Dani had her entire life planned out by the time she was thirteen. She was going to marry the boy who stole her heart – her brother’s best friend – have a great life, and live happily ever after. Then tragedy struck and Dani had to bury those childhood dreams in a pine box along with the love of her young life.The memory of what she lost haunted her until she disappeared into the night, leaving … leaving behind everyone, and everything she’d ever known.
Years later, she returns home to find everything has changed. When she meets Kyler, there is something about him that gets past the walls around her heart. Will she let fear control her, or will she let go of the past and learn to love again?
more
It’s been a long time since a book completely ripped my heart out and stomped on it, then slowly collected each piece and put my it back together again. This book evoked so many raw emotions: love, heartbreak, desperation, hope, happiness, joy. I am honestly at a loss for words to describe just how beautiful this book was. I smiled, I sobbed, I almost threw my kindle, I laughed and then cried some more. Such an emotional roller coaster that I wasn’t sure I wanted to end. I can’t wait for the next book, I just know it’s going to be amazing.
This is the 1st in a new series and what a wonderful beginning this story is. Dani though she had her whole life planned out with her childhood sweetheart until tragedy strikes and everything changes. When Dani returns home after being away from home for years, she meets Kyler and the attraction between them is instantaneous. This is a beautifully written tale which is heart-wrenching and is an emotional roller coaster throughout and is a raw, gritty, and powerful poignant love story. I cannot wait to read more from this author, and I recommend her work for all.
Just.. AMAZING!!! The first half of the book I felt like my heart was going to literally rip from my chest. BUT!!! The present and future is something to look forward to in some hot sizzling ways!! I didn’t realize that this book was Stefanie’s FIRST BOOK?!?! She was destined to be an author! It was seriously in the stars! It was that good! I’m looking forward to reading book 2 right now!!
This is the first book that I’ve read by this author and I didn’t know what to expect. However i’m
extremely glad I did as this book was a beautiful read. This book is written fantastically so be prepared and to shed some tears.
This is book #1 I Never planned on you.
Dani has had her life planned out just how she wanted it since she was very young or she though that she had that was until fate, life stepped in and decided no, things change.
Danielle goes through a hell of a lot, she goes through a complete traumatic experience and her world is blown apart. Dani’s whole journey through is extremely tough.
Kyler is a lovely, sweet, loyal man who is absoulutley beautiful. Kyler is very understanding and seems to be the one thing that Dani needs and he seems to know how to get to her. Kyler tries to show Dani that it is okay to love again and tells her its okay. They go through acceptance and he helps her to love and understand.
This author her style of writing is awesome, this book will send your emotions on a total emotional roller-coaster it will have your laughing and crying at the same time. This book is so emotional and this book is full of love, heartbreaking times, very very raw and some hope and understanding later.
This is author has written these characters absolutely fabulous she has got it spot on, she really knew how to make the characters connect with the reader and I couldn’t put this book down I just had to read on. This book will keep you fully engaged.
I really felt what these characters were going though and sometimes it was so very difficult and I felt my heart breaking.
I cant wait to read the next book by this author and I will be highly recommending this book to everyone.
Thank You to the author and the publishers for allowing me to read a copy of this book.
ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.
This book is out now.
This book is a roller coaster of emotions start to finish. The book start off when the romance of Dani and Emmett who is Dani’s brother. The relationship between Dani and Emmett is great but there is a tragic event that I didn’t see coming. There are a lot of raw emotions in this book. She meets Kyler when she least expects it. Kyler shows Dani that there is a lot to live for when goes back home. Kyler and Dani relationship starts of rocky and it gets better. You will have to read this book to see if Kyler and Dani get there happy ending after everything that has happened.
Dani lost the love of her life unexpectedly and had to disappear from their world. Now she is ready to return to her family and her friend Haylee but things have changed. Her brother and Haylee are now in love and living with Kyler. Kyler quickly becomes a great friend to Dani but feelings grow but how do you get over the guilt of moving on. Such a wonderful story of healing and love.
