Only Love Can Hurt Like This: an unforgettable love story from the Sunday Times bestselling author

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The story explored relationships between families and the struggle of having to make impossible decisions. S. to spend the summer with her dad and step-family on their farm in Indiana-their paths will cross, and maybe, just maybe, their hearts will begin to heal.

Anders and Wren have an electric connection, but Anders has a secret--keeping him from igniting his feelings towards Wren. About 75% of the story is told from Wren’s point of view and the narrator’s interpretation of the character was a seamless fit. While I started to see it coming towards the middle of the book, I wasn’t very convinced about why they hid it even after it was clear it needed to be out. However, I had a widget for this and I was tempted by the video I saw of the author crying on Instagram over what she had written. Their friendship blossoms as they help each other, offering support, hard truths, and loving backup.I was trying to wait to read this book closer to pub date… like in 2023… but I couldn’t contain my excitement and I devoured this! The relationships are portrayed with compassion and honesty, and the author’s note at the end that explains Hoover’s personal connection to the subject matter is a must-read. But Wren doesn’t know that Anders is harbouring a secret, and if he acts on any feelings he has for Wren it will have serious fall-out for everyone. The supporting characters of Bailey (Wren's sister) and Jonas (Anders brother) are both likeable and add to the storyline in their own ways. When Wren realises her fiancé is in love with someone else, she thinks her heart will never recover.

Anders’ big secret doesn’t come into the story until two-thirds of the way through, complicating things but without much time for characters to explore or truly reflect on it. As an adult her love of reading has only increased and she can always be found with her head in a book.But Wren doesn't know that Anders is harboring a secret, and if he acts on any feelings he has for Wren it will have serious fall-out for everyone. But Wren doesn’t know that Anders is harboring a secret, and if he acts on any feelings he has for Wren it will have serious fall-out for everyone. When Wren’s fiancé unwittingly falls for someone else and their wedding is canceled, she decides to get away from all the surrounding memories and visit her American family for some much needed healing. Her moments with her stepmother and dad filled me with more emotions than the actual drama of the story. Biography: Paige Toon is the bestselling author of fifteen adult novels and three young adult titles, and her books have sold almost 2 million copies worldwide.

When Wren realises her fiancé is in love with someone else, she thinks her heart will never recover. Wren hopes that spending the summer with her dad and step-family on their farm in Indiana will help her to heal. Wren Elmont is an architect and was born in Arizona but moved to England with her mother when her parents divorced. I had never read anything by this author before, but it was immediately evident that Paige Toon was a natural storyteller. The moral dilemma Wren and Anders both face but from different perspectives, makes for a thought-provoking debate for reading groups.I loved how they reached out to her, bridging a chasm that was naturally created when her father left her mother for Sheryl.

In this monumentally moving story (keep the tissues at hand) of two lovers kept apart by tragicsecrets, Toon urges us to risk everything, to never play it safe when it comes to the heart, and to know that caring is always, always, worth the cost.

And wren is lowkey annoying too bc she’s like begging this man to love her and he’s clearly not okay about the moral decision he has to make but she’s acting so fucking desperate and it’s horrible how it all plays out. From her relationship with her ex to her relationship with her dad and stepmum, her feelings towards her half sister and her sisters own relationship. I adored Only Love Can Hurt Like This—it swept me away to the gorgeous Wetherill Farm and I fell in love with Wren and Anders. Synopsis: Needing a fresh start and a place to heal her broken heart, Wren decides to visit her dad and stepmom on their farm in Indiana. Instead this book reads like it was written by someone who has never interacted with another human in their life.