Suanne Laqueur's award-winning debut novel The Man I Lovethrilled readers with its memorable characters and depth of emotion. Erik Fiskare's journey of love, recovery and forgiveness captivated hearts but also left questions unanswered. Now Daisy Bianco has a chance to tell her story.
It's been three years since a single lapse of judgment cost Daisy the love of her life. Erik was a conduit to her soul but now he's chosen a path of total disconnection, refusing to speak to her or acknowledge her betrayal. Alone and shattered, Daisy attempts to take responsibility for her actions while building her career as a professional dancer in New York City. But Erik's unforgiving estrangement proves too much for her strength. Plagued by flashbacks to the Lancaster shootings, she falls into a dangerous spiral of self-harm, cutting into her own skin as a means to atone. Only the timely appearance of an old friend, John "Opie" Quillis, saves her from self-destruction and gives her a chance to love again.
Laqueur skillfully weaves flashbacks to the college years with Daisy's present life. Supported by John's patient affection, she works to separate her evolution as an adult from the unresolved guilt and grief of her youth. As her professional accomplishments lift her out of depression, Daisy learns to hold onto her accountability without letting it become her identity. Years pass and she builds a beautiful life filled with dance and friends. Lovers come and eventually go, leaving her on her own with the old thought: Come back to me.
In this parallel narrative, Laqueur peels open the beloved characters from The Man I Love to reveal new and complex layers of vulnerability. The scars from the shooting are deep and pervasive within this circle of friends. Like Daisy, they are trying to evolve without being fully resolved. But when questions from the past go unheeded, you alone must find and give your answers true.
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AMIE'S 5 STAR REVIEW !!
I said all of this after reading The Man I Love BUT just in case anyone missed that review I will say it again !! AMAZING - HEARTFELT - EMOTIONAL - REAL REAL REAL -
This author - Suanne - has a very special and amazing talent. I have never been so drawn into a story before and I found myself taking such time and putting so much effort into each and every word that all 3 of these stories took days and days for me to read. I love reading and I devour books regardless of length and quality but these books I just could not devour quickly. It was so amazing to be wrapped up into their world and I was so thankful to have the time this time around to enjoy a whole week of reading GMYAT and HTS !! This series , these stories are a MUST READ. It has been over a year since I read The Man I Love yet I recall every single scene and emotion. I was not sure I wanted Daisy's story , I was so angry with her and I was feeling so down. I was glad that I gave Daisy this chance. This is not a simple retelling of events from Daisy's POV , this is her journey. We journey with Daisy through therapy and it is during that therapy that we go back to a time where her life was happy and blissful , we then go through chaos with her and then sadly into life after Erik , which I have to say was brutal , more so than Erik's journey. I now understand Daisy so much more and I have to say I was finally angry with Erik, I still love him no doubt and hate what happened but I was upset with how he handled things and once again had to recover from the years of separation. I love male POV and I was thrilled that The Man I Love was told by Erik but now having read Daisy's story and being able to follow so closely with Will , Lucky and some of the others I feel so much more at peace with it all. I was able to indulge with Daisy in fine men and dance , I was able to suffer with her through her dark days and hopelessness and then able to celebrate the possibility of second chances after so many years.
An amazing and beautiful story so full of emotion you will definitely shed tears and pull out hair reading this !! My reviews will never do justice for this series but I am hoping they will at least intrigue others to read and show my appreciation for the amazing talents Suanne has. I am honored to have answered that email over a year ago and so very honored that Suanne still reaches out to me with news of her stories so I am able to be part of her journey.
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