Seeing my ex-husband four years after the ink dried on our divorce papers was not part of my plan. Returning to the small town where we’d grown up and fallen in love to rebuild my life at the exact time he’d chosen to do the same thing wasn’t part of my plan either. It was, however, the reality.Back in the place where it all began so many years ago, memories of our past, both good and bad, … bad, consumed me. I’d never stopped loving him, needing him, wanting him. I couldn’t stop thinking about him, seeing him. Stolen moments told me he felt the same way.
But could he ever forgive me?
Could I ever forgive myself?
Infertility had torn our marriage apart, bit by excruciating bit. Was our love strong enough to put it back together?
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Say Something is the latest sensational read by Jennifer L. Allen it’s the kind of book that hits you straight in the heart!! It is a second chance read that will take you an emotional rollercoaster ride and leave you feeling raw. Jessica and Danny were high school sweethearts that went through something that cold easily break a couple or pull them closer, unfortunately for these two it tore them apart and left a big hole that they couldn’t fix. It’s true what they say – “Time heals all wounds” but only if you want it to……
It is a heartbreaking, beautiful real story. Jennifer L. Allen really hits home with the rawness and reality of this story
I just finished reading Say something by Jennifer L. Allen.
I feel like I have to be honest here – I can get overly critical of romance novels, I don’t know why but I find that it’s easy to make them too mushy or unrealistic.
This book took my breath away!
It has such depth and it pulls you in right from the beginning.
From page 1 I was invested! And I got pulled further down this delightful bunny hole, with every page!
It had romance, heartache, friendship, complicated family history, old times and new beginnings and I loved it all!
I would love to read more books from this author – including a book about each one of the characters we got to know in this one. I’ll be going on the hunt for more of her books.
This book was unbelievably well written – in every sense of the word.
Pick this book up today – you’ll regret it if you don’t!
Say Something by Jennifer L. Allen is a touching love story dealing with tough issues. Jessie and Danny have known each other since childhood, have been high school and college sweethearts as well as man and wife. Things didn’t work out as planned and now they are divorced and on separate paths. Jessie is headed home to start fresh and rebuild the strained relationships she has with her family. Will she be able to start anew or will the past continue to hold onto her?
This was the first book I have read by this author and I don’t see it as being the last one. I’m hoping there will be more stories for Jessie’s siblings and possibly Danny’s brother. The secondary characters were exemplary and really fleshed out the story. I loved this book from the first page to the very end and would recommend it to anyone.
Say Something by Jennifer L. Allen grabbed me when I read the synopsis and it was so much more than I was expecting. I really feel almost like I’m at a loss for an adequate description for how much their story effected me.
I personally never had to deal with the issues Jessica dealt with in regards to infertility, but that consuming desire to become a mother is something I totally understood and could relate with that.
This was an emotional story to read, and I cried more times then I want to admit, but I so loved this book and everyone in it. If you can handle the sensitive subject, I would highly recommend you read it.
Jennifer L. Allen is a new author for me, but after experiencing her read Say Something – she for sure will become one of my go-to authors. This book was everything and more, it was emotional it had you sad at times it was raw & real it also had you in awe and gave you the heartwarming and happy emotions. This is a book I couldn’t put down, I loved every single minute of it – I didn’t want it to end and just wanted more story to be had! It is also a story a that once you finish, it sticks in my mind just that little bit longer for you to really think about and understand more.
I loved each character in their own way and both of them deserved their HEA, whether that was together or separated, but was this their second chance? This author has created an amazing story plot, but also two incredible main characters and secondary characters just make this read even better!
This was written effortlessly and beautifully and flowed from chapter to chapter, I cannot fault any part of this story.
This is a read to be experienced by all, I highly recommend this read. Don’t miss it!
I am a huge sucker for a second chance romance I mean why wouldn’t I be there is something magical about reading a novel where two people lose there way with one another or thing’s just work out the way they thought it would and then later on in life find each other again beautiful. This story weezer took me on an amazing emotional journey one that I didn’t want to end! Once you indulge in this novel you will be left wanting more from this author I certainly have I’m actually waiting on the edge of my seat!! Another reason why I absolutely loved this storyline is because it covered topics that some people can relate too and real life problems the author done a brilliant job writing about sensitive topics. It really hits home how certain life issues can effect someone/relationships. I really was hooked to this novel I mean I just couldn’t pull myself brilliant brilliant BRILLIANT!
How many characters or even people in real life actually say:
“I never thought I would return to the town I grew up in”
“I wanted to leave there so fast after graduation”
“I always imagined bigger and better things for myself.”
