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His Broken Words: A Wife Betrayed
Contains on-page cheating.
His Broken Words starts with a gut-punch betrayal that will leave you breathless.
When Emma lands a promotion she’s worked toward for years, she feels like everything in her life is finally falling into place—until she discovers her husband, Mark, has been unfaithful.
Determined to rebuild, Emma vows to never again settle for less than she deserves. But Mark, wracked with guilt and realizing too late what he stands to lose, isn’t ready to let go—even if it means groveling every step of the way to prove he’s worthy of a second chance.
His Broken Words starts with a gut-punch betrayal that will leave you breathless.
When Emma lands a promotion she’s worked toward for years, she feels like everything in her life is finally falling into place—until she discovers her husband, Mark, has been unfaithful.
Determined to rebuild, Emma vows to never again settle for less than she deserves. But Mark, wracked with guilt and realizing too late what he stands to lose, isn’t ready to let go—even if it means groveling every step of the way to prove he’s worthy of a second chance.
- GenresContemporary
262 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 5, 2024
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November 21, 2024
Too many unanswered questions.
Spoilers…
I got the sentiment behind the story, the writing, the meanings and what the author was trying to convey, but for me the whole book was too introspective.
I appreciated how their story centred around the realisations from Mark and his inner monologue of mistakes, but I needed more balance. I know that Emma was able to concentrate more on her professional growth but what about her personal growth?
We got everything thrown at us about Mark and how he realised his mistakes, but for me there wasn’t enough dialogue and hashing it out. Also it edged more towards it being about him working too much, finances and being an absent husband and father rather than his physical betrayals…..one doesn’t connect to the other rather than selfishness and needing a ‘release’ as he put it. It said a few times an affair but wasn’t he was going out to hotels and having ONS….that was never really explained properly and no real dialogue between Mark and Emma about that side of it either…how long had he being doing it? Why did he feel empty after? Was he interacting by text with other women? How did his colleagues know? Did he have repeated intimacy with the same woman/women? Who were they? Women from work? Prearranged?? There were too many unanswered questions.
It was like reading the ‘how to’ guide for a man after betrayal. I needed more grit from Emma, more push back, her having asked more questions.
I didn’t want her to be someone she wasn’t but at the same time just something more than words and acceptance towards the end. I know Mark did change and ‘put the work’ in, but was it enough? I suppose Emma was allowed to make her own decisions but I think it was all too introspective and all about the forgiveness after betrayal and an overview of what to do and the best outcomes, rather than the nitty gritty and the extensiveness of his betrayal.
I guess that’s the reason why it felt to me like something was missing….if we actually read the enormity of the betrayal then there would be no way for forgiveness and that’s why it fell flat for me. The forgiveness and acceptance felt false because I felt she never knew the full extent of it…or at least it wasn’t written that she did.
Spoilers…
I got the sentiment behind the story, the writing, the meanings and what the author was trying to convey, but for me the whole book was too introspective.
I appreciated how their story centred around the realisations from Mark and his inner monologue of mistakes, but I needed more balance. I know that Emma was able to concentrate more on her professional growth but what about her personal growth?
We got everything thrown at us about Mark and how he realised his mistakes, but for me there wasn’t enough dialogue and hashing it out. Also it edged more towards it being about him working too much, finances and being an absent husband and father rather than his physical betrayals…..one doesn’t connect to the other rather than selfishness and needing a ‘release’ as he put it. It said a few times an affair but wasn’t he was going out to hotels and having ONS….that was never really explained properly and no real dialogue between Mark and Emma about that side of it either…how long had he being doing it? Why did he feel empty after? Was he interacting by text with other women? How did his colleagues know? Did he have repeated intimacy with the same woman/women? Who were they? Women from work? Prearranged?? There were too many unanswered questions.
It was like reading the ‘how to’ guide for a man after betrayal. I needed more grit from Emma, more push back, her having asked more questions.
