This was SUCH an amazing short story. It broke my heart, it made me cry, it made me feel happy I accepted the review request when the author mailed me. H.A. Leuschel has this amazing writing style that just flows and is so emotional and natural. She tells the story of a domestic violence survivor in a semi-detached way, but through the eyes of a younger person, seeing it from the side. Hearing the reasons, piecing the story together. You will also piece it together – and I wonder what you'll make of it. It's hard for me to say anything more without actually spoiling the story for you – but it's not long, and most of the time it's free on Amazon, so I really do urge you to just read it for yourself. You might be shocked, angry, saddened or touched – but I'm sure it won't leave you cold. It's a raw story of reaching the end of your life and still harboring regrets that you're not even allowed to talk about – because it's been inappropriate all of your life, and now merely thinking about it starts feeling inappropriate. It also talks about the victim mentality, Stockholm syndrome and all the related 'baggage' of being in an abusive relationship. This story did not leave me cold. I read this nearly two months ago, but I can still feel that little ache it left in my heart.

And of course, I thank the author for providing me a free copy of this book (or rather, alerting me that it was free on Amazon and maybe I wanted to read and review it.) This doesn't affect my review at all.


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