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A review by kimberlyquinn
Tatiana and Alexander by Paullina Simons
5.0
A Universe of Heartbreaking, Poetic Stars
"Once upon a time, young girls met young boys when the moon was full and the nights were dark, when there was a fire and singing and joking, when there was wine and taffeta and dancing, when the music was loud and the laughing, too, when one pair of eyes stared at another, and the girl's chest swelled and the boy came up close, and suddenly she looked up, he looked down and ...
Once there was first love."
What do you do … how do you go on … when your one true love is lost?
Give Up?
Move On?
Keep Faith?
"In Alexander's life there was one thread that could not be broken by death, by distance, by time, by war. Could not be broken. As long as I am in the world, she said with her breath and her body, as long as I am, you are permanent, soldier.
And he believed."
Soul shattering. The only way to describe this gorgeous sequel.
Our characters, Tatiana and Alexander are separated by distance, by war, by death. Their struggles while physically opposite, are emotionally and spiritually one. The heart ache and devastation seem never ending. How can two souls endure? How can two hearts beat strong? How can two people possibly survive? When everything they are is gone?
"I will make you insane, her memory screamed ... On the outside you will walk and smile as if indeed you are a normal woman, but on the inside you will twist and burn on the stake, I will never free you, you will never be free."
With multiple timelines and character pov's Paullina Simons is able to create a connection that has her reader gasping for more. Near impossible to put this book down ... long even, after it's ended.
Alexander's past is revealed and relived. Life changing moments are remembered. Tatiana works and lives in the now. The future is contemplated.
Despite all of the sorrow, pain, suffering, fear, regret and longing ... Despite lies, war and death ... Love will conquer all.
"There is one moment, a moment in eternity. Before we find out the truth about one another. That simple moment is the one that propels us through life - what we felt like at the very edge of our future, standing over the abyss, before we knew for sure we loved. Before we know for sure we loved forever."
I cannot give this book, this series or Paullina Simons enough praise. I am forever changed for having read this beautiful work of art, which to me felt just like an extension of the first. I know the third book will be no exception. I look forward to more storytelling from this amazing author, who has stolen my heart <3
"Once upon a time, young girls met young boys when the moon was full and the nights were dark, when there was a fire and singing and joking, when there was wine and taffeta and dancing, when the music was loud and the laughing, too, when one pair of eyes stared at another, and the girl's chest swelled and the boy came up close, and suddenly she looked up, he looked down and ...
Once there was first love."
What do you do … how do you go on … when your one true love is lost?
Give Up?
Move On?
Keep Faith?
"In Alexander's life there was one thread that could not be broken by death, by distance, by time, by war. Could not be broken. As long as I am in the world, she said with her breath and her body, as long as I am, you are permanent, soldier.
And he believed."
Soul shattering. The only way to describe this gorgeous sequel.
Our characters, Tatiana and Alexander are separated by distance, by war, by death. Their struggles while physically opposite, are emotionally and spiritually one. The heart ache and devastation seem never ending. How can two souls endure? How can two hearts beat strong? How can two people possibly survive? When everything they are is gone?
"I will make you insane, her memory screamed ... On the outside you will walk and smile as if indeed you are a normal woman, but on the inside you will twist and burn on the stake, I will never free you, you will never be free."
With multiple timelines and character pov's Paullina Simons is able to create a connection that has her reader gasping for more. Near impossible to put this book down ... long even, after it's ended.
Alexander's past is revealed and relived. Life changing moments are remembered. Tatiana works and lives in the now. The future is contemplated.
Despite all of the sorrow, pain, suffering, fear, regret and longing ... Despite lies, war and death ... Love will conquer all.
"There is one moment, a moment in eternity. Before we find out the truth about one another. That simple moment is the one that propels us through life - what we felt like at the very edge of our future, standing over the abyss, before we knew for sure we loved. Before we know for sure we loved forever."
I cannot give this book, this series or Paullina Simons enough praise. I am forever changed for having read this beautiful work of art, which to me felt just like an extension of the first. I know the third book will be no exception. I look forward to more storytelling from this amazing author, who has stolen my heart <3