"Touching story about losing love and learning how to find it again"
Reviewed by Penny B
Posted December 28, 2014
New Adult
In LETTING GO by Molly McAdams, Grey is three days away
from marrying the man she has loved for years. But her
world is shattered when she gets a frantic phone call
from Jagger telling her that Ben has suddenly died. Grey
is completely devastated, and we can feel her pain right
along with her.
Grey and Ben's best friend, Jagger,
promises to stay by her side and help her get past her
grief. Two years pass and Grey and Jagger are getting
ready to graduate from college. Grey is still severely
depressed but Jagger stays by her side and helps her get
through graduation day. They move back to their hometown
of Thatch where Grey attempts to start her life without
Ben.
Grey and Jagger end up spending all of their time
together. Soon, Grey realizes she has feelings for
Jagger but she feels that moving on is betraying Ben's
memory. Soon we find out that Jagger has always loved
Grey but kept his feelings to himself because he didn't
want to break up Ben and Grey.
When Grey finds out that
Jagger has feelings for her she freaks out. All she can
think about is Ben and what he would think if he were
alive. Jagger doesn't press the issue and waits for Grey
and what she wants. When she finally realizes that she
does have feelings for Jagger, they decide to make it
official.
Soon strange things start happening. Grey
gets a Facebook message from Ben. And his wedding vows
to her are found on her car. Other things from Ben keep
appearing. Grey begins to second guess her relationship
with Jagger and Jagger worries that he is going to lose
her. Then Jagger's Mom starts to blackmail Grey for
money. Will Grey finally be able to let the memory of
Ben rest and move on with Jagger? Who is trying to keep
them apart? And what does Jagger's Mom want from Grey?
The ending of this book
LETTING GO is shocking and great. LETTING GO is a great book that will touch readers and
have them cheering for Grey and Jagger. I do wish that
we had met Ben. I wanted to know why he was such a great
guy and so difficult to move on from. Jagger is a great
guy and so caring and loving towards Grey. When Grey
struggled with her feelings towards Jagger I wanted to
shake her and ask her what her problem was! I also felt
there were parts of the book that just didn't need to be
there. It didn't take away from the story though and
when I thought I knew how the book would end, Molly
McAdams threw in a twist that really had me flipping the
pages til the end.
SUMMARY
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling New Adult
author returns with a sizzling novel of love, loss, guilt,
and forgiveness. Grey and Ben fell in love at thirteen and believed they’d
be together forever. But three days before their wedding,
the twenty-year-old groom-to-be suddenly died from an
unknown heart condition, destroying his would-be-bride’s
world. If it hadn’t been for their best friend, Jagger,
Grey never would have made it through those last two years
to graduation. He’s the only one who understands her pain,
the only one who knows what it’s like to force yourself to
keep moving when your dreams are shattered. Jagger swears
he’ll always be there for her, but no one has ever been
able to hold on to him. He’s not the kind of guy to settle
down. It’s true that no one has ever been able to keep Jagger—
because he’s only ever belonged to Grey. While everyone
else worries over Grey’s fragility, he’s the only one who
sees her strength. Yet as much as he wants Grey, he knows
her heart will always be with Ben. Still they can’t deny
the heat that is growing between them—a passion that soon
becomes too hot to handle. But admitting their feelings
for each other means they’ve got to face the past. Is
being together what Ben would have wanted . . . or a
betrayal of his memory that will eventually destroy them
both?
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