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When I started reading this book I saw the potential. Unfortunately, as I kept reading I found myself becoming more annoyed. Lily is a young girl who has suffered a horrible loss. Unfortunately she also lost one of her best friends that day, Dean. Dean and her brother were best friends and she was always with them so when Dean left at a time she needed him most, she was broken. Four years passes and Dean finds his way back to the town he really never wanted to return to. He is student teaching at Lily's school and even if she has no interest in seeing him again it is inevitable.

What follows is Lily and Dean's story. The two apparently have always loved each other, even though she was only fourteen when he left and he was four years her senior. I had many issues with this story. Everyone in this town was so complacent. Not for one minute do I understand how educators can allow blatant abuse to occur for four years, but how can they then not have any issue with a possible relationship between a student and an educator. Yes the area there was gray, but there should have been no leeway. Further I was frustrated with Lily and her annoying behavior. For the life of me I cannot understand why she felt she deserved what her father put her through. I also was annoyed that she easily allowed Dean back in to her life not once but twice, and honestly I can't see how he was deserving. Lily was too much of a doormat for me to appreciate her as a heroine. As a result I found myself skimming the story at times.

The saving grace in this story was Derek. A total side character, but I found him to be the best. He was a great boyfriend, he looked after Lily, and he was just an all around good guy. I am glad Adley has Derek in her life. I also did like Red. It may have been a little bit much, but I liked the concept behind it and I am not one to discount events like that happening.


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Haven from the Storm Storms of Life #1 edition by Sarah Dosher Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

I am still trying to compile my thoughts to form coherent sentences.....Ok WOW! Yes. I am wowed by everything that happened in this book. Haven from the Storm hits on topics that aren't touched on all too much. Physical, mental, and emotional abuse. Very serious and sad issues. Lily Grace is our heroin and she has lived one hellish life. She was fourteen when the three people she most loved and care about were taken from her her mother, her brother Easton, and Dean Haven. Now she is just trying to make it through each day.

I was instantly taken with Lily Grace. She is real, she has a heart that has been battered, a life that has been utterly ruined, and love for a man who walked away when she needed him the most. But she keeps on keeping on. I felt like I walked a mile in Lily's shoes while reading this book. All because I was able to feel every emotion that ran through her. I saw the ugly that is her abusive drunkard of a father too. He has done a number on her, but not on her soul. She still is still a beautiful person inside and out. Lily Grace captivated me. She didn't play the victim, she played the survivor!

How do I sum up the delicious we call Dean Haven? He is totally a swooncicle, no lie! Everything he says comes from his heart. I love him. He made my heart smile, cry, but he also made it very happy. And then throw in the nickname that he uses for Lily. Boy that got me weak in the knees every freaking time. She is his 'Sunflower'. His term of endearment for her. And Dean just loves her unconditionally. He makes this apparent more than once. Thank goodness too, because sometimes when it comes to love stories the guy can be a real tool. Not Dean Haven. Nope. He is passionate, caring, and a whole lot of scrumptious! I loved that he wasn't backing down from Lily, he actually made that extra effort to prove to her that they were meant to be together and that they are really soul mates. He fought a good battle!

SO now I wanna talk about the amazing friends.....They were the three best friends that anyone should have...I know, I know....Totally different story, but it works. So as I was saying, the three best friends or people that Lily Grace ABSOLUTELY HANDS DOWN NEEDED. They are Adley, Derek, and Violet. They touched my heart and warmed me all over. These three are all very unique in their own ways. Adley is eccentric, adorable, and down right sassy! Derek is a big hunk of cute, sarcastic, and awesome. And then you have Ms. Violet. She is a firecracker. But she also has a heart the size of Alaska. Not only is she Dean's Grandmother, but she took in Adley when no one else would, and all but adopted Lily when tragedy struck. She truly is a Guardian Angel to Dean, Lily, and Adley. While reading about Violet and her love for all things Lily, Adley, and Dean, I cried. She is the Grandmother that everyone needs or wants. These people as you have just read about are now a family. The only family that Lily, Adley, Violet, and Dean have. Each other. They all took a piece of my heart and I can only hope that you feel the same happiness and hope that I did while reading this book.