It seems like many second chance romance stories start with this same ideal. The main character is coming home after trying to live life somewhere else, usually a big city. Say Something starts out that way but quickly turns into something more! Not just one main character is returning to the small hometown they grew up in, but both of them are! Danny and Jess are high school sweethearts who grew up together, got married, moved away, divorced, and returned home to the small town that brought them together. Where family means everything. Where love always win.
“Nothing in love is unforgivable”
I love these characters so much. Their heartaches, their frustration, their growing up moments.
“If there was one thing I had learned over the years, it was that one of the most crucial parts of adulthood was recognizing and then admitting when you needed help.”
This author and book is new to me so I cannot wait to read more from this author. I highly recommend this story.
A great read about second chances. Four years ago, Jess and Danny got a divorce after their struggles to have a baby led to disaster. Returning to where it all happened for a new job, she tries to concentrate on the future instead of the past. But life makes things difficult when she discovers that he has returned. She is even more surprised to bump into him and all the feelings rear their heads. Can they resolve the issues of the past for a chance at a happy future together?
A great read. Well developed plot. Well developed characters like Jess struggling with her feelings but still standing up for herself or Danny trying his best Great cast of supporting characters like the fun sister Melissa or Mom supportive and kind.
I loved the visual detail throughout the novel like with the sense of nature with Oak River and its tall trees and green spaces as fresh and tranquillity. Or the flowers in the memories with their fresh scents and bold and beautiful colours so vivid its as if you’re actually there.
The flashbacks into the past worked well to display what happened and didn’t disrupt from te narrative of the present with the italics used to differentiate the memories from the present day. Overall, a great read and I would give it four stars.
The first thing I’ll say about Say Something by Jennifer L Allen is please make sure you have plenty of tissues with you when you read this. I don’t know if I was overly emotional at the time of reading but I cried so much at many points throughout this book.
This is a beautiful second chance romance story that shows that true love never dies. Danny and Jess were school sweethearts who got married once they had graduated from college. They had the perfect life together until they tried to start a family. Jess was devastated when they realised that she couldn’t have children and she closed down and pushed Danny away, asking for a divorce.
4 years later and by some twist of fate both have moved back home to their original hometown beside their parents at the same time. It’s obvious that both are still deeply in love with one another.
This is a wonderful story of they try to overcome all this issues that ended their marriage. Jess still feels that she has failed as a woman and has never come to terms with her infertility. This story will pull at your heartstrings so much. It is so well written and deals with a difficult storyline in a sensitive manner.
I had never read anything by this author before this and if this book is anything to go by then I’ll definitely be reading more.
Holy cheese on a cracker. This was such an amazing story! I knew from the first page that I was going to love this book while hating the emotions that it would bring out in me. I cried in empathy for Jessica, I cried in support for women who suffer through such a hard thing and I cried for the pure beauty that is this love story. I felt all of the emotions that this book conveyed and I am better for reading it. I knew how this love story would end, but I still never wanted to read the final words, I could have read so much more about these two and the amazing love they share. This book is an inspiration and it gives hope to those that may be lost. I feel like every woman should read this story to see that there is a light at the end of a dark tunnel. I can not recommend this book enough.
Say Something by Jennifer L. Allen is a remarkably written romance that I loved reading. This book had my emotions all over the place. I was happy one minute and wanting to cry the next. Jessica is broken, having to return home to small town four years after her divorce. Being back in the town that throws her into her and Danny’s past is almost too much. The good and bad memories, the need to still want and need him and that even now she still loves him. She doesn’t know if he will ever forgive her or is she can even forgive herself!
This BOOK, I have tried for a few days go put into words how good it was. I could NOT put it down and read it in one sitting. I really do wish that the book itself was longer as I loved Jessica and Danny. I highly recommend this book and wish I could give it MORE than FIVE stars! This is my first book by this author and it WILL NOT be my last.
Say Something by Jennifer L. Allen
5 out of 5 stars
Say Something written by Jennifer L. Allen is the first book that I have read by this author and it was amazing even though it was very emotional that I had to put the book down. Wow I didn’t realize what infertile woman go through how strong they are and how you have to lean on your loved ones when you are going through something like this or you will lose yourself.
The characters are well written and the secondary characters are amazing I really hope I get to read a story about Mickey soon.
Danny and Jess where childhood sweethearts they got married, moved away from town had issues with fertility then they got divorced even though they still loved each other. Now they’re both back home will they get a second chance? Can they forgive each other? Will they be able to work through there infertility a second time around?
