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The Cabin
One year ago, I buried my husband. One year ago, I held his hand and said goodbye. Now I spend most of my days lost somewhere between trying to remember every smallest detail of our lives, and trying to forget it all. I fill my hours with work until I’m too exhausted to remember him, to feel anything at all. One year, 365 days—and then one knock at my door changes everything. A letter from him, a last request, a secret My dearest Nadia, Trust me, my love. One last time, trust me. Sometimes the epilogue to one story is the beginning of another.
416 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 22, 2020
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Jasinda Wilder
149 books12k followersJasinda Wilder is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of more than 100 titles including the #1 Amazon bestseller Falling Into You, the Audie Award-winning (best audiobook) Alpha, and the beloved, 17-book Badd Brothers series. She and her husband Jack Wilder have sold more than 7 million copies and have been translated into more than 20 languages worldwide. You can find them at their fairy tale cottage by a lake somewhere in Michigan with their 6 kids, 5 dogs, 2 cats, 2 bunnies, and way too many ducks and chickens.
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October 23, 2020
4.25 stars
The Cabin was a heartbreakingly beautiful read. Jasinda Wilder really brought the feels with this one. It’s been a while since I’ve read one of her books, and I forgot how emotional they can be. I cried so many times but it was such a good read.
This is one of those books that’s not easy to review. I went in blind and I really don’t want to spoil too much. It’s a story of losing a once in a life time love and trying to move forward. It’s a journey. An ending of one epic story, and a beginning of another.
Nadia was an incredibly strong character. I loved that she was a nurse like me, and even though she went through something unimaginably difficult, she came out on the other side. She was tough and brave, yet able to be vulnerable and open to love. Her journey is one I don’t want to spoil, but I loved so much about it.
This book hit me hard, maybe harder than most- TW for but I’m still glad I read it. It was a hard read, but it was beautifully written and by the end I was happy.
The Cabin is a must read for anyone who is looking for a tear-jerker that’s poignant and passionate.
This cabin is a love letter from Adrian.
The Cabin was a heartbreakingly beautiful read. Jasinda Wilder really brought the feels with this one. It’s been a while since I’ve read one of her books, and I forgot how emotional they can be. I cried so many times but it was such a good read.
This is one of those books that’s not easy to review. I went in blind and I really don’t want to spoil too much. It’s a story of losing a once in a life time love and trying to move forward. It’s a journey. An ending of one epic story, and a beginning of another.
Beauty like yours, love like yours…it deserves to be shared. Someone out there needs you, and you need them.
Nadia was an incredibly strong character. I loved that she was a nurse like me, and even though she went through something unimaginably difficult, she came out on the other side. She was tough and brave, yet able to be vulnerable and open to love. Her journey is one I don’t want to spoil, but I loved so much about it.
This book hit me hard, maybe harder than most- TW for but I’m still glad I read it. It was a hard read, but it was beautifully written and by the end I was happy.
The Cabin is a must read for anyone who is looking for a tear-jerker that’s poignant and passionate.
It feels like this was always us, always meant to be. From the moment I saw him sitting on the porch of his cabin, reading, I think I knew.
October 21, 2020
'THE CABIN' is a full length romance book by Jasinda Wilder. Spoken in 'Dual Perspectives.'
I know I'm a sucker for a tear jerker but this stepped a little too close to home for me. My partner's best friend is going through this and I struggled to keep the tears at bay, I connected to this story more than I thought I would, such a heartbreaking journey, the tears came freely, the heartache came without warning, the storyline hooked me in straight away. To say I wasn't in the right frame of mind to read this was an understatement, but I'm glad I did.
This story doesn't sugar coat the struggle nurse Nadia goes through as she sees her husband the love of her life take his last dying breath, it's in your face, it's real, it's raw, it's gut wrenching. He knew his end was coming, and set things in motion where even in death her husband Adrian looked after her, he sets her on a path which heals her, gives her hope, where second chances are there for the taking if you are open enough to grab it.
So beautifully written the author did justice to this story. Grab some tissues and get ready to have your heart ripped out. But slowly the author puts the pieces back together again. There is light at the end of the dark.
July 11, 2022
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Adrian has cancer. He knows that his wife, Nadia will stop living after he'll be gone, so he decides to set a plan to make her start living again, without him - and so, one year after his death, he continues to take care of her, even from his grave ("P.S. I love you" vibe) 😭
It's a story of overcoming and progressing, despite the pain. I brought myself a lot of tissue because I was sure I would need it.
It could have been EPIC... but unfortunately, it did not work for me. 😬
📚 "𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙞𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛, 𝙉𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙖. 𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧... 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙄'𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤." 📚
First of all - I knew Adrian would die, thanks to the blurb and it erased the emotional impact. Also, because I knew what was going to happen, the plot became less mysterious... and very much depressing. 🤦♀️
In addition, the story is told in several POV's, but it is not clear by who. I had to find out myself while reading - and it was super frustrating because I was busy trying to figure out who I was reading about - instead of what I was reading... 🙄
Also, I did not like the male character, Nathan, but well, he never had a chance after I fell so hard for Adrian... so it was unnecessary for me to know how Nathan and Nadia's story would end, because it's just didn't interest me enough. 😬
But what bothered me most was the writting style. So many unnecessary descriptions of the actions the characters did, a step-by-step breakdown of uninteresting and unimportant monotonous actions. I usually do'nt like to read the inner thoughts of the characters, but I really needed it here. Maybe that way I could have liked the characters... 🤷♀️
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November 18, 2020
Learning to live again!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: ❤️💙💜💛🖤
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📔
World building: 🌎🌏🌍🌎
Character development: 👤👤👤👤👤
The setting: Two cabins by a lake
The Hero(s): Adrian Bell - 41 years old an accomplished author and suffering from pancreatic cancer that has spread. Adrian is completely and totally in love with his wife and she with him. He knows if Nadia knew about his cancer she would become his nurse rather than his wife and she would kill herself trying to save him.
The heroine: Nadia Bell – an ICU nurse who is used to taking care of dying people. She is completely in love with her husband. Nadia drowns herself in work when when she is alone, to the detriment of her health sometimes.
The Love Story: This is a story about learning to live again after your soulmate dies. The protagonists are both just existing, but neither is living, but they can’t snap out of it until they get some help from an unlikely source!
I voluntarily read & reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts & opinions are my own.
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The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: ❤️💙💜💛🖤
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📔
World building: 🌎🌏🌍🌎
Character development: 👤👤👤👤👤
The setting: Two cabins by a lake
The Hero(s): Adrian Bell - 41 years old an accomplished author and suffering from pancreatic cancer that has spread. Adrian is completely and totally in love with his wife and she with him. He knows if Nadia knew about his cancer she would become his nurse rather than his wife and she would kill herself trying to save him.
