Marisa Delos Santos is the Filipino-American bestselling author of When Love Walked In and Belong To Me. Her latest novel is Falling Together, and it has got to be the best book I've read this year (and I'm not even finished with it). I fall in love with books, mostly because I can relate with the characters and what they are going through. I'm not going to post spoilers here, but let me just say that each of the protagonists has to deal with losing a loved one.
I've been going through some stuff lately and reading this book not only helped me temporarily escape the stress (that's what I love about reading, you get lost in another world), but some of the dialogue and situations seem to speak to me.
My apologies to the author, I just edited the pronouns in the following excerpts:
Will had thought about pointing out that his own ______ wasn't actually dead, unless you counted her heart and soul, or that you had to first have a ______ in order to lose one, or that his ______'s exit from his life had left nothing that required healing.
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"Whether I do or I don't, though, I figured something out."
"What's that?"
"I need her gone," Will had told her, looking her straight in the eye. "For good. No seeing her. No more phone calls or e-mails. Nothing."
He had braced himself.
"Good," said his ______ firmly. "Cut her out."
"Really? I thought you'd be upset."
"Of course not," said his ______. "Whatever you need to do to take care of yourself, do it. And good riddance."
"Hold on," Will had said. "I thought you forgave her."
"I did. I do. I let go of my anger and blame, but I know her."
"...unless that woman undergoes a radical change, which could happen because miracles do happen, but which I'm sorry to say seem unlikely, she shouldn't be anywhere near you."
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