I didn’t want her to be someone she wasn’t but at the same time just something more than words and acceptance towards the end. I know Mark did change and ‘put the work’ in, but was it enough? I suppose Emma was allowed to make her own decisions but I think it was all too introspective and all about the forgiveness after betrayal and an overview of what to do and the best outcomes, rather than the nitty gritty and the extensiveness of his betrayal.
I guess that’s the reason why it felt to me like something was missing….if we actually read the enormity of the betrayal then there would be no way for forgiveness and that’s why it fell flat for me. The forgiveness and acceptance felt false because I felt she never knew the full extent of it…or at least it wasn’t written that she did.
November 30, 2024
3ish Stars
I'm generously rounding up
This reminded me of Goalie
Some of it worked, most of it didn't. There was too much inner monologuing, and it was repetitive too. What I wanted was more confrontations, more hashing it out, questions answered, and generally, more drama. I felt the angst, it came like a sucker punch to the gut the moment the infidelity was discovered, but afterwards, the vibe was super mellow. The FMC was too civil considering she had caught her husband in bed with another woman. And then his complete indifference at being caught in the act, omg. How do you face him again and not want to k!ll him? I guess she's better than me. Despite how devastated she said she was (show us, don't tell us!), I thought she handled things too calmly, too nicely, too rationally. Who are these women?? He was a serial cheater for fuck's sake. A skillet to head is what he deserved. I also wanted actual grovelling from the MMC, him desperately begging, nonstop. I wanted to see him suffer more; for him to hit rock bottom—spectacularly. I mean, yeah, he tells us how much he's suffering, some of it is even shown, but it comes off subdued. Most of this is revealed in his repetitive introspections. I appreciated his epiphanies; that he finally realized how much he hurt his family and the immense regret that followed; that he went to therapy to fix himself. But idk, the way it plays out here, it wasn't enough. I'm not sure he deserved a second chance, the betrayal was too great. How the eff do you ever get that image of your husband screwing another woman out of your head? But hey, to each their own. Anyway, I did like that scene towards the end where he (finally!!) falls to his knees at her feet...I'll allow it LOL
The epilogue fell short. A glimpse much further in the future was needed to see if he had proved himself trustworthy.
(Kindle Unlimited)
I'm generously rounding up
This reminded me of Goalie
Some of it worked, most of it didn't. There was too much inner monologuing, and it was repetitive too. What I wanted was more confrontations, more hashing it out, questions answered, and generally, more drama. I felt the angst, it came like a sucker punch to the gut the moment the infidelity was discovered, but afterwards, the vibe was super mellow. The FMC was too civil considering she had caught her husband in bed with another woman. And then his complete indifference at being caught in the act, omg. How do you face him again and not want to k!ll him? I guess she's better than me. Despite how devastated she said she was (show us, don't tell us!), I thought she handled things too calmly, too nicely, too rationally. Who are these women?? He was a serial cheater for fuck's sake. A skillet to head is what he deserved. I also wanted actual grovelling from the MMC, him desperately begging, nonstop. I wanted to see him suffer more; for him to hit rock bottom—spectacularly. I mean, yeah, he tells us how much he's suffering, some of it is even shown, but it comes off subdued. Most of this is revealed in his repetitive introspections. I appreciated his epiphanies; that he finally realized how much he hurt his family and the immense regret that followed; that he went to therapy to fix himself. But idk, the way it plays out here, it wasn't enough. I'm not sure he deserved a second chance, the betrayal was too great. How the eff do you ever get that image of your husband screwing another woman out of your head? But hey, to each their own. Anyway, I did like that scene towards the end where he (finally!!) falls to his knees at her feet...I'll allow it LOL
The epilogue fell short. A glimpse much further in the future was needed to see if he had proved himself trustworthy.
(Kindle Unlimited)
November 25, 2024
(This is more of rant than a review, so apologies in advance.)
