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“It’s like I’ve lived inside my own head now more then I live in reality.”

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at the beginning Layla is vibrant, out going she gets Leeds attention with her outgoing and unique personality.

after a “attack” Layla’s recovery has chanced her mental and emotional state and behavior. The way she is after changes the women that Leeds fell in love with.

Leeds try’s to understand the shift with Layla’s emotional health, her behavior is unexplainable

Layla in this story helps raise questions and awareness about how trauma can affect a person.

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Leeds is a young musician who meets Layla at a wedding he’s preforming at

Leeds believes that Layla is his soulmate.

he does what he can to rebuild his relationship with Layla going back to where they first met.

Male protagonists in the book

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Relationship background

-Leeds and Layla meet at a wedding then quickly become romantically involved, that makes their relationship stronger

The attack

-Layla experiences a life threatening attack the recovery has affected her physical and mental health

Rebuilding relationship

-Leeds try’s to rebuild and fix the relationship after the attack he takes Layla back to the place they first met.

New character

-at the bed and breakfast Leeds meets another girl he builds a connection with her that messes or challenges his and Layla’s relationship

Consequences

-Leeds has to decide if he wants to continue rebuilding his relationship with Layla or help the new girl(willow) what ever way he chooses he’ll have consequences

theme

-this story shows how trauma can affect individuals and there relationships, it shows the difficult choices that must be made in life.

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Leeds is in a band preforming at a wedding and meets Layla. He’s convinced there soulmates. Layla starts getting hate online that leads to an unexpected attack. After the attack Layla is emotional and physically traumatized. Leeds try’s reconnecting with her and takes her back to where they met. But Laylas behavior leads him to connect with another girl named willow. Leeds has to choose between his love for Layla or helping willow.

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Colleen Hoover is an author of several novels including verity and it ends with us. She won the good reads choice award for best romance 3 years in a row. In 2015 her family founded a bookworm box a bookstore, and monthly subscription service that offers signed novels donated by authors. All of the profits went to various charities each month to help those in need. She lives in Texas with her three boys. (All found in the back of book)

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“Don’t like pretending to know what it’s like dealing with anxiety. She tried to explain it to me last week. I asked her what the anxiety felt like. She said “it’s like a shimmer running through my blood”’

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“Falling in love with her was weightless, like air was breezing through my bones…”

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“ I keep running back to the starting line because I don’t want to be finished with you.”

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He has multiple interviews after the attack and there all recorded 

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Just a sign for bed and breakfast the place the originally met