I highly recommend this amazing emotional read…
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Tracy
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Say Something by Jennifer L. Allen a four-star read that will wrench your heart. This was a really emotional read and one that will wring out your emotions as you read, it’s a great story that should have been a five-star read but it lacked something I couldn’t put my finger on. Jessica and Danny have a heart-breaking story that will suck you in. Jessie is a great character and one that you will follow, she made the story for me.
Say Something is a romance written by Jennifer L. Allen. This is a moving and emotional tale of love, life and all the hardships and trial of modern life. The writing flowed and the personalities of each character was interwoven seamlessly. The author had the incredible ability of snatching my attention from beginning to end. The author wrote about real life issues and how they dealt with them, both individually and together. A well balanced romance is not unique, but one that has a reader unaware of life going by because their devotion is to this story, now that is hard to find. An amazing journey and incredibly touching. 5 stars.
This was a second chance romance book but because of the story it becomes a fast read. They have been divorced for 10 years and they both decided to go back to their home town. It’s read through her point of view so she does go back to her memories. She ends up realizing that she left her family hanging. She does a lot to make it up to them and to fix relationships. With her ex husband she still feels like she loves him and it does show that he still loves her. They have a moment when she thinks she saw something but it isn’t what it seems, that becomes a big trigger for her. This does become an hea, towards the end it does feel rushed. There is an epilogue which I like because I always like to see where they are a few years down the road.
Say Something by Jennifer Allen was an amazing book. It’s the first I have read of hers, so I didn’t quite know what to expect. It had me feeling so much emotion that I didn’t expect. I have never dealt with infertility, and until you do, I guess you don’t really think about it. All the feelings of guilt and blame, as well as sadness and loss for what could have been. This was a beautifully written story about love, loss and second chances. The characters were wonderful and I enjoyed the supporting characters as well. Very sweet book and I recommend anyone who is looking for a romantic story to curl up on the couch with. Just bring a box of tissues. I look forward to reading more by the author.
“You are not alone. You are not less than. You are enough.”
“…that’s what family did. They forgave you for your moments of weakness and selfishness and helped you move forward.”
This is one of those stories that is so powerfully simple and yet so complex at the same time. Those two quotes are an example of the wisdom penned between the covers.
I hope this becomes (is part of) a series. There are so many characters that I want to know more about.
I could go on and on about this book but I wouldn’t be doing it justice. It is a book that I would recommend to anyone that likes a clean story that has a purpose. The purpose is forgiveness of self.
I absolutely recommend this book!!!
Say Something is a story by Jennifer L. Allen that touches upon many of the topics that we as mature readers feel drawn to – second chances, infertility, divorce …. It seems to be a standalone though I hope that the writer decides to give the other sibling their stories as well, fingers crossed!
Say Something is the story of Jessica and Danny, childhood sweethearts that have their marriage ripped apart due to infertility. They are both very likable. I liked how Jessica took responsibility for behaviour though at times I was a bit bothered by her self-pity … we don’t know though how we would feel in her shoes. On the journey with Jess and Danny it is so easy to see how problems a couple faces effect also their loved ones, even when they try to protect them and never ever intended it to happen. It was great how the story felt so real thanks to those uncomfortable conversations that needed to happen for those two to more forward … towards their second chance …
Say Something by Jennifer L. Allen
5 stars
Where do I begin with this book? This story touches on a subject that is very sensitive and not talked about much, until more recent times. It was written beautifully, and made me feel just like the main character, even though I’ve never personally been through this. Im talking infertility.
Marriage is hard work already and adding this on top of it, puts its strains on it. These two just never had the reason to know how to face a tough battle until this.
I love second chance romance and this has bumped to my top list. This is a must read!
This is the first book I have read from this author and she has a new fan. I absolutely love second chance romance but this talented author exceeded all my expectations. This story is a stand alone that will make you want more. I was hooked on this storyline right from the beginning. It only took me a few hours to devour this incredible book.
Jessie and Danny were high school sweetheart and then they got married. They thought they had their happy ever after. They had some very hard times and they got a divorced. Now Jessie is back where it all began. She is now living in her hometown to start her new life. Jessie is shocked to find out that Danny is also living there as well. She doesn’t know what to do. All she knows is that she still needs him. Can Jessie and Danny find love again or will it be shattered once and for all?
I absolutely loved this book. The storyline has it all romance, devastation, healing, and forgiveness. You will fall in love with these characters right from the beginning. Jessie is a strong woman that had some dark times in her life. She is trying to heal so she can move on. Danny is very charming and he knows what he wants. He wants the love of his life back. The way he treats Jessie will make your heart melt. This author will have you at the edge of your seat until the end. I can’t wait to see what she will write next.