Beyond Our Mothers' Footsteps Book

Mr Sparks, you sure know how to break my heart and burn my tear glands.

This book left me in tears from the very first chapter till the end. But it's the last two chapters that got me cry like no one could understand what I was going through while crying with the main characters. It was so heart breaking!

The story deals with a single mom, Denise, taking care of her 4 year old son, Kyle, who had some delayed learning disability which the doctors couldn't give a proper diagnosis.
Then there's volunteer fireman Taylor McAden who was putting himself in dangerous situations to save everyone he could.

Both Denise and Taylor had something they could not share with just anyone.

A small town story, a story of how different people have a fight going on everyday, a heart warming and a heartbreaking slow burn romance that left me baffled in the end.

I appreciate the whole family vibes, learning disability representation and how it was handled really well, PTSD, solid childhood friendship between Taylor and Mitch, Taylor's mother Judy being representative of a strong woman, small town vibes, deaths and grief being handled incredibly well.

The characters were very realistic and the story somehow felt so real to me. At times, I felt like the main characters were testing my patience but everything ended well well explained.

It will stay as a memorable read for me.