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All the Things I Forgot to Say: A YA Novel (The Love and Loss Series Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Anna Bloom (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 203 ratings
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Fifty-six bangles. Fifty-six mistakes branded on her heart.

If anyone knows what it’s like to live with the burden of crippling guilt and self-imposed punishment - eighteen-year-old Rebecca Walters does. She’s running out of chances to redeem herself for her ever-growing list of reckless mistakes.
When she meets Joshua Adams under the cover of darkness on a secluded, moonlit beach, life will never be the same again.
With Rebecca plagued by regret and remorse for a night she can’t even remember, and Joshua consumed by grief, could fate just be playing yet another cruel game?
Or is Rebecca destined to keep running from the memories that never seem to stay in the past?
One thing’s for certain though…
Life never goes quite the way they expect it to.

The Things I Forgot to Say deals with sensitive issues

Formally released as Gone.
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    The Love and Loss Series
  2. Print length
    334 pages
  3. Language
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  5. Publication date
    July 26, 2014
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00M68A16M
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (July 26, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 26, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3874 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 334 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 203 ratings

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Anna Bloom

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Anna Bloom! Giving you a delectable slice of romance heaven.

Represented by Nikki Groom at SBR Media. For publishing rights please contact Nikki@sbrmedia.com

A book hoarder and coffee addict at heart Anna's main existence in life is to create beautiful words about exquisitely flawed characters. She's a slow burn Princess and all about working for that happy ever after, but she guarantees when you get it, you'll fall so hard you might never want to surface again.

Be prepared to oooh and aaah and squeal with delight as Anna takes you on a journey you are unlikely to forget.

Anna lives in Surrey, the UK, with her husband and three children. She happiest writing (thinking of ways to make you swoon), drinking coffee and snuggling up on the sofa in the evenings for a binge of her favourite shows or reading in bed. She loves to chat with her readers on social media so if you love the words come and find her, she sure loves to talk.

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Marns
5.0 out of 5 stars "This book is for all who have been affected by bullying” -Anna Bloom.
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2017
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This is a beautiful story about two people who have suffered devastating loss, and think that nothing will ever be ok again.

Rebecca Walters is a troubled teen. Her mask is heavy make-up, fish-net tights and clothing that defies the usual fashion conventions of her peers, and bangles. 53 of them representing the 53 sins she carries within her soul.

“I am destruction, it’s what I do. I destroy the things I want and the people I love.”

Joshua Adams feels that his soul died along with his love and his future six months ago. He has not wanted to be with his friends, and he never wants to paint again. Colour will never return to his life. He keeps his secret, and his blame, close to his chest.

“I can’t leave the ghosts that haunt me behind.”

Due to recent events in Bex’ life, the consequences of social bullying, and her parents’ desire to protect their daughters in the only way they know how, they have packed the family up and moved across country to Cornwall ... into the house that Josh used to think was his future.

The area they are in is a well known place for holiday-makers, people who Josh studiously avoids, and during their first meeting, Bex and Josh clash badly. As they cautiously get to know each other, what Josh thought was dead inside, slowly comes to life, swirling colours and brush strokes, just like the strokes of his fingers along Bex’ skin. In turn, she thinks that perhaps she can become the girl she hasn’t been for years.