The heroine: Nadia Bell – an ICU nurse who is used to taking care of dying people. She is completely in love with her husband. Nadia drowns herself in work when when she is alone, to the detriment of her health sometimes.
The Love Story: This is a story about learning to live again after your soulmate dies. The protagonists are both just existing, but neither is living, but they can’t snap out of it until they get some help from an unlikely source!
I voluntarily read & reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts & opinions are my own.
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November 1, 2020
The Cabin was a highly emotional read about unwavering love, loss, finding yourself again, and the ultimate hardest thing that you will ever be faced to do. Move on. It was poignant at times, messy, and heartbreaking but we saw the raw beauty in the bonds that were formed and that in itself was worth some of the heartache.
Nadia has always been a pretty simple woman. She has a loving successful husband, she takes pride in her career as a nurse, and she has a best friend that anyone would kill to have in their corner. But sometimes a simple life, will turn upside down and shake you to your core without ever giving you a courtesy warning.
Now swimming in the unimaginable kind of grief that has crippled her life, Nadia is now at the point where something has to give and this is the start of her long healing journey. What will happen when that very same journey puts her on the path of not only healing herself but someone else? Can love really be a balm for grief?
Going into this story, I immediately knew what I was signing up for and I was prepared for it in a sense when it came to the emotional. A part of me was hoping that the story would have taken a different turn in the beginning, and I did have some issues with the flow of the story but ultimately I’m glad with the way things turned out in the end.
This story was not an easy read and it can be emotionally exhausting at times, but there was beauty beneath the heartache and pain. There was love beneath the grief and there was LIFE and joy after pain. If you’re looking for a emotional read, then you should give this one a try.
October 24, 2020
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4 stars
OMG, this book! This is my first read by Jasinda and it's so heartbreakingly beautiful. It’s a heartbreaking, devastating story of loss, but also a beautiful, emotional and realistic story of healing and second chances. My heart ached but it was worth it for the two part of beautiful love stories that I got to experience. What a read, I loved it!
Nadia and Adrian are married, soulmates and blissfully in love. Their whole lives are each other, they know it may be over the top, but they just don’t care. They are it for each other, and they revel in the happiness of their life together.
"I promise, Adrian. Always, forever, no matter what. Anything, everything, always.”
But then Adrian gets sick. While fighting hard, he’s also making plans for Nadia after he is gone —making sure she’s set up, and trying to ensure that she moves on and doesn’t drown in her grief like he knows she will want to. And while he’s doing that, he’s giving her the most amazing final months he possibly can.
The love between Nadia and Adrian is absolutely beautiful. We get to explore it from both of their perspectives as Adrian does what he can for his wife, and Nadia cherishes her man as she has always done. I love these characters, I love them together, and I love their easy, intimate, passionate relationship. We get to see their happiness and their final months, and those final moments, and I broke.
"I love you more than fucking life itself, Nadia. Never forget that. Wherever…wherever I’m going, I’ll love you there too.”
God, just reading that quote has me tearing up again! But then, a year later, Nadia receives a letter from Adrian. He’s left her a cabin in the woods, and after a year of her struggling to keep going, he’s made plans to help her move on and live again.
"I'm not okay.
But for the first time since he died, I feel like maybe, someday, I could be.”
That’s only the first part of the story, the second part follows Nadia’s journey as she does just what her husband wanted – takes time for herself, works through her grief and tries to live again. She knows she’ll never get over the man she lost, and she knows she’ll love him until the day she dies, but somebody is waiting to help realise that maybe she can have more than that.
I don't want to talk about what happened in the second part here because it'd be a huge spoilers! I'd recommend you to go in blindly to experience all the gentle, sweet and super emotional story!
The book ends with an epilogue which finishes the story off beautifully, and I finished it with a huge smile on my face, and hugging my kindle, revelling in the gorgeously happy ending.
A beautiful story with all the feels, and written with so much heart, I just adored it.
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February 26, 2021
The Cabin was a heartbreakingly beautiful story that will leave you shaking with sobs from the very first part. While reading this story I could not figure it out of it was going to be a love story, a story about overcoming grief or what but this story was a love letter. A love letter to Nadia yes, but a love letter to all those people who have lost someone and thought they would never overcome the grief. It is not easy, it is ugly, painful and heartbreaking but it is possible.
“I thought maybe I was…broken. Like I’d been wrecked beyond repair.” He’s breathing hard. “And then I met you, and…and you fixed me. One day at a time.”
I've seen so many beautiful reviews for this book, but I won't be giving you that. If you are brave enough to read this story than go in blind. Go in knowing that you will be left sobbing but embrace it fall in love with everything that is The Cabin. I understand some people can't do that but if you can, do it because it will make the story that much more powerful.
This was my first Jasinda Wilder novel and the way she has with words was unlike anything I have read before. I fell in love with everything about her words even in the darkest parts of the pages. One day I might be brave enough to read another one of her books but not yet.
“I thought maybe I was…broken. Like I’d been wrecked beyond repair.” He’s breathing hard. “And then I met you, and…and you fixed me. One day at a time.”
I've seen so many beautiful reviews for this book, but I won't be giving you that. If you are brave enough to read this story than go in blind. Go in knowing that you will be left sobbing but embrace it fall in love with everything that is The Cabin. I understand some people can't do that but if you can, do it because it will make the story that much more powerful.
This was my first Jasinda Wilder novel and the way she has with words was unlike anything I have read before. I fell in love with everything about her words even in the darkest parts of the pages. One day I might be brave enough to read another one of her books but not yet.
October 29, 2020
3,5. Unfortunately.
You see... this book was beautiful really, I was dry because I cried a lot reading it.
The first part was so heartbreak and deep... the true love. But after this I thought fake and forced. The love between N and N didn’t convince me. I saw two people desperate to move on.
You see... this book was beautiful really, I was dry because I cried a lot reading it.
The first part was so heartbreak and deep... the true love. But after this I thought fake and forced. The love between N and N didn’t convince me. I saw two people desperate to move on.
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September 14, 2022
Oh my gosh, I don’t know how I’ve managed to pick so many tear jerkers lately, but MAN this one got me good. I cried so much. We meet Adrian, Nadia’s beloved husband, and he is so unbelievably in love with his wife. He has a secret. He’s undergoing chemotherapy for aggressive cancer, and he’s keeping it from Nadia. She is a nurse and a natural caretaker and she would let herself waste away to take care of him. He’s protecting her.
He devises a plan and sets things in motion before finally telling her that he is dying. He takes care of her future, puts contingency plans in place, and slowly dies with her by his side. Before he died, he met with his old friend Nathan, who is grieving the death of his wife. So when Nathan gets a letter and the keys to a cabin a year after Adrian’s death, he’s stunned. Adrian wants Nathan to help Nadia move on and find love again. It’s the perfect plan. Who’s not so on board is Nadia. She got her own letter and keys to the cabin next door, and she’s completely unaware of Adrian’s plan. She has no plans to move on, but gradually she starts to think that maybe she can live again.
