22 January

♕ REVIEW ♕ ARC ♕ SUDDENLY FORBIDDEN BY ELLA FIELDS

TITLE: Suddenly Forbidden

AUTHOR: Ella Fields

GENRE: Contemporary Romance

PUBLICATION: January 27th, 2018

SUDDENLY FORBIDDEN: Is a standalone full length romance novel by Ella Frank. I’ve read two other books by this author which I really loved so I was super keen to get my grabby little fingers on this book.

In the ’Prologue’ we’re introduced to seven year old Daisy and eight year old Quinn.

Commiserating over a headless rooster that her childhood friend Quinn Burnell was helping Daisy bury was the same day that she realised that Quinn had first stolen a small piece of her seven year old heart. She thought he was the most handsome boy in the world, even if his teeth were too big for his face. That same day he declared that when they finish college she’ll become his wife.

A love that surpassed The moon and the stars

Childhood friends to lovers are my all time guilty pleasure, these kind of reads tend to throw out all the feels above all others. Add in the fact that I was thrown into a full bucket of feels right in that ‘Prologue’ above I was preparing myself for a heart felt read.

At the age of fifteen when it all changed between them and became something more, not only did she hand over her heart to Quinn in the blink of an eye her father had a new job on the horizon, and they had to move away, Quinn and Daisy vowed to stay in touch and meet up in college.

To Present Time: Now the day has arrived where she’s attending Gray Springs University agonising over weither Quinn remembered their promises to each other all those years ago.

Finally coming face to face with Quinn she was slammed with a double whammy when she realised he wasn’t alone the feeling of betrayal by both of them tore her to shreds. Realising that he didn’t keep his promise and that their plans aren’t going to happen has Daisy tumbling down that tunnel of heartbreak and despair again.

Now she’s seeing Quinn everywhere and is struggling to hold in her feelings and she knows he feels the same way, but he’s not with her any more he’s with someone else.

How can something become suddenly forbidden when he was yours in the first place?

From the 'Prologue' I was hooked, the feels came early on and just kept coming, the past and present collide ruthlessly as we progress further into the book, hearts shattered and old friendships severed forever, this book right here put me through the paces, one minute I'd be swooning, loving the early budding friendship, falling in love with the boy next door just like Daisy did, to then be left broken hearted, along with Daisy's mine got blown to smithereens, then came the biggest betrayal of all, a best friend overlooking that friend code and pursuing something that wasn't hers to have, the anger, the rage, the hate, yes I felt it all.

But then slowly my heart started to beat again to the same rhythm as these two getting their second chance. And I swooned and got all giddy with the love for this book and the words this author made me feel. There was so much to love about this book, the secondary characters, they also took residence in my heart, and I hope we get their story. I could go on and on but the best thing I can say is come release day go one clicking this because you won't want to miss this..Highly recommended by yours truly..

* Two teasers used in my review are off the authors facebook page *

I thought he'd always be mine,
even when I was forced to say goodbye.

We were never meant to let go,
but it happened anyway.
Too bad I didn’t know someone was waiting to take my place, or I would've held on a lot tighter.

Two years later, we were exactly where we'd always planned to be.
I'd kept my promise.
He'd forgotten all about his.
Not only had he moved on, but the person he'd moved on with was my best friend, leaving me to begin college with a broken heart.

I guess this is the part where I’m supposed to tell you some other guy stepped in, repaired my shattered pieces, and made me smile again.

This isn't that kind of story.

My heart might have been broken, but it refused to fall out of love.

WARNING: this book contains cheating.

Ella Fields is a mother and wife who lives in the land Down Under. While her kids are in school, you might find her talking about her characters and books to her two cats. She's a notorious chocolate and notebook hoarder who enjoys creating hard-won happily ever afters.