I really wanted to like this book, but it just felt inadequate and read more like a manual for wayward husbands seeking to assuage their guilt, rather than a well-rounded story about a couple’s recovery and reconciliation after infidelity. It concentrated too much on the cheating MMC’s “healing”, as if though he was the victim and not the perpetrator of the betrayal. It left a really bad taste in my mouth.
There are several scenes in the MMC’s counseling sessions, but not a word about how the betrayed wife (MFC) actively worked towards her own healing other than crying or begging her estranged husband to fuck her. Yes, there’s BBS which made me really angry because it cheapened her character development. The MFC wasn’t given much importance. Her pain was often spoken about, but it was almost completely rug swept for the sake of the MMC’s spiritual journey of self-discovery. It’s kinda strange to say, but it almost felt like his serial adultery was glossed over for the sake of the redemption story arc. Sure, we got to see the painful D-Day scene at the hotel where the MFC catches the MMC thrusting into his affair partner, but even that seemed anti-climactic.
I really wanted to read about how the MFC dissected her husband’s betrayal and came to terms with the aftermath of their separation in her own individual counseling journey, but we were completely denied that. It’s so disappointing that she only spoke to her sister, work colleague, MIL, and her husband’s therapist (at one session only) about his infidelity, but she never went to therapy to learn how to cope. I mean, it appears that her husband had multiple affairs and many dirty hook-ups because he was an unapologetic SERIAL ADULTERER. Yet, we’re supposed to believe that she could magically forgive and forget without months (or years) of painful couple’s counseling, and a lot more work on his end?!
Working towards reconciliation after infidelity is difficult because everything has to be laid bare. The wayward spouse has to come clean about all their adulterous behavior (timelines, names, surrendering of all electronics, etc) and they have to be brutally honest and transparent. But we are never informed about the full extent of the MMC’s betrayal, nor how long it had all been going on, so there are too many questions left unanswered. I can’t suspend my disbelief enough to think that this couple’s HEA is truly genuine.
ETA for the safety gang: there’s never a mention about either MMCs getting full STI/STD panels even though the husband was a dirty dog. That was a nope from me.
I really wanted to like this book, but it just felt inadequate and read more like a manual for wayward husbands seeking to assuage their guilt, rather than a well-rounded story about a couple’s recovery and reconciliation after infidelity. It concentrated too much on the cheating MMC’s “healing”, as if though he was the victim and not the perpetrator of the betrayal. It left a really bad taste in my mouth.
There are several scenes in the MMC’s counseling sessions, but not a word about how the betrayed wife (MFC) actively worked towards her own healing other than crying or begging her estranged husband to fuck her. Yes, there’s BBS which made me really angry because it cheapened her character development. The MFC wasn’t given much importance. Her pain was often spoken about, but it was almost completely rug swept for the sake of the MMC’s spiritual journey of self-discovery. It’s kinda strange to say, but it almost felt like his serial adultery was glossed over for the sake of the redemption story arc. Sure, we got to see the painful D-Day scene at the hotel where the MFC catches the MMC thrusting into his affair partner, but even that seemed anti-climactic.
I really wanted to read about how the MFC dissected her husband’s betrayal and came to terms with the aftermath of their separation in her own individual counseling journey, but we were completely denied that. It’s so disappointing that she only spoke to her sister, work colleague, MIL, and her husband’s therapist (at one session only) about his infidelity, but she never went to therapy to learn how to cope. I mean, it appears that her husband had multiple affairs and many dirty hook-ups because he was an unapologetic SERIAL ADULTERER. Yet, we’re supposed to believe that she could magically forgive and forget without months (or years) of painful couple’s counseling, and a lot more work on his end?!
Working towards reconciliation after infidelity is difficult because everything has to be laid bare. The wayward spouse has to come clean about all their adulterous behavior (timelines, names, surrendering of all electronics, etc) and they have to be brutally honest and transparent. But we are never informed about the full extent of the MMC’s betrayal, nor how long it had all been going on, so there are too many questions left unanswered. I can’t suspend my disbelief enough to think that this couple’s HEA is truly genuine.
