Even If It Hurts

Written by Marni Mann

Narrated by Ava Erickson and Shane East

From USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann comes Even If It Hurts, an emotionally charged contemporary romance. When you have a perfect marriage, only an impossible reconnection could make you risk it all. OLIVER When I met her, I couldn’t take my eyes off her. We were so young and so passionate. We studied business in the day and each other’s bodies at night. We always knew it would end with the semester, so we loved hard with no regrets. LANCE When I met her, I couldn’t get her off my mind. We were fresh out of college and ready to take on the world. We fit each other like missing puzzle pieces. And just when I thought my life was perfect, it got better. She became my wife. CHLOE I met my first love while studying abroad in London. When I moved home, I didn’t think I’d ever fall in love again. Until I met him. The man who became my husband. The one I promised a lifetime to. Then, my first love came back into my life … And I realized that love was bigger than any one man.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mann Publishing LLC
• Release date: Jun 18, 2023
• ISBN: 9781666645774

Marni Mann

Marni Mann is a USA Today bestselling author who has known she was going to be a writer since middle school. While other girls her age were daydreaming about teenage pop stars, she was fantasizing about penning her first novel. She crafts sexy, titillating stories that weave together her love of darkness, mystery, passion, and human emotions. A New Englander at heart, she now lives with her husband and their yellow Lab in Sarasota, Florida. For more information, visit MarniSMann.com.

Reviews for Even If It Hurts

[Kiara Green · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I felt every emotion! It truly made me sad. There was no good ending. Someone always gets hurt!

[Sarah Suazo · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Loved the story, hated the FMC with a passion. I have never simultaneously loved and loathed a book quite like I did with this one.

[Charlotte Garrett · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Awesome story...kept you in suspense til the last few pages

[Melissa Dalland · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It's an amazing book! I felt every emotion from all the characters.

[Tairo Zungu · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I thought I’d like this book, then I listened to it and I did like it. Then I followed the story and then I hated it, I hated Chloe, but then the author’s notes at the end really opened my closed-mind. And now I can say, I loved it. The emotions were a lot to handle, I cried a little after thinking about it. But one thing I find shelter in is how lucky a person is to find real love twice in their lifetime. I’m envious, I’m happy and heartbroken for her.

I definitely recommend this book.

[Lola Dru · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

3⭐

This just wasn't a book for me.

Chloe's determination and hard work lands her a spot on the prestigious marketing programme in London. She spends a wonderful semester there, learning, exploring and falling in love with Oliver. When it's time to say goodbye, they both part brokenhearted.

Back in Boston, Chloe meets Lance and she falls in love for the second time. Happily married, she gets a new job with her favourite perk: travelling. Chloe and her team go to Amsterdam where she meets Oliver yet again.

This is a love triangle where the mystery of who the FMC will choose is the driving force. The story spans for around a decade and here's my first problem: the main events are glossed over which to me made them feel insignificant. The second issue is with the single POV, we only get one chapter of the MMC's perspective. This puts Chloe into the centre of attention and doesn't give away who she'll end up with, but it just makes the intentions and feelings of the FMCs an unknown. It takes away the emotional punch of their struggle, which in my opinion would've made the story more enticing. Chloe's struggle is described in a way to keep you guessing at every page turn which doesn't allow the reader to see much reasoning behind her actions.

The ending was kind of satisfying, however it left one major plot point unanswered.