Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: Unquiet
SERIES: Resilient Love #3
AUTHOR: Melanie Hansen
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 296 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 22, 2016
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Loren Smith has been in love with Eliot Devlin almost his entire life. During their turbulent childhood and teen years, Loren didn’t always understand Eliot, and sometimes he could be a challenge, but Eliot was the only one to ever truly ease Loren’s deep loneliness and accept him. When Eliot’s increasingly erratic and self-destructive behavior culminates in a suicide attempt at seventeen, Loren is devastated.
Upon meeting again by chance nine years later, Loren is enjoying a successful career as a police officer while Eliot’s life has been a constant struggle for stability. In and out of mental hospitals, with a rap sheet a mile long, he continues to be buffeted by the twin storms of mania and depression. Loren’s love and protectiveness for Eliot are deeply ingrained in him, however, and their feelings for each other are quickly rekindled.
Loren has issues of his own he’s dealing with, and trying to understand and cope with Eliot’s bipolar disorder isn’t easy. They believe they’re meant to be, and Eliot brings a fulfillment to Loren’s life that no one else will ever match. But as they both come to realize, love by itself can’t cure all.
REVIEW:
Unquiet is one of those deeply moving, brilliantly written stories that you will never be able to survive reading again, it’s just too painful but stories like this are meant to be read!!!
This book is painful, frantic, upsetting, moving, hopeful, beautiful, meaningful…I really could go on and on about how wonderful this story was. I think anyone that has been touched by mental illness in their lives could relate to not only Eliot but Loren as well.
Like I’ve come to realize with any Melanie Hansen story her characters are so incredibly well written sometimes I feel as if they are right there with me in person. Like they could come right off the pages, they are that real!!! I friggin LOVE this author!!! This book, along with the other 2 stories in this series are they types of works that will linger in my mind for years to come, if not forever.
Loren and Eliot have been friends since they were just kids. Knowing early on their bond was special, they were never far from each other. They also couldn’t be any more different. Where Loren was stable, consistent, and solid Eliot was the complete opposite no one really knew what he would do next or what he was capable of. Circumstances arise that tear Loren from Eliot’s life and years pass.
Loren, a successful law enforcement officer runs into Eliot in the most unlikely of places and all the emotions that have laid dormant in both men come roaring back in full force. Unfortunately, Eliot is still incredibly sick and mentally unstable so they start to build a relationship on a very unstable foundation. Both men, however, are bound and determined to make it work, no matter the cost.
Like I mentioned this book is beyond perfect. I loved every single thing about it, especially LOREN!!! OMG, what an absolutely amazing character. His patience, compassion, and love for Eliot feels like a physical force on the pages of this book.
Melanie Hansen has really outdone herself with Loren and Eliot. I’m officially in book hangover mode. I highly, highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend this whole series…they’re all so amazing!!!
Recommend.
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