ETA for the safety gang: there’s never a mention about either MMCs getting full STI/STD panels even though the husband was a dirty dog. That was a nope from me.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 23, 2024
Going for the bland 3 star rating as I am very conflicted about the story.
Heroine is tough as nails when she finds out her husband is cheating by catching him in the act. His complete and utter dismissiveness of her pain was a shocker, but well done for not going the obvious route.
My issue is just getting over the cheating. The author does an excellent job of showing his redemptive arc though. He actually goes to therapy and realizes that his father is a contributing factor.
His father...hoo boy. I hate to think that there are men that think like him...that woman are weak collateral, but I guess they are out there. I think of my dad, a Marine in WWII, worked oil fields, old school curmodgeon and would never have spoke about women the way the father did. I probably would have given an extra star if the H's mom had left her pathetic husband.
Heroine is tough as nails when she finds out her husband is cheating by catching him in the act. His complete and utter dismissiveness of her pain was a shocker, but well done for not going the obvious route.
My issue is just getting over the cheating. The author does an excellent job of showing his redemptive arc though. He actually goes to therapy and realizes that his father is a contributing factor.
His father...hoo boy. I hate to think that there are men that think like him...that woman are weak collateral, but I guess they are out there. I think of my dad, a Marine in WWII, worked oil fields, old school curmodgeon and would never have spoke about women the way the father did. I probably would have given an extra star if the H's mom had left her pathetic husband.
November 29, 2024
Unfortunately DNF
I really don't like to not finish a book. But this dragged looks real bad. My rating had nothing to do with the trope of the book. It was with the execution and it didn't deliver enough angst. It just got boring it felt to dragged out. Sorry.
I really don't like to not finish a book. But this dragged looks real bad. My rating had nothing to do with the trope of the book. It was with the execution and it didn't deliver enough angst. It just got boring it felt to dragged out. Sorry.
November 17, 2024
Well done cheating husband story.
If you’ve ever visited the adultery subreddit, you know they’re all about OPSEC, keeping their behavior super secret. The husband in this story gets away with cheating for so long that he doesn’t think she may accidentally find him cheating through their location app. The confrontation in the hotel room is raw and ugly.
What magnifies the ugliness is his reaction when he gets home… get over it, it’s what men do. Recovering from this is what drives the story. She throws him out, and he realizes too late just what he’s lost. And he works to fix what’s broken in him and what he broke in his marriage and with his family. He understands his why, confronts it.
The process and storytelling is very low key, very little drama, small confrontations with one well done one with the husband and wife in his therapist’s office.
It’s really a 3 star story (not enough drama for me), but adding an extra star for the redemptive arc that works.
If you’ve ever visited the adultery subreddit, you know they’re all about OPSEC, keeping their behavior super secret. The husband in this story gets away with cheating for so long that he doesn’t think she may accidentally find him cheating through their location app. The confrontation in the hotel room is raw and ugly.
What magnifies the ugliness is his reaction when he gets home… get over it, it’s what men do. Recovering from this is what drives the story. She throws him out, and he realizes too late just what he’s lost. And he works to fix what’s broken in him and what he broke in his marriage and with his family. He understands his why, confronts it.
The process and storytelling is very low key, very little drama, small confrontations with one well done one with the husband and wife in his therapist’s office.
It’s really a 3 star story (not enough drama for me), but adding an extra star for the redemptive arc that works.
December 2, 2024
Repetitive and lays it on thick
If you want a morality tale where the husband breaks free of toxic masculinity, this book will work for you. This book isn’t bad. It just…wasn’t enough for me.
The premise of the story is familiar enough - a seemingly perfect family where the wife discovers the husband is cheating. He disregards her response, assuming life will continue as it had. She disabuses him of that notion by demanding a separation.
