This one is a pretty emotional, and at times intense, read. You have two characters dealing with a lot of hurt, trauma, and difficult pasts, trying to forge a new path for themselves. This story could fit in a few romance tropes including slow-burn friends to lovers, and roommates. If you like angsty romance novels, you may like this one.

I absolutely loved Zelda and Beckett! I had a feeling from first meeting Zelda in Emma's book All In that I was going to love her. And I did. She has had a hell of a life, and things are not going well for her when she follows her dream and moves to NYC to try to sell her graphic novel.

Beckett, he hasn't allowed himself to truly live for a very long time. That all changes when these two people meet. Beckett was everything Zelda needed, and I loved their slow progression.

As usual, Emma throws ALL THE FEELS into this story. Perfect - it was perfect!

This is definitely one of my favorite authors. Her books always move me and I love a book that can hook a reader and make them emotionally involved with the story and characters. This was my third book by Emma Scott and I just adore her work. I will most certainly continue to read whatever this author writes.


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I tried to read this book multiple times and I just can't get into it. I will try again at some point, but the beginning of the book is not drawing me in.

I really don't have much to say about this one. The writing and plot were all fine. It just wasn't a book that I could easily get into.

Wowzers! This was a first read of mine for this authoress. Ms, Scott can definitely put pen to paper and write a lovely story. From the very beginning I was captivated. I was drawn to the characters and I read this so fast, I felt I just blinked and I was finished. She has a natural talent in story telling capabilities. One of my FOREVER favorites!!

YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. So I LOVED Emma Scott's duet; Full Tilt. And this book was almost as good! The angst and buildup, the conflict, the romance, the hardships and struggles these characters try to overcome. It was just such a perfect balance with an interesting plot. It was impossible not to fall in love with these characters! You root for them the entire time and I thought it concluded beautifully. It didn't tug at my heartstrings quite like Scott's duet, but it was still pretty beautiful it its own way.

“Every day it feels less like something I shouldn't be allowed to have, and move like something precious I can't throw away.”

"We'd possessed the kind of magnetic tension that pushes the other away until right then, that that moment, where we finally crashed together."

The one and only criticism I have is something that happens in a majority of books I read and thus isn't quite fair to dwell on (but I'm going to mention it anyway!). The term of endearment "baby" or "babe" is one that will always and forever make me cringe! I don't know why, but I just can't - especially so quickly! Like the first time it came up, I literally groaned and put the book down to roll my eyes. Why that term of endearment?!?! I know it's trendy or whatever, but ugh! Again, it's certainly not fair of me to call it out in THIS book since so many romance/new adult books use that term of endearment, but I couldn't not mention it. It didn't prevent me from rating it a solid 5 stars, but I finally had to say it.

All in all, it was a well told story and I will absolutely continue to read all of Emma Scott's books! I said it in my review of All In, and I'll say it again - In my opinion, Emma Scott's writing is comparable to Colleen Hoover's. They are probably my two favorite authors and I hope that Scott's books can get the attention they deserve! Job well done!!

This is one of the better New Adult novels I've read. I enjoyed the characters, plot, and pacing. Plenty of swoon moments to go around. A strong NA novel.

Thank you to NetGalley and the Author for allowing me to read a copy of this book. I received this book some time ago and I never got around to reading it. Each time I opened my Kindle, there it sat on the screen and I would tap on a different book I was reading. Why I waited so long is a mystery, and a damn shame!
The story of Beckett and Zel made my heart sing. I don't know how to do this book any justice, because it was just sweet, full of hope, love and honesty.
READ THIS BOOK. You will fall in love with Bec and Zel.

Best book I have read in a long while!

Loved this story, possibly my favourite Emma Scott book, I immediately fell in love with the characters! The story was great and well plotted and written!

Book Boyfriend:💋💋💋💋💋
Beckett Copeland was convicted of armed robbery a few years ago and had to do some time in jail. He is now out on parole. He’s not a bad guy. He found himself in a “wrong place at the wrong time” situation trying to better his life for the sake of his grandfather – who raised him after his parents died. He works 2 jobs to help pay the bills and sometimes that doesn’t quite cut it. He carries guilt from that armed robbery conviction and writes to the victims monthly looking for forgiveness he convinces himself he’s not worthy of. He is kind and hardworking. He thinks he doesn’t deserve any good that comes his way.


Strong Female Lead:💋💋💋💋💋
Zelda Rossi is so strong. She witnessed her little sister being kidnapped years ago and still carries the guilt with her. She was so young at the time, just a teenager, that there wasn’t anything that she could’ve done, but don’t tell her that. She struggles with her home life – she loves her parents, but the guilt makes it very difficult for her to spend any time with them without having a panic attack. She tries, though. She moved away to make it on her own. She spent some time in Vegas as a tattoo artist, but her dream is to draw and create comic books. She moved to New York City – on her own – to try to hit it big. She gets knocked down and rejected so many times, it’s amazing that she can keep going. It seems like it’s just hit after hit. She’s kind, accepting, and seems to make the lives of the people around her better just by being herself.

