He was seven. She was four. Neighbors and best friends. He was her protector. She was his reason. Each had their battles but they fought them together. He had a plan. She wasn’t aware.
She was seventeen. He was twenty. Tragedy strikes and their life is derailed. She leaves to heal and fulfill a dream to dance on stage. He is left behind and forgets how to live.
He stops searching. She begins … searching. She begins looking. Can they ever set one another free, or does fate have something else in store for them?
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“He’s always been my weakness, my strength, my protector, and my destroyer. Pretty powerful for one person. I gave him all those titles, all that power, and it is up to me to take it back.”
This book is heartbreakingly fabulous. It is so real. You can feel the love, ache, regret, forgiveness, growth, devastation and loss. The pain is real. The successes are exuberayting. So much emotion throughout.
“…my entire life was thrown into a blender, put on the highest setting and someone opened the lid, and said ‘have fun, find all the pieces, and put them back together again.’”
This is why Brisé is currently sitting as one of my favorite books of all time.
I read Brisé a while ago and I think I waited this long to write this review because I wanted a reason to skim through it again. If you have never read any book from Leigh Ann Lunsford, this is the book that will make you an instant fan. Brisé stirred so many emotions in me from the very first page to the last page. Leigh Ann is beyond creative, expressive, I am not sure what else to stay than she was born to do this.
Brisé ……..
Where do I start with this emotional read. From the first paragraph I started to get a little misty eye and I think I wasn’t prepared from what I was about to read. Leigh Ann did warn me to come with tissues. Do I ever listen? No lol…….BRING YOUR TISSUES!!!!
“ Well, I am a superhero, and we’ll get rid of …………..,” I tell her with all of my seven- year old authority”
“ Okay”, she says, “ I’m going to be a dancer like my mom. You can be my very own superhero, and I will be your ballerina”. Can I just say how this gripped at my heart.
The story follows two childhood friends Lucas Nichols a.k.a Luke and Phoebe Wells. I enjoyed the journey Leigh Ann with both characters from childhood friends to adulthood. Within the book , the relationship between the two friends change and how each of them handle many situations that was thrown their way.
I loved both characters from the beginning to the end. I loved how strong Phoebe was despite all that was going on around her. How could you not?
I think the more I type I might say too much, so I am going stop now. If you are looking for a story with depth, heartache, healing, forgiveness then this is the story for you. Brisé is very well written, flows beautifully and makes you feel every single thing. Secondary characters were also great.
Bravo!!!!!!!
Favorite quotes:
Phoebe:
“He wraps his arms around me and gives me every ounce of his love. It seeps out of him, enveloping me in its warmth. His love creates a barrier from the outside forces I can’t bring myself to overcome. His love will heal me”
“ It wasn’t a goodbye kiss”, I see the briefest of smiles form on his lips. “ A goodbye has a chance for a hello. This is not goodbye because this is The. End”.
Luke:
” She’s my oxygen and I hers”