Review: All That We Never Were - Book #1 Let It Be Series - Alice Kellen - February 2019
Though this book was
originally published in 2019, it has only really hit the world of Social Media
in the last couple of months with its eye-catching cover that makes us not only
crush on the book but want to read it. I went into the book having a feeling
that it was going to be an angsty New Adult Romance with potentially the same
feel as After by Anna Todd. It wasn't as Angsty as I thought, but turned out to
be more unrequited love and then requited love and then back to unrequited
before finishing the end of Book #1. It was like come on Axel, man up and fight
for her, don't show her that you are the quitter everyone thinks you are. The
book starts with thirty-year-old Axel being asked a favour by his best friend
since childhood Oliver - to look after his sister Leah while he is away for the
year. Leah was with her parents when they died in a car accident and she
survived but wishes she was dead. Her life lost all happiness and colour and
she withdrew. Axel hates seeing her like this and pushes her out of her shell
and we see glimpses of the old Leah back. Of course, this means that Leah's
feelings of love for Axel come back and he fights until he gives up and they
end up sleeping together. Of course, not everyone is happy with the decision and
how can they be when she's only 19 and he's 30? Will Axel do the right thing
and fight for her or will he "Let it Be" and in the words of Elsa -
Let it Go? This book also features throughout the novels, quite a few songs of
The Beatles including a childhood favourite of Yellow Submarine. The book ends
on a semi-cliffhanger as Book #2 picks up three years later. If you are in the
mood for some New Adult Romance, then check out "All That We Never
Were" by Alice Kellen today.
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3PWSa9B
