Apr
The other day I was having a moment. I was starting a new ARC, and although the start wasn’t bad at all, I just couldn’t really get into it. So I ended up on my Amazon app and saw the cover of ‘The Things We Leave Unfinished’. This book got some raving reviews, and I decided I really needed to read it. Especially since it seemed a little different than your ‘average’ romance novel.
And it was. ‘The Things We Leave Unfinished’ is a story told in two different timelines. We have Scarlett’s timeline in England during World War II, and Georgia’s timeline set in the present in Colorado, US. Their lives couldn’t be more different, and from the very first page of this book I was hooked and desperate to find out what was going to happen with these characters.
The characters in this book are so fun to get to know. First we have Georgia, a newly divorced twenty eight year old who lost almost everything in her divorce. She now realizes her life was a scam. She moves back to her great grandmothers estate in Colorado and meets the arrogant but handsome bestselling author Noah. As an author, Noah hopes to finish Georgia’s great grandmother Scarlett’s latest novel. But Georgia and Noah want very different things. And it was exciting to read about their journey and developing relationship.
And then we have Scarlett, a hardworking woman ahead of her time who meets Jameson, a handsome pilot during World War II. Both Georgia’s and Scarlett’ story hooked me from the start. They are two different love stories, but both equally beautiful, intense and they both have some toe curling chemistry. And I simple couldn’t get enough. I especially loved how we get to read Scarlett’s story, and read how her great granddaughters life is decades later. It just felt so special.
This book is filled with romance, and a huge twist I for sure didn’t see coming. And it left me feeling super emotional.. but in a good way. I grew up listening to the stories about my great grandfather who died during World War II, and I thought about him a lot while reading this book. It made it all the more special.
‘The Things We Leave Unfinished’ is a book that will stay with me for a long time. It really touched me, and I desperately want to tell my grandma about it. Funny, how some stories can touch you so. I’ll definitely be reading more books by Rebecca Yarros.