The friendship and romance between Nathan and Nadia starts very tentatively and slowly, and it’s beautifully done. The way they allowed the other to take their time and honor their loved one, was very special to read about. This book made me cry more than I thought it would, but it was also beautiful and lovely. Nathan is one of my favorite MMCs EVER, and the way Nadia loved Adrian was magical. Highly recommend!!!
He devises a plan and sets things in motion before finally telling her that he is dying. He takes care of her future, puts contingency plans in place, and slowly dies with her by his side. Before he died, he met with his old friend Nathan, who is grieving the death of his wife. So when Nathan gets a letter and the keys to a cabin a year after Adrian’s death, he’s stunned. Adrian wants Nathan to help Nadia move on and find love again. It’s the perfect plan. Who’s not so on board is Nadia. She got her own letter and keys to the cabin next door, and she’s completely unaware of Adrian’s plan. She has no plans to move on, but gradually she starts to think that maybe she can live again.
The friendship and romance between Nathan and Nadia starts very tentatively and slowly, and it’s beautifully done. The way they allowed the other to take their time and honor their loved one, was very special to read about. This book made me cry more than I thought it would, but it was also beautiful and lovely. Nathan is one of my favorite MMCs EVER, and the way Nadia loved Adrian was magical. Highly recommend!!!
December 12, 2020
Beautiful story about love, loss, dealing with grief, and finding the strength to move on.
The eventual HEA was believable and touching...I’m so glad there was a happy ending to this story.
Not your typical romance—a little heavy at times—but so worth the time to read.
4 1/2 stars
The eventual HEA was believable and touching...I’m so glad there was a happy ending to this story.
Not your typical romance—a little heavy at times—but so worth the time to read.
4 1/2 stars
October 21, 2020
➳ Rate: 3,5/ 5 stars
Ah you guys! This will be a conflicting review because I have very conflicted feelings. I freaking love when a book pulls real and raw emotions from me and this book did that, however, I am not completely happy with it and I’ll explain why.
This isn’t a spoiler because you know this book is a death trope from the blurb. So the first half of this book you get to meet Nadia, our heroine, and her husband. You get to see how much they love each other and how amazing her husband is. Then of course you get to see that the hero is sick and then... die.
Jesus christ guys the first of this book was DEVASTATING. Truly. I cried for over 30% straight! It was so heartbreaking, emotional, just I was a complete mess! So of course I loved the first half because as I said I love books that pull all these emotions and reactions from me.
BUT in the second half of the book, well obviously you get to see the heroine falling apart and grieving and also trying to move on. And ugh, after meeting Adrian and seeing how much he loved her and did for her, even despite the fact that he wanted her to move on and even helped making it happen, I just couldn’t love that part of the book as much. I got too attached to Adrian, and this whole part of the book felt like a betrayal to me as a reader. Even though, I adored Nathan, he was amazing and everything. I enjoyed getting to know him and see how much he and Nadia both had in common because they had both been through the loss of a significant other. Gosh it just did not feel as authentic, as special and in my opinion happened too fast. Even though they kind of fell in love over a span of months, it still felt fast due to the way it was written.
I feel like both parts of the book should have been a book of their own, and much more detailed and over a longer period of time. Book 1 should have given us more on Adrian and Nadia’s past and then book 2 should have been a few years after he died, not just a year after, that too felt like too soon, specially after seeing the great and beautiful love that existed between Nadia and Adrian.
So yeah, it was a good book. I loved the first half even though it completely gutted me but the second half felt short, felt rushed and well it just didn’t feel right. It was beautifully written though, that first half was so emotional and romantic, so sad yet beautiful. I would read this again just for that first half.
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Ah you guys! This will be a conflicting review because I have very conflicted feelings. I freaking love when a book pulls real and raw emotions from me and this book did that, however, I am not completely happy with it and I’ll explain why.
This isn’t a spoiler because you know this book is a death trope from the blurb. So the first half of this book you get to meet Nadia, our heroine, and her husband. You get to see how much they love each other and how amazing her husband is. Then of course you get to see that the hero is sick and then... die.
Jesus christ guys the first of this book was DEVASTATING. Truly. I cried for over 30% straight! It was so heartbreaking, emotional, just I was a complete mess! So of course I loved the first half because as I said I love books that pull all these emotions and reactions from me.
BUT in the second half of the book, well obviously you get to see the heroine falling apart and grieving and also trying to move on. And ugh, after meeting Adrian and seeing how much he loved her and did for her, even despite the fact that he wanted her to move on and even helped making it happen, I just couldn’t love that part of the book as much. I got too attached to Adrian, and this whole part of the book felt like a betrayal to me as a reader. Even though, I adored Nathan, he was amazing and everything. I enjoyed getting to know him and see how much he and Nadia both had in common because they had both been through the loss of a significant other. Gosh it just did not feel as authentic, as special and in my opinion happened too fast. Even though they kind of fell in love over a span of months, it still felt fast due to the way it was written.
I feel like both parts of the book should have been a book of their own, and much more detailed and over a longer period of time. Book 1 should have given us more on Adrian and Nadia’s past and then book 2 should have been a few years after he died, not just a year after, that too felt like too soon, specially after seeing the great and beautiful love that existed between Nadia and Adrian.
So yeah, it was a good book. I loved the first half even though it completely gutted me but the second half felt short, felt rushed and well it just didn’t feel right. It was beautifully written though, that first half was so emotional and romantic, so sad yet beautiful. I would read this again just for that first half.
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January 28, 2021
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It took me almost 3 days to get my emotions under control after reading this book! And now I finally feel capable to writing a review for this one. I am really not kidding , but I have never cried so much while reading a book! This author has always been my favourite , but I have only read her dark Romance books. Hell I didn't even know that she wrote contemporary romance. And what I really didn't know was how amazing she was at writing them!
'The Cabin' is a Standalone second chance Romance by the best selling author JASINDA WILDER. Told in dual perspectives , this book will have you heavily sobbing by the 30%.
When I first started reading this book , I anticipated a much different story line than what we got. There were a few chapters that made me cry so hard and the ones in which I couldn't stop smiling. Overall , this book was utterly perfect. The way it is written , is absolutely amazing and I bet you that you won't regret reading this one. 'The Cabin' is a tale about when life gives you second chances to get your Happy Ever After. A tale which encourages us to move on from the saddest parts of our life.
I seldomly read contemporary Romances with so much emotions , because they just seem to much for me. Also , I don't think there will be a time when I'll regret reading this one! It's a rollercoaster ride of emotions that made me feel so much and so fast and I would refrain from recommending this book to all the contemporary romance lovers out there!
