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Making Faces
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★ ★ HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MAKING FACES ★ ★
The eBook is on a limited time sale to celebrate:
$2.99 instead of $4.95! * Amazon US * Amazon UK *
★Available from 10/19 until 10/23!★
A beautifully sad and uplifting story....
Making Faces is the most beautiful story of love and friendship and realising that, even through tragedy and imperfection, life can be wonderful. Life is worth living. Always It's a coming of age story and one I will pass down to my own children so they can share in this wonderful reading experience.
As the story unfolds the reader goes through sweet unrequited love, friendship, devastation, hope and love everlasting. This story is both gut wrenching and uplifting, it’s a stunning combination and makes you think so hard about all manner of things.
Making faces has various characters with individual personalities that shine through the writing. And of course, the light shone most brightly on Bailey, Fern and Ambrose, the main, wonderful characters.
Ambrose showed me his loyalty, his honour and his protective caring nature. He excels at wrestling but the expectation of what he could achieve is almost too much for him, he has another career path in mind.... He wants to make a difference and decides the best way to do this is join the army, so that's what he, and a group of his friends, proceed to do. I felt a mixture of admiration and fear. You just sense they'll not all make it home, and those that do will be forever changed.
Fern “…quietly lovely, unassumingly pretty…” She grew up believing she was NOT pretty... (UGS) Ugly-Girl Syndrome. Ignored when she was younger for being plain, boring and unattractive. The story is now quite different, the awkward young girl became a beautiful young woman, both inside and out. She’s honest, caring, genuine, and loyal, and loves to write. Anyone would be lucky to have her as a friend.
Bailey, Fern's cousin, and an insightful character inclusion from the author. His story is both heartbreaking and inspiring. He’s pivotal to the meaning, feel and emotion of the story. Life and death and silver linings, focusing on them is key to peace of mind, surviving and happiness. “...be grateful for everyday.” My heart ached for Rita and Bailey…..
Making Faces eloquently shows us so much in the soulful writing…… Terrible things happen to many people, it’s the way we deal with them that makes a difference, can be the mark of strength, and has a direct bearing on a person’s happiness. Everyone experiences problems, things they have to live through and deal with, how bad they are is relative to our own individuality and circumstance….
I smiled and I cried and I adored this wonderful story.
It gloriously demonstrates the human heart, its frailties and capacity to love. It shows us love in all its forms. It explores beauty, the beauty within a person’s heart and soul. This book is one of the reasons I love to read. It’s overflowing with heart bursting moments and right at the top, for me, is the love story that slowly develops between Ambrose and Fern. Making Faces is ultimately their story.
The most beautifully, perfect, sad first kiss ever. Their story gave me a strong dose of the emotional feels. I was rooting for their happy ever after.
Making Faces has a powerful intensity swirled with emotion. It has a sense of foreboding, whilst at the same time is inspiring, uplifting and life affirming. It raises the deepest questions of life. It’s not preachy, it doesn’t give answers for those questions, when there are none. So very deep and so very touching.
I'd recommend this to everyone. If you're one of the few who are yet to read this book, wait no longer, experience the beauty within.
A gorgeous trailer....
http://youtu.be/VkP_6G90he8
The singer is Amy Harmon's son!
The eBook is on a limited time sale to celebrate:
$2.99 instead of $4.95! * Amazon US * Amazon UK *
★Available from 10/19 until 10/23!★
A beautifully sad and uplifting story....
Making Faces is the most beautiful story of love and friendship and realising that, even through tragedy and imperfection, life can be wonderful. Life is worth living. Always It's a coming of age story and one I will pass down to my own children so they can share in this wonderful reading experience.
As the story unfolds the reader goes through sweet unrequited love, friendship, devastation, hope and love everlasting. This story is both gut wrenching and uplifting, it’s a stunning combination and makes you think so hard about all manner of things.
Making faces has various characters with individual personalities that shine through the writing. And of course, the light shone most brightly on Bailey, Fern and Ambrose, the main, wonderful characters.
Ambrose showed me his loyalty, his honour and his protective caring nature. He excels at wrestling but the expectation of what he could achieve is almost too much for him, he has another career path in mind.... He wants to make a difference and decides the best way to do this is join the army, so that's what he, and a group of his friends, proceed to do. I felt a mixture of admiration and fear. You just sense they'll not all make it home, and those that do will be forever changed.
