Wall by Cate C. WellsMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Heartbreaking
I’d probably give this book 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.
I will start this review with a trigger warning. If the subject of miscarriage hurts you to hear/read about, you may want to give this book a miss.
Wall has been a member of Steel Bones MC for around 4 years. He joined when his marriage fell apart. His wife Mona still lives in the house they bought together. She is training to be a nurse whilst working in a nursing home. When she has an incident with a resident’s grandson, she finds herself driving to Wall to ask for help after not speaking to him since he left.
Wall never got over Mona, and takes this opportunity to try and win her back, knowing that this time he has to get it right. This time he has to be strong enough to face the hard stuff.
One of the things I love about this writer is her ability to give her characters a different voice from those that came before. So many writers find a formula and kind of stick to it. The lead characters tend to blur together and this author never does this. Each voice is different and the way they think about themselves and their lives is different and that’s what makes it real.
Mona and Wall became 3-dimensional people to me as I read this book, hearing all the little details about their experiences, and the thoughts that blow through their heads. Their story is heartbreakingly common and I have loved ones who went through similar experiences, though thankfully didn’t make a stupid mistake in the middle of it all. This book pretty much ripped my heart out for these characters. There was so much sadness and wasted time, along with hope and redemption.
I was so happy with Mona and Wall’s ending, which was so richly deserved because they worked hard to get it.
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