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A narração da N.N. Britt é poderosa. Suas histórias foram feitas para serem sentidas.
Severance é escrito do ponto de vista da Alana, não do "dual pov" de sempre, muito obrigada (não que eu odeie "dual pov" - porque não odeio - eu só <3 diversidade). E isto foi feito de modo a dar uma sensação de intimidade, mas Severance também é focado no presente o que deu uma certa distância. Vocês podem discordar de mim depois de lerem, mas para mim foi mais sobre a vida da Alana depois do que qualquer outra coisa. Foi uma experiência única.
Eu queria mais Mikah, mas isto é só o meu coração romântico falando. Severance é forte e original, e eu estou curiosa para saber o que Britt trará a seguir.

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N.N. Britt's storytelling is powerful. Her stories are made to be felt.
Severance is written from Alana's point of view, not the usual dual pov, thank you very much (not that I hate dual pov - because I don't - I just <3 diversity). And it was done in a way that gave a intimate feeling, but Severance was also focused on the present which gave a certain distance. You may disagree with me after reading, but to me it was more about Alana's life after than anything else. It was a unique experience.
I wanted more Mikah, but that is just my romantic heart speaking. Severance is strong and original, and I am curious to know what Britt will bring next.

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Alana’s best friend is Jess. Alana and her are at a Black Rose concert.Jess has been on a mission to find Alana a boyfriend since they became best friends in first grade. A million attempts and twelve years later Jess is still trying. Alana’s father had never allowed her to date but she was eighteen now. Her father tried to pair her with the pastor’s on and than a boy from the church choir. Jess is the best influence friend ever. Than Alana see the guy in the leather jacket . He looks like he belongs on the cover of some dark fantasy book. Alana was now back home after being in the hospital. Dakota is dead. He was shot at the club he was playing with the band at. He had taken her virginity and she said she loved him and he said he loved her. Her mother lets her know Mikah is there and she said to have him come to her room. Mikah was Dakota’s older brother. He came to check on her and let her know the funeral was Thursday. Alana can’t force herself to do anything . She figured it must be the sedatives her mother was giving her. Mikah told her she didn’t have to come, but he thought he thought it would be….. Good. for everyone. Alana could still smell gunpowder and blood every second of every day and she can hear all those screams in the back of her head, even in her sleep. Than she asked Mikah how many people had died and he said twenty four. The desolation on Mikah’s face is terrifying. They had never really been friends but she had dated his brother Dakota for three months while Dakota and Mikah had an apartment together. Alana asks Mikah if he’s gonna be okay and he said he didn’t know. Alana goes into the kitchen and her mom hugs her but Alana doesn’t have the heart to give affection at this moment. Alana look up the shooting on line twenty four dead and over two hundred injured. All from a jealous man who didn’t give his girlfriend permission to go to the concert. Alana met Dakota after the Black Rose concert. His friend Luke had come up to Jess and offered them tickets to a concert for their band Midnight Rust and than Dakota came up and talked to Alana. settled. She could feel the heat radiate from his body. It alights a strange flutter in her belly. Than he got her phone and called himself and said he would send her the concert information when it was all sorted out. Alana goes to the funeral and up to the caset she grabs Dakota’s hand and can’t let go. Mikah come up to her and gets her to let go of Dakota’s hand. After his eulogy he leaves the room. Alana follows him and finds him outside in the garden. He puts his suit coat over her. Than Luke comes out in his wheelchair and Blaze and they drink Jack Daniels. A strange type of connection exists when two people are grieving over the death of the same person.
I really enjoyed this book. I loved the pace. It was hard to read at times from the raw pain the characters went through. I had tears rolling down my cheeks at some points. The act of a jealous man hurt so many in devisatting ways. In the forefront was dakota a young talented man. I wasn’t sure how I felt about Alana being around Mikah as he wouldn’t open up to her and didn’t really treat her that well but when he did open up to her more was explained and I thought they were a good couple. I understood how he felt he was a replacement for his dead brother. It just she fell for one brother so quick to give up her virginity than she ‘s with his older brother.I also understand how hard it was for Mikah to want Alana right from the start. My heart broke that his mom made him feel he was good enough always second best. I really liked that Alana worked with her fears even though she still had them. I loved that Alana stood by Mikah and helped him at one of his lowest moments. This was a good dramatic read with some romance on the side, with a lot of emotion throughout the book. I didn’t care about going back and forth the way the author did it was just distracting to me. But it's still very much worth reading. I loved the characters and the twists and turns of this book and I recommend it.

***5 Stars***

That was intense.

An understatement and, admittedly, one that probably didn’t need to be said if you’ve read the blurb, but this book was intense in every way possible. It was also heartbreaking and heart melting and sweet, swoon worthy and all kinds of addictive as you follow the wild, chaotic and, at times, dark, journey these characters go on to find a way to move on with their lives.

I loved Alana. We get to see her before and after the shooting and in both instances I saw a girl who is, down to her very core, a really good person and is doing her best to navigate her way through the labyrinth of life and find herself. What I ended up loving about her is that while some of her decisions were suspect, she fought. She fought for herself and found a way to pick up the pieces of her life and start to move forward with it.

As for the romance part of this story, we do get the before and after, so we get as much of a sense of who Alana and Dakota were to each other as who Alana and Mikah are to each other and while I did prefer one relationship over the other ~ won’t say which ~ they both worked for me and regardless of which couple I preferred, I really liked how things ended up.

I know some will think this is a love triangle and it isn’t, not really, it’s more of a triangular second chance romance type thing (I just read a duet where that was how things were described and it fits here pretty well), which means that there was interest, but nothing ever came of it.

Severance isn’t an easy read by any means and the author lays it all out there in the description, so no one can say they didn’t know going in. For me, it was heavy but I think the author did an amazing job showing all the ways people cope, or don’t, with experiencing something so life altering and all of the ups and downs one could go through. There is no one way anyone will grieve or cope and she gave that to us. But the story isn’t all dark, she balances things out well with light and sweet moments, as well as moments of triumph as the characters slowly start to heal.

I really enjoyed this story. I loved all three characters, and I was drawn into their story. It felt very dark for a romance, but I appreciate that because it's a bittersweet story. I liked the story, the characters and the writing style.

I received a free advance copy from the publisher and #netgalley but this did not affect my review.

Severance is the first book that I have read by N. N. Britt, and I absolutely loved it. A shooting in a club leaves 24 people dead. Alana's boyfriend is one of those, and this is her story. I could feel all of the emotions in this book, it was hauntingly beautiful. This book makes you wonder how you would survive something like this and can you find love again, once it has been lost. Highly recommend this book, along with some tissues!!