“He held me captive with his aching, painful love. So I waited. And I waited. Lost and alone. Waiting to be found. Until the sun slipped away and my clothes had dried. Into the night I stayed, hoping. Hoping. My heart turned to stone and I knew. I would never see him again.”
Where do I even begin to put into perspective or find the right words to describe the magnitude of emotions coursing through me right now after reading this book? One Day Soon by A. Meredith Walters is a story that describes of what it truly means to have a second chance at love, hope, dreams, and life. This is not your typical love story of boy meets girls and girl and boy falls in love and lives HEA. No, this book is so much more. This is a story where everything matters. Survival is key. Sunsets is a time where dreams, hope, and tears clash before darkness takes over. The evenings are a reminder of how cold and cruel the world can be. Mornings is a reminder that a new day has begun where you can still hold onto the hope of a better tomorrow. And hopefully one day soon, laughter is heard instead of cries, pain is erased, humiliation is replaced with happiness, peace instead of worry, and dreams of happily ever afters do exist not just in fairytales but in real life. One day soon where two strangers found true love in a world filled with darkness and monsters. One day soon where light shines bright everyday and only happy tears are shed.
“He had helped me when he didn’t have to. He had taken care of me. He had made sure I was warm. Fed. That I had a place to lay my head at night. Even when he couldn’t keep himself safe, he made sure that I had been. He put me first. Always. God, I had missed him.”
A. Meredith Walters delivered a raw original story that was truly epic and unforgettable.She gave here readers an emotional, raw, real, and utterly devastatingly beautiful story of second chances. One Day Soon stole my heart right off the opening pages as she held you hostage with her stunning prose and raw characters. Ms. Walters gave readers an in your face gritty and raw perspective of what it means to truly live, fight, and survive in a world where you are overlooked and cast aside.
“A hundred memories arched between us. A thousand words spoken softly in the dark. A dozen promises never kept.”
“I stayed much longer than I should have. Because I couldn’t bear letting him go again.”
Fifteen years ago. A girl met a boy. Boy rescued the girl. Girl and boy became friends. And till one day their friendship took on a whole new deeper meaning. LOVE. I mean love that you read in fairytales. Love that can define and break you. LOVE that will never be forgotten. And within those six months of getting to know each other and falling for one another, their love was forever etched into their hearts, soul and mind. So fifteen years later, how does girl react to seeing the boy that broke her heart? How can the boy face the girl that he gave up and sacrificed for?
“Some days were dark and bleak. Cold and hungry I felt as if I were barely existing. Then there were days like this. When all I felt was love for the boy who kept me safe. The boy who tried to make me happy in the most miserable circumstances. Who held my hand and kissed me softly and made me feel like the luckiest girl in the world. Even when I had nothing, he was everything.”
I honestly don't want to spoil this book for readers so I won't go into depth with this review because this book needs to be read and experienced. One Day Soon gripped, shattered and filled my heart with so much emotions. I am in awe with how meaningful, raw and real the story of Imi and Yoss is. Their story of love was not an easy one to swallow because everything about them was beautiful, heartbreaking, tragic, and earth-shattering. Their love was so pure. It was the kind of love that transcends and makes you believe in the happily ever afters and that one day soon that they will get the fairytale ending that they both truly deserves. The gift of second chances is a major theme in this book. It took fifteen years of wandering and lost time, for Yoss and Imi to finally have that chance. And in so One Day Soon will make you question everything about every love story that you have read, seen, and heard. Do you believe in fate? Do you believe in second chances? Do you believe in love? Do you believe in sacrifices? Letting go? And most importantly do you believe that you will get your one day soon of happily ever afters?
“You’re my smile, Imi. Always have been”
There are love stories that are great, amazing, beautiful, and tragic. But the story of Imi and Yoss was a love story that encompasses everything. It was bold, raw, life-altering, emotional, unforgettable,tangible, palpable and the list goes on. It was the kind of love that made your hearts race and made you FEEL every crevice of darkness, light, sadness and happiness. It was a love like no other. It was Yoss and Imi. And that kind of love was what made One Day Soon devastatingly beautiful.