As their world collapses around them, the husband is forced to reevaluate his life and priorities. Through therapy, he realises his errors and decides to work at changing himself.
There is nothing wrong with the story, but it just didn’t work for me. It reads like a psychology text book and is very idealistic. It was great to see how it was linked to previous generations and how the husband started working on preventing the transfer to the next generation. It just didn’t click for me.
If you want a morality tale where the husband breaks free of toxic masculinity, this book will work for you. This book isn’t bad. It just…wasn’t enough for me.
The premise of the story is familiar enough - a seemingly perfect family where the wife discovers the husband is cheating. He disregards her response, assuming life will continue as it had. She disabuses him of that notion by demanding a separation.
As their world collapses around them, the husband is forced to reevaluate his life and priorities. Through therapy, he realises his errors and decides to work at changing himself.
There is nothing wrong with the story, but it just didn’t work for me. It reads like a psychology text book and is very idealistic. It was great to see how it was linked to previous generations and how the husband started working on preventing the transfer to the next generation. It just didn’t click for me.
November 14, 2024
okayyy 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This book definitely did its job, yes he cheats and he does work on himself and he does work towards being better, I’m more of a crawl on your hands and knees and beg for forgiveness type person. But this book and how this author wrote it was how it was supposed to be and it panned out for the best. It was realistic and raw and gat damn hurtful but it was warm and beautiful as you kept on reading. Definitely give this book a chance, you won’t regret it ❤️
This book definitely did its job, yes he cheats and he does work on himself and he does work towards being better, I’m more of a crawl on your hands and knees and beg for forgiveness type person. But this book and how this author wrote it was how it was supposed to be and it panned out for the best. It was realistic and raw and gat damn hurtful but it was warm and beautiful as you kept on reading. Definitely give this book a chance, you won’t regret it ❤️
November 26, 2024
I liked the story somewhat but it missing pieces to make the story better.
November 23, 2024
I got bored pretty much after he was caught red handed. I guess I like my cheating stories to have more dialogue between the H and h on the actual cheating like how long, where, when, with who, affair or ons. I believe those are realistic conversations to have had.
November 26, 2024
Mark and Emma are married with 2 kids. She works outside the home, but is also the main caregiver, so Mark concentrates on his career and makes more money. Lately, he's been working more hours seeking a promotion.
Emma shows up at his workplace to take him out to lunch but he's not there. She's not suspicious until his coworkers each give a different explanation of where he is. They're covering for him but don't have a real cover story. She uses the shared location on her phone to find him in a hotel and uses her ID to get a copy of the key card.
She catches him having sex. (A ONS i think.) His reaction is strange. He's annoyed she's there and she's making a big deal out of something that's completely normal. Like he's the emperor who got caught with a concubine. (It shouldn't be any big deal.) When she kicks him out of the family home he's angry, like she's unjustified.
He picks up a stranger at a bar and has another ONS, then starts feeling his feelings, and starts crying. He decides he needs therapy.
So the rest of the book is mainly Mark having a character arc through therapy. We learn that his father was also a serial adulterer and his mom just quietly accepted it. Mark used ONS to tamp down his emotions and he expected Emma to understand and quietly accept.
Other reviews have already said that Emma doesn't go to her own therapist, even though she was the victim of adultery. The couple doesn't talk much, and there's not much story arc regarding their reconciliation. It's mostly about Mark. Don't get me wrong, I liked Mark's development, but I wanted it balanced more with conversations/couples therapy/reconciliation between Emma and Mark.
Emma shows up at his workplace to take him out to lunch but he's not there. She's not suspicious until his coworkers each give a different explanation of where he is. They're covering for him but don't have a real cover story. She uses the shared location on her phone to find him in a hotel and uses her ID to get a copy of the key card.
She catches him having sex. (A ONS i think.) His reaction is strange. He's annoyed she's there and she's making a big deal out of something that's completely normal. Like he's the emperor who got caught with a concubine. (It shouldn't be any big deal.) When she kicks him out of the family home he's angry, like she's unjustified.
