Split by Swati Avasthi

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Gateway Nominee

Split by Swati Avasthi

282 pages

Christian steps up, makes his father angry, angry enough to hit him. But at least if he is hitting Christian, he isn't hitting his mother. After years of taking abuse from his father, he splits with nothing more than a letter that says "if you look for me, I will testify." He leaves and makes a better life for himself. But he also leaves behind a brother, Jace. After years of taking the same abuse, Jace freaks out, and decides to fight back...and loses. Thrown out of the house, Jace turns to his brother. But can Jace escape the abuse cycle he is already slipping into? Both Jace and Christian have a lot of healing to do before they can learn to love.

This book was an amazing story. Avasthi took such a violent theme and made it gentle, compelling read. Whether you come from an abusive past or not, you will fall in love with these two men, and the women in their lives. I watches as they struggled with a mother too terrified to leave, knowing how this would end, and wishing for more. After the last page, I closed the book, and still had a hard time getting to sleep thinking about what was next. Loved this book. Hope to be reading more of her.