** spoiler alert ** Wtf did I just experience, Wrecked Emotionally
I cried , I cried some more and then when I thought there was nothing left I curled up in the foetal position and cried some more. The hurt that Danielle felt when she lost “ Emmett” the boy she had loved since she was 13 years old, they had plans and dreams and were going to live and grow old together. Life was as it was meant to be, until tragedy strikes and Emmett is taken from this world and allDanielles Dreams are gone.
The pain that Danielle experiences jumps out of the pages into you and you feel and experience her pain as if it has happened to you
The hurt is real and raw , very rarely has a book made me feel this way and I was a bloody mess. I started to relive my own pain of losing a loved one , not a partner like our leading lady but a loved one where the hurt was intense.
The journey we are taken on with Danielle and how she is thrown into a world without Emmett,
Years pass and so much happens ( you need to read as I’m nit going to spoil it for you) and without realising it Live knocks on Danielle’s door again ( sort of ) in the form of her brothers best friend. Can she do this again after losing Emmett also her brothers best friend.
We are taken in the moving forward with her , the guilt felt by doing so the strange feelings that she begins to feel and likes.
Then realising that by not allowing herself this chance of living again and being loved that she is disrespecting the memory of Emmett, he had his chance of a forever and always taken from him for them and she was wasting the chance she was given even though it was not with Emmett
I learnt and realised so much being able to experience and learn and grow with Danielle in her stages of recovering from grief and allowing herself to be able to experience falling in love and being loved again when she meets Kyler.
Kyler a truely remarkable young man who sees and wants to help heal the young woman he meets and falls in love with.
The permission scene “ spoiler alert” between Kyler and Emmett had me reaching for the tissues again
Copious amounts of coffee was drunk by myself to get through this book
Thank you Stefanie you broke my heart but you
also taught me that moving on is a normal part of life but it is also a journey that for each individual may be a different passage of time. Grief and loss is not a path we want to take but it is inevitable unfortunately.
I now know I can take the chance and like Danielle survive so I can go on and read similar stories where I will cry bucket loads of tears go through copious amounts of tissues and have my kids ask me “ what the hell is wring mum”
A good bloody book was my reply.
That it was. Thank you Stefanie.
Apologies for punctuation mistakes it’s 4am in the morning and I woke up realising I hadn’t finished this review.
Talk about coming onto the scene in a big way, Stefanie Jenkins does just that with I Never Planned on You! I don’t even know where to start with this book, everything about it is absolutely phenomenal!
Dani, oh man was my heart ripped out right along with hers, it still hurts for her. Dani’s story is heartbreaking and raw. Jenkins makes you feel everything down in your soul. Heartbreak like Dani went through is difficult at any age but at the age of 17 is more devastating beyond words. To have your world ripped apart like that is just annihilating, and I completely understand how she wasn’t able to cope.
Then there is Kyler, the brother’s new roommate and best friend. He is the hero we all wish to find. He is the best thing for Dani, kind, loving, understanding.
Dani and Kyler’s relationship is exactly what she needs. Kyler came into her life and showed her that she can love again and that it’s ok to. The only way to describe their love story is epic!
This book will leave you emotionally raw, and heartbroken, but at the same time so incredibly happy that Dani is able to find her happy after such tragedy.
I have never read a debut novel better than I Never Planned on You! If this story is any indication Stefanie Jenkins is about to take the book world by storm! I cannot wait for everyone to read this book! I wish I could give more than 5 stars for this book, it deserves so many more!!
From the beginning of the story the author took me on a rollercoaster of emotions. I swooned, I laughed, I cried, I got mad, and I cried some more.
I fell in love with Dani’s character and the way she and her sweetheart become to be, just to have my heart ripped! I felt so much for her.
Both so young and to be rip apart out of each other like that……… I cried hard.
Sometimes I wanted to hug Dani and make her pain go away and on other moments I wanted to slapped her for being such a ……. hardheaded!
