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Before He Was Gone (2000)

by Becky Wicks(Favorite Author)

4.29 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

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Romance

series

Starstruck

review 1: First of all before I give you my review I want to say that this book made me extremely sentimental for a tv show I watched many years ago called Survivor which was cancelled here in the UK but I believe still lives on in other countries throughout the world, it was awesome I loved it and Before He Was Gone just brought it all back to me!Anyway back to business, its dark, gloomy and I have a streaming cold whilst I write this review and the beautiful sunshiney (if that is indeed a word) cover with it gorgeous tropical setting just makes me want to dive right in!Now this will be a short review because Before He Was Gone is a gorgeous book which just begs to be read so I will give you my best teaser!So the story is all about Alyssa and Joshua.....Alyssa starts off extremely ... morebadly, she is dumped by her extremely hot musician boyfriend Sebastien (V hot!) knowing she will be publicly mocked as their relationship is/was all over the gossips mags she applies to Deserted a tv show where the contestants are literally abandoned and left to face challenges, to use their brains to survive whilst being constantly watched by the cameras, of course not all of the contestants are really built for this challenge but they all have their own reasons for being there. Alyssa meets many new people but the mysterious Joshua stands out, he is not like anyone she has met before, she is attracted to him and the feeling seems to be mutual.As the show continues, friendships are forged and choices in some cases need to be made, Alyssa and Joshua have amazing chemistry but will they act upon it, and who will be the winner of Deserted?Becky does a marvellous job of bringing her characters to life, you know as soon as you start reading that this is going to be a great read, her characters are not flat on the page they pop out (in some cases I wish they did!) of the page and you feel yourself immersed in the story.Awarded 4 out of 5
review 2: Hey guys! Don't forget, review Before He Was Gone on Amazon too (it really helps!!). I'm scribbling on book 3 (Before He Was a Secret), but here's a taster: I close my eyes for a moment, trying to control my heart palpitations as the memories of that day crash over me like a tsunami. ‘I just prefer the guitar,’ I stutter. Breathe. Breathe. It’s just a stupid instrument.‘Ah, but the piano is a different species,’ he carries on, almost in my ear. ‘You know, someone told me once that the white keys represent happiness, all the good stuff. The laughter, right?’ Conor runs his fingers quickly up and down the white keys, stops abruptly, looks to me. ‘And the black keys? They represent the sad times, the sorrow, the pain.’ He does the same on the black keys now, slowly, a different melancholy sound that makes me shudder involuntarily. ‘But you can’t forget,’ he says, bumping my shoulder gently, ‘they all mix up together to tell your story. You’re a little bit of everything at the end of the day. You’re a song.’ ‘I’m a song,’ I repeat as he jumbles a tune under his hands. ‘Yes. You need to play me your story.’ I stand up again. This is all ridiculous. I’m ridiculous. ‘I don’t want to play my story on that, or anything,’ I tell him, reaching for my purse. He stands up after me, grabs for it. ‘Because it’s harder to write a sad song about something real sometimes, than it is to write a happy one about nothing, I know,’ he says as I wrestle with him to keep my purse on my shoulder.‘No you don’t know,’ I say. He’s blocking my path, stopping me from walking out the door again. I flop against the wall, focus down at my feet. ‘I’m not like you Conor, I don’t have all that… history. Not the good kind, anyway.’ ‘What do you mean?’ ‘You can write songs about anything you want. Love, for example.’‘Stephanie…’‘I’ve never been in love, Conor. Not like you and Grace, anyway.’ His face is inches from mine and I catch the darkness flicker in his brown eyes at my words. ‘That’s my past, Stephanie. Who’ve you been talking to?’ less

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