Book
Review
Basic Details:
Book Title: Loving in Fear
Subtitle:
Author:
Elizabeth Grimes Brown
Genre: Women’s Fiction
Part of a series? No
Order in series:
Best read after earlier
books in series?
Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25374837-loving-in-fear
Overall
score:
I
scored this book 5/5
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Short
Summary of the book:
This is not a book for the faint-hearted. The
story is one of control and domestic abuse and the effect this has on a young
and impressionable girl. Kathy falls for the handsome Adam and despite friends
and family warning her he is too controlling, she feels she understands and can
change him. Slowly, she starts to believe it is all her fault. If only she
obeyed him better. Eventually, her eyes open, but is it too late to escape an
abusive relationship?
What
I liked about the book:
This book has you hooked from the start. It’s
action-filled and has an unexpected twist.
What
I didn’t like about the book:
I enjoyed the entire book despite discussing
uncomfortable issues.
My
favourite bits in the book:
How Kathy finally had the guts to find a way
out.
My
least favourite bits in the book:
Every time Kathy ended up on the wrong end of
her husband.
Any
further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?
I am not aware of any other books by this
author.
What
books could this be compared to and why?
This book is not like any other books I’ve
read before. It deals with an uncomfortable subject and makes you wonder if the
author has personal experience.
Recommendation:
In
summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:
|
Children |
No |
|
Young
Adult |
Possibly |
|
Adult |
Yes |
If
you like your books dark, but full of hope for
the future, this book may be the book for you.
I’m
certainly looking forward to reading more by this author.
Book
Description by Author:
Finding herself in a relationship that, over
a short period of time, has changed from caring and attentive to manipulation
and control, Kathy Grove continues to ignore all warnings from friends and
relatives. By convincing herself this is love, only serves to help the
handsome, dominant Adam to alienate and isolate her. Through his jealousy and
suspicion, things soon escalate into violence. As her self-esteem dwindles, he
tells her it’s all her fault. She accepts the blame and believes he’ll change
if she doesn't provoke him.
Kathy feels close when they make love, and
using sex as a form of control he ensures that she is satisfied.
After Adam reveals a dark secret from his
childhood, she believes this is why he chose her above any of the voluptuous
girls at school. Convincing herself this is in part the cause of his paranoia,
she tries to keep him pacified.
Also his threats to harm her family keep her
from leaving him.
She thinks he’ll change when they have
children, she is wrong. Now he has something more to hold over her, the safety
of her little girls.
Finally, finding a way to escape him, she
sets her plan in motion but is forced to take drastic action when she believes
the children’s lives are in imminent danger.
A bloody scene sends Kathy and the children
fleeing to their secret hide-out.
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