At the core of it, life is a test—an opportunity to prove who we are; what we’re really made of. Short as it was, I’d like to think I lived my life well, that when people remember Ike McDermott, they remember he was a good man. When I look back, I’m proud of who I was.Leaving behind the woman I loved was the hardest thing I’d ever done, and finding peace with the knowledge she was building a life … building a life with my brother after I moved on took a strength I didn’t know I had. But George and Charlotte were still alive. I wasn’t. Together, they forged on, and I was okay with that because I knew, one day, Charlotte and I would be reunited.
One day she would be mine.
All I had to do was wait.
Time works differently in the afterlife. Without any ties to the living, it doesn’t so much as slow, but stop altogether. There is no worrying about what is to come, there is only what is.
I didn’t know if four days, or fifty years had passed when I found Charlotte by our tree in my corner of the other side. All I knew was she was here, and I would never have to let her go. I finally had my reward for the life I’d lived.
But I’d soon learn Fate had other plans, and everything I believed about who I was would be tested once again. Only this time, I wasn’t so sure I could stay strong.
This time, I wasn’t sure I could be a good man.
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BN Toler has done it again! The continuation of Where One Goes had a big job to do….can Book 2 live up to the perfection of Book 1??? And of course it does!!!
These characters can only be described as ‘the lovely centerpiece of this perfect novel’. I will miss Char, Ike, George,and the new characters we meet in Book 2, like cherished friends I’m moving away from.
I only hated that I had to get to that last page and those dreaded words…’The End’.
4 stars
I literally just finished the book. And my heart hurts. My head hurts. I cried so much! I confess I was afraid of reading WHAT LIES BETWEEN. The first book is one of my favorites of all times and I didn’t think it needed a sequel. But how could I know it exists a story about them and ignore it? So I decided to read and I don’t regret.
George is even more in love. Ike is the most beautiful and perfect ever. And Charlotte… She’s still in love with both. But this book made something that book 1 didn’t. It made me feel like she loved one more that the other. I understand her more here, I get it, ok, but I love both of them too. So I felt sad with a few parts of it. That’s why I gave 4 stars instead of 5.
If you are afraid it will ruined the first book… well, for me it didn’t. I loved seeing them again. And knowing the extension of what Charlotte could do and how gifted she really was. I loved the book. And I did felt every sentiments there was real. There is no way to read this and don’t feel emotional. And like in the book, life is not always perfect but it all comes to one thing… love. And despite of everything, I love these caracters even more.
Oh my poor heart.. If I thought I was broken when I read the first book, it doesn’t even compare to how I’m feeling right now. I can barely even write this review because the tears are still pouring out of my eyes. I’m still full on ugly-cry mode right now. I’ve gone through an immense amount of tissues and I still feel like I need an endless supply. But that last 10% did me in… I cried so hard that my tears blurred my Kindle screen.
After reading Where One Goes, I was broken up over Ike and about him having to cross over and leave Charlotte, and now with What Lies Between, Charlotte gets the chance to see her soulmate again… and Ike is just EVERYTHING! Ugh, god I just can’t even right now. My emotions are too damn intense for me to keep going on and rehashing everything that happened, so I won’t do that.
I will say that this book is beautifully written and the author puts the aspects of life, death and what lies between in perspective. It really make you think about what our purpose here in this world is. It isn’t just us. We are connected to everything and everyone we meet. Everything serves its purpose. And I don’t mean to get theological on everyone, but I wholeheartedly believe that. Every action has a reaction, which could be miniscule, but it still causes a chain of events. Our futures, our lives, are not set in stone. We get to determine what we do with that. Life is a test, and it’s the hardest test we will ever have to endure.
Part of me wishes that the author would have left the story as it was with the first book instead of following up with a sequel because my heart is broken all over again, no matter how beautifully written it was. And the epilogue was a little bit disappointing. I wanted a reunion with all the characters to see how it all plays out in the end, but it was still an EPIC read. It’s so damn bittersweet that I don’t know if I want to sing its praises or cry some more, which I’ll probably cry because it seems like that’s all I can do right now, but that’s how you know you have a great story in your hands is when it pulls that kind of emotion from you. I will never forget this book, or the one before it, for as long as I live. Hell, even after the first book came out in 2015, I’m still recommending it when someone asks for an ugly cry read. Kleenex is going to see a surge in their tissue stock after people read these books.
This was the sequel to Where One Goes. I loved the book but not as much as the first one. I loved and was rooting for a certain character in the first book but then rooting for someone different in the second. I found that interesting. The author has a creative way of describing her own version of heaven. There was a couple of haunting or disturbing scenes but it added to the book. There were highs and lows to the book. Some chapters were a little boring but other chapters made up for it. Overall it was a good sequel with an outcome I didn’t expect but I’m glad it ended the way it did.
4 1/2 Stars!
What Lies Between is the follow up novel to Where One Goes. After reading Where One Goes, I thought it ended at a good point and didn’t except a follow up. I was a little worried about this one just being fluff but it’s not. It has a great story line. I don’t want to give anything away but if you read Where One Goes you are definitely going to want to pick this one up. All the characters are great which makes this one an emotional read. It’s definitely a heart string puller.
If, like me, you’re one of those people who absolutely adored Where One Goes , you may have been waiting for a sequel. So, it was a much anticipated release that was a long time coming. In What Lies Between, you get a glimpse into the lives of our main protagonists, Charlotte and George and then you’re swept away into the WOG world where we also get a visit from our favorite Ike, among other things. Worlds collide, quite literally, lives change but is there a ‘happy ending’ waiting for any of them? Worlds collide, quite literally, lives change but is there a ‘happy ending’ waiting for any of them?
What Lies Between had the same type of excellent storytelling as Where One Goes, even though romance wasn’t really the focal point of it. But then there was so much going on in this book that you won’t find a dull moment. Let me tell you that you’ll experience a lot more than you’d think or even imagine. Personally, the ending left me hovering between disappointment and trying to think logically at the same time. I was kinda heartsick at the whole situation but I couldn’t blame the author for taking the route she finally did.
I’d love to see a story for Anna and Sniper in future but I can’t really envision another installment centering on our main characters. 4.5 stars.