Life's a Cappella by Yessi Smith

 
Synopsis

I want to tell you how great my life was. How I lived without regrets. With constant laughter. Without any tears. I want to tell you how I lived each moment to the fullest. How each breath I took was fresh and full of life. With eagerness. Without any fear.
I want to tell you all of that, but then my story would be masked with lies and not worth telling.
My life didn’t start until I left my past. And I left everything. My mother, my friends, my name.
My new name, the name everyone knows me by is Erin Lewis.
Four years after finding the courage to leave her hometown in Alabama, Erin is finally happy with where her life has led her. Not only is she secure in her environment, but the relationships she has formed center her, making her forget how damaged she once was. Before she can fully settle into her new life, her past crashes into her present, unraveling a set of events that destroy the very foundation she has built her new life on.

My Review

I was given a copy for an honest review.

“My life didn’t start until I left my past. And I left everything, my mother, my friends, my name.”

This line captures my attention, it is very intriguing, it tells that something happen from her past that she wants to escape and start a new life as a new person. And the big question is what triggers her to left everything behind.

The story tackles a very sensitive issue about addiction, child abuse and rape. It shows the aftermath of what will happen to a child that experiences this kind of treatment inside the house and it is very alarming. We all want a happy family, good memories from childhood, the unconditional love, the warmth that it brings, the security it provides, but what if all this is just a dream for some?

It is a story about a girl, meet Erin Lewis that’s her name, the name she created to mirror the new life she wants to begin in Miami. Strong willed but has huge insecurities. She is not perfect and very stubborn. Sometimes I hate her and sometimes I love her.  After knowing her completely in the story, her struggles and hardship I fully understand why she is acting like that. She is broken, damaged beyond repair and the only remedy for her… acceptance.

It was narrated on Erin’s POV and Shayna. At first I’m confused who is Shayna is, I taught it was Erin’s real name and she has some flashbacks from where she is a child. But later in the story she was introduced a little twist that make the story more beautiful because it shows the different person Erin is capable of. I’m a little bothered on Shayna’s POV she is only four years old and she sounded like an eight years old to me because her thinking is too deep. She has a nightmare on her own and I really feel the need to comfort her and take care of her. Every child deserves love and care not the other way around.  I adore her and I think she is the turning point of Erin’s life in the story.

And there is Trent, the perfect prince charming for a very broken girl. At first I’m not attracted to him but later in the story he redeem himself, I love his character, his passion and understanding, his patience because sometimes Erin is very annoying and selfish but he never gives up, and most especially the unconditional love he shows to Erin.

The story is about friendship, love, family and acceptance.  All in all it was a good read for me, the writing is good the flow of the story is smooth, it was clearly narrated, past facing, there is some part that bored me but in the middle of the story until the last part it was good.  What I love is the lesson of the story, ‘sometimes people with the worst pasts end up creating the best futures.’ (Unknown) and for Erin life’s a cappella.

Kudos! Thanks for the copy I really appreciate it. Looking forward for more of your works.

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