ARC Cement Heart- Blog Review

***A gifted copy was provided by the author for an honest review*** This book has *such* emotional impact that you want to keep tissue handy. This book was utter, sheer, at times heavy yet filled with such angst but the climb back to where things ended up up was perfection. Viper is your well known man junkie. He goes out with multiple women, sometimes at the same time. Viper does the same time, never has a plan to change –seems ok with his lot in life. He doesn’t plan to have a family-it’s not that he doesn’t like kids, as he is fantastic with his teammates’ kids.( oh when he remembers to control his language around the kids) His friends are there for him and help watch his actions and accept him for who he is.. Do they always agree? No, but he is unapologetic because he is who is. I am not going to tell you who Viper’s lady is. There is a VERY good reason. She is someone who has had deep loss and oh , so has Viper. I’m not including very much plot description as part of this review –and there is a very good reason. It would give you spoilers and I want to keep this spoiler free. I won’t share how they met or their journey – my reason? For the not knowing will makes this reading experience so much more poignant. I spent the first part of the book watching Viper’s interactions with the women around him wondering which one would cause him to begin breaking his rules that he has set up in his life, and that conundrum made it even better than if I had been waiting for a specific woman to walk right up and knock on his door. As the story began to unfold, my heart began to break, Viper owned it. You just have to read the story to see why Viper is who is – on the outside he comes across as a jerk but on the inside he is such a sweetheart. Viper just needed the right woman to break down those walls, even if he didn't think that woman was his. And omg, the secondary characters are awesome-Viper’s grandmum is a firecracker. I adore her! I just have to say, you will not go wrong with this Viper and his lady. This is the one of the best books of the year. The journey of the two main characters is rough and emotional, with pain but oh the love that shines through . I really enjoyed every minute, even thru the crying. I LOVED Viper’s story and I cant thank the author for this wonderful story. My rating: 5 stars *****