From bestselling author Ella Fields comes a new standalone love triangle romance.My first love was my brother’s best friend. A lead singer in their band.A picture of rugged perfection. And a drunk soul mate who couldn’t commit.My second love was an arrogant baseball player.A player in every sense of the word.A smooth-talking, reliable best friend. And a chance at something beautiful and true.The …
And a chance at something beautiful and true.
The problem with having a first and second love?
That would be loving them at the same time.
My story isn’t some sexy triangle.
It’s exquisite agony.
Fate gave me two men to love,
but none of us knew which one I could keep.
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Absolutely no one writes teenage angst like Ella Fields. In this standalone novel, it’s chock full from beginning to end. You should know, this story is a triangle. One that flips sides a lot. Its a bumpy ride, with sharp edges and pointy corners taken at full speed. And excellent Epilogue settles the heart.
While the lead characters struggle to find themselves, the secondary characters hold strong. We should all be blessed with friends that stick like they do.
First of all… That cover, WOW! So beautiful, it just can’t be ignored!!!
I love Ella’s writing style and her original and amazing stories, so I had a lot of expectations about this book, and yet again- she didn’t disappoint. (Thank God! LOL)
I’m not going to elaborate on the plot, because I just can’t stand going through it again. Why? Well, books with love triangles are never easy… they grab your heart and crushes it until it’s almost hard to breathe – and this is exactly what happened to me with this book!
I’ll Just say that these two amazing men, Everett and Aiden, didn’t only love *her*… didn’t only hurt *her*… They hurt me too. I felt every love and pain and heartbreak along with Stevie, until I became a whimpering human being.
It’s not just a love triangle, it was pure grief! With the number the times I’ve banged my head against the wall, I’m surprised I don’t have a concussion right now! LOL
Angst, angst, angst…
Oh, did I say it has angst…?
Despite the pain I felt while reading, this book was totally worth it. But… if you ask me, I’m still not sure she chose the right man in the end. Because although I loved the ending, I still left a pinch in my heart for the man who was left behind…
So if you want to read a beautiful and heartbreaking story that will make you feel all the emotions… this is the book for you!!!!!
This story will suck you in! I’m a little disapointed though , I wanted it to end different than it did however Stevie made the best choice for her. That epilogue at 4 years later had me
My favorite quote from the book was:
“When things get hard, you don’t run away, and you don’t give up. You plant two feet into the ground, remember the roots you’ve grown, the life and love you’ve nurtured , and you fight”.
Ella Fields knows how to take the reader on a journey. Even it’s a journey the reader doesn’t necessarily want to go on. I’m that reader. She tests my boundaries and I willingly let her. Her stories are are just that good.
I’m not telling you much about Serenading Heartbreak because you deserve a spoiler-free review. You can kind of piece together a few things from the blurb. I will tell you that Serenading Heartbreak is an amazing but bumpy ride. With characters that were both beautiful and flawed, I fell in deep, had my heart broke, smiled, and was completely happy when I reached the end.
Serenading Heartbreak is another great story from Ella Fields that you need to read.
Its been a while since I have read a love triangle as gripping as this one. Ella Fields breaks my heart time and time again in this tumultuous journey of love, loss and everything in between. This book delivers all the feels as once again this author tramples all over your heart putting you through the proverbial wringer and I wouldn’t have it any other way!
Such an emotionally charged story that will break your heart, fix it just to break it all over again. I literally devoured the majority of this book in a day. I could not put it down. There is no greater angst in a book than the emotions delivered by this genre. I have loved both Everett and Aidan just as much as I have hated them at times. This author doesn’t make it easy for you to choose a side. I loved the ending, I felt it was the right choice for Stevie. I certainly finished this book feeling everything was right with the world again. My only problem now is I really don’t want to read anything else as my head is still deeply embedded in this story.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough!
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Fighting For Forever Love
An angst-filled romance about love and letting go. Get ready to put your life on hold while you become consumed by this heart-wrenching love triangle. The author delivered a story that will keep invading your thoughts long after you turn the last page.
Stevie never imagined she could love two men. When her heart was taken by her first love and then smashed, she never thought she could love another. She learned the hard way that your heart just grows. Love has no bounds. However, can you ever love two people the same? Can you give your heart fully to another when pieces of it belong to someone else?