Plot:💋💋💋💋
Zelda is trying to make it as a comic book creator. She finds herself turned away from all but one with the advice to make some changes and come back. Living at a hostel, she returns to find her belongings stolen. She finds herself at an Italian restaurant where she meets Beckett. Eventually they decide to share an apartment until she gets on her feet. He could really use the extra cash to help pay the bills. They are both dealing with some serious guilt from events in their pasts and overtime find comfort through each other. A relationship develops, but not without many outside obstacles that include drugs, death, anxiety attacks, and that massive guilt they just can’t seem to shake.

Steamy Factor:💋💋💋
These characters are soooo good together – and good for each other. Neither wants to cross that line, because what if it doesn’t work out and they are stuck living together. But when they do, there’s no going back.

Overall:💋💋💋💋
I really enjoyed this book. The characters were easy to connect to and you could really feel for them. For as much as they go through in their separate lives and then their lives together, it has a great ending. You just want them to be happy. The story line held my attention throughout. I hadn’t read a book with a story line similar. I think the fact that they are both trying to recover from some major unfortunate events, but not your “typical” breakup or death, really adds some substance to the book. Definitely recommend!!

*5 "There's Another Way" Stars*

Copy kindly received via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is my 3rd book by Emma Scott, after previously having read the Full Tilt Duet. Those books were full of so much heart and I loved them, so I've been eager to read more by Ms Scott.

Why I waited so long to pick this one up, when its been on my kindle for quite a while now, is beyond me. But boy, am I glad I finally read this.

Firstly, I'm not crying, you're crying. Holy shiz I just cried so hard when I was finishing this book.

The story of Zelda and Beckett is amazing. Its about second chances, self forgiveness, self confidence, love, fear, inner strength, knowing right from wrong, and so many other things. This book was everything. Wow. I loved it so hard!

I was intrigued by both main characters stories right from the beginning, and the more we got to know them, I was determined to see them get their happy ending. They both have a lot of personal demons, for things that have happened in their pasts, and I was really hoping to see them let go of those and look towards the future they both deserved.

The graphic novel story line is also really cool, and I loved the couple of illustrations that were included. It's one of the driving forces of the story and its not a typical storyline at all. 

I don't want to ruin the plot for anyone, so I won't really go into it, but YOU NEED TO READ THIS BOOK. I love love loved it. The characters were so well written and the story brings out emotion, particularly towards the end.

Highly recommend this one! Emma Scott, take a bow!

⚪⚪⚪4.5 Fluttering Stars⚪⚪⚪
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"Divulging personal pain in the dark had drawn us closer, and the light of day now wanted to push us away."
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Happily ever after's may not exist in many people's life, it's what the belief is, the magic in the world is slowly dissipating, as people are lost in these worlds.
People are broken inside as everyone has a story.
And This is the story of two desperate and broken souls, living a life in this small world where fairytales does not exist.
Life is Rough & Tough.
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"our pain was of the same fabric, even if the patterns were different, but he was helping me. And I can’t help him."
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Zelda and Beckett are one of those people, constantly in touch with their pain, the guilt that seems to weigh them down.
It was all they had left with them, these were their battled scars which they never won and in their darkness it was always showing up marking them every time they thought about it.
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"Express how you feel, Beckett. Unlock your heart . Your words are beautiful. And they have power."
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Beckett Copeland is that alluring and endearing, broken hero who will whisk you away with his charms & graciousness . He made me sentimentaly Mushy with his kindness and a big loveable broken heart.
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"I’m all premise, no pulse."
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Zelda a graphic novelist with a sassy, hardcore personality had tough exterior but an internal softness was behind those layers where she was hiding.. behind all of it she wanted to be free, loved get over the guilt she is harbouring since childhood.
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Zelda and Beckett had an opposite personality but still fits like a puzzle exactly at place.. They are so godamn cute together!!
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Emma Scott had flawlessly scripted the whole story by giving us a heartbreakingly Beautiful Story where a girl is trying to reach the world with her novel, trying to fight a battle for humanity, a plead to the world to open their eyes & a man who's lost everything he cared for and lost the hope that his life would ever see the sunshine.
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The Butterfly Project conveys us that, we can compare the innocence and fragility in a butterfly, with the human feelings & emotions.. so delicate yet strong.

Wonderful and touching story about forgiveness and love. Emma Scott has just been added to my favorite authors. The way she presented the very difficult subject of forgiveness is simply a masterpiece. This is one of the few books in the genre of romance that forced me to deeper reflection on more serious subjects.

Learn how to forgive and love yourself so you can see your Worth is definitely the premise of this book and what a lovely heartfelt book it was

The MC Zelda and Beckett were made for each other and watching them figure out who they were and how they fitted together perfectly was wonderful.