I am in love with this story. LOVE IT! I went through a ton of emotions reading this book. Believe me when I say this, it is not for the faint of hearts. I mentioned this before, this book touches on physical, mental, and emotional abuse. A very real and raw subject for most. I hope that any victim of abuse who may read this book can see that you are able to overcome all obstacles, you can be the survivor. It may have taken Lily four years, but she finally found her strength. And you can too. Ms. Dosher I read this book twice, and the second time is when it really set in and just amazed me. It is a powerful story. And I believe you hit the ball out of the park with this book! I look forward to reading anything that you put out in the near future! Also be sure to be on the lookout for the release of Haven from the Storm, it will be available on 3/30/13 on !

Some of my favorite Quotes from Haven from the Storm

"She didn't merely weather the storm, she actively ruled it."-Dean

"I didn't expect you to be flawless. I just need you to be my safe place...my Haven in the storm."-Lily

"Sometimes you gotta get outta your way before you can find your path."-Unknown Man

"Sunflower, I may have left this town, but I never left you. You were still with me, always in my heart, with every step I took. Don't ever doubt that."-Dean
4 Stormy Stars
Warning Overuse of weather words to follow...

Oh My....This book. I read this book while watching radar of tornadoes in Oklahoma, texting my son's roommates hiding under a mattress in Norman OK and still feeling the gripping sadness of the Moore Ok tornado of just a few weeks ago. So to say it was topical and emotional is an understatement.

Lily's life is a storm. She lives in tornado alley and is used to taking shelter. But this time the storm is too fast. She can not hide. The storm continues to rage for four long years for her. She can not click her heels together and wish herself home because "home" is the center of the storm. There is no where and no one to shelter her. She has been whipped in the wind for years.

Dean escaped after the storm. He put the town, the tornado and the loss it brought behind him. He has been in hiding for those same four years. When he returns to town, he opens himself up the damage that remains. He is determined to make things right with Lily. But Lily is over him. Over. Him. Yep. He left her to deal with all the crap that has rained down on her and she is pretty pissed about it.

When Dean decides to not let Lily go, she realizes he has changed. Well isn't that nice? Finally! Dean isn't the only one who has changed. Lily's dad has changed too, he is worse. Way worse. The entire town has taken her off their radar. The Entire Town. How is that possible? Dorothy would be so disappointed in the No Place Like Home motto here.

Lily and Dean have to face abusive, denial, and their own fear of rejection. Will they weather the storm? Love the pun in the title. So please excuse the excessive storm/weather references here. Much like Ms Dosher's writing....I could not resist.
When I started reading this book I saw the potential. Unfortunately, as I kept reading I found myself becoming more annoyed. Lily is a young girl who has suffered a horrible loss. Unfortunately she also lost one of her best friends that day, Dean. Dean and her brother were best friends and she was always with them so when Dean left at a time she needed him most, she was broken. Four years passes and Dean finds his way back to the town he really never wanted to return to. He is student teaching at Lily's school and even if she has no interest in seeing him again it is inevitable.

What follows is Lily and Dean's story. The two apparently have always loved each other, even though she was only fourteen when he left and he was four years her senior. I had many issues with this story. Everyone in this town was so complacent. Not for one minute do I understand how educators can allow blatant abuse to occur for four years, but how can they then not have any issue with a possible relationship between a student and an educator. Yes the area there was gray, but there should have been no leeway. Further I was frustrated with Lily and her annoying behavior. For the life of me I cannot understand why she felt she deserved what her father put her through. I also was annoyed that she easily allowed Dean back in to her life not once but twice, and honestly I can't see how he was deserving. Lily was too much of a doormat for me to appreciate her as a heroine. As a result I found myself skimming the story at times.

The saving grace in this story was Derek. A total side character, but I found him to be the best. He was a great boyfriend, he looked after Lily, and he was just an all around good guy. I am glad Adley has Derek in her life. I also did like Red. It may have been a little bit much, but I liked the concept behind it and I am not one to discount events like that happening.