Hoping for the ending we desire, and yet not knowing how the story will unfold.īut, life continues.

And, we have been completely captivated and caught within the whirlwind of the story, powerless to do anything but hang on with them through the terrible highs and lows of their stories. Early adulthood brings further growth as these two rebound, reconnect, and then finally are faced with burning betrayals that irretrievably sever their connection.īut you can never lose your soul-mate, and even as wounds heal, and the story of life heaps on loss after loss, these two continue to circle each others’ lives. We see the awkward growth of adolescence twist and warp that unbreakable connection, stretching it and testing it over and over again. Moving through the lives of these wonderful characters we experience the pure innocence of childhood. The question is what happened? What took these two soul-mates and irretrievably ripped them apart? And this is the very next step we travel. It has in fact already ended with heartache and loss. In our hearts, we’ve already stood on that desolate beach and we know the happy story has no happy ending. The very setup is crystal clear that these two individuals are soul-mates and destined to be together. The connection is warm and surrounds every breath and moment. It’s light and cheerful and so incredibly full of love and light. As he stands there to watch her walk into another man’s arms forever, we begin our journey, plunging backwards into the depths of time, where the story truly begins. In the beginning, we are set on a desolate beach, experiencing a lifetime of regret within a snapshot moment as one man says goodbye to the love of his life. I thought I was reading a simple coming of age romance and wasn’t really prepared for the emotional journey I had embarked upon. Robinson uses the magic of her words to wrap a spell around the reader’s mind and accomplishes just that. There is beauty in escape, in taking a moment out of your life to travel the planes of ‘what if’ and step into the lives of another.

Complicate Me by M. Robinson