From the outside looking in, Sarah and Liam’s bond has been unbreakable since the moment they first laid eyes on each other.Love, romance, and friendship should form the ropes that tether them together.But when old insecurities rise to the surface, Sarah loses sight of her self-worth and feels her identity fading. Faced with a choice that threatens to fray those ties, she finally begins to … begins to unravel.
Until one day, those ropes snap, that bond is broken, and their relationship sent spiralling off course.
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What an amazing book! I don’t know what took me so long to read it; as it has been on my kindle. Leslie definitely knows how to write a book with all of the feels possible. Feelings of angst, love, frustration, scary and many more. Spiralling Skywards had me on the edge of my seat from page one. I loved all of the characters in this book. Liam was a HOT. And Sarah, I just feel so bad for her to have to go through so much.
Liam and Sarah were the perfect company. Liam just needed to learn to listen to his wife. Talk about a whirlwind of a marriage. Wow! Liam was always working all day (including nights) and weekends including going out of town constantly, although he wanted a huge family. Sarah was trying to take care of four boys and the housework until…
I have read all of Leslie’s books, she is definitely one of my one click authors. Spiralling Skywards is the second book to the Contradictions Series. You will need to read Book One Spiralling Skywards: Book one: Falling to get the whole story of Liam and Sarah. I am looking forward to reading Sarah’s best friend Sasha’s story.
Lesley Jones does angst so well. I cried along with Sarah. I rooted for Liam to wake up and pay attention to what was happening to his family. He was always promising to do better but falling short. I kept waiting and hoping for them to find their joyous rhythm.
Ms Jones dragged me through the wringer, extracted my tears, broke my heart and then put it back together. I loved every minute.
Lovers it
4.5 “Pretty Girl” Stars
After reading book 1 , this book is like taking a step back. The larger picture comes in the view and all the pieces start falling in place. As you keep going deeper, the sentiments behind the words start to blow up. There’s lot of underlying tension, stress and dejection building up. It’s buried inside overworked & overstretched Sarah’s personality. And it changes her from bright sparkly young girl to a tired, exhausted Mother of 4 kids, under the age of 5 !!
Lack of sleep, lack of a honeymoon, and lack of a husband were all starting to hit me hard. . She didn’t sign up for this. What she needed was a partner in her life not be a single mother in a marriage !! I SO identified with her and was SO overwhelmed for her. A series of tragic events that simply crash on her head, trigger depression and melancholia so deep, she spirals ! Things get out of hand,Her self blame gets out of control and pretty soon patience and understanding fly out of the window.
“Lonely, isolated, worthless,”
I had tried my hardest to be a good mum. I tried constantly to always put my kids first, I’d tried and I had failed. I blamed her . . . it was her fault. She passed the shitty parent gene on. And him. He was no better. My mother and my father. I was just like them. Just. Like. Her. Him. Them
It was so painful to see her getting completely consumed by the fog in her brain that had her in a chokehold and nothing could save her, except Liam. And alas! Liam couldn’t see! I had big fat tears rolling down my face at this juncture! Damn you Lesley!!
“Liam Delaney was so fucking good-looking, and at one time, he worshipped the ground I walked on. Then, one day, he didn’t. He stopped seeing me. He stopped hearing me. It was like I no longer existed.”
“Even within the contents of her handbag, she was barely there. Just one sad lonely lipstick, that was all there was of her. But she didn’t vanish . . . she faded. Faded away right in front of me, and I didn’t even see it.”
The haunting collapse of a marriage, the utter destruction of a lively personality and horrible downward spiral of a young woman is caught with so much starkness and raw emotions, I had a painful lump in my throat and a heavy stone resting on my heart. This scenario is all too familiar and tragically rampant in present times. The pressures of racing careers, lofty ambitions, climbing aspirations are taking a toll on the sanctity and safety of love nests called Homes. A place for your kids and the mother of your kids. Liam is not unloving or unfeeling. Sarah is not demanding or nagging.
“I did all of that without you here. I didn’t need you then, and I certainly don’t need you now, so you can fuck off.”
“Don’t promise me that. I don’t want your promises, Liam. They mean nothing to me. They’re empty words just like your apologies.”
It just is one of the pitfalls of marriage where the partners are facing away from each other. Their sights & priorities are not in tandem, communication is lacking and general ground rules are being ignored.
one of our issues apparently was that we were so in sync and in love that we just assumed that the other one knew what we were thinking, and that was just not the way life went
I loved the fact that Lesley chose this tough subject to deal with, she didn’t sugar coat any thing nor did she make anybody out as an entire villain. There’s always a third person in a marriage- wife , husband & circumstances. Here she lets the circumstances rule. They play havoc and break apart a beautiful relationship. Les masterfully pens a romantic tale which doesn’t end with Happily Ever After. She treats HEA as an intermission to make you take a break, a breather and then the coaster plummets, showing you what happens AFTER !
I loved reading It, I loved the characters, the scenarios, the kids, the hilarious grandma and grandpa
“Let’s have them here, son. I’ll show her later what you do with a flavoured Johnny.”
The support system of Lori, Maggie, Sasha, Uncle Luke and Marie
This should be read by all, all women will find a point of resonance on some page or some chapter.
Fabulous Book Lesley, you did real well making me cry again .Congratulations !!
So yesterday I started Lesley Jones Spiralling Skywards Series…..Yes I know it took me a while, but I finally started.
Finishing book one, I had to, the need so great that I started book two straight away.
Fast forward to 1am this morning……
I finished the second and all I can say is this….
I am still literally lost for words…..
I don’t want to give anything away for those that haven’t read it, but I will ask you this…..
Have you ever questioned yourself as a person?
Have you ever questioned yourself as a wife, a mother, a friend?
Have you ever felt so alone, that you just simply slip into the darkness, where it’s hard to even breathe?
I at 42 am the first to put my hand up and say YES!!
I am not afraid to share with you all that at times I have questioned my very existence. I have questioned everything that I am. It’s tough, really tough, and sometimes a very lonely world to be in…..
What Lesley has done with her Spiralling Skywards Series is touch on some very heavy subjects, which again for those who haven’t read it I won’t go into detail what they are, but let me just say this…..
Lesley has given those very topics a voice. Lesley has given these topics so much respect that her words will stay with me always.
Liam and Sarah’s story will stay with me always…
Guys you need to read this series.
And Lesley…..Thank you.
Thank you for your beautifully written, heartbreaking words.
Thank you for giving us REAL.
5 stars
The first book left me a little deflated insofar as I didn’t feel connected to the characters or the characters attraction to each other. It all seemed a little lacklustre and repetitive. So I was concerned that this book was going to continue on that path!
Oh how wrong I was! This is the type of book I have come to expect from Lesley Jones. The one that pulls at your heart strings, makes you laugh one page and makes you cry the next. I can actually say this book had me reaching for the tissues yet again. Once again Ms Jones tackles emotive subjects which are an ordinary day occurrence for some. I love the realistic setting, the guy working hard, the women staying home to look after the children. It’s something we can all relate too and become invested in because that could easily be one of us. I was hoping for a little more intervention from Will, just to keep Liam on his toes! I also love how Sarah’s character developed through this book; I’m used to strong sassy female MCs in LJ’s books and in book one I thought she was weak, spineless. I was totally made up that she turned into a potty mouth by the end, typical LJ style.
I actually devoured this book in a day without even realising I was ploughing my way through it at an alarming speed. I actually want to start a re-read right now! And that seldom happens. I have plenty of 5* reads that I have put aside to re-read in the future but there aren’t many I can actually say I want to re-read as soon as I have finished.
Bravo LJ you didn’t let me down!