He picks up a stranger at a bar and has another ONS, then starts feeling his feelings, and starts crying. He decides he needs therapy.
So the rest of the book is mainly Mark having a character arc through therapy. We learn that his father was also a serial adulterer and his mom just quietly accepted it. Mark used ONS to tamp down his emotions and he expected Emma to understand and quietly accept.
Other reviews have already said that Emma doesn't go to her own therapist, even though she was the victim of adultery. The couple doesn't talk much, and there's not much story arc regarding their reconciliation. It's mostly about Mark. Don't get me wrong, I liked Mark's development, but I wanted it balanced more with conversations/couples therapy/reconciliation between Emma and Mark.
December 2, 2024
When this wife walks in on her hubby, balls deep into some random other woman, and the hubby gets pissed off that she was there ruining his fun, I definitely felt the angst. I wish there was more angst than that one scene though. This dude has sex with another random (or same one? Not clear) after the first time his his wife discovered him sexing another woman. I never believed he actually felt bad about what he did. I felt he was just mad that he got caught before he could get off. AS cold as he was when his wife walked in on him, I figured he'd just finish what he was doing with this other skank, so he could deal with the wife after. The rest of the story was dull as hell. It dragged like crazy.
I'm curious how often he did this with women, or one woman. Was it through their entire marriage. Was he constantly banging other chicks, you know, just so he could relieve his stress from work, like he claimed. 🙄 Did he get tested a lot? I think I was more freaked about that than anything else. Condoms aren't full proof. Him putting his wife at risk that way, was gross as hell. Guess she wasn't too worried about STDs or ALL the women he might have been with before she actually caught him in the act, though. 🙄
I'm curious how often he did this with women, or one woman. Was it through their entire marriage. Was he constantly banging other chicks, you know, just so he could relieve his stress from work, like he claimed. 🙄 Did he get tested a lot? I think I was more freaked about that than anything else. Condoms aren't full proof. Him putting his wife at risk that way, was gross as hell. Guess she wasn't too worried about STDs or ALL the women he might have been with before she actually caught him in the act, though. 🙄
November 21, 2024
Cheating = H has NEVER been faithful in his marriage. H believed that screwing around with various and sundry women was his justifiable "release" and way to relieve stress so that when he went home he would be the strong, reliable and calm husband/father.
h sees H with OW = h walks in on the H "relieving" his stress mid thrust in a hotel room with a rando OW
Grovel = H has so much to grovel for, not the least of which was his cheating. H also basically told the h to "get over it" and the NEVER smart saying of "calm down" because that ALWAYS makes a woman calm, right???? H grovels for the majority of the book through word, deed and therapy. Eventually the h forgives and she did make him wait a long while (unclear how long but it was many months but maybe not a year).
All in all, quick read with good grovel.
h sees H with OW = h walks in on the H "relieving" his stress mid thrust in a hotel room with a rando OW
Grovel = H has so much to grovel for, not the least of which was his cheating. H also basically told the h to "get over it" and the NEVER smart saying of "calm down" because that ALWAYS makes a woman calm, right???? H grovels for the majority of the book through word, deed and therapy. Eventually the h forgives and she did make him wait a long while (unclear how long but it was many months but maybe not a year).
All in all, quick read with good grovel.
December 7, 2024
decent read
The initial cheating is handled pretty quickly from the start. It takes a bit for Mark to get it but then we’re off to the races. The entire book is him stepping up and realizing all the things Emma had done for the family.
We see Mark “break” a cycle, though he’s already had the infidelity but I guess work to no perpetuate it and make sure his son doesn’t grow up thinking it’s ok.
There is a bit more active cheating that isn’t acknowledged. Also no follow up on when he recused himself from the portfolio or told Emma about it. We have no idea what happened with Patricia and George. I hope Patricia got out.
