Sound is an abstract concept for most people. We spend our lives blocking out the static in order to focus on what we believe is important. But what if, when the clarity fades into silence, it’s the obscure background noise that you would give anything to hold on to?
I’ve always been a fighter. With parents who barely managed to stay out of jail and two little brothers who narrowly avoided foster care, I became skilled at dodging the punches life threw at me. Growing up, I didn’t have anything I could call my own, but from the moment I met Eliza Reynolds, she was always mine. I became utterly addicted to her and the escape from reality we provided each other. Throughout the years, she had boyfriends and I had girlfriends, but there wasn’t a single night that I didn’t hear her voice.
You see, meeting the love of my life at age 13 was never part of my plan. However, neither was gradually going deaf at the age of 21.
They both happened anyway.
Now, I’m on the ropes during the toughest battles of my life.
Fighting for my career.
Fighting the impending silence.
Fighting for her.
Every night, just before falling asleep, she sighs as a final conscious breath leaves her.
I think that’s the sound I’ll miss the most.
This emotion packed romance had my heart pounding the entire way through. Let me start off by saying that I have heard some incredible things about Aly Martinez. I’ve had quite a few blog followers recommend her to me, saying that she is an amazing writer, who puts so much emotion into her stories and so much depth into her characters. I’d like to say to those fans, THANK YOU SO ***N MUCH for the recommendation! After reading FIGHTING SILENCE and wiping away all of the tears that were shed, I’m kicking myself for not finding about this author sooner. What an absolute…
A rather interesting story I’m not sure why, but Fighting Silence was kind of a slow read to me and I never could get full into it. The story starts off when Eliza and Till first meet, then we always skip a couple of years, until we end up when both are twenty-one and starting real life. It’s not until then that I felt the story really started. So to me the previous chapters felt a bit too long, though I do get why the author put them in there.Â
Heart Moments This story has it all — awesome fighting (I lurve me a fighter), tragedy, romance, action, sweetness. It’s freaking outstanding!Â