Fern “…quietly lovely, unassumingly pretty…” She grew up believing she was NOT pretty... (UGS) Ugly-Girl Syndrome. Ignored when she was younger for being plain, boring and unattractive. The story is now quite different, the awkward young girl became a beautiful young woman, both inside and out. She’s honest, caring, genuine, and loyal, and loves to write. Anyone would be lucky to have her as a friend.
Bailey, Fern's cousin, and an insightful character inclusion from the author. His story is both heartbreaking and inspiring. He’s pivotal to the meaning, feel and emotion of the story. Life and death and silver linings, focusing on them is key to peace of mind, surviving and happiness. “...be grateful for everyday.” My heart ached for Rita and Bailey…..
Making Faces eloquently shows us so much in the soulful writing…… Terrible things happen to many people, it’s the way we deal with them that makes a difference, can be the mark of strength, and has a direct bearing on a person’s happiness. Everyone experiences problems, things they have to live through and deal with, how bad they are is relative to our own individuality and circumstance….
I smiled and I cried and I adored this wonderful story.
It gloriously demonstrates the human heart, its frailties and capacity to love. It shows us love in all its forms. It explores beauty, the beauty within a person’s heart and soul. This book is one of the reasons I love to read. It’s overflowing with heart bursting moments and right at the top, for me, is the love story that slowly develops between Ambrose and Fern. Making Faces is ultimately their story.
The most beautifully, perfect, sad first kiss ever. Their story gave me a strong dose of the emotional feels. I was rooting for their happy ever after.
Making Faces has a powerful intensity swirled with emotion. It has a sense of foreboding, whilst at the same time is inspiring, uplifting and life affirming. It raises the deepest questions of life. It’s not preachy, it doesn’t give answers for those questions, when there are none. So very deep and so very touching.
I'd recommend this to everyone. If you're one of the few who are yet to read this book, wait no longer, experience the beauty within.
A gorgeous trailer....
http://youtu.be/VkP_6G90he8
The singer is Amy Harmon's son!
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Thank you, Lisa. I understand lots of tissues may be required! lol. I'm so looking forward to it. I'm thinking maybe after Ricochet? Soon, anyway xxx
Thank you, Shannie. I'm looking forward to reading it xxx
How are you liking this? I have it, but keep putting it off
I'm only at 13%. Not much time to read at the moment because of RL but the writing is brilliant so far and I'm enjoying it, I have a 4/5 star feeling so far. xxx
I will have to move this book up my reading list. Thanks Jx :)
Vilda wrote: "Enjoy!"
Thank you, both. I hope to get some reading time tomorrow. I'm enjoying so far and have my tissues handy
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Valentina wrote: "I need to read this one! Looking forward to your rewiev! ;) XO"
Thank you, lovelies. I really loved it.
Valentina, seriously, I wish I'd read it sooner. Such a wonderful book!
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Thank you, Mirjana. IKR, Bailey is just inspirational. The whole story is amazing. xxx
Thank you, Rachel x;)
Thanks so much, Mo. You and Mirjana have me tearing up again. This book is very emotional but I wouldn't have missed reading it for the world. The Youtube trailer is amazing, isn't it? <3xx
Beautifully said J ;)
Beautifully said J ;)"
Thanks so much, April. Such a beautiful book. SO beautiful that I had to find alternative ways to say beautiful, lol xxx
Just watched the trailer, goosebumps.....
Just watched the trailer, goosebumps....."
Thanks so much, Crystal. It was a great pick for me form Alex. I really loved it. xxx
So true, April xxx;)
Thank you, Sammy xxx
Thank you, Mia xxx
Thank you, Linda x:)
Thank you, Sarah. And yes bump it up! Wish I'd not waited so long ;) xx
Thank you, SueBee ;)x <3
Thanks so much, Amy <3 xx
Thanks so much, Deanna. The story is extraordinary, you're right. It's truly wonderful, I hope you love it too. <333
Thank you, Suzana xx;)
Thanks very much, Penelope. Yay... so glad you added, it's a gem. Hope you love it as much as I do ;)xx
Thank you, Patrycja xxx
Thank you, Christine xxx
Thanks so much, Jen, and you SO DO!! Hope you love too xxx;)
Thanks so much, Kelli. Lovely of you to say. The book is truly inspirational, in all ways xxx;)