“Fiercely independent Camille “Cami” Camlin gladly moved on from her childhood before it was over. She has held down a job since before she could drive, and moved into her own apartment after her freshman year of college. Now tending bar at The Red Door, Cami doesn’t have time for much else besides work and classes, until a trip to see her boyfriend is canceled, leaving her with a first weekend off in almost a year.
Trenton Maddox was the king of Eastern State University, dating co-eds before he even graduated high school. His friends wanted to be him, and women wanted to tame him, but after a tragic accident turned his world upside down, Trenton leaves campus to come to grips with the crushing guilt.
Eighteen months later, Trenton is living at home with his widower father and works full-time at a local tattoo parlor to help with the bills. Just when he thinks his life is returning to normal, he notices Cami sitting alone at a table at The Red.
As the baby sister of four rowdy brothers, Cami believes she’ll have no problem keeping her new friendship with Trenton Maddox strictly platonic. But when a Maddox boy falls in love, he loves forever—even if she is the only reason their already broken family could fall apart.”
Jamie McGuire har gjort det igen. Den forrygende forfatter til adskillige bestsellere, starter med Beautiful Oblivion en hæsblæsende serien om kærlighed, når det er bedst og ikke mindst værst. Med en førstepersonsfortæller der hverken røber sine hemmeligheder overfor kærlighedsinteressen eller læseren selv, bliver man efterladt med en ubehagelig følelse i maven.
Jamie McGuire er mester i at skrive så man krummer tæer af skam, sorg og frustation, i det der er fokus på den kærlighed, som ikke kommer let. Sproget er fængende, rørende og ikke mindst frustrerende i sådan en grad, at man simpelthen er nødt til at læse videre. Hvis ikke noget dansk forlag allerede har lagt beslag på denne serie, så er det på tide at nogen gør det.
Beautiful Oblivion lægger op til en forrygende serie, der følger i sporet på Beautiful Disaster, som et spin-off. Den forklarer, uddyber og underbygger handlingen i søsterromanen Beautiful Disaster. De kan læses uafhængigt af hinanden, men kan med fordel læses som en selvstændig efterfølger. Serien om Maddox brødrene fokuserer hver især på en af drengene, fra den temperamentsfulde, forførende og ustabile søskendeflok, i deres kamp for at finde kærligheden, og ikke mindst fastholde den.
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Cecilie Birkshøj 