Talania : A Trip Down Memory Lane... (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
This is my second book of Spears. I liked it. It was a harrowing story of youth ripped away and love lost. How can you go wrong? Very sweet love story that has to face tragic obstacles that in a perfect world, should never touch a love so pure. But the gift of true love comes with a high price tag here. The first half was this side of sappy, honestly, but as the story progressed, I became engrossed in Evelyn's fight and Tristan's never failing love. At which point, I had to force myself to close the book and go to sleep. It's a precious and emotional story told with heart. I think some of it seemed a bit rushed, mostly in the beginning. But I was still able to feel the connection of the characters, and felt the flow settle into a stronger direction. As with the first book I read from Spears, I see a lot of potential in her writing and that just seem to need a tiny bit more polish. Her ability to create and deliver drama is really good. There just needs a little more seduction in the build of the story as a whole. She also does a nice job with her male leads. They are perfect support for the heroines, who seems to be the center character, even though the guys are given a POV. You can see Spears loves a strong female lead, and that always strikes a cord with me. I look forward to the next in the series. Take your time Crystal, we'll be here. If I base this in reality the books kind of sucks, so I won’t base it in that. Since it’s a romantic novel in every way and form I’ll base my review in that.So Evelyn was detected brain cancer at age 16, and it was found in the area where all our memories are stored. What’s the extra worst thing about having brain cancer and being located in that certain part of your brain is that by that age she had already found the love of her life Trenton. Even worst is that she has a fucked up mom. She lost some of the best years of her life, falling and being in love with Trenton. And after year, several surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation her parents and doctor decide it’s time for her to start living her life like a normal person. That’s when she is reunited with Trenton.Trenton was devastated after Evelyn disappeared and he swore he wouldn’t fall in love ever again. He couldn’t, he had his heart broken so bad, the love of his life just left without saying a single word, and he couldn’t survive another heartbreak like that.One night after he is done performing he sees her again, and that’s when everything starts all over again. He finds out why she left and that it wasn’t her fault, he also realizes he is still deep in love with her, but she doesn’t remember him. His mission now is to make her fall in love with him if he did it once he can do it again.The beauty of the story is that they fell in love when she was 14 and he was 16, after 3 years they cannot stand to be away from each other. During those 3 years he even proposes to her. After 4 years from being away from each other she falls in love with him once again and he realizes he loves the same or even more than he loved her back then. But such a perfect love always has to be put to test, and how that, Ev is diagnose with Leukemia.It’s an awesome love story, the one we all girls would love to have. I think all of us would’ve liked to meet that perfect guy by that age and still be in love after so many years. The love that Trenton expresses is sooooo awesome that if I go back to reality is something we will never be able to find.
What do You think about Talania : A Trip Down Memory Lane... (2013)?
This is definitely a hard read. Great story, but really sad. Thank god it has a HEA ending!
—pdthews
Sorry. This one just did not do it for me. On to something else!
—Henrik3112
