"From This Day Forward" by Shannon Myers - Book Review
- Shannon Myers
- Oct 11, 2017
- 4 min read
Synopsis:
Elizabeth tries to pick up the pieces when her marriage falls apart, but after an accident she finds that nothing in her life is as she remembers it- including her husband. Excerpt- "I'd always played it safe and look where it got me. My life ended the day he walked out the door. I just needed one night of recklessness to grieve the end of my marriage. I didn't plan on meeting him. What if it's too good to be true? Do people actually get the life they deserve?"
Meeting the author:
This book was completely different from any other book I have read. I actually met Shannon at Penned Con in St. Louis last month. I regret that I did not buy her books there but I did not meet her until the last night at the Casino award show. I was seated with her at one of the tables and she was next to me. I introduced myself and ask if she was an attendee or author. She advised me she was an author. I then looked her up on Amazon and that night, when I got back to my hotel room, I purchased the audio book. I regret I did not get a picture with Shannon but I can hope she will be at Penned in 2018, which I already purchased my VIP ticket for. When I got home the next day, I started listening to it, and I really enjoyed it. I normally read/listen to a lot of mystery, Sci-Fi, and paranormal books so this one was different for me to try out.
My Review:
I want to make this as spoiler free as possible but with this story it is hard to keep to yourself. So, lets see what I can do.
In the first of the book we meet Elizabeth and she is talking about her current marriage to Landon. She is happy and life is going great. She has the best friend in the world, Jess, but somewhere something changes.
She goes out to a club, meets this one of a kind man, David. She is enjoying her self and drinking the night away. She is caught up with her attraction for him that she agrees to leave for a night with him but before she knows it, she wakes up confronted with the fact she was in a horrific car accident. But her life is not as she remembers it. She is now married to someone she only just met a few nights ago, David? She is confused but comforted by the fact that there are so many supporting evidences that she has been married to David for four years. But what happened to her previous life? What happened to the life she remembers with her previous husband, Landon?
The story begins to reveal flashes of memories that she had with her life with Landon but some how it is now happening in reverse with different people. Struggling to remember her life and with her memories of what she once knew, she is also now struggling for her love for David, and her current life she has. But to make things worse, Landon is back, but not as a husband but as a lover of the side. She had her husband, David, are both cheating with other people.
Lets just say this story has, love, cheating, pregnancies, and lots of betrayal. If you are uncomfortable with that form of books, then this book may not be for your.
From the Author- I'm a big proponent of happy endings. I think in a life that is so unpredictable, it's nice to know that our favorite characters will end up together. That being said, From This Day Forward ends in a cliffhanger. There isn't this great resolution that ties up all the loose ends nicely. Why? Because it wouldn't be realistic. Life isn't an old sitcom where every problem is resolved within the thirty minute timeslot. Also, it wouldn't have felt right to rush the characters through certain emotions in order to get an ending that would please everyone. That's why I split it into two books. I know a lot of readers hate being surprised by CH, so I'm doing everyone a solid and mentioning it up front. Believe me when I say that the second book will be grittier, but it will have a HEA for our main character. The second book, Forsaking All Others, was released in July. Review Coming Soon. Currently Reading.
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I am currently starting on book 2, and book 2 hits so close to home for me. Cheating with best friends. I am intrigued to see where the rest of this story goes and how her memories end up. Is she in a coma? Is she laying there with her head bleeding for her accident, dreaming? I am curious to see why the sudden change of life and husbands.
Review coming soon. Currently reading.
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