As I have said before, L.J. Shen is by far one of my favorite authors. When I see a new book by her, I download immediately and I know that I will love it. Beautiful Graves is not like most of her other books, this book reminds me of "In the Unlikely Event, with a love triangle trope. The book isn't a dual point of view book, which I think would have been hard with the love triangle twist, so as much as I would have loved the other point of views I get the reason why. This book is a little dark and tragic, the main character goes through a lot of tragedy and I found my heart breaking for Everlynne. The way that Everlynne dealt with some of the tragic things she went through was hard to watch, she is a "runner" when it comes to dealing with her emotions, I wanted her to quit running and hiding. After the tragedy that she went through, she wanted to stick with the safe route and run when things got too hard or messy and boy did life get messy for Everlynne. Have I mentioned a love triangle? I don't want to give away any spoilers for this book, I really feel like you should jump into this one with your eyes closed and your mind open. Regarding the love triangle, I think we could all tell who was the right guy for Everlynne, even if it took more tragedy and more running for Everlynne to finally catch up and figure things out herself. I really enjoyed reading this book, I was sucked in from the first chapter and couldn't stop reading until I finished it, it's such a unique book. I would give this book 5 stars.
Favorite Excerpts
“Thank you for saving me, Everlynne.”
“I didn’t save you . . . ?” I say.
“Yet.” His smile is slow and teasing and screams trouble. “But now you owe me one. And I always collect.”
“I’m glad we’ve met again,” I say, before I forget. “I’ve got an important question, and it’s been bugging me ever since I saw you.”
He blinks at me, waiting for more. I take a deep breath. “Guns N’ Roses or Nirvana?”
_ _ _ _ _
He kisses the crown of my head. “Thank you. I know this hasn’t been easy for you. But I’m here to stay. You won’t regret this decision.” Then, after a pause. “By the way, I’m the decision.”
★★★★★
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