CRACKS DUET by L H COSWAY

5 Star Spoiler Free Review for Duet!

‘The best memories live on forever in our hearts.’

The Cracks Duet reminded us why we adore L H Cosway so much. The way this author can bring such warmth, sincerity and relatability to her stories, we feel at one with the pain, the joy, the quirkiness of the characters, not to mention the beautiful soul searing romance that was at the forefront of this story, oh yes, we once again found ourselves falling in love with everything about this authors words.

‘He kissed my lips softly, and I didn’t want to step back. I wanted to step forwards into his arms and be held and caressed. I wanted to be engulfed by him….’

L H Cosway has the ability to take something ordinary and turn it into something refreshingly and wonderfully extraordinary. She has a natural flair for presenting a romance that can move you to the ninth degree one minute, yet have you giggling over witty banter between her characters the next. It’s a trademark of this author, it’s something we love and it’s something that was so evident in Cracks.

“I can only see my dreams clearly when I look through you first.” 

We meet Evelyn and Dylan in their last year of High School as they navigate their way through life, eventually following them through to adulthood. Their story starts off slowly, ensuring we experienced a fondness with these two characters, their families and their beautiful misfit friends. And let us tell you, nothing is spared as our hearts were touched and pummelled through this wonderfully endearing, tragic, sweet, painful and heart-warming story of first love, sacrifice, loss and self-discovery.

“It’s always been you. It only ever will be.”

Dylan and Ev live in St Mary’s Villa in inner city Dublin, it’s a place that sounds fancier than it is. They strike up a friendship which eventually turns into an intense first love and it’s a love you know, in your heart, is soul deep! Nothing could come between these two, or could it?

“You’ve been mine since the beginning of time.”

Evelyn is so sweet, so uplifting – where Dylan sees bleak, dark and dank surroundings, Evelyn sees hope and brightness. Ev is quite content to stay at the Villa’s and won’t leave her 27 year old Aunty Yvonne, who has given Ev a kind, warm and loving home for the past 4 years, nor will she leave her Gran.

By contrast, sweet and swoony Dylan can’t wait to escape his depressing and rough surroundings. Dylan is a planner, he sees his future as being successful and getting out of the Villas as soon as he turns 18, and he wants the love of his life, Evelyn to come with him. Would she relent? Will she stay or go? Will Dylan stay behind for her? Of course we’re not going to tell you, nor are we going to give anything away. As this is a Duet review, A Crack in Everything sets the scene for How the Light Gets In perfectly, so with that in mind, we don’t want to give too much away about the duet as a whole, because there is so much to experience for yourselves.

“You’re sunshine, Evelyn, and there’s nothing but clouds around here.”

What we will say is that this Duet owned us! We were transfixed and unapologetically shed tears at one point, embracing L H Cosway’s words and trusting her with this beautifully quirky, wonderfully sweet, sexy and swoony exploration of first love, the kind of first love that grips you, consumes you, where you make sacrifices for the love of your life. You will be moved and you will lose your heart to these guys!

‘I knew I’d never love anyone in my life like I loved Dylan O’Dea. He would always own my heart. Always.’

Oh and that epilogue……pardon us while we pick our hearts up off the floor! Wow! What a finish!

“This isn’t the end for us. I promise. This is just the in-between. I’ll find you in the after.”