Once Upon a Twilight!: Blog Tour: Forgive Me by Eliza Freed + Giveaway

Welcome to our stop on Forgive Me tour for Eliza Freed. This tour is hosted by Good Choice Reading.

Forgive Me
Lost Souls #1
Author: Eliza Freed
Reading Level: New Adult
Genre: Romance
Released: July 1 2014
Review Source: Forever Yours

When two lost souls find each other, are they still lost?

Charlotte O'Brien is lost in the devastation of her parents' death. With her foundation in ruins, she buries herself in an unlikely lover, Jason Leer.

When they're together it's everything, but when they're apart it's utterly frustrating. Can love survive when distance is measured in more than just miles?

Forgive Me is the first book in The Lost Souls Series.

Charlotte is a junior in college and feels that she has her life on the right track. Nothing could go wrong-until a car crash that leaves her an orphan. Unsure of what to do with herself when Jason enters into her life. He has been there for as long as she can remember, but he has never expressed the same kind of interest in her as he does now. With her heart broken the question is could he be the one to put it together and make it his?

I can't deny it, I did enjoy this book. Charlotte, or Annie, was a relatable character. And she was also a character that I almost wish I was while I was in college. She had more guts than I do, that is for sure. And Jason is the cowboy that every girl dreams about finding someday. A man who is controlling of his Annie, but he does allow her to live her own life as well. The characters are easy to fall in love with, especially when they start falling in love with each other. I do wish we could see more of Jason, because the story follows Charlotte and they are apart from one another we mainly get one side of the story. I want to hear Jason's thoughts. And when you finally do it almost breaks your heart. I would like more insight into Jason and what makes him tick.

I must say. The ending is a real heart-wrencher and I am so angry with how things get left. I am glad there is a second book but I'm not sure I can wait until February for the rest of this story to continue on. And there is a part of me that is taking hold of being Charlotte, since you read from her perspective, that I'm almost too angry to pick up the second book. Although I know I will because I cannot leave these two in such a bad state. That is the only reason that I am angry with how this book ended. Couldn't I get a happy ending with a sequel still to follow? No? Well...then I guess I will have to wait until February to find out how their story will unravel. And I cannot wait to see what that rollercoaster has for me!

Eliza Freed graduated from Rutgers University and returned to her hometown in rural South Jersey. Her mother encouraged her to take some time and find herself. After three months of searching, she began to bounce checks and her neighbors began to talk; her mother told her to find a job.

She settled into Corporate America, learning systems and practices and the bureaucracy that slows them. Eliza quickly discovered her creativity and gift for story telling as a corporate trainer and spent years perfecting her presentation skills and studying diversity. It’s during this time she became an avid observer of the characters we meet and the heartaches we endure. Her years of study have taught her laughter is the key to survival, even when it’s completely inappropriate.

She currently lives in New Jersey with her family and a misbehaving beagle named Odin. An avid swimmer, if Eliza is not with her family and friends, she’d rather be underwater. While she enjoys many genres, she has always been a sucker for a love story…the more screwed up the better.