
Even though I felt the storys progression was on the leisurely side, it was never confusing with the flash from the past chapters which gave the plot a broader background.
The story incorporated a very diverse and closeknit group of friends, who did wonderfully as supporting characters by adding humor and wisdom.
I seriously fell for the male lead, He had just the right amount of confidence and seduction
“Invite me in, ” Theres no question. Hes not asking. Its a gentle command.
And at the same time a goodness and vulnerability that made him perfect for Sara, She felt free to express herself and find her inner voice with him,
“My soul feels lighter at the mere sight of him, Complicated feels simple. Unlikely feels inevitable. Only he makes me feel this way like I can climb whatever mountain life puts in our path, ”
Hope Over Fear is a nice change of pace for me, Even when I didn't identify with the protagonist, the narrative was such that I definitely empathized with her and I gladly accompanied her on a journey to a place of joy and happiness while going through pain, heartache and epiphanies along with her old and new friends and of course Mr.
Makes my soul feel lighter himself,
“Fall into me, Sara, Because God knows Ive fallen into you, ”
This is the first book in the series Over and can be read as a standalone, But since this is a series, I wonder who will be next And if there will be a connection within the group I know Ill enjoy reading about whoever J.
A. chooses to be next.
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Publication Date: Julyth,
What a great read! I thought it was going to be a melodramatic or bittersweet romance but it turned out to be very sweet and at times funny.
Who would have thought
J, A. Derouen writes in a manner that is so uncanny and realistic, From the very beginning when we meet main protagonist, Sara Preston, J, A. paints her story and upheavals in such a solid and genuine narrative that you cant help but live through her triumphs, heartbreaks and revelations, and all of the wonderful relationships she makes throughout this journey including embracing a new romantic love interest!
Hope Over Fear was a beautifully relayed and unique story that definitely stunned me and makes me want more from this author!! It without doubt won me over! Seeing that this is indeed a series although Sara's story is a standalone, I REALLY hope that J.
A. touches on some of the characters that she introduces in HOF and allows them to have their own stories to come to life! Pretty please
Great debut
J.
A. Derouen!
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