I fell in love once.
It was amazing. She was amazing. Life was amazing.
I lived for each time I could see her, and nothing else mattered, not that our families were enemies, our time together was forbidden, or we had to meet in secret.
Our love could conquer all.
Until it didn't.
So I was ripped away from the love of my life and shoved into hell, forced to continue without her.
It shattered me, broke the best parts of me, left me permanently damaged.
Or so I thought.
Years later, I swear history’s trying to repeat itself because she’s back in my life, and I’m just as drawn to her as I was before. But I'm older and wiser now, and I know she should stay away from a worthless ex-con like me.
So, I will not let her in. I absolutely refuse to hurt her. I will keep her away.
Then again, sometimes risking your greatest fear to get to a smile makes everything worth it, and besides, I’m not sure I can resist her, anyway.
This is the story of how Felicity Bainbridge changed my life forever, starting one summer day long ago after I was forced to change a dirty diaper...
--Knox Parker
Wow. Okay, so I don't know why, but this didn't feel like any of the other Forbidden books. I mean, the reason I loved those was that they were funny as hell, and light and easy reading, while at the same time being deep and emotional.
Worth It was not what I expected. It was dark, and at some times really heartbreaking. It tore my heart out of my chest, stamped on it, put it through a grinder, and then spit on it. But meanwhile, it was also filling it to the point of breaking with goeeyness and making me squeal with joy.
Doesn't mean I didn't love this book to pieces. Because I did. I feel deeply in love with this book, just like any other in the Forbidden Men series.
Okay, going back to the beginning. So this story is not told in chronological order, and we have two points of view, our two awesome main characters, Felicity and Knox. We also have two timelines: the present timeline and the 6-years-back one. Lemme just tell you guys, they were like day and night. 6 years ago, we had this cutest little storyline.
'' ''You know that, right? You're safe here.'' His hushed voice coaxed more from me than he probably intended. ''Just... please stay still with me for a couple minutes longer, until they're gone, okay? Then, maybe give me a head start before you scream as loud as you want. '' All I heard was, stay with me, and please. And oh my word, I was tempted to give him anything he wanted.
But when I lifted my gaze to his, his chocolate brown eyes met mine, and he looked so.... Parkerish.''
Basically, Knox and his City were crazy in love, the kind of love that lasts a lifetime. They were considerate with each other, open and sharing. And ohmigosh, but did I just adore them. City was practically unpractical, and Knox was just such a good guy, I couldn't help but wish I had a boyfriend like him.
And then I'd flip the page to a new chapter and everything went dark and gritty. Because of course they couldn't just have a little bit of a hard time, noooo, these two had to endure hell.
''I'm just some wasted shell of space who won't stop breathing. And I can do nothing but hurt you. There's this stain on me. I'll never get it out.''
MY BABIES GAAAH!! I don't wanna say too much lest I spoil it for you guys, but can I just say my heart broke for these two. Their story was so sad, I could not handle it. They deserved so much more, and their innocence was taken away from them at such a young age. Tears were literally streaming down my face the whole time.
The one bright spot was the supporting cast. We got to see a lot of the others, and I loved that! Okay, so I wasn't the biggest fan of Noel, but the rest of the Gamble family is so adorable, especially little Colton. And Ten, and Caroline, and Quin, and Zoey, and Eva, and Reese, and Mason and the fucking sweetheart Pick. We even got some hints to Asher's story, The Girl's Got Secrets. MWAAH ASHER AND PICK YASSS!!
Anyhoots, what are you waiting for, read this book, and add one more awesome-sauce book to your shelves!
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