Clarity by
Loretta Lost
Fiercely
independent Helen Winters was born completely blind, but she vowed never to let
her disability keep her down. She did not expect a traumatic event to devastate
her life and force her to drop out of college. Disillusioned by the cruelty of
people, Helen retreated from society to live by herself as a reclusive writer
in the woods—where no one could ever hurt her again.
When a
brilliant young doctor shows up on her doorstep, promising her that his new
research can give her the ability to see for the first time, Helen stubbornly refuses.
She has learned not to trust anyone, and to rely only on herself. But Dr. Liam
Larson will not take no for an answer. He makes it his personal mission to
rescue Helen from her loneliness, and bring joy into her world once more—the
joy she has denied herself for so long.
When
Helen’s demons come racing back into her life, threatening to rip her apart and
destroy the strength she has carefully rebuilt, Liam is the only one who might
be able to save her.
Can he
reach the broken girl in time, helping her to heal and see the world in a
different light? Or will Helen’s grief send her spiraling out of control, lost
to him forever?
Helen Winters was born completely blind, however, she has always
been independent. She didn’t like using her cane because she felt like it broadcasted
her disability to the world. She also didn’t have a dog or any sort of help to
make her life easier. The beginning of the book shows Helen lost in a staircase
in her college. A man decides to be nice and help her find her class. Unfortunately
she figures out way to late that he does not have good intentions. Obviously
being blind she doesn’t have any details about him except for his voice. She
doesn’t tell her family what has happened to her, but she drops out of college
after that.
Jump forward three years and Helen is living alone in a secluded
house in the words, far away from any family. She has changed her name and
doesn’t tell anyone her new address. She has become a writer and still lives
completely independent. One day two doctors, Liam and Owen, show up at her door
and offer her the opportunity of a lifetime. They believe that a study on gene
therapy drug treatment could possibly make her able to see for the first time.
She is reluctant at first but she gets a call from her sister (who we will discuss
in a moment), and makes a bargain with the doctors. If they take her to home,
which is like two sates away, to see her sister’s wedding, then she will
participate in the study. It pretty much goes downhill from here.
I have many problems with this book. One, what woman, blind or
not, decides to take a more than one day road trip with two men that she has
now for just a few minutes. Talk about stupidity. Then Owen decides that he is
going to talk IN DETAIL about various porns for 3 hours straight! WHO DOES THAT
TO A PERSON THEY JUST MET?!?! Then she starts in on it too! I really think my
jaw was laying on the floor by this time. Granted, Liam was apologizing for him
but still. Then we have Helens sister. Man that girl was a bitch. She guilt
trips her sister into coming to her wedding then says that if she doesn’t have
a date she is going to force her to go with someone. So Liam and Helen decide
that they are going to go to the wedding together and pretend to be dating.
Helen’s sister forces her to call him just to prove he’s real then starts
talking about how big his dick is or something. I would walk out and that room
and away from that girl forever.
As soon as the call from the sister happened I knew what the
ending was going to be. Saying that though, the ending still pissed me off. It literally
just ended at the climax of the story. That was the part I was actually
continuing to read it for. I almost DNF’d this book at one point because I just
found it too ridiculous in places. I’m not sure if they second book is going to
start off right where the first one ended but I wouldn’t be surprised if it
didn’t. I have absolutely no plans on reading it. I was reading some 5 star
reviews of this book and serious wondering if I had read the same copy as these
people…. I have now changed my rating from a two to a one star.
My Rating:
*This book was provided by the publisher/author in exchange for an honest review.
