Live Without You
(is this cover not just gorgeous??)
Author: Sarah Grace Grzy
Genre: Christian fiction
Content: Piper gets shot in the first chapter, flashbacks to a gang shooting, and memories of medical trauma.
Main Characters: Piper Redding and Ezra Bryant
Synopsis:
Piper Redding is a loner, but lonely. Everyone she loves has abandoned her and opening her heart to others is just asking for more pain. She can’t help but blame herself for her brother’s tragic death six years ago, and in her guilt, she shuts herself off from the world. No one could love her—not even the God who promised to be there for her but wasn’t.
For paramedic Ezra Bryant, failure is not an option. He’s had enough of it, and only by God’s grace is he able to put it behind him. But when a traumatic event brings Piper’s greatest fear and Ezra’s failures to light, can they use that event to allow God to mend their broken pieces? Can love triumph over fear, and grace over guilt?
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What I Thought:
I am an emotional mess. My feelings are all over the place what is this. Am I happy? Am I sad? What are emotions? I went in for a fluffy feel-good time. Why did I expect that from a title like this?
Okay but in all seriousness, this was beautiful. Piper and Ezra's stories were perfectly realistic, and wonderfully woven. There were a couple of times where the pacing was a bit fast for my taste, but it's a novella, so I kind of expected it.
I fell in love with the characters from the first page. They felt like people I could be friends with (and Ezra is totally swoon-worthy, am I right?). I loved the relationships in this story; Piper and Ezra, Ezra and Tyler, Ezra's dad and pretty much everybody, they were all great. The faith content was presented in a way that was consistently there but not in your face. Piper's redemption is such a sweet arc.
Agh, it was just... It was pretty darn near perfect. If you like friends-to-lovers, kitties, pizza, or stories that tug on your heartstrings, this is definitely the book for you.
Overall rating: 5 hot cocoas out of 5
About the Author:
Sarah Grace Grzy is a voracious reader, and if it weren’t for this crazy thing called 'Life,' she’d be tempted to spend all her days in front of a wood stove, book in one hand, coffee mug in the other.
A lover of learning, she finds enjoyment in many things and has more hobbies than she knows what to do with. Sarah Grace is a freelance web and graphic designer, and when not working, spending time with her ever-growing family, or reading, she can be found painting, playing the piano, or fangirling with her sisters and friends. She inhabits the State of Great Lakes, and wouldn’t want to live anywhere else—unless it meant she could have a baby penguin, in which case, she’d gladly move to the South Pole.
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Huge shout-out to Sarah Grace and her fabulous tour coordinator, Victoria Lynn, for including me in this tour! Y'all, seriously, go check out this book and this lady. Both are wonderful. ;)
~ Abby
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