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October 26, 2020
The unimaginable pain of losing someone who you believed you would spend the rest of your life with is not something anyone wants to think about but Adrian did. Adrian Bell is Nadia’s late husband. He knew his wife so well that he could predict what would happen to her after he left this earth for the afterlife. With that in mind, he methodically planned how he could help her come back from the grief she was sure to be immersed in.
Everything he predicted would happen, in fact did. After 12 months have passed, Nadia receives an intervention from him. Another thing he meticulously planned with his lawyer who delivers a letter to Nadia from Adrian with instructions on what his dying wishes are. His final will covered off all the formal aspects of death. This letter now takes care of the human aspect of loss and serves to help Nadia pick up the shattered pieces of her existence and slowly put them back together.
‘I sob on the floor for a long, long time. Missing him. Hating him for leaving. Hating the world for taking him. Hating myself for needing him so badly I can’t figure out how to exist without him.’
One day at a time Nadia will try and live up to the promise she made Adrian the day he died.
‘The cabin is his love letter to me. Each item was his voice and his hands, caressing me. Reminding me that he loved me that I was his and he was mine and he knows me. But the cabin was also him telling me that I still have to remember to live.’
I’m so glad this arrived just in time to read over the long weekend. I think that anyone who has been in a relationship with someone they deeply love will relate to what Nadia goes through in this story. In fact, the loss of anyone dear to you would invoke the same feelings as this.
A fabulous, emotional, thought provoking story that had me in tears one moment and all warm and fuzzy the next. Absolutely loved this!
Everything he predicted would happen, in fact did. After 12 months have passed, Nadia receives an intervention from him. Another thing he meticulously planned with his lawyer who delivers a letter to Nadia from Adrian with instructions on what his dying wishes are. His final will covered off all the formal aspects of death. This letter now takes care of the human aspect of loss and serves to help Nadia pick up the shattered pieces of her existence and slowly put them back together.
‘I sob on the floor for a long, long time. Missing him. Hating him for leaving. Hating the world for taking him. Hating myself for needing him so badly I can’t figure out how to exist without him.’
One day at a time Nadia will try and live up to the promise she made Adrian the day he died.
‘The cabin is his love letter to me. Each item was his voice and his hands, caressing me. Reminding me that he loved me that I was his and he was mine and he knows me. But the cabin was also him telling me that I still have to remember to live.’
I’m so glad this arrived just in time to read over the long weekend. I think that anyone who has been in a relationship with someone they deeply love will relate to what Nadia goes through in this story. In fact, the loss of anyone dear to you would invoke the same feelings as this.
A fabulous, emotional, thought provoking story that had me in tears one moment and all warm and fuzzy the next. Absolutely loved this!
October 24, 2020
5 Stars
Wow! I am emotionally drained after reading this book. It pulled at everything in me from the first to last page. And being honest, I think I'm going to have to take a break after reading this because my heart can't make up its mind whether to be happy or sad.
This is such a beautiful story of Nadia and Nathan and Adrian. The love that flows through these pages that Adrian had for Nadia is a once in a lifetime type of selfless love. Yes, this hurt reading and I found myself tearing up in the beginning...the middle...and yeah, the end too!
Wow! I am emotionally drained after reading this book. It pulled at everything in me from the first to last page. And being honest, I think I'm going to have to take a break after reading this because my heart can't make up its mind whether to be happy or sad.
This is such a beautiful story of Nadia and Nathan and Adrian. The love that flows through these pages that Adrian had for Nadia is a once in a lifetime type of selfless love. Yes, this hurt reading and I found myself tearing up in the beginning...the middle...and yeah, the end too!
October 27, 2020
I am a COMPLETE EMOTIONAL WRECK!
If you need moments where it feels like your heart is being beaten to a pulp and it hurts so much that you can't breathe, then please grab this book. Here's the other amazing thing: after all of that, we get a beautiful HEA. This book was just SO well done!
I highly recommend going in blind and not reading reviews for the best emotional experience.
If you need moments where it feels like your heart is being beaten to a pulp and it hurts so much that you can't breathe, then please grab this book. Here's the other amazing thing: after all of that, we get a beautiful HEA. This book was just SO well done!
I highly recommend going in blind and not reading reviews for the best emotional experience.
October 18, 2020
Is it possible to know at 23% that a book is going to be a 5 star read? Well, I can tell you right now that , yes, it is possible.
Just saying “The Cabin” takes me back to the story and all the emotions that I felt while reading. This is a must read book for everyone. The story is so powerful and makes you sit back and just appreciate everything and everyone you have in your life.
I’m giving The Cabin my tear rating: 10 tears!
~Dana💜
Just saying “The Cabin” takes me back to the story and all the emotions that I felt while reading. This is a must read book for everyone. The story is so powerful and makes you sit back and just appreciate everything and everyone you have in your life.
I’m giving The Cabin my tear rating: 10 tears!
~Dana💜
October 19, 2020
Is it possible to die from heartbreak and uncontrollable crying while reading a romance novel? Is it possible to feel my heart being shredded into tiny pieces and at the same it getting filled with hope, inspiration and new love? The Cabin by Jasinda Wilder did all that and some more. Definitely one of my top 2020 read.
I did read the blurb and thank god. If I didn't, the shock would have paralyzed me from the beginning and I am not sure I would ever recover. This story begins with Nadia losing her husband , the love of her life and the aftermath. And how true love transcneds dimensions. And how new beginnings are never far.
Oh dear did I cry or what. Cried a river. The author stabbed my heart and twisted the knife and that pain was so deep. THE ANGST WAS UNREAL. The depth of the feels. The complexity of emotions. The characters just invaded everywhere. I haven't read this powerful writing for a while.I have started crying from first chapter and almost continued till the end. It just has shaken me to the core. It was cutting me open and making me bleed and I was begging for the pain to stop. But then came the healing and the inspiring touch. The full circle of life. I had all my answers in the end. And my heart is so full with happiness and contentment that it's threatening to burst open. I felt both extremes equally strong and gut wrenching and heartfelt ways.
This story was about death, grief and second chance. Well nothing like the second chance romances I have read. The author made me stop and think and question. When is it ok to move on after losing someone? Do we really move on? Is it possible? How do we even overcome the all consuming blackhole of grief and sorrow? Do we stop living ourselves? The author took me through the journey of fractured and flawed hearts and the effect was epic. The storyline was unique and the execution was surreal. I felt my heart was being pulled from all directions and it made me fall in love with the story more. What an honest, raw, beautiful and life changing story!
The Cabin by Jasinda Wilder is a very different kind of romance. It's the kind of overwhelming, soul shattering and yet fulfilling reading experience that makes me keep on reading. This is a must read book for every reader. Romance fan or not.
I reviewed an early copy voluntarily
I did read the blurb and thank god. If I didn't, the shock would have paralyzed me from the beginning and I am not sure I would ever recover. This story begins with Nadia losing her husband , the love of her life and the aftermath. And how true love transcneds dimensions. And how new beginnings are never far.
