Review: Sacrifice by Adriana Locke

Sacrifice by Adriana Locke
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was provided an audio arc of this book via the author, however I do own the kindle version of this book. As always all opinions expressed in my review are my own. This book was originally released in 2015, but it recently has gotten a new cover and underwent some revisions.

Joe Arden and Maxine Mitchell did a wonderful job with the narration. They brought Crew and Julia to life in this emotional story. I like that even though the chapters were told from their POVs, the appropriate narrator stepped in when there was dialogue between the characters. The female narrator didn't have to voice the male character in her chapters and vice versa. I think that was a nice touch and something we don't often see in dual POV audiobooks. I didn't want to put this down once I started.

This is a very emotional book that deals with some pretty heavy topics. Julia is barely making ends meet after the loss of her husband. She works two jobs to make ends meet and take care of her daughter Everleigh. Her brother in law, Crew, helps out where he can, but Julia and he have a history and she doesn't want his charity. When Julia gets some tragic news about her daughter's health, she has to lean on Crew more than she wants to if she wants to get through this and be strong for her daughter. Crew has made some mistakes in the past, but he knows it is time to man up and make the sacrifices he wasn't willing to make when he was younger. It is time to take care of his family and do the right thing to take care of Julia and Everliegh, no matter the cost.

This is unlike most of the books I've read by Adriana Locke. It has a much more serious tone, where as most of her books are whimsical with witty banter. This is much more somber and gritty. We get to see both of the characters at their most vulnerable and how they put aside the past to survive tragedy. This has some NSFW scenes, so have some headphones handy if you are in a situation where you don't want anyone hear. This also has some tear inducing scenes so have a box of tissues ready. Adriana puts the characters through just about everything they can take in this book, but it is worth it in the end.

Trigger warnings for: death of a spouse, cancer specifically child cancer, MMA fighting, parental abuse

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