Just a story about unconditional love…

Synopsis

The world thinks that pop superstar Kiara Anderson has it all, but she spends her nights drinking away memories of her childhood and life as a teen runaway.

The Jacobs family are desperate to see the girl next door again and discover why she ran away, especially their son Shane, who blames himself for her disappearance.

When Kiara’s manager forces her into a reveal-all TV interview she knows the family she loved more than her own will finally discover the truth.

Can she overcome her demons or will the shadows of the past rob her of fame, fortune, and a chance to finally fall in love?

My review

While I was reading this story, I truly felt sorry for Kiara. She seems to have the perfect life, being a famous singer in the most popular girl band at the moment.

The story really starts when Kiara is giving an interview. Through flashback we learn that her childhood wasn’t what a childhood is supposed to be like. Living alone with her father in a trailer, mostly just depending on herself, it’s not how a child should grow up.

But luckily for her, she meets the Jacobs’ family. They start taking more care of her, taking her in house and threating her like part of the family.
Unfortunately, meeting the Jacobs’ isn’t the end of her troublesome life… as we learn during the interview and flashbacks.

A lot of bad things happen to Kiara, and despite the help she initially receives from that amazing family, her life just doesn’t seem to get on track.

For me, the romance part wasn’t a huge part of the story. So the story I expected wasn’t what I read. Don’t get me wrong, I liked the story very much.

The story has a lot of dark moments, which made me cringe because it felt all so wrong what happened to Kiara. The girl, and later on young woman, just deserves every right to have a better life than what she already suffered. But her past just keeps coming back at the time when she finally seems to reach her happily ever after.

Before you think it’s all doom and gloom, don’t worry. The warmth and love the Jacobs’ family gives Kiara is truly amazing. And they show what true compassion and loving without restrictions means.
Despite their love, after Kiara disappears, they all think they did personally something wrong and blame themselves. And Shane blames himself the most, as he pushed her away…
But they never lose hope that in the end, Kiara will come back to them.

This book is a love story, but not in the sense of man – woman love. I think it’s more about family love. The unconditional love Kiara gets from the whole family is so amazing, and a lot of people in real life can really take example from them.