A Thousand Cuts by Melissa Toppen Release Review

I used to believe in fairy tales. But then I grew up and I realized that life isn’t like the books I once loved so much. There are no prince riding in on their white horses. No magic wands or fairy go mothers. And no happily ever afters. Ryland Thorpe taught me the hard way that good doesn’t always win and sometimes the people we trust the most are the ones that can hurt us the deepest. At fifteen, my world began and ended with him. He was my older brother’s best friend. He was my protector. He was the boy I had loved since I was old enough to understand what loving someone meant. And he was a liar… It’s been five years since I’ve seen him.. Five long years and the memory of him still haunts me like it was yesterday. Only he is not just a memory anymore. Prison has hardened him, changed him, altered him in ways I never expected. But beneath it all I can still see a glimmer of the boy I used to love. When lies are exposed and secrets are revealed, I find myself questioning everything I thought I knew. They say the first cut is the deepest. They were wrong.

Wow this book is amazing and one slow burn of a read. Your about to go on a magical journey with Ainsley, Finn, Ryland and Lily. A journey of family and love with a twist of fate, throw in some anger and you have one heck of a soup that is going to take your breath. I will go ahead and warn you that you are going to fall in love with Ryland and you just might not get your heart back. I just don’t know that I have enough words to say how much this book is going to affect you and how it is going to steal your heart. There is some serious drama, tension, suspense, danger and kindle melting passion and heat. Don’t even think about it. Just pick this book up and enjoy this one as much as I did.