Before I review this book, I just want to say (or shout) to everyone… If you haven’t read this book- read it. Read it now. Fighting Silence is an incredibly powerful, beautiful and moving story. It’s the first book I’ve ever read by Aly Martinez. I had no idea what was going to be in store for me when I started, but wow. I was totally and utterly wowed. The best book I’ve read in a very long time- I can see this book being my favorite book of 2015. It is at the very top of the list so far.
Till Page and Eliza Reynolds both have home lives that are less than ideal. When they are just 13 years old, they develop this friendship. It’s an old abandoned place near both of their homes, but it’s somewhere they can go and get away from their lives. Their friendship is invaluable to each of them. Just knowing they have somewhere to go to get away from it all, someone who cares. It means everything.
As these two get older, things change. Eliza gets a scholarship to the local college and moves out of her parents home. Till isn’t so lucky. With two younger brothers he’s supporting and basically raising, he’s stuck. Till is scared. It feels like everything is changing. Eliza is going away. It’s not far, but things will never be the same.
After Eliza’s high school graduation, things do change for them in a way. Their friendship goes to a different level. All the feelings, the love that’s always been between them comes out in a different way.
Eliza and Till’s relationship is more than friendship. It’s more than a romance. It’s just more. They are everything to each other. As the years pass, their bond only grows stronger. They had that one night, but now they are friends, neighbors, and family.
Till is a fighter. He fights for his brothers, he fights in the ring, but there is one other big thing he will be fighting. For sound. Till has a genetic condition that is making him progressively lose his hearing. It’s scary. Thank goodness he has Eliza and her window. For a while, he can escape reality and just be there with his best friend. Even though he and Eliza have been just friends for a long time, just her being there makes it feel like maybe things will be okay. That they can fight this. Together.
Eliza is one of the strongest and best heroines I’ve ever read about. She is such a beautiful person. I love how she is with Till, the relationship she has with his brothers. I just love her period. And Till is just the best. He’s a man who knows what it’s like to struggle, to be knocked down and to get back up and fight. I love how devoted he is to his brothers, how he is always willing to sacrifice anything for those he loves. His brothers and Eliza are his family and he would no doubt do anything of them. Their love and friendship is inspiring. I can say without a doubt that this is the best friends to lovers story I’ve ever read.
One thing I really loved is the fantasy/reality aspect of the story. Living a hard life like these two have, I can imagine it would be difficult not to try to live in a fantasy world at times. I just thought that part of the book was really well done. Every time Eliza would talk about wanting to be his reality I couldn’t help but tear up.
I could go on and on about this book. It’s one of those books that touched my heart and I know I’ll remember it forever. I was pulled in from the beginning and loved every second of this book. I smiled, I laughed, I cried, I cheered these wonderful characters on every step of the way. It’s one of those books I devoured from start to finish, I couldn’t put it down.
Eliza and Till’s story was engaging, brilliant, original, passionate, sexy and all around just an outstanding read. I love a book that makes me feel and this one put me through the ringer. I felt all of their struggles. I felt their want, their need, their love. This book had so much heart. It’s one I just want everyone I know to read. Aly Martinez is new to me, but I can tell you now, she will be an auto buy author from now on.
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5 KNOCK OUT STARS
Till Page and Eliza Reynolds are brought together while looking for an escape from their realities. The unlikely friends spend nights in an abandoned building, in their own world for years. They form a bond through the years that neither of them can live without. They do their best to support each other and their "family", putting everything before themselves.When an opportunity presents itself and their lives could be changed forever, sacrifices will have to be made in order for their fantasy to become reality.~~~~~~~~~~I realized while pulling my notes together for this review that I in fact had hardly highlighted anything, which is so unlike me. I was so completely engrossed in falling in love with this story that I rarely stopped long enough to highlight or make notes. It's just that good!Aly is without a doubt one of my top favorite authors. She has the ability to draw you in with her interesting storylines. She will send you on a roller coaster, and just when you think you are at the peak of figuring it all out, bam, a switchback. There is something unique about her writing style that keeps me coming back for more.The character development in this book was perfect. I loved everything about every single character right down to sassy foul mouthed Q. Till Page is so easy to fall in love with. His love for those close to him and the lengths he is willing to go to do right by them made me swoon. Eliza is a strong willed, wise beyond her years sassy pants, who works hard, and loves harder.I adored the connection that Till and Eliza formed at such early ages, and enjoyed how their relationship evolved throughout the years. I could feel the love between these two from the start, their friendship was something that every teenager should get to experience."There is nothing in this world that was ever more mine than you."Overall, another amazing book that you need to get now, and if you haven't already read the Wrecked and Ruined Series then grab those as well. You will be sucked in from the prologue and have a hard time putting this down until the very last page.
