This Beautiful, Complicated, Crazy Life

First of all, thanks to Jody Hedlund for giving me an advanced read of "The Runaway Bride"! This is my honest review: (Book release date is March 3, 2020) Pete was the perfect "hero" he was selfless to a fault. Im actually wondering, does such a man exist? To quote Jody, "This man was one who accepted and learned from the mistakes of his past but who moved on to live with integrity and honor in the present. A man who opened his home, shared all he had, and did so with no care for the cost to himself."  Talk about swoon! He stood up for the Native Americans, even if it meant he ended up in jail. (Which he did many times throughout the book) He always was helping anywhere and everywhere he could. I think what made him one of my favorite fictional characters though, is that he only wanted the best for Arabella. He wanted to continually push her into the person she was meant to be, not the person she was groomed to act as. Seeing her character deve...

Wow. 😍 Now if you dont want any spoilers...please stop reading now. Know that I give this book ⭐⭐⭐⭐ and that I reccomend reading it! I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I love how Jocelyn was able to add real historical facts into this novel. It's actually something I love in books because I'm able to learn history. Usually I look into the events after I've finished reading a book to learn more!  Anyways...back to the book! This book really struck a chord with me. Megs father struggles with mental illness after suffering through a prison camp during the war. He is diagnosed with what they termed "soilders" heart. Meg and her sister take care of their father as best as they can. Things go sideways when a great fire hits Chicago and Meg loses everything. Including the use of her hands which were seveverly burned. (This problematic as shes an artist.) To top it all off her father is found guilty of murder and thrown into an terminally insane institution. ...