Black Keys

This story has a promise, it is actually good, easy read, but sometimes it feels like the choices of words is a bit mediocre, redundant. I screeched every time i stumble into series of wow’s, bridal-style, etc. etc. it sounds immature-ish.
I was incensed with the heroine’s reaction to Muslim in general, prejudicial and judgmental..i want to get in there and give her a good rant she would never forget..😂( that’s how i deeply affected with this whole affair!😂) and my heart broke into pieces at the end of book one. I have to buy book two and three to find out the conclusion of their love. It is a trilogy actually. Well...the ending will rein a mystery to me.

I read this book a few years back and it really stuck with me so when I found myself in a book funk I knew exactly what book to reread. The last book I read was really slow pace and kinda boring so I knew I wanted something really interesting to read next. This book took my breath away the first time around and it was no different the second time around. The love story that develops between Mazen and Marie is breathtaking! Watching them fall in love despite everything thatis holding them back is really awe inspiring and you can’t help but be hooked from the second chapter on. I cried, I laughed, and I was unbelievably frustrated throughout this book but at the end of the day this is a story that needs to be told and it was told in such a considerate and beautiful way. This book doesn’t contain lots of sex and it was still good, and that’s kind of hard to do in the romance genre these days. This book is a life lesson for everyone who walks around with hatred in their heart for people and cultures they know nothing about. There is so much I could say but it’s so hard to put into words. You just have to read it to know what I’m talking about. I stopped at book one a few years ago but I’m definitely moving on to book 2 because I need to know what happens next. READ THIS BOOK FIRST AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER!

Like Wow!! In a great way. So good - great story, great writing, love the knowledge of the grandfather and the wisdom of Mazen.
“One day, I asked my grandfather,Papa, what’s one of the hardest things in life?” and he told me, “To smile when your tears are about to fall.”
“One day, I asked my grandfather, “Papa, what’s one of the hardest things in life?” and he told me, “For fate to force you into doing something you never wanted to do.”

“One day, I asked my grandfather, “Papa, what’s one of the hardest things in life?” and he told me, “When you can’t find “someone who understands or feels for you.”

“One day, I asked my grandfather, “Papa, what’s one of the hardest things in life?” and he told me, “To lose something that was so good, and then find many things remind“you that you don’t have it anymore.”

“One day, I asked my grandfather, “Papa, what’s one of the hardest things in life?” and he told me, “When someone you “love dies – but only in your eyes.”

“One day, I asked my grandfather, “Papa, “what’s one of the hardest things in life?” and he told me, “To love someone so much, yet know that in their life, you don’t even exist.”

“One day, I asked my grandfather, “Papa, what’s one of the hardest things in life?” and he told me, “To get used to someone, and suddenly find them gone.”

“One day, I asked my grandfather, “Papa, what’s one of the hardest things in life?” and he told me, “To believe strongly in something all of your life, “and then find out that it was all a lie.”

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Black Keys
Rose B. Mashal