Mommy Reads What?!: Blog Tour: Without Merit by Colleen Hoover

WITHOUT MERIT

BY COLLEEN HOOVER

Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing a mistake deserves is forgiveness.

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ABOUT WITHOUT MERIT:

The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother’s former nurse, the little half-brother isn’t allowed to do or eat anything fun, and the eldest siblings are irritatingly perfect. Then, there’s Merit.

Merit Voss collects trophies she hasn’t earned and secrets her family forces her to keep. While browsing the local antiques shop for her next trophy, she finds Sagan. His wit and unapologetic idealism disarm and spark renewed life into her—until she discovers that he’s completely unavailable. Merit retreats deeper into herself, watching her family from the sidelines, when she learns a secret that no trophy in the world can fix.

Fed up with the lies, Merit decides to shatter the happy family illusion that she’s never been a part of before leaving them behind for good. When her escape plan fails, Merit is forced to deal with the staggering consequences of telling the truth and losing the one boy she loves.

Poignant and powerful, WITHOUT MERIT explores the layers of lies that tie a family together and the power of love.

MY REVIEW

"Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing a mistake deserves is forgiveness."

Colleen Hoover never fails to blow me away. I swear I say this every time, but this time I mean it. Without Merit is one of my new favorites by her.

Without Merit took me by complete surprise. This was not what I expected but was just what I needed. I don't know if I would call this a romance, though there is, but it is a love story. Merit's family is full of secrets and boy do they have a lot. Merit is pretty much an outcast in her own family and holds all the secrets, but she's tired of it and wants to throw them in everyone's face. But the hard part is dealing with them and facing things about herself that maybe she didn't even know.

It's really hard to write a review for this one without spoiling it. Typical Colleen book ;) I devoured this book in a matter of hours. It made me smile, laugh, and cry. I didn't expect the crying, but it hit me.

This is not one you want to miss and I think it would be a good book for teens, too. It is easy to get swept away by Merit. Though you really do experience and see things through her eyes. I know this is a like a "duh" moment but it's different with this book. Just trust me. Pick it up. You won't regret it.

***ARC provided in exchange for my honest review. Thank you!!!***

Easily a 5 star read!!!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Slammed, This Girl, Point of Retreat, Hopeless, Losing Hope, Finding Cinderella, Maybe Someday, Ugly Love, Maybe Not, Confess, November 9, and It Ends with Us. She has won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance twice – for Confess in 2015 and It Ends with Us in 2016. Confess was adapted into a seven-episode online series. In 2015, Colleen and her family founded The Bookworm Box, a bookstore and monthly subscription service offering signed novels donated by authors. All profits are given to various charities each month to help those in need. Colleen lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. Please visit ColleenHoover.com.

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WITHOUT MERIT

BY COLLEEN HOOVER

http://www.withoutmeritbook.com

Atria Books Paperback | 384 pages | ISBN: 9781501170621 | October 3, 2017 | $16.00

eBook: 384 pages | ISBN: 9781501170638 | $7.99

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