Meant for More by Liza James - “Sometimes we have to make the wrong choices in order to understand the gravity of the right ones.”

MEANT FOR MORE 

Liza James

Release Date: March 26

 Blurb

Bloom

Maybe in another life, we would have been more than this. 

 

More than just friends. Best friends, really.

 

Instead, I watch you with your arms around another. Your sweet words and that usual charm directed towards someone else. 

 

It’s okay—I was never meant to be yours to begin with. 

 

Carter 

Countless memories and lingering moments have shifted into a startling perspective. 

 

I’ve spent my years chasing my dreams, my ideal girls, my career in football. 

 

But then it happened, over the course of one night, my entire vision centered around someone I didn’t anticipate. 

 

A girl who has been here all along.

Review

There are some books that resonate with you for one reason or another and Meant for More was definitely one of those for me. Signing up to get and ARC was a no-brainer for me because I loved Vibe and I was drawn to this one by the blurb. I was absolutely not expecting the impact this book had on me. 

Bloom and Carter’s story is a friends-to-lovers tale, but calling it that doesn’t do it justice; it was so much more than that. There was so much emotion, a push and pull that kept me captivated the entire novel. Add in the struggles that Bloom faced and my heart could barely take it. This book does speak about addiction and mental health, so please be warned. There were so many lines that I highlighted in this book that took me back to my childhood and really hit me hard. 

Reading this book and seeing Bloom and Carter get their happily ever after despite what struggles they faced left me incredibly happy. I found myself rooting for them and mentally yelling at them to see what was right in front on them. There was a particular scene that happened while Bloom & Carter are in a closet (you’ll know what I’m talking about when you read it ;)) where I thought I might just spontaneously combust. Phew! The steam!! 

I absolutely loved this book so much and cannot recommend it enough. 

Rating

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

 

Buy Link:

https://geni.us/meantformoreamz

 

Meet Liza James:

I remember writing my first book when I was just a kid. It was a short children's story that my mom loved so much, she took the time to get our friend to illustrate all of the pages. 

I had decided back then, that when I grew up I was going to be an author. Funny how we grow up and things change so drastically, right? As I got older, I began the age old search of trying to figure out exactly what I wanted in life. 

I got married at 18, moved across the world with my husband and spent the next several years trying so many different things in order to find my fit. I fell in love with so many things as well, including photography, calligraphy, music, and letterpress. 

But writing and reading have always remained a constant love of mine. Oddly enough, it was the only thing I never spoke about. I kept it very private, starting several different stories and ultimately not finishing them. I never spoke about what I was writing with anyone, or very very few people once in a while. I didn’t even share what I wrote with my family or my husband. 

This year, a lot of things changed. I found myself coming to a place in my life as a mom, a wife, a friend, but still not as MYSELF. I continued struggling with my own identity, struggling with who I was outside of being a wife and mother. So, I made it a goal to write and finish my first novel in 2019. I decided to CHOOSE my path and create it for myself, choose my identity and allow my passion for writing to come at the forefront of that. 

I am a mother. I am a wife. I am a friend and a lover of many many things. But I am also a writer, I’m an author, and loving every moment of embracing myself in all of those things. 

So, here I am today, writing this blurb about my “story” and laughing to myself just a bit. Because this is just the beginning of what my story was and is going to be, and I’m ready to embrace whatever this new adventure has for me.

 

Connect with Liza James:

Website: https://www.lizajames.org

Facebook: https://bit.ly/2PkLFhT  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizajamesauthor/

Facebook Reader Group: https://bit.ly/30tx4ai

Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3gtHOuy

BookBub: https://bit.ly/3frBWAV

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/39SFWsS

Happy Reading!