Shattered Stars by Shari J. Ryan

Beautiful Tale of Love through Trials

Oh, my gosh! What a riveting, emotional story? This book goes back and forth between the past and present. While sometimes those kinds of books can be hard to follow or can lose momentum, I found that the story of Dani and Layne’s past to be vital to the understanding of their present and hopeful future. Dani has been through and is going through so much. The author pulled me right into the story, showing how what’s happening to Dani affects those around her, most notably her husband and teenage daughter. This book has incredible sadness and personal trials, yet it is also hopeful and inspiring. This is the first time that I have read this author, so I was pleasantly surprised to see how easily she drew me into the story and made me care about the characters and what happened to them. I love to be affected emotionally by a fiction story, and this one did that in spades. Layne is simply amazing, so compassionate, caring, and unwilling to give up on his love and their future. For Dani, it was so hard to see her struggle with memory and her hopelessness about it all at times. The book is beautifully written and thoroughly gripping. If you enjoy a love story that fully engages your emotions, this book may be right up your alley.