This story tore me up. The author continues to write stories that will give you all the feels. I felt all the pain, all the heartache and all the love. I thought I knew what I wanted for Stevie. The author did what I thought was impossible and made me love both men. She changed my mind throughout the story as it progressed. She made me take the journey to forever right along with Stevie.
I enjoyed every word even when I thought my heart couldn’t take much more. The author conveys so many emotions through her prophetic prose and I look forward to every new release.
The heart wants what it wants. This is Stevie’s story of fighting for forever love.
This story left my heart shattered. I swam through tears and sorrow page after page as I lived through the lives of these characters. Everett disappointed me time and again, while Stevie surprised me with her strength and determination. Aiden was super sweet and full of mischief. And Hendrix, Graham, and Dale were hilarious additions to their lives.
Love triangles are so difficult for me to read and this one was no exception. Everett, Stevie and Aiden fight their way through so much pain, but show us everything through the eyes of love. There was no skipping the hot schmexy scenes also! I just loved their pet name for her, Clover and Petal. They both fit Stevie so well.
Ella Fields doesn’t sugar coat the subjects she writes about, and every story covers difficult subject matter. Surviving the emotional roller coaster ride of each book is exhausting and exhilarating. Her stories are the reason why I continue to read! I can’t recommend this story enough.
Well there goes my heart. Ella Fields just delivered one of the best love triangle books I’ve ever read. Can true love a exist with more than just one person? Ab-so-lute-ly!!
Unlike with other love triangle books, I loved our heroine, Stevie. I want this girl to be my bestie so I can experience it all with her. So many feels. So many damn emotions. The author didn’t write a book about easy love, but she delivered a book about the brutality that love sometimes delivers.
I loved Everett, and I loved Aiden. I love how each of them existed in Stevie’s life. Gah. Who do you choose? And how many hits can one heart take?
The supporting characters and storylines in this book were superb. Impending rockstars, family trauma, unrequited love and fairytale dreams. This book had everything and is easily one of my favorite books of 2019.
SPEECHLESS!! SPEECHLESS!! SPEECHLESS!!
WHAT A FREAKN EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER RIDE OF EPIC PROPORTIONS!!
Ella Fields DID IT AGAIN with SERENADING HEARTBREAK!!
My heart has been Broken, Torn into Pieces and Sewn Back together But Not the Same!!
OMFG!!
I’m BLUBBERING mess and Enjoyed Every minute of This PHENOMENAL BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN BOOK!!
Whew… that was a ride! Ella never fails to make my heart feel it all. In this story where you have Stevie trying to decide between 2 men, you have 2 men who keep leaving her. How in the world is she supposed to trust any of them? And at that how is she supposed to trust another man in general? As much I was frustrated with this whole story I was totally #TeamStevie all the way! I was rooting for HER! For the first time in the history of my reading, I did not care who she chose because I was all about HER! I wanted HER to get her HEA. I didn’t care which one it was with, of if either of them at all! I wanted her to choose HER in whatever way that manifested itself! I really loved how it all came together. I love this book! Every tear that I cried brought me more and more in love with this story! And honestly it is a story that people need to read. There is a lot of realism with this story and why these 3 did the things that they did. It was a wonderfully told story! And I totally feel like it is a story that will stick with me for a very long time!
My heart hurts people. What’s meant to be is meant to be I suppose so my heart will mend, but it’s going to take time. Serenading Heartbreak highlights the ugly, angry, tortuous parts of love. But it also highlights the brain-deep and heart-deep light of love…and friendship. I have a very hard time writing short reviews, particularly for my favorite authors, but Serenading Heartbreak the story and the vividly written characters within speak for themselves. Take a chance. It’s worth the perfect pain. 5 plus plus plus stars for one of the best books of 2019.
This is the first book from this author that has really left me with a broken heart. I love reading love triangles and usually I’m okay with the way they end but I wasn’t okay with this ending.
God damn does this author know how to write a f*cking good ass heartbreaking story. I was left in shambles.
I guess I could say I was really torn by her two love interests. I get why she was so hung up one guy more than the other but I felt like she didn’t give one of them the chance he deserved at all and that pissed me off.
I think this has been Ella’s best book by far. Don’t get me wrong I love her writing period and I have loved every single one of her books but I have to say that Suddenly Forbidden and Serenading Heartbreak are my favorites. She really surprised me with this ending even though I shouldn’t be surprised and should have guessed all along that it would have the ending it did. But I have to say that Stevie chose the choice that she thought was best for her and she truly was happy in the end and that’s what matters.
