Review: Surviving Regret by Megan Smith

Item: Surviving Regret
Rating: 3
Author: Shannon

Posted October 3, 2016 by Shannon in Reviews, Shannon / 0 Comments

Surviving Regret by Megan Smith, Marisa Shor, Elaine York
Publication Date: August 25th 2016
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One devastating night leaves friendships and relationships irrevocably changed.
Landon Hayes, an all-star wide receiver, is spiraling out of control after one shattering night that altered everything for him. He has one shining star left in his life but he knows he doesn’t deserve it.
Macy Thomas, a college sweetheart trying to find her way, is holding on to the boy who stole her heart. She’s stuck on the sidelines watching as he throws his life away though. The guilt is pulling him into the blackness threatening to take her and everything he has going for him along with it.
When the heartbreaking reality sets in, can Macy still be Landon’s guiding light or is the past too cloudy to help them find their way back to each other?
** This was previously released as Forever Light in October 2014. Surviving Regret has a new cover, has been fully reedited from cover to cover and over 20,000 words have been added.

Cocktails and Books received this book for free from Provided by Author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect our opinion of the book or the content of our review.

I love an angsty new adult read, but I need the heroine to have some inner strength to stand up to the hero who often is an ass. Surviving Regret could have been one of those reads, but the only inner strength this heroine had was to stand up to be repeatedly walked all over.

Landon and Macy are dealt a pretty crappy hand. But as the saying goes, whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. With the exception of these two. When tragedy strikes they fall apart but do a great job of sweeping everything that’s wrong under the rug. Landon repeatedly treats Macy like crap and she lets him. Over and over and over again. Which made me wonder why. What redeeming quality did Landon have that Macy would constantly forgive? I didn’t see it because despite what happened the night their lives changed Landon had a problem before that. And that was never addressed. I think it was and we were able to see Landon get to the root of his problem I would have been able to believe what Macy saw in him.

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I am a lover of alpha males with dirty mouths, strong heroines putting alpha males in their place, and the Chicago Blackhawks. I'm a proud hockey mom who can often be found at the hockey rink cheering on my favorite forward, with my kindle close by.