Showing posts with label Sociology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sociology. Show all posts

Friday, August 1, 2014

Broken Silence

5/5☆☆☆☆☆
Broken Silence (silence#2)

Synopsis


     It has been four years since Oakley fled England with her mother and brother to get away from her terrible past, but now it's time to go back.

Determined to make sure that her father and Frank end up in prison for life
 Oakley has to face the men who has abused her sexually, psychologically and emotionally for years, reporters and a roller coaster ride of emotions.

 Can Oakley handle the stress of the trial and seeing Cole -the love of her life- again? 
    
 Oakley's emotional limits are about to be pushed and she isn't sure if she is capable of handling all of the attention and anxiety that comes with standing up for herself and the other victims like her.

 Oakley is a strong and determined person but will she be strong enough to take control of her emotions long enough to land her father and Frank in jail? 
Or Will the whole situation get the better of her?


     Will Oakley be able to face Cole after hurting him all those years ago? 

Join Oakley as she attempts to move pass her horrible past and finally gain closer in this second book of Natasha Preston's Silence series

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So, I don't usually read book like this, but both Silence and Broken Silence were flipping fantastic. 
It was hard reading this story. I can not imagine what it must be like to go through something like this and I pray for all the Oakley's out there in the real world. I pray and hope that they know that they are not alone and that it is okay to speak up and be brave.


 Natasha Preston did a wonderful job at writing these books and I am sure I will be reading more of her stories soon.

xoxoxo
Natasha Blaxk

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Silence Review

4/5 ☆☆☆☆

Okay, so, this book is in no way similar to any of the book I usually read. 
This is not a paranormal or science fiction book. 

In this book sixteen year old Oakley Farrell fights to suppress horrors from her past and focus on having a normal life. 
Well, as normal as it can get for a girl who hasn't uttered a word in almost eleven years.
Physically there is nothing wrong with her... but, psychologically- that's another story. 

As if she didn't already have a hard enough life the poor girl gets bullied everyday in school
but thanks to Cole, her only and best friend since she was a baby, her life is a bit bearable. 

Cole is probably one of the only people in her life who fully accepts her the way she is
but as they grow closer she worries if their relationship will suffer due to the fact that 
she can never communicate with him like a normal person. 

Slowly Oakley starts to feel like her life is falling back into place
but when someone from her past reappears her world comes crumbling down.

Will she break her silence to keep herself safe 
or will she endure further suffering in order to keep everyone she loves from hurting?

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Personally I believe that Oakley is an incredibly strong person.
Having to deal with what she has for nearly Eleven years 
and making such a difficult life changing decision towards the end just shows how strong of a person she is. 
I have never read anything like this and I must admit that at times I wanted to jump into the story myself, grab Oakley and take her away from the life that she was living.
Yeah that bad.

Cole's relationship with Oakley since they were young has probably been the only thing that kept that poor girl from breaking apart and I honestly felt their heart ache once the things from her past started to catch up with her. 

The only thing that bothered me about this book was the spelling errors but who am I too judge I am definitely not the worlds best speller (lol)

I really liked this book and I will read the next book... like right now! 
I need to know what happens next and god I hope ..... [Nope. Look at me about to give out spoilers]

This book is available as an e-book free on Kindle 

xoxoxo
-Natasha Blaxk