Aside from so much heartbreak we had other issues that we dealt with in this book and that also added up to the devastating heartbreak. There was so much more depth to this story that had me invested in this book and made me understand why things happened the way they did. I haven’t pulled an all nighter in so long until Serenading Heartbreak <3
This book won my heart from here to the moon and back. Suddenly Forbidden got 10 stars and Serenading Heartbreak got a million stars!
BEST BOOK YET!
Oh man. The feels.
This is one of those soul wrenching realistic stories that yanks you in and holds you hostage throughout the entire journey. The characters are somehow all achingly familiar and yet so fresh and different. Each one of them. I knew that I was walking into an angst fest, and yet I still wasn’t prepared. You just can’t prep yourself for that level of intensity, it’s not possible.
You see, this author managed to deliver a new kind of love story. This one entails some seriously agonizing decisions, zero right answers and a lot of heartache. There are times when the story turns barbed and painful, and there is also such beauty in the emotional overload. There are scenes that are also epically euphoric. I would like to take a second to say how remarkable it is that the author manages to deliver eloquent but downright filthy steamy scenes in the midst of all the serious intensity. The story is perfection, and I say that with a straight face and so much joy behind my words. These characters will stay with me, always.
I wish that I could write a longer review and pour my heart out, it’s really all that I want to do right now. I want to yell and scream, to rage and throw a party. I mean, truly… my emotions were all over the place with this one. I won’t do that, I won’t spoil a single thing about this book because everyone deserves to tumble into this story for themselves. The truth is, I connected with Stevie on an entirely personal level and I’m not sure that I’ll ever be able to move on entirely. This one is special, it’s unique and it’s important. Not all love stories are clean and easy, some are messy and tangled but that doesn’t make them any less magical. I needed to be reminded of that, and Ella delivered that message in spades.
I will close this ramble fest out with my absolute adoration for Stevie and the truly epic and beautiful love story that this book offers… her gradual journey to love herself. This book has immeasurable growth. Stevie doesn’t just age, she matures and flourishes. Reading through her development was breathtaking. This is, easily, one of my favorite books of the year. Heck, of the past few years. It’s a five million star read and I recommend it to everyone.
Oh. My. Goodness. Speechless!!
I dont know where to start!!!!
My heart has been ripped apart, not once but multiple times. Too often I was scared to turn the page, too scared to read on as I knew how I wanted the book to end but I would be devastated if it wasn’t what I wanted. What a journey. An absolutely heartbreaker of a book that I adored. Phenomenal! This is my favourite book of yours yet Ella and it will forever be in my heart! It is worth SO much more than 5 stars!!!
Ella Fields sure has set the bar high with Serenading Heartbreak!! I haven’t read a book with this many feels in a very long time. A love triangle that will make you desperate for more, beg for relief and swoon from the intense love and passion. The characters are so realistic, so believable, and so heartbroken. I have to say the Ever, Clover and Prince’s story will stay with me forever as the story that broke me and then pieced me back together again. I am totally blown away by Ella Fields incredible talent. A most definite must read!!!
Ella Fields took my heart she made me fall in love with these complex, enduring, and at time frustrating characters. I fell in love with both men. I can see why Stevie loved them both with such intensity. I’m usually not one to read a love triangle. Once I started I just couldn’t stop.
God where to start with this review, what a book i would have to say this is one of my favourites for 2019 absolutely loved it all.
I couldn’t put this book down at all read it one sitting and i don’t care that i didn’t finish it way past my bedtime i needed to see what happened. I do have to admit that when it comes to Ella Fields words i just get so sucked in and the way she tells a story is just so beautiful.
This book is certainly a roller coaster you are up with some much love and then you are down with so much heartbreak you just didn’t know how to feel, i got angry, i cried and all i have to say is i am glad I’m was not in Stevie’s shoes.
I really loved Stevie yes i wanted to shake her at times and beg her to go with my choice, there have been times when i couldn’t finish a book when it didn’t go my way but i don’t think it would have mattered in this book i needed to know how it all panned out.
We know that in this book Stevie falls in love with two guys and i don’t want to say much because you need to go in blind and read this story but i must admit this is the first time that i loved both hero’s and i knew who i wanted her to choose but at the same time i couldn’t blame her for choosing the other. Both hero’s had beautiful souls but one was so lost and his story was sad and broke my heart. Where the other one was so sweet and caring and i think i fell in love with two guys.