It’s down to the wire, and Emma just decides that she’s gonna take him back even when a couple pages before she wasn’t certain. It was an abrupt ending but it was an overall decent story.
The initial cheating is handled pretty quickly from the start. It takes a bit for Mark to get it but then we’re off to the races. The entire book is him stepping up and realizing all the things Emma had done for the family.
We see Mark “break” a cycle, though he’s already had the infidelity but I guess work to no perpetuate it and make sure his son doesn’t grow up thinking it’s ok.
There is a bit more active cheating that isn’t acknowledged. Also no follow up on when he recused himself from the portfolio or told Emma about it. We have no idea what happened with Patricia and George. I hope Patricia got out.
It’s down to the wire, and Emma just decides that she’s gonna take him back even when a couple pages before she wasn’t certain. It was an abrupt ending but it was an overall decent story.
November 25, 2024
A for effort
There's a lot to unpack with this book. It was just alright. It felt rushed in a lot of places and then dragged in others with repetitive thought life. I felt there could have been more dialogue and tough conversations between the couple. It took awhile for the author to get the husband to acknowledge the affairs when as a reader you wanted him to get there faster, since that was the outcome of what he was taught. I wanted to see the mom have her moment and a better epilogue that gives a better idea of where they went. It could have been better.
There's a lot to unpack with this book. It was just alright. It felt rushed in a lot of places and then dragged in others with repetitive thought life. I felt there could have been more dialogue and tough conversations between the couple. It took awhile for the author to get the husband to acknowledge the affairs when as a reader you wanted him to get there faster, since that was the outcome of what he was taught. I wanted to see the mom have her moment and a better epilogue that gives a better idea of where they went. It could have been better.
December 1, 2024
The beginning of this story was so good. The catching him in the act, the immediate, decisive actions of the wife and the initial hubris of the husband who then in turn realized what he had done. The rest of the book was basically spent on the overhaul the husband went through when he realized what he had lost. That was done really well. The honesty that transpired and his commitment to get her back. However, the angsty pile up just kind of coasted to the end, so for me, I didn't receive the burst of flames.
December 9, 2024
Nope! Not good. I just dislike so many things!
The story was written well, it didn’t make sense how Emma found out about the affair?
Mark didn’t show remorse or explanation but send suddenly he did?
It was all over the place and Mark was in denial, then suddenly cried and started therapy! 🙄
This story felt rushed in some places and boring and long in others!
It wasn’t a good read and I had to skip a lot of explanation from the characters! And it was third person writing so overall it felt too stuffy and inarticulate
The story was written well, it didn’t make sense how Emma found out about the affair?
Mark didn’t show remorse or explanation but send suddenly he did?
It was all over the place and Mark was in denial, then suddenly cried and started therapy! 🙄
This story felt rushed in some places and boring and long in others!
It wasn’t a good read and I had to skip a lot of explanation from the characters! And it was third person writing so overall it felt too stuffy and inarticulate
November 26, 2024
Grovel for days
An interesting take on groveling to happily ever after. He royally screws up, the grovels to get back. More than half of the book was his introspection and inner turmoil, but only bare bones outward reactions. After a while it got to be a little too on the nose for me. Good book if you want to see the MMC really, honestly go through it. Three and a half stars rounded up to four.
An interesting take on groveling to happily ever after. He royally screws up, the grovels to get back. More than half of the book was his introspection and inner turmoil, but only bare bones outward reactions. After a while it got to be a little too on the nose for me. Good book if you want to see the MMC really, honestly go through it. Three and a half stars rounded up to four.
November 26, 2024
4.5 stars. Very good read. Recommended
This isn't an easy breezy read as you can tell by the cheating trope. I found the story realistic in terms of the pain & destruction cheating causes a relationship & family. I liked the main character and appreciated how resilient she was. I don't know that I would have made the same decision as her. I didn't give 5 stars because I thought there were some unresolved questions and the ending was wrapped up too quickly.
