Name: The Rules of Seeing
ISBN: 9780008293178

Joe Heap

*Don’t miss When the Music Stops, the stunning, uplifting and emotional new novel from Joe Heap, available to pre-order now* When you make eye contact, when you hold someone's gaze, it’s the closest thing to knowing you're not alone in the world.

The Rules of Seeing

Jule

o this book is about two ladies with different type of problems in their life. Chick 1 has been blind since birth but due to medical intervention is now able to see and basically learns to see for the first time. Here, I love how this is depicted as a process and it is thought through very well. A lot of aspects in like the biological, psychological, social realm are considered and I just think it is very realistic. Not a “and she worked really hard on her vision for 2 months and voila - she is able to see like any other human being”. Chick 2 is an architect finding herself in an abusive relationship with a police officer who is very subtle in his ways of abuse at first. Let me tell you it escalates at the end and it is a topic through the entire story but I - did - not - see - t - coming ❗️ chick 1 and 2 meet at the hospital and their relationship unfolds from there. I don’t want to spoil you anymore but I enjoyed this A LOT for multiple reasons. Total recommendation.

Janna Niemi

This book was a beautiful story about love and life and I love every single word of it. Of course, I hate bits about it too, but those are the bits that something bad is happening. 
The storyline itself, is beautiful. I love how it connects two completely different people and pushes them through happy times and bad time and separate times but they always somehow end up together again or meeting up again. 
The main characters are great as well. I love Nova, who as a grown woman can still act so carefree and so excited about everything. Then again, she used to be blind. And then there's Kate who needs help but does not realize it. I love the relationship between them and how they connect so well. I hate Tony and everything he put them through and I really dislike Rebecca, mainly because she just seems like a bitch. 
It's been a while since I've read a book that has romance, action, suspense, and other genres included in them and this one just totally works. 
I would read this again in a heartbeat and I recommend it to you all!

* I received this ARC from the publisher via Netgalley

Sian Wadey

This book was an unexpected surprise for me. I'd downloaded it to my kindle ages ago and forgotten about it if I'm honest. I love the characters, both Nova and Kate and their unfolding relationship. It had me absorbed right from the start. I definitely want to read more of Joe Heap.

The Rules of Seeing

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