Oh dear did I cry or what. Cried a river. The author stabbed my heart and twisted the knife and that pain was so deep. THE ANGST WAS UNREAL. The depth of the feels. The complexity of emotions. The characters just invaded everywhere. I haven't read this powerful writing for a while.I have started crying from first chapter and almost continued till the end. It just has shaken me to the core. It was cutting me open and making me bleed and I was begging for the pain to stop. But then came the healing and the inspiring touch. The full circle of life. I had all my answers in the end. And my heart is so full with happiness and contentment that it's threatening to burst open. I felt both extremes equally strong and gut wrenching and heartfelt ways.
This story was about death, grief and second chance. Well nothing like the second chance romances I have read. The author made me stop and think and question. When is it ok to move on after losing someone? Do we really move on? Is it possible? How do we even overcome the all consuming blackhole of grief and sorrow? Do we stop living ourselves? The author took me through the journey of fractured and flawed hearts and the effect was epic. The storyline was unique and the execution was surreal. I felt my heart was being pulled from all directions and it made me fall in love with the story more. What an honest, raw, beautiful and life changing story!
The Cabin by Jasinda Wilder is a very different kind of romance. It's the kind of overwhelming, soul shattering and yet fulfilling reading experience that makes me keep on reading. This is a must read book for every reader. Romance fan or not.
I reviewed an early copy voluntarily
October 24, 2020
Thank you Social ButterflyPr and Jasinda Wilder for the arc in exchange of my honest review.
Don't leave me," I whisper to my sleeping husband. "Please don't leave me".
Never. I won't leave you. I swear on my soul,
Keep that promise, my love. Please
An all consuming story of love,loss and what it takes to open your heart once again, to learn to remember and yet let go, to embrace life and give your soul another chance.
Shattered by the loss of her husband, Nadia deals with it the only way she knows.She lets her work consume her to the point of affecting her health, she is only a body moving on autopilot, letting loneliness take over her completely. Until one day, on the 1 year anniversary of her husband's death, a letter arrives on her doorstep. The letter is from none other than her husband Adrian, asking her for one last time to acknowledge the grief and let go, to live her life, to give love another chance.The epilogue of Adrian's love story doesn't mean the end for Nadia's story. Her story might just begin all over again.
This is one of those books that I really recommend you all to go in blindly. And trust me you won't be disappointed. This is my first book by the author and let me tell you I fell in love with her writing. It's so poetic and beautiful, absolutely magical. The story just flows through with such ease and you feel all the emotions with these characters, the pain, the sadness, the anger and hurt. You go through the stages of grief with every page, you heart cries along for the love story in these pages. This is one of the most beautiful stories I've read till date. This book is a must read. Simply put- this book is just beautiful.
Don't leave me," I whisper to my sleeping husband. "Please don't leave me".
Never. I won't leave you. I swear on my soul,
Keep that promise, my love. Please
An all consuming story of love,loss and what it takes to open your heart once again, to learn to remember and yet let go, to embrace life and give your soul another chance.
Shattered by the loss of her husband, Nadia deals with it the only way she knows.She lets her work consume her to the point of affecting her health, she is only a body moving on autopilot, letting loneliness take over her completely. Until one day, on the 1 year anniversary of her husband's death, a letter arrives on her doorstep. The letter is from none other than her husband Adrian, asking her for one last time to acknowledge the grief and let go, to live her life, to give love another chance.The epilogue of Adrian's love story doesn't mean the end for Nadia's story. Her story might just begin all over again.
This is one of those books that I really recommend you all to go in blindly. And trust me you won't be disappointed. This is my first book by the author and let me tell you I fell in love with her writing. It's so poetic and beautiful, absolutely magical. The story just flows through with such ease and you feel all the emotions with these characters, the pain, the sadness, the anger and hurt. You go through the stages of grief with every page, you heart cries along for the love story in these pages. This is one of the most beautiful stories I've read till date. This book is a must read. Simply put- this book is just beautiful.
April 5, 2021
The Cabin by Jasinda Wilder is about the unbreakable love between Nadia and her husband, Adrian. But it’s also about moving on from loss and finding new love. Adrian gives Nadia the cabin as a goodbye gift—something to help her grieve, to find new beginnings. It’s there that Nadia meets Nathan, someone who has been in her shoes and helps her love again. I went into this blind, as the synopsis doesn’t give much away, so that’s why I’m being vague here. I think it’s best to dive into this one without knowing much.
This book is poignant, passionate, deeply emotional. If you’re looking for a good sob, look no further. This one emotionally gutted me from the very start. Jasinda Wilder is a husband and wife duo and their writing was spectacular. For being over 400-pages, I was wholly engaged for its entirety. This isn’t your traditional love story, but it still has all the feels and an HEA all the same. Highly recommend this one! 5/5 stars.
This book is poignant, passionate, deeply emotional. If you’re looking for a good sob, look no further. This one emotionally gutted me from the very start. Jasinda Wilder is a husband and wife duo and their writing was spectacular. For being over 400-pages, I was wholly engaged for its entirety. This isn’t your traditional love story, but it still has all the feels and an HEA all the same. Highly recommend this one! 5/5 stars.
October 29, 2020
"More simply put, then: you'll never totally forget him or replace him, you can't and won't and shouldn't. He's dead, and nothing is going to change that. You have a life to live, and only you can choose what to do with it"
This was a story about moving on. Learning to live again after the death of your one true love. Your husband. Your wife. That was the point of this story and Jasinda sort of got that message across to me, the reader, by THE END of the book, I got the fact that one should be able to move on after losing someone they love, but that doesn't mean they have to forget what they had and what they meant to them, but that's about all I got from this story unfortunately.
First issue, I knew right off the bat that the husband was gonna die, thanks to the synopsis. That left zero mystery and decreased the emotional impact quite honestly. So because of having that knowledge going into the story, I didn't allow myself to build a connection between those characters and their relationship because I knew it'd be severed at some point or would be severed upon starting the book. And even if I wanted to allow myself that connection, the writing itself hindered that ability. The rhythm of the story was one steady beat....rushed and surface. Many passages would basically read like: I drove up the driveway. I opened the garage door. I parked the car. I shut the garage door. I got out of my car. I went in the house. I set my keys down. I hung up my coat. You get the point...very rhythmic. Very step by step. Very surface. There was also a lot of "silent" moments. A lot of interactions between the characters, that the author said: There's as much silence as there is talk. as if there was nothing to add to the depth of the story or character. I needed more of those inner thoughts of the characters to really connect with them, but I wasn't able to do that with this book. Also, the predictability of this story left little to the imagination and angst level.
Second issue, this story was told in several POVs and the reader NEVER knew who's POV they were reading because they were never told. The reader has to decipher WHOM was talking after reading a couple sentences in each chapter. It was all very frustrating and took me out of the story.
