Light in the Shadows (Find You in the Dark, #2) in Buddy Read Zone

Mar 25, 2013 Ellelou rated it really liked it

After all that drama and emotional turmoil I felt the ending was a let down. The Epilogue?? not impressed ...

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Mar 25, 2013 Natalie rated it liked it

★★★ ! It was a long time ago that I read a book that touched me in such a deep way. This book really made me feel. Almost like I was there, could I feel Clay´s pain as it was my own. I guess that the author really do have a gift. This book series have for me been more real then I can remember reading in a long time. Compared to the first book this was much more hopeful, still very dark at times and not an easy or fun read by any means. But lighter. I gotta say that Clay´s willpower to get better ★★★ ! It was a long time ago that I read a book that touched me in such a deep way. This book really made me feel. Almost like I was there, could I feel Clay´s pain as it was my own. I guess that the author really do have a gift. This book series have for me been more real then I can remember reading in a long time. Compared to the first book this was much more hopeful, still very dark at times and not an easy or fun read by any means. But lighter. I gotta say that Clay´s willpower to get better blew me away, again and again. It would be so easy for him to just let himself get lost in the dark or to just end it all. But his love for Maggie saved him over and over again, even when they were apart. I found the character development for Clay in this book to be excellent. From having been the boy that was in deniall and even refuced help, to the man who willingly let himsself get locked in, was astondingly. He tried so hard to be the man Maggie deserved and that was really touching to read about. But in the end he had to follow his heart to do what was best for him, in order to have a future with Maggie.

And Maggie. I was all over the place when it came to her. At first she kinda pissed me off when she started to give Clay the cold shoulder and was nothing short but a bitch. I realize that she had every right to act the way she did, especially after the letter. But as a reader, I sometimes got the urge to shake some sense into her. I found the it in Clay´s favor and she should had been more understanding and less pissed about it. And I couldn´t understand how anyone really could blame Clay for everything that happened. I mean, he was sick for Christ sake! And it wasn´t like he left Maggie by her own free will. Yes, he chose not to contact her, but he was trying to be unselfish. I can understand Maggie, but I am still on Clayton´s side.

Thankfully also my opinion off Maggie changed, or it really would have sucked. She did an 180 on me and her compassion, understanding and support kinda blew me away. She was Clay´s rock and she grew on me more and more. I can now say that she is one of my favorite heroines.

I was terrified through the whole book that this wouldn´t have a happy ending. Sometimes it seemed impossible. That all the oddds were against them. To the last page before the epilouge I felt that this could go in either direction. I am not gonna tell you if it has a happy ending with Clay and Maggie together or not. All I can say that I am happy with the way it ended.

I would have loved to read more about Maggie and Clay, but this was the last book. This series was a bumpy ride with many ups and downs, but I don´t regret reading them for a second. ...more

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Apr 14, 2013 Maryam rated it liked it

I have mixed feelings on this one. I would have wished that she found happiness with someone else especially when he was not healthy by far. I wish it had taken place far into the future where they both had time to live life , but I am glad that again the answer did not lie in the relationship itself.
Still, I never was sold on the relationship or love between them.

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