Peter Grant has two sons. I fell in love with one. I married the other. Daniel Grant was my best friend and my first love.When he shattered my heart in two, I made the biggest mistake of my life and married someone else.That someone was Daniel’s brother.Joe never meant to hurt me. He was kind and gentle, but also a liar.This is how my life was turned upside down by the good guy, until real love … upside down by the good guy, until real love finally saved me.
I am Freya. This is my side of the story.
In order to appreciate Freya’s story, it is more beneficial to read Where She Is, (book1) beforehand, but not essential.
Please note: Intended for audiences over 18 due to mature content.
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After reading Where She Is I was a bit intrigued by bitchy villainess, Freya. In Secrets we get quite the inside view of an almost anti-heroine. Freya’s is not apologetic about her faults.
“I was always unsure of what the Grant family expected from me, with all their herbal concoctions and psychiatrists. Some sort of cure? For what exactly? Nothing could cure me of being a bitch.”
I loved reading Freya’s side. She is still tough and all sharp edges, but as the story progresses the past that formed the Freya everyone sees is slowly revealed. When Kai comes into her life, he is so strong and understanding and he helps Freya reshape who she wants to be.
“…she’s a handful. A twisted blonde bombshell with an explosive passion for causing trouble. Now I’m here and I’m trying to put that passion to better use.”
As such a strong heroine, Freya needs a man who could be stronger and not a doormat to her personality.
“It’s obvious, just by looking at him, he can take care of himself. Most of all, he can take care of me.”
Freya may not be a favorite heroine for everyone, but she really spoke to me. Often she was just trying to be noticed. She tried to make herself part of a close and loving family through Daniel.
“He had something I could never have; a happy home.”
At times my heart broke for Freya and all she endured to find her way. This is one of those books that I don’t want to let go of. **Maybe just one more little epilogue, Ms. Cappello?? Please**
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I didn’t know what to expect from this book but I can assure you what I got was a beautiful story that tore at my heartstrings and kept me interested page after page.
I love Freya!
Secrets tells her past that perfectly explain her character.Life changed her and made her the bad person we met in the first book of the series but the right person will bring out the best in her.I appreciated that Freya never gave up and after so many years she still dreams a future of freedom and happiness.
I suggest you to read Where She Is before starting this one to have a full picture of the Grants lives.
(I actually read this Sept. 2018) Another fantastic, heart-wrenching, must read that kept me glued to my seat! But get ready for an emotional roller-coaster ride and twists & turns in this unique storyline with great characters, both good & bad. I suggest reading the 1st phenomenal book, “Where She Is” in order to fully appreciate this latest offering, coz things aren’t always what they first seem to be 😉 Even tho I volunteered to read this, it was without any outside influences and I honestly recommend this to adult fans of fiction. Now I can’t wait for more from this amazing author, but I will wait 😀
When you meet new people, also book characters, your first impression is how you see them. You can love or be neutral about them, or absolutely dislike the person. But what if there’s a whole story behind a person, a story that completely changes your view on them and other persons involved? Secrets tells the story of Freya, the evil wicked princess from Where She Is. Her story makes me feel a lot, I love Secrets.
“I saw beneath the layers of her thick skin. Underneath it all lies a woman afraid, fragile and broken. I’ve managed to strip away her armour and discover the beauty beneath.”
Freya is a bitter, hard woman; calculating and a complete bitch to everybody around her. This is how the outside world sees Freya, but in reality her bitch is her armor. Underneath is a broken, beaten-down woman who’s unable to move forward and leave the past behind. Not that she doesn’t want to – it’s her biggest wish – but outside forces make it impossible to move on. Freya keeps everybody at a distance, doesn’t let people get close. Only a special person can break through her walls and make her hope for a normal future.
“I regret with every beat of my heart, the day I met your family. They have enclosed my world into a confined and dark place. I can’t breathe. I can’t find my wings to fly. They have taken away any shreds of self-worth and I will never forgive any of them.”
Secrets is the second book by Loriana Cappello, and follows the characters from the previous book Where She Is, but now from another perspective. Freya was the villain of that book, but I was always wondering about her behavior and her relation to the other characters. The format the author has chosen almost reads like a therapy session, in which Freya tells what has happened throughout the years. It’s a painful story to read, and I’ve lost all respect for characters I previously liked.
It has been a few days I’ve read Secrets, and I’m still very upset and so very angry. Freya seems like a total bitch, but I feel so sorry for her, I want to hug her and tell her she’ll be okay. Freya doesn’t diminish her own cruel actions of the past, but with all the information I have now I feel this is the only way she could have acted. She was given no choice, those were made for her by other people. And how the mighty have fallen… I thought the characters from Where She Is were good men, men who did what was right. But now I see all of them in a whole different light, and I’m upset with each of them for their actions. I love the ending Freya got, she deserves the world.
“I’ve found my destiny. This man who sits beside me has given me the courage to take back control of my life. With his guidance and understanding, I’ve walked a path which destroyed the obsession I once had. He saved me. I would not be here without him.”
I love Secrets; the story and all the feelings it provoked. I give Freya’s story 5 stars.