Book Review and Giveaway for The Reigning and the Rule by Calia Read

THE REIGNING AND THE RULE
by CALIA READ

Étienne Lacroix and I had a fire I thought would never die.
Our love was timeless.

An irreversible decision sent me back to the present day with a family I barely recognize, but I am determined to find a way back to Étienne.

I can survive time. But I can’t survive life without him.

Time bends to no one’s demands, so I must fight with everything I have to return to the past. However, I am terrified that the past I once knew might not look the same, and the man who once called me his surviving trace will no longer be waiting for me.

Time bends to no one’s demands but sometimes love does…

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REVIEW: 5 STARS
"I'm no match for time. Every time I think I have you within my reach, you are ripped away."

DISCLAIMER: I might die and I told my husband my ashes are to be shipped to Belgrave to be buried there. <--- TRUTH.

This book, no...this trilogy is why I read. The very reason why I pick up books and read them. The heaviness, the journey, the love - it's all there, expertly told in a way that deemed me powerless to walk away from the inevitable heartbreak I was sure to feel as I had to leave them once again. But, if you want the truth: I was immediately sucked back into this story, even after being away for 5 months, but I cannot stress enough: YOU ARE NOT READY FOR THIS ONE!!! OMGosh, I'm struggling to come to terms with everything I just read, and I am in desperate need for the rest of their story!!! SO MUCH HAPPENED. Like, take notes. Ok? I don't even know what to tell you. But this story, OMGosh, yes. Aaaaah!! You see? I'm rendered speechless...or a bumbling idiot that can't string words together. I sound like a loon trying to give you my feelings on this one. Oh man, I am so glad I took a chance on this trilogy, and I am begging YOU to! After reading this, I wanted to cry but celebrate, rant but swoon - I felt so much, but pain is the evident one. My heart literally hurts. How am I supposed to go on....?

WILLINGLY!!!!!! I seriously willingly gave my heart and soul to Calia Read again. AGAIN. OMGosh, seriously. Seeeriously. I don't even know where to start with this one because this book arrested me. It completely captivated me and I am scrambling to come to terms with what I just read, what she did to my heart, and what I'm going to do while waiting for the final chapter in this amazing trilogy. If I could sit you down on the couch next to me and try to explain to you how this book affected me, you would get a lot of hand gestures, and heart clutches and hair pulling. I cannot even begin to tell you how much I loved this one. I needed this one something fierce, and being able to once again pace myself while reading it just so I can feel the depth of it, relish in her words, frolic in her fictional world of time traveling back to her soul's keeper..... <sigh> So. Damn. Good. 

"Time has made us its playthings, and there is no way to escape its clutches."

The angst in this one was a different kind of angst than the first one, for ME. I loved this one, but the angst was suspense based and therefore was a different nail-biting kind of feeling. It was an intensity that allowed me to read slowly, allowing me to savor it, but I was able to think about it while holding off on finishing it. Yes, I held off on finishing this one for days, just like I did with the first - which kind of prolongs me staying in their world, right? Well, that's my thought process at least. Not only do I hate leaving them, but knowing I don't get to read their conclusion for several months terrifies me. I love this couple so much. I was left in a good spot with their story, but more questions are here and I am even more confused, yet again. I want to know who, what how, whyyy?! I need to know!!! I am going to miss you, Étienne and Serene!!! *insert heart break*

Hands down, Favorites List 2018 material right here. My heart bled for Serene. It broke for Étienne. It is screaming at me right now......well, at Calia Read too, but at me for reading this book now knowing I have to wait for the final book. And I know saying that probably scares a few readers off from picking it up, but I will tell you this: I would rather know this beauty and love and cherish it and think about it and revel in it for the next few months than not know it at all. Weird coming from me, I am aware, but when I read a story and I still remember it, still feel it intimately months later, I know for a fact that this story and this couple will never leave me. I am so very in love with Serene and Étienne and I am excited to read their final book, but I think I will hold on a little longer by not finishing it right away - my way of refusing to let go, to saying goodbye to them. This series is on my "IF I Ever ReRead a Book" list. I don't ever recall having felt this strangling hold on my heart and my senses from a book before. I am....heartbroken. I need more. Anything. Something. Do you hear me, Calia Read???

"It's much like love. If it is pure and honest, it will find a way to survive no matter how impossible the circumstances are. 
~BEE

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Calia Read is the author of the Sloan Brothers Series, The Fairfax Series, Figure Eight and The Surviving Trace. She lives in Texas with her husband and their five kids. She is currently hard at work on the second book in The Surviving Time Series.

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