Kyler is exactly what she needs!
Simply couldn’t put down and the only times that I did was because I couldn’t keep reading due to my watery eyes.
So first I just want to make a remark to the introduction of this book”You Will survive and you will find purpose in the chaos. Moving on doesn’t mean letting go”-Mary Vanhaute. So what a way to start a book, I knew this book was going to be emotional but it was also so very beautiful. Stefanie Jenkins” release book was just a soul touching experience for me, she takes us through the story Dani, how she found the love of her Emmet life at a very young age and everything seems so wonderful until tragedy strikes and she is unable to move on, she decides to leave everything behind and tries to keep living without actually feeling alive. Until after four years later she finally has the courage to face the life she left behind. Thats when we met Kyler, and he actually helps Dani heal her broken heart. He is such an awesome amazing character, I honestly just want to hug him plus he is hot, caring, lovable and understanding of Dani’s situation and he knows that to win Dani’s heart he needs to work hard in order help her live a full life again and not just existing . This book is about second chances, not just for Dani but for her brother Zach, her best friend Haylee and her parents. This book is about healing your heart and to learn how to move on, to learn how to survive a great lost and to remember that that person you lost will forever live on in your heart.
Have you ever read a book that makes you emotionally sob and comfort eat within in the first few chapters? Well look no further because I Never Planned on You has just secured its spot in my top reads of 2019.
This is a story of heartbreak and love, hope and acceptance, learning that it’s ok to love and be happy again.
I couldn’t believe it when I was told that this was Stefanie’s debut book because her writing is just beautiful and heart wrenching. I found myself crying hysterically and then laughing my ass off, then throwing my kindle!
Danielle goes through a hell of a lot and her character development is flawless. I felt her every emotion down to the core, where I was feeling sick in my belly because I was experiencing the heartbreak right along with her.
”It’s in that very moment when I realize that this girl…this girl is everything…my everything. She is my world. I would do anything for her. I need to make her smile, to make her laugh, to make her feel that she is enough. I want to fill all the cracks in her broken heart and pray she never has to know that kind of pain again. I want to go to sleep with her every night in my arms and wake up the same, kissing her and showing her what she means to me.”
Kyler… oh my sweet and swoony Kyler. That man! He is so understanding and the things he does not only for Dani but for her family made me fall so hard for him.
This book was stunning! Exceptional. You should all read it. If you don’t you are missing out massively.
Stefanie Jenkins has shattered my heart and then put the fragile pieces back together again. My heart is aching, my head is hurting from crying so much but I was worth EVERY GODDAMN SECOND
I loved Emmett and Danielle characteristics and preferred them together. I realized from the blurb, and the love Emmett and Danielle shared, something would happen. Therefore, I braced myself for tears. After Emmett passed, the story moved exceedingly slow and became monotonous. I understand Danielle is mourning a loss as anybody would if they were placed inside her shoes, but when is enough, enough? Danielle is remarkably self-centered. Her self-indulgence provoked me to despise her, and I stopped feeling sympathy for her. Emmett is also Danielle’s brother best friend. Further, Danielle acted like she is the only person who is hurting from Emmett’s death. Danielle didn’t embrace her family in a time of need. She left.
Furthermore, when Danielle returned, she is self-centered. Although I admired Kyler, not as much as Emmett, but even Kyler deserved a woman more dependable than Danielle. Less is better and could have made an impact on this story unfolded. The emotions are there, but the author had carried them out for pages, eventually using them for filler and it made for a bunch of repetitiveness. Danielle’s character is poorly developed, and due to her lack of growth, I didn’t feel the love among Kyler and Danielle.
Oh my heart
I actually had tears in my eyes and everything… it was such an intense read but so worth the pain and heartache.
It is such a beautiful story of grief, loss, love, broken dreams and new beginnings.
I’m getting all teary eyed again just thinking about it.
Bravo, Ms Jenkins. It is an absolutely superb emotional roller coaster, which had me hooked from page 1.