Gone is intense, sensitive, loving and emotional. It is not a short read. I normally get through books reasonably quickly but not this one. It took me longer than usual to read, and I loved every minute. This is such a beautiful book, and I highly recommend it to people who love New Adult, sweet or intense stories, because I believe this is all of them. While the emphasis isn’t too heavy on the social impact of bullying, it is definitely a consideration, not just on the individual affected, but on how it affects the entire family unit. It leaves me thinking – to what extent would I go as a parent to protect my children from the effects of bullying. I know parents who have moved their lives for their children, would I do the same??
You have to read this book – 4.5 stars
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Ann Goubert
4.0 out of 5 stars 4,5 stars! A great read!
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2018
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I had a bit of trouble getting into the story but once I did, the story kept on flowing. It was an enjoyable read and one that definitely had something underneath that comes to the surface and you can't help but feel what the characters are going through...
Rebecca and her family moves to another town to try and escape what's happened but she won't be staying, only for two weeks. She couldn't be more further removed from her family than she already is and can't seem to find a way to try and move on from what's haunting her dreams. When she first meets Joshua, there's this spark between them they both can't seem to explain but she keeps her distance. But there's something that keeps her floating back to him and when they become closer, it'll become healing for her since she seems to be able to talk to him about her past. But Joshua is keeping some secrets too. Will he also be able to find a way to deal with it? And will Rebecca finally be able to move on from what has happened and maybe find a way to stay?...
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Coyote14223
5.0 out of 5 stars 53 Sins & No Goodbyes
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2017
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This is a newer author for me. I read the prequel to this, Lost, which I highly suggest reading first. It is a novella, so you can get through it quickly and then jump into this book right away! It may not make a lot of sense, but it will as soon as you start this book. I mean that in the best way, as you will find out right in the beginning. This book is told in dual POV's by Rebecca Walters and Joshua Adams. Rebecca's family have just moved from London to a small coastal town in England. After over two years of being bullied, of things happening to people she cares about, and she wears bangle bracelets (53 of them), to represent what she thinks are 53 sins she has done. When her parents found out everything, they cut her off of social media and shut down her accounts. This was another reason why they move, her thirteen year old sister, Emily, and her, among other horrible reasons. Joshua lives with his Aunt, in this town, where he was raised since the age of five, when he was brought there as an orphan, after his parents died. His girlfriend died six months ago and he has been living his life as just a routine, doing nothing more since that dreadful day, including giving up painting. These two lost or black souls, depending on whose POV, find each other. Can they share their secrets, past, and pain with each other or are they destined to stay alone? Will their families and his friends try to keep them apart? Will rumors and gossip, even the old fashioned way, be too much? There's only a limited amount of time that one has given the other, then the one said they are leaving for good. Can the moon convince the sun to stay or will an eclipse come with and break the no goodbyes rule?
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4.0 out of 5 stars The truth may finally set them free and get their happily ever after
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2016
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Two people whose worlds were turned upside down and are trying to move on from the past. Rebecca "Bex" considers herself to be labeled in her hometown. The trouble girl, the whore, the you name it and that's how she feels. She does nothing but run because she wants to protect her family. The one thing that turned her life upside down she blames herself for, for the past 6 months. Joshua is living day-by-day unwilling to be his old self. Six months has been nothing but the same routine foe him work, beach, home. That is until Bex comes into his life. They both bring the brightness to each other's darkness. Bex is Joshua's sunlight where Joshua is Bex's moonlight. They try to help each other come over their past. The truth may finally set them free and get their happily ever after.

I was confused at first in the beginning but it becomes clear the more you read. I enjoyed reading Gone. I love Anna's writing and the connection between the characters. Even got a little teary-eyed reading.
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Lylian
4.0 out of 5 stars Greet book!
Reviewed in Brazil on February 26, 2017
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Great book. Josh and Bex teaches us about the struggles in life and how love can make it all better
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Zoe
5.0 out of 5 stars Love me some Dreadlock Boy <3
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 5, 2014
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If you are thinking its similar to The Uni Files then you are sourly mistaken. It couldn’t be further away and d’ya what, I love that. Gone is beautiful and devastating and it’s just refreshing from other books out there that I have read recently. Anna writes with a flare just draws you in. She puts blood, sweat and tears into her books and she produces master pieces. Gone is definitely one and its one that you should recognise too. One that should be downloaded and read immediately.

I love books that are set in the UK too and Gone is set by the beach where a super hot surfer artist called Joshua (or dreadlock boy to me) and a grungy, angry and sad girl called Rebecca, or Bex meet. They are both as broken as each other, both hiding secrets from each other but together, they are something else. They make the past, the bad things just disappear. They ease the pain a little bit more each day. Until they are both ready to bare their secrets to one another.

Rebecca, at eighteen has led a rough couple of months. Due to her secrets, her family up and move to Cornwall from London to leave the past behind. Bex is a feisty one (I just had an Inbetweeners moment). She wears grungy clothes, she stomps around and all she has to do is stay for two weeks, show her parents she can behave and they will let her go and pay her university fees. Can she do it?

I adored Bex. She is keeping a deep secret and the bangles she wears are a reminder of that secret. From start to finish, you feel a sense of pride. Like she is your friend or sister or daughter. We watch her blossom throughout the book. We watch this feisty redhead break her barriers down, and let in Joshua and her family. We watch her style change too. No more heavy make-up, no grungy clothes. She becomes herself. And its all thanks to Josh. That bloody amazing boy.

