

When our time was up, my heart didn’t know how to walk away.Įach day I prayed for my husband to love me again, yet slowly my prayers began to shift toward the man who wasn’t right for me. He was too closed-off for me, and I was too damaged for him.Įverything was fine, until one night my heart skipped a beat. Jackson didn’t believe in commitment, and I no longer believed in love. We were perfect for one another, because we both knew we wouldn’t last.

He was supposed to be a distraction for my mind. I didn’t know how to exist without him by my side.Īll I wanted was for him to come back to me. Daniels was one of my favorite reads of 2014, and I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone who loves a complex and emotional story.Each day I prayed for my husband to love me again.Īfter fifteen years together, he walked away from me, and into the arms of another. I was on a serious emotional roller-coaster with this book, and I honestly don’t think you can read this story without having an intense reaction. I laughed, I cried buckets of big, fat, ugly tears, and then I had a smile on my face again at the end.

Emotional Student-Teacher Forbidden Romance They were looking for love and acceptance, just like Daniel and Ashlyn.

The siblings Ashlyn lives with, Hailey and Ryan, showed that everyone has pain, battles, and demons in their life to overcome and persevere. They were almost as important as the main characters. The supporting characters were also entertaining, strong, and integral to the story. A shared love of Shakespeare, more combined loss to last a lifetime, and a longing to help each other heal bond them together.įorgiveness, moving forward, and remembering how to live again are truly the heart of this story. (Ashlyn is 18, in case you are wondering.)ĭaniel and Ashlyn’s story was both beautiful and bittersweet. With the captivating prose and the depth of the emotion, you could almost forget that this was a forbidden romance. Thankfully, Brittainy Cherry handled this storyline gracefully. When it comes to forbidden romances, particularly between teachers and students, there is a fine line between ‘done right’ and ‘eww’. Daniels by Brittainy C Cherry is an honest, emotional, and deeply-felt love story about Daniel and Ashlyn-a teacher and his student.
