Every once in a while, a book comes along that tears your heart out at the very beginning. It makes you sit up and take notice and wonder how in the hell people can actually survive nightmares like these. It makes you cry big, ugly tears you didn't even know you had in you.
"Kismet", by my newest Diamond, A.E. Woodward, is that book.
Here's the synopsis as posted on Amazon:
"Katie's world came crashing down in an instant.
Her husband, daughter, and unborn baby...all gone in a flash. The life that she'd come to know, gone before she ever really got to live it.
With a broken heart, she deals the only way she knows how, by shutting it all off. No communicating, no feelings, just pure nothingness.
Alone with nothing but her own thoughts and a well meaning family, she moves back to her childhood home, a horse farm. It's there that she finds herself healing along with the horses her family rehabilitates. But when Parker McKenzie comes back into her life she's reminded of all that went wrong, and all that she lost.
Will Katie ever begin to heal? Or will her secrets and loss be too much for her to overcome?
Perhaps, this is her kismet."
I went blind into this book. Didn't read any reviews. Didn't read the synopsis. So it should be no surprise that I shed some tears in the beginning. But oh boy. If I had only known....
"Kismet" is so well written, that as a wife and mom, I can really feel myself in Katie's shoes. I can feel the heartache. It's the same heartache all mothers fear the most. And let me just say, there is a reason we all fear it so much. It is not fun. Not at all. But in this case, I'm so glad I experienced it.
I did have a couple small problems with the book: I felt like some of the emotions from the accident could have been dealt with on a deeper level. And there were some time frame issues that threw me off.
But by the end, I didn't care. In fact, even as I write this I'm trying hard to remember what irked me because I'm so shell shocked that none of the negatives matter any more. And if you find yourself feeling irritated while reading this, keep going!! It's about to smack you in the face like a baseball bat.
"Kismet" is the first book to surprise me in a long time. And I really think it will surprise you, too. I highly recommend you get it by clicking here.
A.E. Woodward and her book "Kismet" get a tear-jerking
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