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A review by mybooksandimaginations
Finally Mine by Lucy Score
5.0
Finally Mine: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice level: 3.5 (open door bedroom descriptions, multiple bedroom scenes)
Content Warnings: partner/spousal abuse, depression, PTSD, death of a spouse, loss of limb due to war service, descriptions of war, child abuse (off screen), violent offense from criminal, prisoner bribery, attempted murder
Gloria is finally leaving her abusive partner after 10 years, she has been with him since she was 16 years old. It doesn’t end up as she expected, and Gloria is only saved by a well meaning good citizen. But the leaving isn’t the hardest part, it’s in picking herself back up afterwards, it’s in building her stepped on self esteem, it’s in allowing herself to be happy. Because of the journey she needs to make, she swears off men, but Aldo has been patiently waiting for Gloria to leave her ex for 10 years, and now that she is free, he doesn’t want to miss his chance. Aldo is deploying with his National Guard unit, but doesn’t want to leave without telling Gloria how he feels, his deployment will still giving her the time she needs to heal. When his deployment ends after a life altering injury, both Gloria and Aldo have healing to do, and baggage to unpack.
This book made me feel all the feels. As someone who has had to let a loved one make her own choices and stay in an abusive relationship while always being there for when she decided to leave, I empathize with Aldo and Gloria’s mom. It’s hard to watch a loved one suffer, but until that person decides to leave on their own, they will keep going back, even if it’s dangerous for them. Lucy Score captured the internal monologue of an abusive victim very well. It’s a lot of ups and downs, doubts, struggles, depression, anxiety, therapy and relearning. Aldo and Gloria’s mom did not do anything wrong by stepping back from Gloria and the abuse she was suffering, sometimes that is the safest choice for both the victim and their loved ones, if you step in, it could result in even more hurt and further isolation. I also thought Lucy did well at describing Aldo’s baggage after coming back from his deployment. Luckily, Aldo comes back from his depression with help from his friends, family and therapy, but that’s not always the case. This book is not going to be to everyone’s taste, it deals with really raw, emotional, hard issues, but Lucy treated each issue with the respect it deserved.
Spice level: 3.5 (open door bedroom descriptions, multiple bedroom scenes)
Content Warnings: partner/spousal abuse, depression, PTSD, death of a spouse, loss of limb due to war service, descriptions of war, child abuse (off screen), violent offense from criminal, prisoner bribery, attempted murder
Gloria is finally leaving her abusive partner after 10 years, she has been with him since she was 16 years old. It doesn’t end up as she expected, and Gloria is only saved by a well meaning good citizen. But the leaving isn’t the hardest part, it’s in picking herself back up afterwards, it’s in building her stepped on self esteem, it’s in allowing herself to be happy. Because of the journey she needs to make, she swears off men, but Aldo has been patiently waiting for Gloria to leave her ex for 10 years, and now that she is free, he doesn’t want to miss his chance. Aldo is deploying with his National Guard unit, but doesn’t want to leave without telling Gloria how he feels, his deployment will still giving her the time she needs to heal. When his deployment ends after a life altering injury, both Gloria and Aldo have healing to do, and baggage to unpack.
This book made me feel all the feels. As someone who has had to let a loved one make her own choices and stay in an abusive relationship while always being there for when she decided to leave, I empathize with Aldo and Gloria’s mom. It’s hard to watch a loved one suffer, but until that person decides to leave on their own, they will keep going back, even if it’s dangerous for them. Lucy Score captured the internal monologue of an abusive victim very well. It’s a lot of ups and downs, doubts, struggles, depression, anxiety, therapy and relearning. Aldo and Gloria’s mom did not do anything wrong by stepping back from Gloria and the abuse she was suffering, sometimes that is the safest choice for both the victim and their loved ones, if you step in, it could result in even more hurt and further isolation. I also thought Lucy did well at describing Aldo’s baggage after coming back from his deployment. Luckily, Aldo comes back from his depression with help from his friends, family and therapy, but that’s not always the case. This book is not going to be to everyone’s taste, it deals with really raw, emotional, hard issues, but Lucy treated each issue with the respect it deserved.