May
Since the moment they met, Ryan and Taylor
have shared an unspoken bond. Taylor’s drawn to Ryan more strongly than she
thought possible and for some reason only he seems able to lift her out of the
darkness in her past.
had fallen apart, and Taylor refuses to risk their friendship now. Somehow she
needs to resist what she’s feeling. Yet, when Marcy leaves for a few weeks just
as Ryan moves in to their shared flat, the tension grows to unbearable
proportions. As the line between right and wrong becomes blurred, Taylor will
have to decide whether she can – or should – turn away from what might be the
love of her life.
romantic, this is a story about real life, true love and the power of
friendship.
The Facts:
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Publication Date:
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May 5th, 2016
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Series:
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Genre:
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Contemporary Romance, Fiction
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Pages:
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320
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Formats:
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eBook, Paperback
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Available at:
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My Review:
cover was definitely the thing that made me want to read it before I even read
the book description. But after reading the book description I definitely
wanted to read ‘The Nearness of You’ even more.
with me. It’s heartbreaking, sad and moving. What definitely made this book unforgettable,
is the way this book just felt real to me. It’s hard to explain what I mean
with that, but I’m going to try.. The emotions in this book were just so good
described you almost started to feel them yourself. For example with the
romance part, you know that it is wrong but you still want it to happen.. but then
again not really. Okay.. I’m not making much sense. LOL! Let’s continue..
through what no one should have to go through. But the one thing that keeps her
going is the friendship between her and her best friend Marcy. But Marcy is
very different than Taylor. Marcy is sparkly, happy and outgoing. While Taylor
just feels down and doesn’t know what to do with her life. One day, Taylor
meets Ryan who makes her feel all kinds of thing she never felt before. She
feels like he understands her without knowing her. But afraid of what she
feels, she leaves without getting names or phone numbers. Months later she
meets him again, but now he is Marcy’s boyfriend. Yep.. It’s really that bad!! Sigh..
think so herself.. I found her character very strong and brave. To get through
what she went through.. I don’t know if I would have been able to go on. Her
melancholy and her feelings are just so understandable. And even though this
book was sad and heartbreaking, it really worked.
that felt like it was missing something. For example the way Ryan felt. You
know how he feels near the end of the book because he is telling Taylor. But
for the most part in this book I just felt like he was playing Taylor a little.
Which is just weird, because in everything he does he seems like a good guy..
But I just wished we had a little more inside in his feelings.
a great and touching read. I definitely recommend it. If you enjoy a good story
which you makes feel all kinds of emotions.. This one is for you.
My Rating:
About the Author:
Sareeta Domingo is a writer and hopeful butrealistic romantic (with a desperate need to qualify things). Born in
Camberwell, South East London, she spent her formative years in Bahrain, when
her family moved there for her father’s job. She currently works as a Senior
Editor at a creative book packager, making up children’s stories by day, and
squeezes writing into her mornings, evenings and weekends. While doing loads of
other really interesting stuff too, obviously…
Having been commissioned to write erotic short stories published in
compilations for Agent Provocateur, and then an erotic novella for Pavilion
Books, she turned her hand to pursuing a (not quite so erotic, but sexy,
emotional, tension-filled) story that had been on her mind for as long as she
can remember. This became her first full-length novel, ‘The Nearness of You’
(Piatkus, May 2016).
She writes occasional reviews of contemporary romance books on her blog, The
Palate Cleanser: http://thepalatecleanserblog.wordpress.com/ , and lives back
in South East London with her husband, her cat, and her daydreams.
please visit her website. Or visit her on Twitter and Facebook.
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