About MOST OF ALL YOU:
A broken woman . . .
Crystal learned long ago that love brings only pain. Feeling nothing at all is far better than being hurt again. She guards her wounded heart behind a hard exterior and carries within her a deep mistrust of men, who, in her experience, have only ever used and taken.
A man in need of help . . .
Then Gabriel Dalton walks into her life. Despite the terrible darkness of his past, there’s an undeniable goodness in him. And even though she knows the cost, Crystal finds herself drawn to Gabriel. His quiet strength is wearing down her defenses and his gentle patience is causing her to question everything she thought she knew.
Only love can mend a shattered heart . . .
Crystal and Gabriel never imagined that the world, which had stolen everything from them, would bring them a deep love like this. Except fate will only take them so far, and now the choice is theirs: Harden their hearts once again or find the courage to shed their painful pasts.
My Review:
4.5 Stars!!!
Romance lovers, rejoice and meet your next book boyfriend, Gabriel Dalton!
“You can’t fix me you know…”
Mia Sheridan really knows how to create characters who have damaged souls and rough beginnings. People who are bullied, shunned and shut out from normal human interaction and love. And she’s done it again with ‘Most of All You.’ Gabriel and Crystal’s story is a rough journey and uncomfortable in parts, but so beautiful and uplifting that it is well worth the journey.
“He needed someone warm and caring. Someone who would nurture him and piece back together the broken parts. Someone who would look in his eyes and be his calming spirit. I was not that girl…”
This is in the end a totally swoon-y contemporary romance that has just the right amount of gritty reality to keep the story interesting. The main characters have both experienced deep heartache and childhood trauma that would break an ordinary person. Although this is most definitely a love story, the lovely way that Mia Sheridan treats Gabriel and Crystal’s new and fragile friendship is the center and heart of the story. Books like this are why I read contemporary romance. Passion, honesty, damaged people simply searching for ordinary kindness – this book has it all.
“I was spellbound, caught once again in his gaze. No one has ever looked at me the way Gabriel was right then, not in all my life.”
While the more sinister elements of the plot are not detailed at length, there is enough revealed about both characters’ pasts that explains why they act the way they do and the lives they currently lead. Gabriel is such a beautiful person that my heart ached for him throughout the book.
“Choice is such a loaded word, isn’t it? Choices, though our own, were so weighted down with all the things that had come before, so stained with the messes of our past.”
This is a slow-burn romance but Gabriel and Crystal’s story is SO worth the wait! Insta-love would NOT have worked here and I’m glad Mia Sheridan did not give into that often-used trope. Both main characters needed time to overcome their emotional barriers. And it felt oh so sweet when they finally come together.
<“I wasn’t a victim. I was a survivor…”
Mia Sheridan never fails to entice her readers. This is a heartfelt, sweet and very story and perfect for any romance reader. There is not too much darkness (I don’t want to give too much away about the plot) but just enough to add drama and tension to the story. I guarantee you will fall in love with Gabriel Dalton!
“The longer she’d touched me, the more a yearning rose in my soul, so strong it took my breath.”
(ARC provided by the publisher in return for an honest review.)
Loraine Oliver says
Thanks so much for this contest! Thanks for review!
Katie Lowden says
I can not wait for this!! Thank you so much for the chance!!