Thirdly, editing issues. I rarely let arcs with grammatical errors bother me, but this one needed to go through another round of editing. I could not overlook them because they eventually felt like a "Chinese torture" tactic on top of my first issues I was struggling with. These errors further pulled me away from the story and further frustrated me. Then there was a plot error. At 28% it was stated that both her and her deceased husband's parents were dead, but then at 85%, it was stated that her mother was still alive and she still visited her from time to time. So which was it? Is she dead or alive? With more editing, this could've been caught, I'm sure. Then there were several times that the author was overly detailed about inanimate objects. TOO detailed. This lead me to start skimming some parts, so I could get to the meat of the story. Maybe this was a word count tactic? Who knows. All I know is I don't care to know about what type of fixtures are on the cabinets in the kitchen.
Lastly, the characters. Nathan's character development seemed forced. Like the author kept throwing random hardships onto his backstory for complexity, but it didn't work. It didn't make him seem more complex, it just felt wrong to give him those added layers when he was better without them IMO. Then Nadia, IMO she didn't do much growth until the very last minute, it was miniscule and abrupt. She was a very stagnant character throughout the story, which to a degree makes sense because she lost the love of her life, but the author could've given her more depth.
He's loving me from beyond the grave. He was telling me how much he loved me--he has been, through this whole thing. The cabin is his love letter to me. Each item was his voice and his hands, caressing me. Reminding me that he loved me that I was his and he was mine and he knows me. But the cabin was also him telling me that I still have to remember to live. That I have to go on without him. That I can go on without him. He chose Nathan for me. God, only Adrian could do that. Would do that.
I tried to like this book. I really T R I E D. I literally forced myself to finish it even though I no longer felt a connection with ANY of it. I was skimming over the over the top details and only reading the dialogue by the end. Honestly, I would've been happy if Nadia ended up alone at the end. That she would've been able to find happiness and peace on her own, instead of her dead husband orchestrating the whole thing between her and Nathan. I didn't feel their relationship was authentic, especially with the fact that 95% of the book was more about her and her husband and her pain after losing him. Nathan and hers "relationship" (and I put that in quotations because it was like 3 chapters of the book), was rushed, like most of the timeline in this story (weeks/months would just go by, so we didn't get to see their connection grow), and as a result their connection didn't feel organic to me.
This story had a slight PS I LOVE YOU vibe to it with how her deceased husband wrote a book and planned out things for her after he was gone, but even that comparison is far fetched at best. The concept was there, but the execution was lacking. This story had SO MUCH potential. It just didn't pack the emotional impact it should've. I have read one other book with a similar storyline that the author brought me what I expected and it is one of my favorite books. I was hoping for THAT in this book. I was truly looking forward to the emotional upheaval that the blurb implies this book would be but alas it was lackluster for me. I'm not a totally cold-hearted human being, I DID feel emotions while reading this. I DID cry during the earlier moments with her and her husband and I DID cry when he eventually died. I am human after all. Those moments were raw and real and very sad and Jasinda conveyed that pain and loss, but those were the only moments throughout that really hit me in the feels and I was expected MANY MORE moments that just those couple. Unfortunately, the best part about this book, for me, was the cover, which is stunning and book shelf worthy.
1 star
November 29, 2020
Good story.
Trigger warning for loved one dying of cancer.
The death is tastefully written. No details of actual process as such, it's mentioned that some of the care is intimate so not discussed for the reader.
It does deal with the feelings of the heroine and her husband at the frustration of the prospect of a premature death.
POV from the husband, the heroine and the Hero.
The chapters have titles but not whose POV the chapter is.
POV changes each chapter.
The Hero also has suffered a loss earlier than the heroine.
None of the characters are players, man whore types.
The Hero was devoted to his wife, high school sweethearts, she died in a car accident.
Intimate scenes from the heroine and her husband then later the heroine and the Hero.
The first part of the book dealt with treatment and the husband dying and the grief of the heroine then jumps a year to the heroine meeting the Hero.
I did feel the relationship between the Hero and heroine ends up feeling as though it progressing a bit quickly although the initial few days are sweet then it jumps time a bit.
HEA for th Hero and heroine.
Epilogue.
Feels a bit PS I love you.
This is my one I'd probably reread. It is quite emotional in parts.
Trigger warning for loved one dying of cancer.
The death is tastefully written. No details of actual process as such, it's mentioned that some of the care is intimate so not discussed for the reader.
It does deal with the feelings of the heroine and her husband at the frustration of the prospect of a premature death.
POV from the husband, the heroine and the Hero.
The chapters have titles but not whose POV the chapter is.
POV changes each chapter.
The Hero also has suffered a loss earlier than the heroine.
None of the characters are players, man whore types.
The Hero was devoted to his wife, high school sweethearts, she died in a car accident.
Intimate scenes from the heroine and her husband then later the heroine and the Hero.
The first part of the book dealt with treatment and the husband dying and the grief of the heroine then jumps a year to the heroine meeting the Hero.
I did feel the relationship between the Hero and heroine ends up feeling as though it progressing a bit quickly although the initial few days are sweet then it jumps time a bit.
HEA for th Hero and heroine.
Epilogue.
Feels a bit PS I love you.
This is my one I'd probably reread. It is quite emotional in parts.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 19, 2020
The Cabin is a heartbreakingly beautiful story. I was moved to tears several times. This is a story of loss, grief, and second chances. It is about living and loving even when you think it’s not possible.
I don’t want to say too much about the plot...but the love is epic, the grief is palpable on the pages, and your heart will break reading this love story. Jasinda Wilder delivers a book so poignant and emotional. It left me drained but happy with the journey. I was healed along with the characters and it left me with joy in my heart. ❤️
I don’t want to say too much about the plot...but the love is epic, the grief is palpable on the pages, and your heart will break reading this love story. Jasinda Wilder delivers a book so poignant and emotional. It left me drained but happy with the journey. I was healed along with the characters and it left me with joy in my heart. ❤️
May 21, 2021
My heart has just been shattered and put back together again by this book. The loss and resurrection of both Nadia and Nathan was a thing of beauty. I was devastated at Adrian's death but the strength of love he had for Nadia, to try to care for once he was gone was heart-rending.
Nathan's journey through his own grief into love for Nadia was beautiful as was hers for him.
I cried so many times during this book and an hour later the tears are still flowing from the gut wrenching emotion of it all.
Read it. It's beautiful.
Thanks to Radd for making me!
Nathan's journey through his own grief into love for Nadia was beautiful as was hers for him.
I cried so many times during this book and an hour later the tears are still flowing from the gut wrenching emotion of it all.
Read it. It's beautiful.
Thanks to Radd for making me!
January 16, 2022
"Always, forever, no matter what. Anything, everything, always."