“Imi. I love you. God I love you,” he groaned into my mouth as we started to move together. His tears fell on my face, mingling with my own. We sobbed. We laughed. We promised. We fell apart. And when it was over I knew that neither of us would ever be the same. I loved him with the foolish loyalty of a naïve heart. Every piece of me belonged to the lost, lonely boy who had saved me . He held on and I would never let go. Because I knew that when I gave him my heart, he’d never give it back.”
A. Meredith Walters did a phenomenal with this book. This book was bold, fresh, modern and emotional raw. It was everything you would want in a love story. One Day Soon is a book that I will hold dear to my heart because it really exposes the harsh reality of what it truly means to live, survive, sacrifice, and love. So if you are looking for a book that is so much more than hearts and flowers, but a story where dreams can become a reality even if after so many years has passed then I highly recommend you to read One Day Soon and just maybe we can all believe that our one day of soon will happen for each and everyone of us.
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5 "Promise? Promise!" + + + Stars ~An Incredible & Unforgettable Read~
Genre: Contemporary RomanceType: StandalonePOV: First Person – Female“Because one day soon, I promise you that this ugly will become something beautiful.”Yossarian (Yoss) Frazier; at only twelve years old learned to live in the streets to fend for himself. His mother had passed away and his father was very abusive that he rather lived in the streets. He learned to survive the best he could even if that meant doing things he hated and always would regret. At eighteen years old he meets Imi and he falls in love with her.Imogen (Imi) Conner; at age sixteen runs away from her mother's home. She was young and had a mother who only cared for herself and her new boyfriends. Imi's first attempted to run away was just for attention so she went back home; however she realized her mother just didn't care; so this time she ran away for good. She spent six months living in the streets but the very first day on her own she meets Yoss; the boy who became her guardian Angel who became everything to her."Once upon a time, I had wanted my mother to come looking for me. I had wanted to be found. Now I just wanted to stay lost." ImiYoss and Imi's relationship was just incredible however the friendship, love, family that they found on each other was breath taking. Yoss would do things he hated himself for to protect Imi and the gang I loved them all. Each and every one had a story to tell but it was hard to see everything they went thru on a daily basis. Really makes you think about real life and how fortunate some of us are to have a family that really love and care for us."Here was a boy barely holding himself together…I wanted to shield him from everything horrible. Everything ugly. Just as he had been trying to do for me."Yoss wanted what was best for Imi so he let her go; he made her believe that they would both run away and start elsewhere but he knew that she loved him as much as he loved her and that will only bring her down. She had a mother; yeah a selfish mother but she had a family she could go back to and try to be happy. He on the other hand had nothing; no one and knew deep inside that no matter how much he wanted to be with her the only way to keep her safe was to let her go.Imi loved this boy so much that she would have stayed and starved to death if it meant staying together but when he left her she knew she had to move on. She tried; she truly tried to be a wife but failed miserable she had a hard time giving up on her first teenager love. So when life puts her back in front of Yoss fifteen years later she realized that one day; that maybe that one day soon might just have finally come."Once upon a time there was a sad, lonely boy who was actually a forgotten prince. No one knew that he was rich and powerful and had a family that was searching for him.""One day he met a girl who swore that she would help him get back home to the castle. They fell in love. The prince wanted her to come back to the castle with him so they could live there together.”This book was an emotional roller coaster; it was breath taking; it was full of feels. I felt so much more than just another story because it touches your deep in the heart deep inside. You will not look at things the same after you read this. I feel like this has made it to my top favorites book of all times; this is truly the most amazing story I have ever read and it deserves all the praise in the world. I will recommend this book to everyone looking for an EPIC story about love, life, sacrifices, family and friendship. An Incredible & Unforgettable Read."You’re my smile, Imi. Always have been.” He kissed me with abandon. A passion unleashed. “Always will be,” YossA copy was greatly gifted to me via author in exchange for an honest review. Thank you so much!
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Not all that wander are lost- anymore....
Reviewed in Germany on March 21, 2016