The Words We Lost, By Nichole Deese (BOOK REVIEW)
“It was hers to make, mine to support, and God’s to control."
"Three friends. Two broken promises. One missing manuscript."
As a senior acquisitions editor for Fog Harbor Books in San Francisco, Ingrid Erikson has rejected many a manuscript for lack of defined conflict and dramatic irony—two elements her current life possesses in spades. In the months following the death of her childhood best friend and international bestselling author Cecelia Campbell, Ingrid has not only lost her ability to escape into fiction due to a rare trauma response, but she's also desperate to find the closure she's convinced will come with Cecelia's missing final manuscript.
After Ingrid jeopardizes her career, she fears her future will remain irrevocably broken. But then Joel Campbell—the man who shattered her belief in happily-ever-afters—offers her a sealed envelope from his late cousin, Cecelia, asking Joel and Ingrid to put their differences aside and retrieve a mysterious package in their coastal Washington hometown.
Honoring Cecelia's last request will challenge their convictions and test their loyalties, but through it all, will Ingrid and Joel be brave enough to uncover a twice-in-a-lifetime love?
“Because we’ve both learned the hard way that falling in love is far simpler than staying in love.”
wow, this book was exactly what I wanted. i was so in the mood for a modern, cozy, summer romance, and yes in this case "lost lovers" lol. The way she ties Christ into the plot is amazing, the grief in it is so real. I loved how there was always light in a situation.
The way that everyone was so much a comfort to her and never left her because she left them is something I really admire and not just something that could not happen because I know people personally that would do the same.
Joel in my opinion is a really good role model. Because he messed up and that is how everyone on this earth is like because we all fall short of the glory of God and that is Ok. I feel like in a lot of books they make the guy perfect and that is not true so I'm glad she added mistakes for Ingrid and Joel.
Altogether I really enjoyed this and definitely recommend.
“Sometimes the happiest endings begin after a cliffhanger.”
"Farewell my brave Hobbits. My work here is now finished."
-Audrey
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