**ARC received for consideration. All opinions are my own.
The Book
Wren and Alex’s friendship started in a treehouse when they were eleven years old. As the years passed, this became the place where they dreamed of the future and built a bond so strong that nothing in the world would break it.
After high school, when Alex left for college and Wren moved to New York to pursue a career in art, they worried about the distance between them and their time apart. So they promised that in one year they would meet back at their treehouse.
But when the day came, Alex never showed.
Ten years later, Wren has built a life she thought was complete. Just as she thinks the pain of her past will forever be behind her, Alex reappears. With him comes every memory, every unanswered question, and every reminder of the pain she felt on that night he never showed. While Wren struggles with Alex’s return, it doesn’t take long for her to realize that this man is not the boy she once knew.
What happened ten years ago that made Alex not show up, and in doing so, destroy their friendship that she thought would withstand anything?
Book Review
Oh my goodness, where do I even begin? Lorissa Padilla is one of those authors who I know is going to bring me to tears every single time I pick up one of her books. I go in with this knowledge and try to prepare myself for the emotional wreckage that is sure to come, knowing that the story is absolutely going to be worth it. But try as I might to prepare myself, I was not expecting how deeply this one would hit me. To say that Alex and Wren had my heart would be a complete understatement. These two were best friends as teenagers until he disappeared from her life ten years earlier with no explanation. We get their story in a dual timeline showing their friendship in the past and the present timeline after they are reconnected after all those years. That past timeline showed the strength and connection of that friendship, only making me wonder what could have possibly happened to Alex to destroy it all. And when we finally get that full story? Oh, my heart! This story is absolutely heartbreaking and had me reading through tears at multiple points... but in the midst of the trauma, it was also so beautiful and healing. Both of these characters have been through so much, but their story didn't stay in the heaviness. It was vulnerable and tender, and I just couldn't help but love these two together... Truly this review could never do the story justice, but if you love a romance that will break your heart and put it back together, this is one absolutely not to be missed. Another new favorite for me!Wherever I'm With You is a closed-door romance with implied intimacy and mentions of casual sex. It does have moderate/strong language to include multiple (five) f-words. This story does deal with some topics that could be potentially triggering for some readers to includes mentions of
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