Out of the Woods by Hannah Bonam-Young
𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:
꧁•⊹٭ ༊*·˚. marriage in crisis ༊*·˚. high school sweethearts ༊*·˚. flashbacks ٭⊹•꧂
Review
Sara was insufferable! She came off as a bit ungrateful and childish to me. There didn’t seem to be any problems at all and yet Sara made them into problems. Everything was a storm into a teacup. Was she PMSing? 🙄 this just didn’t resonate for me.
This book has also a lot of internal thoughts, there wasn’t a lot of dialogue, which isn’t great for a couple that is a long-term relationship in crisis. The side characters were underdeveloped as well and the story dragged at parts. I found myself bored and skimming some of the scenes.
“It can sometimes be difficult for me to feel grateful for what I have because I’m thinking about what I’ve lost or what I could lose. I feel directionless, because I don’t really know my own feelings or wants or desires. I just sort of live in some…middle.”
“Life kept going, the Earth kept spinning, everyone moved on, but I stayed still.”
“When you’re not near, you occupy every corner of my life. Half of my thoughts are about you. All of my dreams involve you. My hopes and fears and purpose revolve around you.”
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 2 in the Out Series. Each one can be read as a complete standalone.
- Out on a Limb
- Out of the Woods
Blurb
High school sweethearts Sarah and Caleb Linwood have always been a sure thing. For the past seventeen years, they have had each other’s backs through all of life’s ups and downs, achievements, losses, stages, and phases.
But Sarah has begun to wonder… Who is she without her other half?
When she decides to take on a project of her own, a fundraising gala in memoriam of her late mother, Sarah wants nothing more than to prove to herself—and to everyone else—that she doesn’t need Caleb’s help to succeed. She’s still her mother’s daughter, after all. Independent and capable.
That is until the event fails and Caleb uninvitedly steps in to save the day.
The rift that follows unearths a decade of grievances between them and doubts begin to grow. Are they truly the same people they were when they got married at nineteen? Are they supposed to be?
In a desperate attempt to fix what they fear is near breaking, Sarah and Caleb make the spontaneous decision to join a grueling hiking trip intended to guide couples through rough patches.
What follows is a life-affirming comedy of errors as two nature-averse people fight their way out of the woods in order to find their way back to their roots.
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