This is an absolute must read this book and words are ones you will never forget and if you haven’t read and Ella Fields book that’s also a must.
A massive 5 beautiful heartbreaking stars
Serenading Heartbreak by Ella Fields
5 Stars of Perfection
OMG!! A M A Z I N G !! A lot of angst! Sucked me right in! What a whirl wind! What a phenomenal story!
“Love was supposed to forgive all things.”
“Happiness warred with agony. Relief muddled with regret.”
“Some people were stronger on their own. Some people were stronger due to the people they surrounded themselves with.”
“We were never supposed to make something out of moments. We were always meant to build something out of lifetimes. And I couldn’t see us parting and thriving for long on our own in any of those lifetimes.”
Highly recommend! Surely didn’t leave me disappointed!
I hate myself for reading this book. I hate that I didn’t listen to my brain and yet again, went with what my heart wanted. I’ve told myself countless times “VANESSA YOU’VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THAT YOU DON’T DO LOVE TRIANGLES! YOU F****ING HATE THEM!” So, if I know that, why did I read this book? Why in the hell would I put myself through this again? I mean, am I a masochist, do I really enjoy pain that much to go through this again? I guess I do, but that’s not the real answer. The real answer is, Ella Fields. If it was any other author I don’t think I could do it, but I completely trust Ella. I trust that even though she’ll obliterate my heart to smithereens—in the end by some grace that I don’t know how, I’ll still come out whole. And let’s get one thing straight, I didn’t hate this book, I hate what it did to my heart.
What’s it like to love two men at the same time? Honestly? It’s excruciating having your heart split through the middle not knowing when or if it’ll ever be whole. And knowing damn well that neither men are fully being loved the way they’re supposed to be is just gut wrenching and so unfair. How do I know? Because I’ve lived it and know firsthand what Stevie was going through. She loves these two men so fiercely and deep. Stevie doesn’t have it easy, obviously. How can she possibly choose when her heart is torn in two?
The two men in this book destroyed me. They took what I knew and turned it upside down. I couldn’t think straight, I was so unbelievably confused. After the first guy was introduced I thought there was no question he’d have my heart, but I was so wrong. And along comes the second guy and oh boy, I was so lost. My feelings were all over the place. How could I possibly be this all out of sorts and not know who I like better? After getting a feel for both guys I for sure thought I’d know who was the better option, but I didn’t know a damn thing. There’s usually a point where one of the guys does something that makes me hate them and that’s where I definitively know what side I’m on and who I want the heroine with. But that moment never came. My heart couldn’t choose and I hated it. I hated that I loved them both because I knew in the end one of them would be heartbroken and I didn’t want that for him. I didn’t want him to hurt—I wanted him to have happiness so bad because he freaking deserved it! Unlike Stevie, I couldn’t choose—I wish I had two hearts so both guys can have one each, that way they’d both be fully loved. I’m not on this side or that side, I’m on both sides. And I don’t care, in the end I choose both men. *drops mic*
Serenading Heartbreak delivered what I expected from Ella Fields. Angst galore, pain, endless heartache, love and hope. Your heartstrings will pull so far they’ll be on the verge of tearing. Tears will be shed, reading device will in fact be thrown many times and fists will be clenched. This story is everything raw and painful and it destroyed me in every way. Simply put, Serenading Heartbreak is everything poignant, riveting, bittersweet and beautiful. A masterpiece.
Definitely recommend!
Five clover & petal stars!
Ella did it again. When my heart wasn’t in my throat, it was pounding in my chest like a drum. I knew she wasn’t going to make this an easy journey, that’s not her style, but that’s exactly what I love about her writing. Ella likes to push our limits and that’s what she did with Serenading Heartbreak. It’s no secret this is a love triangle, someone will walk away with a broken heart and will it be the hero you’re rooting for?!?!
Needless to say I’m not going to give specific details of the rollercoaster of a ride Ella takes us on, that would simply be rude. However, it goes without saying there is a lot of push and pull between our heroine and heros, while vying for her attention and ultimately her heart. The blurb gives you a flavor of what’s to come, but the reality of it all will squeeze your heart.
I loved all the characters, some more than others of course but that’s what made this a gripping journey. My heart was ALL. OVER. THE. PLACE. I had a hard time envisioning how I wanted this to end, who I wanted our beloved heroine to choose. My heart told me one thing, yet my head told another story. It was a battle of wills.
Only you can decide whether you like clovers or petals