This isn't an easy breezy read as you can tell by the cheating trope. I found the story realistic in terms of the pain & destruction cheating causes a relationship & family. I liked the main character and appreciated how resilient she was. I don't know that I would have made the same decision as her. I didn't give 5 stars because I thought there were some unresolved questions and the ending was wrapped up too quickly.
November 23, 2024
So good
I enjoyed this book about Mark, Emma, Liam and little Sophia. This is a book about trust broken and a heart breaking betrayal. It is also about finding yourself, accepting responsibility and forgiveness. I've never read this authors works before but I will read again. She gets to the heart and soul of a book. Really good book.
I enjoyed this book about Mark, Emma, Liam and little Sophia. This is a book about trust broken and a heart breaking betrayal. It is also about finding yourself, accepting responsibility and forgiveness. I've never read this authors works before but I will read again. She gets to the heart and soul of a book. Really good book.
December 1, 2024
Perplexing Writing style
This story had a strong foundation to be a great story, but for me it fell just short on everything. A lot of words were written but no deep emotions invoked out of it. A lot of telling but not enough showing? I’m not even sure if that’s the reason, but the writing style needs work.
This story had a strong foundation to be a great story, but for me it fell just short on everything. A lot of words were written but no deep emotions invoked out of it. A lot of telling but not enough showing? I’m not even sure if that’s the reason, but the writing style needs work.
December 4, 2024
Good Book/spoiler
I like a cheating grovel to HEA. This book was a good story. I had some issues with the story and when she finds him in the hotel. The other woman just says nothing? Took a long time to finally explain how he found these women. How big is this town they live in? No one gossiped to her about what he was doing but gossiped in the school yard.
I like a cheating grovel to HEA. This book was a good story. I had some issues with the story and when she finds him in the hotel. The other woman just says nothing? Took a long time to finally explain how he found these women. How big is this town they live in? No one gossiped to her about what he was doing but gossiped in the school yard.
November 29, 2024
Body betraying syndrome ruined the book.
Also this reads like a cheating manual after you are caught. It’s like a step by step on how to redeem yourself except the FMC is a doormat a couple of times so the MMC didn’t really have to try that hard as is with the usual cheating books.
Also this reads like a cheating manual after you are caught. It’s like a step by step on how to redeem yourself except the FMC is a doormat a couple of times so the MMC didn’t really have to try that hard as is with the usual cheating books.
November 30, 2024
his broken words
Wow…such an emotional story but beautiful .thank you for this author it’s an eye opener for someone who’s dealing with the same issues you can forgive someone but in your own terms when you’re ready.
Wow…such an emotional story but beautiful .thank you for this author it’s an eye opener for someone who’s dealing with the same issues you can forgive someone but in your own terms when you’re ready.
December 3, 2024
consequences.
Actions have consequences. Mark definitely learned that the hard way. Building his family’s trust back was not gonna be easy. Emma was broken after what he did. Forgiving and moving forward felt so impossible. What a sad but great book.
Actions have consequences. Mark definitely learned that the hard way. Building his family’s trust back was not gonna be easy. Emma was broken after what he did. Forgiving and moving forward felt so impossible. What a sad but great book.
November 22, 2024
it is goodish… I wish it had more details.
I liked this story but it only glossed over the pain the betrayal caused. The wife would be flashing back on catching her husband.
I liked this story but it only glossed over the pain the betrayal caused. The wife would be flashing back on catching her husband.
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November 26, 2024DNF
November 28, 2024
Good book
A book about a man who cheated buy he is doing everything he can to win the love of his life back.
A book about a man who cheated buy he is doing everything he can to win the love of his life back.
December 4, 2024
Not my cup of tea
This book has a great story, the characters was ok, but it felt dragged out. I found myself skipping pages and reading ahead. It didn't keep me interested
This book has a great story, the characters was ok, but it felt dragged out. I found myself skipping pages and reading ahead. It didn't keep me interested
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