Ache by SM Soto

I didn’t know anything about this book going into it except that the cover was beautiful. I’ve read this authors previous series which was good so I pre-ordered it. I saw a few IG/FB post saying how emotional the book was and to be sure to have tissue close by.

I started the book and I was instantly intrigued because this was such a tragic, heartbreaking and deep topic. One that is extremely important to me as a survivor myself. It’s so sensitive in nature that it can go either way.

I found that the main characters Bea and Liam were adorable together but I think Liam needed more depth to him, more character development. It’s as if he was dropped into the book and then removed for 6 years only to drop him back in. I also felt that as the story progressed and I could understand what Bea was thinking at times dealing with that she didn’t fight back, she didn’t try to stop the abusive that went on for 6 years in her mother’s home. I felt there were times, opportunities within those 6 years that she could of gotten help, collected evidence of the abuse to put a stop to it. I was angry that no one in her life picked up on the signs to offer her help. I thought her mother was so selfish I wanted to inflict pain on her for being so neglectful. I felt that there were just so many things that the story lacked a realness, it lack true depth.