2021 is the year I started reading Jewel E Ann and 2022 is the year I'm really starting to put a dent in her backlist. And I'm not mad about it. Each story she creates is unique and so different.
I'd been warned about the Life duet, but give me twisted books. Give me something different and something with some meat on the bones. Be warned that you may not like everything that happens, but Life isn't easy. At least book one will make you fall in love with some amazing characters before you are destroyed....With that said, don't stop on book 1. Actually, I don't think you can...so buckle up and enjoy the messed up ride....
The Life That Mattered started with a prologue that gets you. You don't really know what to make of it, but it's kind of confusing. But then JEA takes us back to the beginning of this story. Back to 3 friends, back to 2 couples, back to 1 life.
We start the story with 3 friends that have travelled together to Vancouver. Evelyn and Lila have been friends for years. They are more like sisters and they will always love each other as such. Then there is Graham. He got to be a part of their circle in college and then they become the 3. 3 best friends that would do anything for one another in their own ways. When Evelyn runs into Ronin at a little coffee shop, she is smitten. But this is just a one time thing, right? Luck would have it that the very next day, Ronin is leaving to his new job....in Aspen....where Evelyn lives! How perfect, right??
What starts out with a gut punch prologue, turns into a story of an instalust/instalove between Ronin and Evelyn, with a side of Lila and Graham's wedding preparations. But we also get to see how Graham views his friendships and how close Lila and Evelyn are. I LOVED the girls friendship and how they loved one another through everything. I loved the setting and how quickly Ronin fit into Evelyn's life. But I had this weird feeling about some things sitting there in the back of my mind. You know when you just feel something is off with one person, but aren't quite sure what it is, but it kind of feels icky? That's what I was getting as a little tickle back there.
BUT then there was Evelyn and Ronin and I just loved them. I loved how much Ronin loved Evie and I loved his beauty and strength (and maybe he's dirty mouth). He was just this side of perfect and made me fall in love with yet another JEA couple.
This is the book that feels like everything is fine and dandy and just full of love. Until it's not and then we are left on a cliffhanger. Good thing book 2 is out, because I'm ready to jump in.
For a beautiful, well-told character driven story, look no further. Jewel E Ann is amazing at crafting stories and characters that are unique, quirky and sexy all at once. They draw you in and make their journey relatable. But be warned of a twist that is knocking on the door and will throw you in book 2. For now, you are left with a cliffhanger......
"Life wasn't easy. It wasn't always beautiful. Some days it was flat-out cruel. But.....it undeniably worth it."
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Jewel gets me every time, this book threw me for a loop and rocked my world. So good.It is no secret that Jewel is one of my favorite authors. In fact, the first books I read by her were Transcend and Epoch. If you were a fan of the Transcend Duet, The Life that Mattered is tight up your alley. A romantic thriller down to the heart of it.The story is told over a span of years and I immediately fell hard and fast in love with Ronin and the way he and Evie connected. It was instant, but it felt natural and so so so real. Ronin’s character really reminds me of Griff from the Transcend Duet and it’s so good!Also integral to this story are Evie’s best friends, Lila and Graham. They have a shared history that is complicated, sometimes confusing, but also as important to Evie as that of her family and Ronin. And as the story progresses, it becomes clear these two are key to the telling of Evie and Ronin’s story.It didn’t take long for me to figure out there is much, much more going on to this story than meets the eye and I highly recommend you jump in and try your hand at figuring out what is going on! It really took me for a wild, wonderful ride and I cannot wait to see how the story ends!I have so many questions, so many theories and I cannot stop thinking about that prologue!
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 12, 2020
