Review: Golden Hour of You and Me by K. Jamila

Sheyanne Shaw hates nothing more than she hates her hometown of Flagstaff, Arizona.

Except maybe being forced to return to it. After escaping her estranged relationship with her father, leaving behind her brother and her best friends, she returns after four years away. All to help her father in sorting out the house and the stables she grew up on. But she is not just greeted by him and the demons she tried so hard to leave behind.

Liam Landon never thought he’d step foot in such a small town.

Raised in the city of Vegas, the small town was not what he expected. Hired to help Mr. Shaw manage his finances, he can’t turn down the opportunity to help out his grandparents and start building a life for himself. While traveling for the job isn’t unheard of as a freelancer, it’s a bit different to be expected to stay for three months. Liam is open to it—only to be met with the absolute spitfire of his boss’s daughter.

Sheyanne is forced to confront her demons and her past relationships that have faded into nothing in the years she’s been gone. And she is forced to confront Liam. A man here on limited time, who seems to see straight through her defenses. He is cool, calm, and collected, and there for her every step of the way.

When faced with her worst fear and her own thoughts, will Sheyanne decide to leave like before?

Or will she stay?

 Review

I finished Golden Hour of You and Me and I was left speechless. In a good, emotional way. It’s one of the best books that I’ve read this year. There was something so raw about the journey. In the beginning, Sheynne was rough around the edges and flawed. She had a lot of things she had to work through. She’s forced to come home, after being gone for so long. And now she’s back, and the relationships that she left are still broken. There’s a lot of mixed feelings about her being back. Liam is only there to do his job and help her grandparents buy a house. He’s perfect. That is the best way to describe him.

The two of them start to warm up together and create this beautiful, realistic love story full of trust, support, and of course some banter. They were precious. And as that is going on, we start to see Sheyanne come to terms with a few things and work through her issues with her father.

I really enjoyed how it was stressed within the book that mental health is important, and that love couldn’t solve everything. Sheyanne had one of the best character developments I seen and I’m honored to have witnessed that in this book.

Final Thoughts

Golden Hour of You and Me was a beautiful, touching, unforgettable story about family, self-discovery, and forgiveness. It's one sticks it's landing, and leaves the reading a sobbing mess after reading it. 

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