Despite her guard, there is a sad and vulnerable girl behind the façade and when we see her shed it, you feel so proud of her for letting Josh in. For becoming stronger in herself and welcoming love from everyone in her life. She’s been so scared and afriad of everything, always blaming herself that she didn’t take the time to see how everyone else sees her, especially Joshua, his girl who is made of the sun.

Joshua. Dreadlock boy. I LOVE HIM. I did claim him too but I got called greedy because Ben is mine. This boy. This amazing, broken surfer boy who is a genius with a paintbrush has a secret too. He no longer paints. He no longer goes clubbing or drinking and he feels like he will never be the same again. But a chance meeting with Bex has him all tizzy.

I grinned at how he would describe her, how he would tell us of his thoughts and feelings over her. He is the perfect gentleman and he makes my heart swell watching him become alive. Watching him, just like Bex rid of the guilt and the pain and succumb to each other. He wants to get to know her. He wants to be with her that he will do whatever he can to make her stay.

GAH I cannot begin to explain my love for my dreadlock boy. There is just something about him. Some kind of aura that makes you drawn to him, to his characters, his actions. He is healing as much as Bex is and my heart swelled at the both of them together. How they fought the past, the guilt, the haunting demons and they did it together and alone. They faced them and knew that if they can do that, then they can do anything together. Love prevails after all and the Boy made of the Moon and the Girl made of the Sun deserve every bit of happiness.

Gone is set over a two week period but in no way was it insta-love. To be honest, Anna has done something that a few authors cant. She made it seem like Joshua and Bex had known each other forever. That their relationship was a slow burner and it felt like months instead of two weeks. THAT is why you should pick this book up. And you know, because it is freaking amazing and deserves all the success that comes its way.

The chemistry between the two of them is magical. They dont get off on the right foot but once they talk, you can see that they are both going to change one another. They are going to enjoy each other’s company. There is that spark that will melt your heart and you will insta-love them too ;). They are two characters that you will smile over, laugh over and swoon over. But their stories will break your heart and you will understand so much more about their little titbits, especially Bex’s. But they bring out the best in each other, they bring out so much more than I can say and I am so glad I got to be a part of knowing them because I adore Dreadlock boy and Bex so much.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Gone is an honest and beautifully weaved story of young love found in the aftermath of tragedy. 4-Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2018
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Gone is an honest and beautifully weaved story of young love found in the aftermath of tragedy.

A feast of guilt, loss and self-loathing, that manifests into a destructive tone for our heroine.

Redemption is just around the corner in the broken young man who knows what it feels like to live in a shroud of guilt and darkness. Two broken kids find one another on the sunlit shores of Cornwall in this heartfelt tale of second changes and self-discovery.

Josh-u-a and Rebecca’s story is one that kept me up until the early hours. Their unrelenting pull to one another was a joy to witness, even though dark secrets held the possibility of pulling them apart. A relationship focused on friendship and a quiet understanding that not is all as it seems on these blissful shores. Muted colours of life’s canvas, brightening at every stroke as the girl like the sun, and the beautiful boy like the moon, align like the stars.

This is one YA that you must read if you enjoy the Angst fuelled stab of young love and first real romances.

Get my car quick, I feel a trip to St Agnes is just around the corner…
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FeeMac
4.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written.
Reviewed in Australia on February 28, 2017
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After reading Lost I was left with many questions but Gone has answered them all and then some. Gone is a beautifully written story of Joshua and Bex and their journey of discovering each other and unwrapping their closely held past
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Sharon B
5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 26, 2015
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What a beautiful story this was! I loved the writing, the characters, the sleepy setting in Cornwall, all easy to imagine.
Bex (Rebecca) her sister and parents have moved to Cornwall, and Bex can't wait to escape back to London to Uni. Josh is a local surfer and artist, though he hasn't painted in months. Both have secrets, both blame themselves.
I loved seeing both Josh and Bex' POV. Seeing them both battle their secrets, slowly revealing more. I loved the letters Bex wrote. This book had me in tears, I really felt for Bex.
This is the first book I read by Anna Bloom, but I will definitely read more by this author.
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