Without Merit

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Many thanks to the publisher for providing my copy; it was an absolute pleasure to provide my honest thoughts here. Poignant and powerful, Without Merit explores the layers of lies that tie a family together and the power of love and truth. En este caso, vemos la historia desde la perspectiva de Merit, y no es una perspectiva en la que podamos confiar definitivamente, desde el inicio se notaba su bias, la manera en la que se expresa de su hermana se burla de ella a pesar de que su hermana pasa por una tragedia que la cambio mucho. So many secrets in this house. And yet, the one secret I should have told years ago is the one I’ve kept the quietest. I mean, it's fiction, but that doesn't necessarily mean that such a mess of a family doesn't exist just because I haven't experienced it in my 27 years of living. The secrets, the lies, the dishonesty is something that is all too real and I love how everything came together towards the end.

Normally when I read a CoHo book my Kindle is filled with highlights and notes, but for Without Merit, I only have two. It may not be two because one of them is a popular one that was made to standout so I don’t know if that even counts. Pero Merit estaba metida tanto en su mente, pensando todo a su manera de una forma tan distorsionada, que me hacía sentir que ella misma se ponía el pie, era obvio que Sage tenía sentimientos por ella, era obvio que la enfermedad de su madre era más grave de lo que Merit pensaba, pero ella vivía con la venda en los ojos a causa de su depresión que todo lo veía sombrío y desolador. Que siempre pensaba lo peor de todos, especialmente de sí misma. <

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One day, a hot dude called Sagan kisses Merit unexpectedly. She reciprocates, but soon realises she has been mistaken for her twin and that she has just kissed Honor's boyfriend. To make matters worse, she can't stop thinking about him. And worse than that-- shortly after, Honor moves Sagan into the Voss household. First, I want everyone to know that this is not a romance novel, just in case you thought it would be. There’s a touch of romance, but nothing swoon worthy. That wasn’t a problem for me – I just had to adjust my mindset, but that only took me ten minutes, max. It’s more of a story about acceptance and understanding – finding yourself, so to speak. Just like many other Colleen Hoover books, there is an important message written in the words. Without Merit is nothing like her previous books that I have read. I would not classify this book as a romance at all (I mean maybe a little here and there). This to me would be a story about self discovery and finding your place in the world. This story is real, raw, beautiful, and painful at times. Hoover will steal your heart with this one.

Colleen Hoover is one of best authors I've ever read and her books are always sitting at the top of my recommendations lists for every kind of reader! Her books are absorbing, her characters are endearing, and each new story she writes is unique, relatable, and thought provoking. She has a very distinctive writing style that I absolutely love, I also respect and admire her as a person -- the charity she has started is incredible, and each time she announces a new book, I count down the days until I'm able to read it. Not in the style of It Ends With Us necessarily, but in its own way. As I got more and more invested in the story, I teared up quite a few times. It all begins when Merit meets the beautiful Sagan and in an unforeseen act and without hardly talking they kiss. The best kiss of her life. The problem is that he's her twin sister's boyfriend. The plot so far not bad, but later Merit finds out that Honor has moved her boyfriend Sagan to the house and that complicates everything. I'm not sure how to properly phrase this in a way that won't make people want to rip my head off, so I'm just going to go for it. If this paragraph doesn't make sense, you don't agree, or you think I an idiot, that's cool, please just move on. Basically, I feel a little bit cheated with this book. Everyone has genres that they like, yes? Well this is a CoHo book, who is known for her monumental, everlasting, earth shattering love stories. Without Merit is very vague, between both the cover and blurb so you don't have a good sense of what you're going in to. But between the author (come on, we all know what we're getting when you hear the name Colleen Hoover) and the opening chapter -- OMG MY HEART -- well, I expected one of those monumental, everlasting, earth shattering love stories. And I didn't get it. I feel like I was lead on or something because that seemed to be the way the book was heading, until it wasn't. I was rooting for Sagan and Merit so hard until, well, it became a story that I didn't want it to. And frankly, who cares what I want, I get that, but when you're expecting one thing, hoping for one thing, and you don't get it... Well, it's a little disappointing. Even Goodreads has Romance tagged as one of the genres but yet, here we are.

I think that's the most perfect ending to a story I've ever read. Knowing she's going to speak to someone is like a new beginning, which is so much better than a happy ending. Though there is a little bit of that too. Creo que por eso le costaba tanto aceptar que sufría de depresión, y mucho más le costaba pedir ayuda, ya que no dejaba de pensar, en lo mal que ella trataba a los demás, así que porque alguien se preocuparía por ella. Merit Voss collects trophies she hasn’t earned and secrets her family forces her to keep. While browsing the local antiques shop for her next trophy, she finds Sagan. His wit and unapologetic idealism disarm and spark renewed life into her - until she discovers that he’s completely unavailable. When is the life change supposed to happen, exactly? Do I have to eat the whole cookie to get the results?"

Overall, this book wasn't what I expected. It isn't a romance, but more of a family drama story with a love aspect thrown in. It is also very depressing and bleak, so know that going in. wasted over being disappointed that no one hasn’t invented a restart button. To be honest, how long do we have to wait? Until 3017? Because I want to read this again. Now. When I reached the end of the book, I felt like there wasnt any real conclusion to the book. Everyone’s issues where still there at the surface. Nothing was really resolved. There was only a bandage put on top of everything that would eventually fall off. I had the pleasure of receiving this book a week before the official release date. I’m not even going to deny the fact that I did this as soon as the book was in my hands. I also just don't understand why no one on the editing team is catching the homophobia, biphobia, ableism and slut-shaming in here. And it's straight from the mouth of our narrator who we are supposed to feel sympathy for! How do you like someone who says this when outing someone as bisexual:He could probably open his mouth and call me an asshole again and I'd still want to kiss the lips the insult came from.