That's this book. I read it again. I cried again. I think I loved it even more than the first time.
"Read it, and hear my final song."
God...it's just beautiful. Heartbreakingly beautiful.
Original Review:
I’m a romance reader. It’s what I do, and I have read a lot. Some romance stories are sweet, some are funny, some are endearing, and some are filled with kidnappings, shootings, and asshole alpha men.
And then there are books like The Cabin. Books that transcend all of that and are truly stories about love. No… I got that wrong. They aren’t just about love, they embody love. They make you think about what love really means, what it is, and if you have the kind of love that characters like Adrian and Nadia have. What would we do for our spouse faced with the unthinkable?
And it’s not only that, it is also the most beautiful story of two women being best friends. That love and understanding of two girls who grew up together and do anything and everything for each other during not only the best times in life but the low down shitty ones too. (they made me ugly cry!)
It is also about the love you have to force yourself to accept and find after a loss you think you can’t recover from.
“The art to living is hard to learn, there’s grief and loss and sorrow and pain, but there’s also joy and fulfillment and meaning, and you can’t have one without the other. The pain makes joy more potent, I think. It doesn’t mean you seek the pain or want it or like it, but when you find the joy after the pain has healed, you understand more fully that the dawn of redemption only comes after the long nights of sorrow has passed.”
Adrian finds himself with cancer and his wife, the love of his life, is a nurse who would systematically take apart her life to care for him. So, he keeps his diagnosis a secret until near the end. During this time, he puts everything in place to ensure Nadia will be taken care of once he is gone. The finances, the house, the cars, the investments, the debt, their bills. All Nadia will have to think about is herself. As an author, he also writes one final book but not for Nadia exactly. He writes a book to a friend who also lost his spouse, a book about finding love after loss, about moving on, about really living not just going through the motions.
He also leaves this friend, Nathan, and his wife Nadia each a cabin. Neighbors on the same lake. He sends them letters one year after his death urging them to go to their cabins and find peace. What he hopes is that they will find each other. It is the ultimate ending, utter pain, and the kind of selfless love-filled gift only someone who loved with their whole heart could give.
“He wasn’t just my husband, he was my best friend and...he...he knew me inside out. He knew everything. He saw me, all of me, all there is. And now he’s gone and everyone is gone and I’m so fucking lonely.”
Nadia and Nathan have never met. Nathan realizes through his story what Adrian is asking of him. Nadia has no idea who Nathan is, about the book, that Nathan knew her husband, or how to get her life back. Their road together is beautiful, deep, sorrowful, hopeful, and painful.
“There’s no replacing those whom you’ve lost, those who have been taken too soon. But you can still live. And if they’re anything like my dear, beloved, departed Adrian, they’d want you to live on, to find hope, to seek new meaning and new joy.”
“That, I believe, is the Art to Living.”
Please read this book. Let it sink in. Let yourself cry. Let yourself feel.
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April 28, 2021
i am so not okay.... RTC bc i am so fucked up over this book and the tears just keep COMING
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It's the next morning and like.. I'm still not okay. This book is just on my mind. I had this borrowed on my KU subscription since January 2021, so I put it off for FOUR months. I can't believe I did because I just found a new favorite.
The Cabin follows Nadia and Adrian, who are a happily married couple. Adrian finds out he has cancer and hides it from Nadia, as he doesn't want Nadia's life and his last days to be consumed by his diagnosis. A year after his death, Nadia receives a letter from Adrian that will change her life forever.
When I tell you I cried at least 5 times reading this, I wish I could say I was lying. This was so emotional and fucking PAINFUL. The grief that Nadia experiences and her journey to discovering that she can find someone new, that doesn't mean she has to forget or replace Adrian, was so empowering. I loved what Adrian did for her, though I predicted it anyway because it was made quite obvious, that's okay! It didn't take away from the story in any way. Seeing her falling in love after grief made me sob a million times over, especially because I loved the new love interest. He could relate to Nadia because they were experiencing much of the same thing, and helping each other through it brought them so much closer, it was just beautiful once they got together 🥺
I really don't know what else to say about this book other than the fact that it was beautiful and heartbreaking and just pure fucking amazing. It was written so beautifully, in multi-POV, and I appreciated being able to see all character's thoughts. It was a bit confusing when switching POV because Jasinda Wilder doesn't tell you who's POV you're in, but once you read a sentence or two, you know anyways.
Here are some quotes I just adore from this book:
"I love you more than fucking life itself, Nadia. Never forget that. Wherever…wherever I’m going, I’ll love you there too.” I hold him. Cling to him. His arms are around me, clutching. “I love you,” I whisper, for the millionth time."
"You have to like yourself to feel beautiful. You have to be desired by someone to feel desirable."
"Safeguard me, I’m asking. I will, he’s answering."
"“You look at me like…like I’m the most beautiful thing there is.” “Because you are.” She steps forward, closer. Eyes on mine. “I hope—I hope you see the same thing in my eyes.” “I do,” I whisper. Waiting. “Sure do.”"
"The art to living is hard to learn, there’s grief and loss and sorrow and pain, but there’s also joy and fulfillment and meaning, and you can’t have one without the other. The pain makes joy more potent, I think. It doesn’t mean you seek the pain or want it or like it, but when you find the joy after the pain has healed, you understand more fully that the dawn of redemption only comes after the long night of sorrow has passed."
"if you can hold on a little longer, if you can try to trade hope for despair, you’ll find something beyond the sorrow. You won’t forget."
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It's the next morning and like.. I'm still not okay. This book is just on my mind. I had this borrowed on my KU subscription since January 2021, so I put it off for FOUR months. I can't believe I did because I just found a new favorite.
The Cabin follows Nadia and Adrian, who are a happily married couple. Adrian finds out he has cancer and hides it from Nadia, as he doesn't want Nadia's life and his last days to be consumed by his diagnosis. A year after his death, Nadia receives a letter from Adrian that will change her life forever.
When I tell you I cried at least 5 times reading this, I wish I could say I was lying. This was so emotional and fucking PAINFUL. The grief that Nadia experiences and her journey to discovering that she can find someone new, that doesn't mean she has to forget or replace Adrian, was so empowering. I loved what Adrian did for her, though I predicted it anyway because it was made quite obvious, that's okay! It didn't take away from the story in any way. Seeing her falling in love after grief made me sob a million times over, especially because I loved the new love interest. He could relate to Nadia because they were experiencing much of the same thing, and helping each other through it brought them so much closer, it was just beautiful once they got together 🥺
I really don't know what else to say about this book other than the fact that it was beautiful and heartbreaking and just pure fucking amazing. It was written so beautifully, in multi-POV, and I appreciated being able to see all character's thoughts. It was a bit confusing when switching POV because Jasinda Wilder doesn't tell you who's POV you're in, but once you read a sentence or two, you know anyways.
