Tbird London's Reviews > Epic Lies

I have struggled trying to find a way to write this review. I could go over the story but the synopsis does a great job at describing what you are about to read. I could share the huge moments in the story that left me smiling or crying, but those are precious seconds that need to be experienced by each reader. So this leaves me with explaining my feelings after devouring this book in one night. That is the hard part, because the amount of feelings that were stirred and touched are vast.

While it is such an isolating time in life, we share the same feeling with anyone who has lost a loved one. You swear the sun will never come up again. You wonder how people can go on with their lives as if nothing had changed, while you stand there wondering if you have the courage and strength to take the next step. As hours and days go on, people expect you to put the smile on your face and get back to living, but that mask weighs too much to bear at times and it becomes easier to just be alone.

There is a date on a calendar every year that is nothing special to the majority, but for you, it is the day your life changed, the room in your heart became a bit emptier, your soul gave birth to a void that will never be filled again. Maybe you looked up at the stars and prayed for peace or screamed out the name of the one who left you with no guidance. You re-evaluate the choices that were made and get angry once again that you had no control over that choice or the outcome.

I just described Dax and Giselle’s life but what they didn’t know was the stars were aligning for them, each day was paving the way for a future, that date was going to prove they have always shared an invisible bond that kept them alive. I was warned when I started this book that Trudy did something different with Epic Lies. I think the best way I can describe it is, she left the reader with an overwhelming sense of mournful peace. She tapped into a subject that we have all experienced, asked the same questions we have asked and let us know we aren’t alone by using the journey of Dax and Giselle. She gave a new voice to loss, pain, love and fate. She provided a feeling of peace in a world of chaos and most of all she convinced us that Dax and Giselle was worth our hearts fracturing into pieces as we love them through their maze of life. We wanted to be part of that light at the end of the tunnel for them.

I highly recommend you read each book in the Epic Fail series. They all give you a new perspective on life, love and the fighting spirit to survive.