Theme Week : Love is an Open Road
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: The Truth About Forever
AUTHOR: Piper Vaughn
LENGTH: 50 pages
STORY PROMPT:
Dear Author,
He told me it’d be forever, a forever I had permanently inked into my skin. I thought I’d always want the reminder of a love as incredibly perfect as we had together. The passion and our connection was overpowering, but apparently his idea of forever and mine were two different things. Yet, no matter how painful it is I haven’t been able to let go of the memory of him in my heart. I’m trying to live my life again, trying to find a rhythm in a world that doesn’t seem to balance for me anymore. I’ve covered more and more of my body in the tattoos of a life lived, but somehow even though I’ve surrounded it with other images, I can’t quite make myself cover up and paint over that one word.
REVIEW:
This almost had a Romeo & Juliet kind of feel to it. We have 2 very young men 13yrs old when they first meet and fall in love. Everything they do they do together, every first they’ve experienced they experience with each other. Their love is pure, intense, naive, but very true and very honest. Even though their families don’t approve, they continue to be together.
Flash forward 5 yrs, right when they’re about to start their adult lives together, things end abruptly and significantly…
Six years after Marco’s heart was shattered by Jonny he’s doing pretty well. He went to college, has had other relationships and now indulges in his passion, being an executive chef at his family’s restaurant. His personal life isn’t doing as well…his heart seems to not want to move on no matter how much he tries.
I understood the decisions that were made, and why. But it did feel like a cop out. I feel like he could have made the same choices but stayed in his relationship. With that said, I did really enjoy the story. These men and their emotions are so raw and so real. I loved Jonny and Marco, so much. They really seemed to love each other and the circumstances were heartbreaking.
Overall, I think everyone would enjoy this read….especially people who believe in the idea of true love and soul mates. Incredibly enjoyable!!!
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