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Before (2013)

by Melissa Pearl(Favorite Author)

4.1 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Smashwords Edition

review 1: I received this book free to review from Netgalley. It is a prequel to the book "Betwixt", which I have not read. "Before" tells the story of Dale, a rebellious preacher's kid who is running with the wrong crowd. When he overhears his parents talking about their own past, which was less than perfect, and more importantly to Dale, kept secret, Dale uses that as an excuse to continue with his partying ways. I found this book a bit too Christianly formulaic. Preacher's kid rebels, finds out his parents are not perfect, gets into drinking and sex, but neither really satisfies him, and the results are rather tragic. Still, it is a well written, well edited and interesting book.
review 2: I'm a big Melissa Pearl fan and love all of her books but "Before" is abs... moreolutely her best work to date. Even though "Before" is fiction, you can't help believe these events actually took place. The story is heart-wrenching but the drama never overpowers the realism. And despite a horrific accident described in graphic, chilling detail, Dale survives to become a better and stronger young man who is probably the only person who has what is needed to heal a heroine with her own broken history. less

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