Title: Against All Odds

Author: Angie McKeon

Release Date: April, 2014

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Our lives shattered… Our hearts broken… Our souls torn to pieces…

He was my world, my whole life. My reason for breathing. I had a perfect marriage, a baby on the way, and I felt fulfilled—almost invincible.

Until the day life hit, leaving me broken, vulnerable, and alone.

She was my life. My ray of hope on the cloudiest day. With her, I thought I had the ultimate safety. A love that would never hurt or betray me. I gave her my heart, my body, and my soul.

Until she broke me, destroying every dream and illusion I had about life, love, and marriage.

In our grief, we made a mistake. A mistake I’m not sure we can come back from.

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WOW!! Gutted…..speechless….emotional wreck….breath taking….beautiful….

My emotions were put through the ringer with this one.  And to think this is Angie’s first novel, leaves me even more speechless.  Her ability to capture your attention and keep you so embedded in their story is a true talent.  I must say I did message Angie a few times while reading the story out of sheer frustration.  I couldn’t understand how I could dislike everyone and need to know their story.  I didn’t want to know I literally needed to know.  I remember thinking at one point, I don’t know who I like or even if I like any one them but I was loving every minute of the book. Kylie, Cooper and Gray are such dynamic, realistic, broken characters that you have to love to hate.  Yes I empathized with them because the underlying causes of their actions are enough to break anyone.   I just didn’t like them along the way.  And that was OK.  You don’t need to fall in love with every character you read, but if you can empathize and feel them, you are connected in such a special way.  Life is not all wine and roses and not every book needs to be a fairytale.  To be frank, I love a torturous read. It’s nice to get lost in the characters problems.  To suffer the highs and lows with the characters is a sign of amazing writing.  I was physically exhausted by the end and loved every minute of the journey!! I can not wait until the next book.

5 ***** does not do this book justice, it is one of the best books I have ever read!!

♥ Sophie

 You know when you were a kid watching a scary movie and every time you knew a very scary part was coming up you would cover your eyes but your curiosity would get the best of you so you would spread your fingers apart a bit so you could see what was going to happen…. Well this was me but as a grown women reading this book. You have no idea how many times I closed my kindle because I couldn’t handle what was to come next but literally 5-10 seconds later open it back up because I just had to know even if I knew it was going to kill me!  At one point want, no wait I take that back at the majority of the book I couldn’t stand Kylie, Cooper or Gray. I did however love Cali Girl (Kylie’s best friend) the whole book she was the best friend every girl needs. No judging just there for her girl no matter what. I wanted to throw something at all three Kylie, Cooper and Gray more then once. But I was so engulfed in their story that I couldn’t stop myself from reading it. This book will make your heart race as if you were in their shoes. It will shock you, it will break your heart, it will turn you on, and it will make you smirk too. You will not regret this book I promise you. The author killed it! Around of applause to her and eeekkk!!! She even teases us at the end with a little glimpse into Grey’s story which is the next book! I give this book and she totally earned all 5 stars!

-Harper

“Look at me, Kylie,” he says.

If I look at him, I’ll die. My heart will crumble, and I won’t make it out of his office. I can’t do it. The pain is unbearable. When I leave here, he’s with her. The thought of him with her, while I’m pining away for him makes me sick.

It destroys me.           

“Please, Ky. I need you to look at me. Don’t do this. Don’t play fucking games with me. I need you to look at me now.”

Just do it. Suck it up.

I turn around and look at him with tears in my eyes and distress smeared across my features like paint on a canvas. My body seeps anguish I can’t hide. I can never hide my heart. My feelings are always written on every seam of my face, every angle of my form. My distress penetrates the air around me, pulling him into my suffering, entangling and entrapping him within the storm that rages in me. I’m broken without him and I’ve been without him for so long that I’ve lost pieces of myself along the way. The jar that holds the last of my heart is about to shatter until nothing is left but shards of the woman I used to be.

“I can’t take this anymore,” I whisper, my voice broken. “We need to talk about us over dinner.”

I can’t give a voice to my thoughts. If nothing changes between now and then, our marriage can’t go on. He’s killing me, and I’m killing him. Together, we’re a car wreck heading straight for a cliff. A cliff that spans a mountain. We are on our way to certain emotional death and this ride’s something I don’t want to be a part of anymore. I want off.

His eyes pierce mine, and I know he knows what I’m thinking. He looks stunned, and for a split second, I see fear. Cold, fucking fear. He sees everything I need him to see and more. I hope he gets it. I hope he understands that this might be the end of our road. We need to have something to work for, or we have nothing. I love him, but this love hurts. It hurts in a way I would’ve never dreamed it could.

 

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A multi-tasker from birth—and now proudly able to add ‘writer’ to my resume—I’m a mother, wife and blogger. I love to read, write and drink copious amounts of iced coffee.

All three aforementioned addictions are detrimental to my sanity.

I have a voracious appetite for dark, painful and twisted reads. I’m enamored with the concept of love and heart break. I believe life is a journey, a tale in its own for each of us. The road to happiness is sometimes paved with stones from hell, or glitters of satisfaction graced from the heavens above.

In my upcoming debut novel, ‘Against All Odds,’ I strive to make you feel. I believe any emotion—whether painful or happy—is good. To me, the key to living is to go through life feeling its ups and downs. Love is dark and it can be painful but, at the end of the day, it can save the most lost of souls and the most broken of hearts

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