Take This Regret Series:
#0.5 Lost To You
Heartbreaking. Wrecking. Absolutely amazing.
Unbelievably emotional. Uniquely beautiful.
This is by far the best series I've ever read. I
don't think there's ever been a book (series) that broke my heart as
many times as this one did. My emotions were all over the place just
like those of the characters. I'm almost sure that my words won't do
this series justice, but it's so worth a review so here it is:
The series starts with Elizabeth and Christian
meeting through college and they became study partners. The
attraction was there from the first minute, but Elizabeth tried to
fight her feelings, so they remained friends until neither of them
could take it anymore and they almost exploded with feelings.
“I didn't do flings. I fell in love, and falling
in love with someone like Christian was a mistake I couldn't afford.”
- Elizabeth (Lost To You)
Take This Regret follows their tough time while
trying to decide what is wrong and what is right. There are
flashbacks to the times when everything went wrong. Christian made a
decision he will regret forever. He left Elizabeth when she needed
him most, but he left more behind than just the woman he loved. He
has to fight hard for what he wants. Harder than he might've ever
imagined. He hurt the person he loved the most so deeply that there
might be no second chance.
“We had the power to destroy, to devastate and
ruin, to lay the other to waste.” - Christian (Take This Regret)
They thought they made it, had it all until fate
brings them down again. If Forever Comes deals with more heartache
and emotion than the first two books of the series. Elizabeth spends
her days in a haze, drowning in pain and sorrow. She can't stand
seeing Christian, barely makes it through the days while the pain is
eating her up from inside. It takes a long time until the reader
finds out what really happened, what shattered their life together,
but I had a suspicion and it turned out to be true.
“And when we'd fallen, we had completely fallen
apart.” - Christian (If Forever Comes)
I absolutely fell in love with A.L. Jackon's writing
style. How she describes Christian and Elizabeth's feelings, their
emotions, their heartache. A lot of authors can learn from that. She
describes a feeling so detailed that you feel like it's your own
pain, your own sorrow. I've never read something like this.
I described the books only shortly because otherwise
I would give too much away of what happens during the series.
The stories were a roller coaster ride of emotions.
Elizabeth and Christian were deeply in love, spend four years
together, five years apart, until they eventually found their way
back together. It took a long fight, a lot of pain, true and honest
words, cruel words, and a whole lot of love. But fate shattered their
just created life again, and made them fight even harder for what
they wanted. They had to find out how much they could take.
It's a beautiful story about love, pain, betrayal,
struggle, sorrow and strength.
Christian fought hard for his family, he had to earn
their trust and their love. He had to show Elizabeth that he had
changed, and that he was worth trusting. Elizabeth had to decide if
she could bury the feeling of betrayal, and trust him again.
Even though they both had to go through so much, in
If Forever Comes I really wanted to slap Elizabeth for being such a
selfish woman. It wasn't just her who had to fight the battle. But
even more I just wanted to hug her and Christian. This book made me
so sad and my heart ached for both of them.
“You are the most selfish person I ever met.”
- Christian to Elizabeth (If Forever Comes)
This is one of those series that will stick with you.
That makes you think about choices you've made. That words cut deeper
than any knife ever could. That actions and words can't just be taken
back.
If Forever Comes is more emotional than The Fault In
Our Stars (by John Green), in a completely different way. I love this
series to pieces, and I will definitely buy the paperbacks of this
series so that I can cradle the books in my hands and look at them
all the time.
This series was a huge inspiration for my own
writing. A person who can write like this - describe emotions in such
detailed ways without really repeating herself while describing pain
and sorrow over and over again must be a wonderful person. Thanks
A.L. Jackson for such a great series!
