A review by vicreads12
The Life We Left Behind: A Second Chance, Small Town Romance by Piper Wylde

4.25

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4.25/5 ⭐️ 
1/5 🌢️

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Delaney finds herself back in her hometown of Willowbrook, the place she thought she would never step foot back in after being ran out of town as a pregnant 16 year old. Ten years later and this town still holds a special place in her heart, as well as the father of her amazing son, Cade. I absolutely loved Delaney and Cade. Delaney is such a strong and incredible woman and an amazing mom, Cade is the absolute sweetest. 

Trace did everything he could to prove his love to Delaney and Cade once they were in his life. Trace has always known that Delaney was endgame but let his horrible wretched woman of a mother Regina, have a say in his life for far too long. The things he went through during those ten years were horrible. The things Regina and Chelsea connived and executed were horrible. 

I will say that the whole thing with Chelsea bothered me a bit, she had a semi major role in the beginning and then just poof she was gone, nothing at all. umm what??? why??? Why make her have such a big role/impact in the beginning and then just have her disappear without another word from her?? I mean don't get me wrong, I was happy she was out of their lives, but I felt the whole thing was just left unfinished.

Holy rollercoaster this took me on. The amount of grief, hurt, secrets, lies and betrayal, it was absolutely devastating and it took away ten years from Trace, Delaney and Cade's life that they will never get back. I loved how they overcame everything and really put in an effort to be the family they always deserved to be. 

This was a new to me author and her debut novel. This was a great debut and I'm really looking forward to more in this series. 

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🌳 Small town
🏑 Second Chance
🌳 Childhood Sweethearts
🏑 Single Mom
🌳 Secrets and lies
🏑 Cute kid
🌳 Quirky best friend
🏑 No Third Act Breakup