Great Story. Loved it

4 Stars

Donna
4TLOReading

I haven’t read a story’s of Emma Scott’s that I haven’t loved!! She is definitely becoming one of my favorite authors!!
One of the main characters, Zelda, stems out from her book All In. If you haven’t read Full Tilt and All In then I highly recommend them!! They were one of my favorite reads of 2017!
I love Zelda and Beckett’s story! Both are living daily with regret from choices made in their past and they can’t seem to move forward. They meet and she needs a place to stay until she revises her graphic novel. She ends up living moving in with Beckett temporarily. Their attraction is instant but Beckett has made an oath with himself that he can never find happiness because he doesn’t deserve it because of his past sins. Zelda’s not much different in her thinking. She holds herself to blame after her sister was abducted and killed 10 years before. She feels she should’ve done more to prevent it. She’s effected so much that she can barely stand to visit her family. I love how immediately Beckett can calm her anxiety so easily where no one has been able to before. I love how they seem to heal each other as they grow closer and eventually teach each other to that it’s okay forgive themselves and that they both deserve happiness and love. Such a great story that will have you feeling all the feels. I’m left smiling ear to ear at the ending!! I can’t wait for my next read by Emma Scott!!

A story of Zelda, a broken artist taking risks to succeed in New York and a change meeting with Beckett changes her life.

The story was written well and was intriguing with believable characters that leave you routing for them to overcome their past.

Review:

I didn’t really expect much when I started this book. The narration tone was in first person and the pace was too slow for my liking, complete antithesis to all the description. But I loved the way the story picked up and blew my mind. The concept as written in the description: “The Butterfly Project is a novel that reveals the power of forgiveness, and how even the smallest decisions of the heart can—like the flutter of a butterfly’s wings—create currents that strengthen into gale winds, altering the course of a life forever.” leaves a great impact behind on a reader’s mind. The plot is strong and at the same time moving. The characters add details to the gaps that can be seen or felt. In short, every single elment enriched the whole book. The one thing that I would change is more cohesive narration.

My opinion: An absolutely fabulous book that I will definitely recommend to all.

My rating: 4 out of 5

I LOVED THIS BOOK!

“Wasn’t love a kind of chaos theory? One small look, one smile or one word could alter the course of a life forever.”

This book was one of failure, regret and guilt. Of second chances, hope and love. It had good humour, real romance and a deeper story than I had anticipated. It made me cry, made me laugh and made my heart hurt and soar.
I didn’t put this book down once! I completely forgot what sleeping and eating was and just read. This story was captivating, emotionally and mentally moving and…real. I felt like I was watching the character’s lives as if I were right next to them. I felt their pain and guilt as if it were my own. I lived, cried and loved right along with them.

Characters:

Zelda Rossi – Running low on money, with nowhere to go and her dreams crushed, Zelda is out of options. The only person she knows in this city is a waiter boy she met. With no other options she propositions the waiter. She will help pay his rent if she can share his apartment for a few months until she gets back on her feet.

Beckett - Beckett is barely staying above water; his two jobs aren’t enough to pay his weekly rent. He has no choice but to trust this girl he hardly knows to save him from eviction. But will she still want to stay with him when she finds out what he did?

Zelda and Beckett were characters who were plainly imperfect. They lived everyday stuck in that one moment that changed their lives, unable to move forward. All they saw was their past mistakes, all they felt was guilt. The most unlikely of circumstances brought these two together and together they healed but their pasts constantly lurked behind them.

”I recognized the weight of guilt that hung around his neck, because I wore it too.”

Plot:

This story was told in dual point of view which has always been my favourite format for reading a book. When a book is told from one person’s point of view, I feel like I’m only getting half the story. This is not the case for all books, but I tend to connect more with each character when I get to be inside the minds of both, especially in romances. The plot was very easy to follow and the author’s genius to evading the full back story of both characters had me flying through the book just to get the full story. On the outside, Zelda was an amateur graphic novelist from Philadelphia and Beckett was a born and bred New Yorker. No one would guess that behind their smiles were two kids lost and wounded. New York is said to be the City of Dreams, but not for them.
New York to Zelda was cold and unforgiving.
New York to Beckett was its own kind of prison he couldn’t escape.
The back story of the protagonists was gripping and a reminder of how cruel this world can be. It was also a reminder that we shouldn’t let the past define us but strengthen us.

Last Note:

In every romance story there are two basic elements; a central love story and an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending. How the author uses these two elements is purely up to them to twist and turn it into the story it becomes. It is a tossup if their efforts paid off and if they successfully delivered a story worthwhile. Emma Scott was able to do this and more with this story.
I read a lot of books, some good, some bad, and some I wish I never picked up. It is a rare occasion when a book truly moves me and isn’t just basic literary entertainment but a life learning and eye opening experience. This book made me believe in the strength of love. As for what “The Butterfly Project” means…read the book and find out.
I’ll definitely be re-reading this one again.

Emma Scott has done it again! I have yet to read a book by her and not fall in love with it! That being said, this one has been my favorite so far! Zelda and Beckett were such great characters, they took my heart by storm! I could not put this down, this is a book that will definitely stick with you if it impacts you the way that it did me.