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But I Love Him [Paperback]

Amanda Grace
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)

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Book Description

May 8, 2011

Sometimes at night, I wake up and stare at the heart for hours. I think of how I collected each piece from the beach, how I glued it all together into one big sculpture. I wonder if Connor realizes what it means, that he'll always have a piece of me no matter what happens. Each piece of glass is another piece of myself that I gave to him.

It's too bad I didn't keep any pieces for myself.

At the beginning of senior year, Ann was a smiling, straight-A student and track star with friends and a future. Then she met a haunted young man named Connor. Only she can heal his emotional scars; only he could make her feel so loved - and needed. Ann can't recall the pivotal moment it all changed, when she surrendered everything to be with him, but by graduation, her life has become a dangerous high wire act. Just one mistake could trigger Connor's rage, a senseless storm of cruel words and violence damaging everything - and everyone - in its path.

This evocative slideshow of flashbacks reveals a heartbreaking story of love gone terribly wrong.

 

 

 


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"A disturbing reverse chronology of a love gone horribly wrong... Powerful and Compulsively readable." --Kirkus

"Intense, scary, and that addictive mix of pretty and ugly. This is what a 5-star book looks like."
--Naughty Book Kitties review blog

"Beautifully written and wholly believable...This novel is a departure for Grace--who has written light, frothy tween novels under the name Mandy Hubbard--and marks her as a voice to watch in YA fiction." --Booklist

About the Author

Amanda Grace is an alias for Mandy Hubbard, who is the author of Prada & Prejudice, You Wish, Ripple (all published by Razorbill/Penguin), But I Love Him and In Too Deep (both published by Flux). In Too Deep has been named a Junior Library Guild selection. She is a literary agent for D4EO Literary, where she represents authors of middle grade and teen fiction. Grace is currently living happily ever after with her husband and young daughter in Tacoma, Washington. For more information, visit her online at: AmandaGraceBooks.com.


Product Details

  • Age Range: 12 and up
  • Paperback: 264 pages
  • Publisher: Flux (May 8, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0738725943
  • ISBN-13: 978-0738725949
  • Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #398,660 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Amanda Grace is a pen name for young adult author Mandy Hubbard. She's the author of PRADA AND PREJUDICE, YOU WISH, RIPPLE, and other novels for teens. She lives outside Seattle, Washington, with her husband and young daughter.

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We get a good look at how that can happen in this book. TotalBookaholic  |  12 reviewers made a similar statement
I liked this book because it made me feel for the characters; both of them. Nicoleabouttown  |  7 reviewers made a similar statement
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond words May 9, 2011
Format:Paperback
I've always seen positive reviews for Mandy Hubbard, and I've always wondered what about her writing made readers so keysmashing enthusiastic. I joined the Mandy Hubbard fan club once I finished reading her paranormal romance, RIPPLE. I loved the way she paced the story, the way she slowly built up the tension and romance and then let it explode the last 100 pages. That book got me excited for this book. And I must say: BUT I LOVE HIM is probably the better of the two.

You know how they say it's impossible for a writer of paranormal to switch over to contemporary w/out losing quality and/or disappointing fans? COMPLETE BULL$#^%. Mandy Hubbard flow can flow freely between genres. BUT I LOVE HIM is the best book I've read in a long time.

BUT I LOVE HIM is the story of Ann, a girl broken in half. It's about Ann's abusive relationship, and how she got into the whole mess, told in reverse chronological order. (So it starts at their 1-year anniversary, and continues to jump back until we're at the day Ann and her boyfriend meet.)

There are so many things that made me love this story, but I'll start with the first: the reverse chronological order. Picking up a book and flipping to the first couple pages sounds like an easy, light task, right? Right?
No. As soon as you lay eyes on the first couple of lines, you meet Ann. You meet Ann on the floor, right after she's been hurt by Connor. I've always thought that stories should start out with strong beginnings, but this one, it knocks the wind out of you.

Seeing Ann at her worst dragged me in. Seeing how Ann got there pulled me along. I don't think the book would be as powerful if it weren't told backwards.

The second thing that made me love this story: the villain. In nearly all the dating violence books I've read, there is one villain. And that villain is the person who does the abusing. That villain is cruel, mean, and ugly. That villain is flat. The villain is a villain, plain and simple. There's nothing else to it.

