Marni Mann - Even If It Hurts audio review

 This was my first Marni Mann book and I would definitely like to read something else by her. But I have mixed feelings about this book. Maybe it's because I listened to it versus reading (sometimes I feel differently about a book if I've read it) but I love being able to hear a story come to life. I did enjoy the narrators and I liked Chloe. I liked her relationship with Oliver. It was a young love and timing was all wrong, but I enjoyed the time they had together. While it was hard for Chloe to move on, eventually she did. She found Lance. He was nothing like Oliver and that's ok. But they fell for each other and had a strong relationship. I enjoyed what they had together and the fact that it was different from her first love. But the subject matter was what made me feel the way I did. I don't want to give anything away, so I'm just going to leave it at that. I didn't love this book but I appreciated the young love and the later love in Chloe's life.

From USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann comes Even If It Hurts, an emotionally charged contemporary romance. When you have a perfect marriage, only an impossible reconnection could make you risk it all.

OLIVER

When I met her, I couldn’t take my eyes off her.

We were so young and so passionate.

We studied business in the day and each other’s bodies at night.

We always knew it would end with the semester, so we loved hard with no regrets.

LANCE

When I met her, I couldn’t get her off my mind.

We were fresh out of college and ready to take on the world.

We fit each other like missing puzzle pieces.

And just when I thought my life was perfect, it got better. She became my wife.

CHLOE

I met my first love while studying abroad in London.

When I moved home, I didn’t think I’d ever fall in love again.

Until I met him. The man who became my husband.

The one I promised a lifetime to.

Then, my first love came back into my life …

And I realized that love was bigger than any one man.