Name: What's Left of Me
ISBN: 9781503137677

Amanda Maxlyn

"I absolutely fell in love with What's Left of Me by Amanda Maxlyn. With an uncanny ability to weave an intensely emotional story into a sexy romance, Maxlyn is a debut author you do not want to miss." - AL Jackson, NYT and USA Today Best Selling Author Life works in mysterious ways. Four years ago I became known as the girl with cancer. I refuse to cry. And I refuse to give in. A relationship with a man is the last thing I'm looking for right now, but one night with Parker changes everything. He is persistent, and he knows what he wants. Me. He doesn't treat me like I'm fragile. But he doesn't know, and I'm not ready to tell him. What if it changes everything? Tragedy found me when I was seventeen. Love found me when I was twenty-one. My name is Aundrea McCall, and this is my journey.

What's Left of Me

Jennifer Eggleston 

4.5 stars

I am sniffling as I type this. If this book does not make you sob then you are a borg.

I am simply gutted. A beautiful love story that pulls on the heart strings. 

That epilogue ... that was pure trickeration but I loved it. 

"What's Left of Me" reminded me of Jamie and Landon from "A Walk to Remember" in the respect that they found this beautiful love among all the sadness. 

Beautiful.

Kinsey

4 Not Much Left of Me Stars!



'Someone once told me that it’s not about whether there is life after you die, but whether you’re alive before you die. I didn't believe I could ever feel alive again. Not until Parker.' I am Aundrea McCall, and I am a survivor.'

  Cancer.
It can break you.
Or it can make you stronger. 
I choose stronger.
I choose survival.

Wow, this one's a tearjerker!

What's Left of Me had me hooked from the first page! I rarely put it down, only when necessary, for I had to find out what would happen to Aundrea and Parker next! Would she live or die? HEA or NSHEA? Let me start off by saying that when I read the blurb for this book I knew it would be a sad book. What book about cancer isn't? Still, I thought I was prepared. I thought I could handle it without crying..and I was wrong yet again. I cried ugly tears while reading this book.


  
    "Aundrea, you have already left your mark.” Picking up my hand, he places it over his heart. "Right here. You, Aundrea Leigh McCall, are the beat of my heart. I will give you my own breath, if it means keeping you alive."
  




What's it all about?
What's Left of Me is about Aundrea and Parker. Aundrea was an amazing heroine to read about. She's tough yet vulnerable. You see, Aundrea has cancer. Has had cancer for 4 years now. She's the type of heroine that hates people taking care of her, hate's feeling helpless + lifeless. Everything changes when she meets Parker though. Parker, the young new veterinarian who works with her brother in law. Parker makes Andrea feel truly beautiful for the first time in her life. He shows her what it is to live. He teaches her that even though she's been dealt a shitty lot in life, she can still come out on top.

The only problem however is that Parker doesn't know that Aundrea has cancer. And Aundrea has no intentions of telling him... 


  
    "How do you tell someone you love that you have cancer? That you're slowly slipping away? That your body is floating away from you? There is no right time. No right moment. No right words. Words I need to speak. Words I need to form, but can't seem to get out."
  




This book is mostly about the journey of Aundrea and Parker together as they fall in love. The whole time you're reading it's heartbreaking, because you know that eventually the balls going to drop and Parker is either going to find out she has cancer or she's going to have to tell him herself. So sad, the lengths she goes through to hide it from him. My heart broke for both of them. Their love for each other was so strong and true. I never doubted it for a minute. 


  
    "You own me, Aundrea. I couldn’t walk away from you if I tried. The second I laid eyes on you that night, in the mirror, I knew it.” He takes my hands in his, squeezing gently. “I would be a damn fool to let you slip away from me. I am so unbelievably in love with you."
  


I'm not going to say much more on that topic for I don't want to spoil this book for anyone. Just be prepared to bring tissues. I was absolutely amazed that this is Amanda Maxlyn's first book, for if the writing is profound enough to make me cry, then that's the mark of a great book! Well done! The only thing that prevents me from giving this book 5 stars is the ending. I HATED it. I'm sure some people won't be bothered by it, but I didn't like it. AT ALL. While I really really liked this one, I just wish the ending left me with a little something more. However don't let that deter you for this is still a fantastic read and I highly recommend it! 


  
    "I’m scared that I’m going to go through life without leaving a trace of myself behind. I want to do things like travel, or be spontaneous, to show that even after I’m gone, I’ve left a small trace of me behind. I’m afraid that one morning I simply won’t wake up and there won’t be anything to show for the life I’ve lived."
  





  
    "More tears fall. I never thought of myself as one of those women. The type who get all sappy when a man says they love them, or vice versa, but now I understand why they do, because it’s in this
moment that I know I’ve found the person I was meant to be with."

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