Not in BUT I LOVE HIM. Ann isn't the only that's broken. Connor is, too. There's a whole story on why Connor does the things he does, and what possibly influenced him from early on. I just could not hate him, much as I should have or wanted to. Connor wasn't a villain, as in the ninety-nine other dating violence books I've read. That's what sets BUT I LOVE HIM apart from those other stories.

The third: it beat me up. Each page was a bruise on my arm. Every time Connor unleashed himself on Ann, it felt like a knife was jabbed into my side. Cause that's what this book makes you do: feel.

I can't even begin to describe how much I loved this book. It's intense, scary, and an addictive mix of pretty + ugly.

This is what a 5-star story looks like.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Review from Blkosiner's Book Blog September 15, 2011
Format:Paperback
On one hand, I really enjoyed and sped through But I Love Him, but on the other, I still have reservations.
I think that the positive part is definitely the winner though because this is an issue that is near to my heart, and it is really hard to tackle it in a way that will suit everyone. But a book like this has a very powerful message that women all around need to hear and remember. It's easy to say, that's where I would walk away... but it's not that simple. And the way that Ms. Hubbard/Grace did it in reverse order, where it wasn't so easy to pin an exact moment that the reader can point to, because when you're in it, in love, that moment is just as unclear.
I really like the character of Abby, it is the definition of a true friend, and I like the characterization of Ann. Sometimes we have the kick ass heroines, and it's good to admire that, but I think that Ann is more of what you find in real life--with real strengths, and with all too real weaknesses.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Shattered Potential August 13, 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I wanted to love BUT I LOVE HIM, but I couldn't.

Mandy/Amanda is the queen of powerful, intriguing concepts. Who wouldn't want to read a book about a story of an abusive relationship, written backwards? Unfortunately, the book did not live up to its potential.

The characters were very flat. There was room for development in every single relationship in the story. Ann's relationships with Connor, Blake, Abby, her mother, and her deceased father - they all missed the mark. It wasn't as raw as I had hoped, not powerful enough. The dialogue often seemed very melodramatic. The end of the book far exceeded the beginning, but there was opportunity for so much more.

Mandy did get a few important things right. The reverse-chronological order of the story eliminates the moment that the reader would say, "that is when I would have left". We can sympathize with Connor without promoting his actions. We can understand, by the end, why Ann would have fallen in love with him, and wanted to stay that way. I was crushing on him myself, even though I was aware of the terrible things he had done to Ann. It's hard to walk away from a person when you can remember the moments they made you so happy, and cling to the hope that those moments will return.

On a completely irrelevant note, BUT I LOVE HIM was originally titled, SHATTERED, and I have to admit that I much prefer the original title.

Very close to a good novel, but just missed the mark.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great perspective on domestic violence
Great perspective on domestic violence. This book provides the account of a young girls relationship which involves domestic violence and total control. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Katie Shiver
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
But I Love Him keeps you wanting to read more. Amanda Grace does a great job illustrating the emotional complexity of abusive relationships. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Danielle
3.0 out of 5 stars Dark and sad
I thought the book was interesting, however I didn't care for the way it was written. The time line was backwards and it left too many questions on what happened with the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by I <3 Kellan Kyle
2.0 out of 5 stars KDH Reviews
I decided to pick up But I Love Him based solely on the description of the book. I didn't read any reviews before I started the book, but I wish I had. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Kayla Harrison
5.0 out of 5 stars I love him but...
One of those books you can't help but fight the characters on the pages. An emotional disaster in the making that is hard to swallow. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Morris
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Read This
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3.0 out of 5 stars For abusive relationships
I liked But I love him because it deals with an abusive relationship. Ann is a happy and social girl who falls in love with Connor. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Azul
5.0 out of 5 stars Heart breaking story
If you are looking for a book that is emotional and tense so read this book. The way it was written really spoke to me. Well done!
Published 10 months ago by Samantha
4.0 out of 5 stars Get it!!!
-And today will just be another day in a long chain of disappointments...-

COVER LOVE!!!-sorry, I had to say it-
I finished But I Love Him over the weekend. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Alba
4.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 Stars
I had to sleep on this one a couple of nights before reviewing. But I Love Him is a heart breaking story of a young girl thinking she has what it takes to heal a very broken boy. Read more
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