Here are some quotes I just adore from this book:
"I love you more than fucking life itself, Nadia. Never forget that. Wherever…wherever I’m going, I’ll love you there too.” I hold him. Cling to him. His arms are around me, clutching. “I love you,” I whisper, for the millionth time."
"You have to like yourself to feel beautiful. You have to be desired by someone to feel desirable."
"Safeguard me, I’m asking. I will, he’s answering."
"“You look at me like…like I’m the most beautiful thing there is.” “Because you are.” She steps forward, closer. Eyes on mine. “I hope—I hope you see the same thing in my eyes.” “I do,” I whisper. Waiting. “Sure do.”"
"The art to living is hard to learn, there’s grief and loss and sorrow and pain, but there’s also joy and fulfillment and meaning, and you can’t have one without the other. The pain makes joy more potent, I think. It doesn’t mean you seek the pain or want it or like it, but when you find the joy after the pain has healed, you understand more fully that the dawn of redemption only comes after the long night of sorrow has passed."
"if you can hold on a little longer, if you can try to trade hope for despair, you’ll find something beyond the sorrow. You won’t forget."
January 28, 2022
Spoiler vlog:https://youtu.be/iIz5tGforzY
This was one of the most predictable, unrealistic and cheesy books I've ever read. I went into this book expecting it to be emotional, but I was just rolling my eyes so hard.
The Cabin is about a married couple named Nadia and Adrian - Adrian is a writer, but develops stage 4 cancer and only has a short amount of time to live. He keeps this a secret from his wife for awhile so he doesn't "burden her." It's not a spoiler that he dies, and the rest of the book is about Nadia and how she lives with out him.
This book could have been so much better if there were ACTUAL real life struggles involving Nadia's life after her husband's death - but instead, everything was picture perfect from money, to future relationships, etc. This is not the real life story of a widow. I wanted to see a real life depiction of the grief, the struggle to make ends meet, of not being ready for love for a long time.
If you want to read a book with a similar concept, but with a MUCH better storyline, then read One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
This was one of the most predictable, unrealistic and cheesy books I've ever read. I went into this book expecting it to be emotional, but I was just rolling my eyes so hard.
The Cabin is about a married couple named Nadia and Adrian - Adrian is a writer, but develops stage 4 cancer and only has a short amount of time to live. He keeps this a secret from his wife for awhile so he doesn't "burden her." It's not a spoiler that he dies, and the rest of the book is about Nadia and how she lives with out him.
This book could have been so much better if there were ACTUAL real life struggles involving Nadia's life after her husband's death - but instead, everything was picture perfect from money, to future relationships, etc. This is not the real life story of a widow. I wanted to see a real life depiction of the grief, the struggle to make ends meet, of not being ready for love for a long time.
If you want to read a book with a similar concept, but with a MUCH better storyline, then read One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
December 14, 2020
This book is one of the most heartbreaking, but at the same time, heartfelt and sweet books I have ever read this year. The writing of this author is the cherry on top, it made the story captivating and flow easily.
Our heroine is such a strong woman who goes through a rollercoaster of happiness, to hopefulness and then complete devastation. It was too much at some times, you could feel her pain and even get mad at how unfair the world was with her. She had it all, and then nothing.
She goes on a cycle of self-destruct because she doesn’t see the light anymore, until a year later, a letter tells her to go to a cabin to heal and everything starts to change 🥲
It’s a slowburn without making it a snoozefest. I will reccomend to go in blind for this book because the blurb gives out big spoilers that don’t hace well into the book.
Our heroine is such a strong woman who goes through a rollercoaster of happiness, to hopefulness and then complete devastation. It was too much at some times, you could feel her pain and even get mad at how unfair the world was with her. She had it all, and then nothing.
She goes on a cycle of self-destruct because she doesn’t see the light anymore, until a year later, a letter tells her to go to a cabin to heal and everything starts to change 🥲
It’s a slowburn without making it a snoozefest. I will reccomend to go in blind for this book because the blurb gives out big spoilers that don’t hace well into the book.
August 25, 2022
DNF at 18%
Maybe this was wrong time to read this book (previous one was really superior), but I don't feel any connection or chemistry between main characters. Wife Nadia is nurse and, without the wife knowing it, husband Adrian is secretly being treated for pancreatic cancer. Really? And she is said to be one of the best nurses at the hospital where she works. I just can't buy this nonsense. Not to mention they have "wild sex" nonstop for whole two days immediately after his chemo treatment.
I know this book has high rating, but I just don't find any appeal, it's very predictable – you found out ending already at 18%. Writing style seems slightly robotic to me.
Maybe this was wrong time to read this book (previous one was really superior), but I don't feel any connection or chemistry between main characters. Wife Nadia is nurse and, without the wife knowing it, husband Adrian is secretly being treated for pancreatic cancer. Really? And she is said to be one of the best nurses at the hospital where she works. I just can't buy this nonsense. Not to mention they have "wild sex" nonstop for whole two days immediately after his chemo treatment.
I know this book has high rating, but I just don't find any appeal, it's very predictable – you found out ending already at 18%. Writing style seems slightly robotic to me.
October 20, 2020
Hands down, no question, the most powerful thing I've read this year. You'll get chest pains from the angst, but the journey is worth it because of the warm glow of HOPE, and love, and all the good things in life that you'll feel by the end. This is a treacherous road to happily ever after, detailing the end and beginning of love - in that order - as our heroine goes on one INTENSE emotional journey. It's raw, real, and will wreck your emotions. This love story is not for everyone, with plenty of triggers and darkness before the light at the end of the tunnel - but it is SUPERB. Grab a blanket and a box of tissues, because you're going to need them.
Am I going to offer up storyline details on this one? Not a chance. Go into it blind, that's all I can say. It's deeply romantic without actually feeling like a romance most of the time, but I can assure you that this love story does have a happy ending. That blurb is just the tip of the iceberg, and the writing will draw you in from the start. I'm not even the kind of reader who loves an angsty story, so I can tell you that the heartache is worth it with this one. It's about the feeling behind it, the emotion. Even on the darkest of days, when there seems like no reason to move forward, do. Because there can be beauty on the other side. I was lucky enough to receive an early copy and am voluntarily leaving a review of this heart-wrenching romance.
Am I going to offer up storyline details on this one? Not a chance. Go into it blind, that's all I can say. It's deeply romantic without actually feeling like a romance most of the time, but I can assure you that this love story does have a happy ending. That blurb is just the tip of the iceberg, and the writing will draw you in from the start. I'm not even the kind of reader who loves an angsty story, so I can tell you that the heartache is worth it with this one. It's about the feeling behind it, the emotion. Even on the darkest of days, when there seems like no reason to move forward, do. Because there can be beauty on the other side. I was lucky enough to receive an early copy and am voluntarily leaving a review of this heart-wrenching romance.
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