There's a lot of reasons I read romance. So far, I wasn't seeing any of them in this book. It was incredibly engaging, but once I put it down, I was basically doing anything else to avoid going back to read it.

The beginning was far too traumatic. And though this could take some turn that I'd be able to rally behind character growth and relationship growth, I don't like what I see coming, so I don't feel like reading it anymore.

No rating because there's nothing wrong with it, I just don't want to read it. Not for me.

Pull a thread here and a life unravels there.

Prologue

It was devastating to read about the terrorist attack, how the author described how it happened, at the Kilimani Mall, in a matter of minutes both changed Ro and Jack’s lives as they knew it

I felt the pain Jack had when he could not save the one person he loved the most, I also felt the pain of Ro not picking up the most important phone call, and the devastating reality when listening to the message that was left for her when it was to late.

Chapter Development
This novel takes you step by step, through the pain, and the day to day - healing process of Jack and Ro, who lost so much in one day, but most of all that they needed to forgive themselves for things out of their control

How do a heart survive, when it lost so many things in one day?

I could feel their heartache, the pain, realization that life does not stand still for no one, what is the saying “Laugh, and the world laughs with you…Cry, and you cry alone.”

I think most people who lost someone will agree it is not easy to stand up when you lost someone you love, and people will give their condolences, but it is hard for them to understand how you are feeling as each person deals with pain and grieve differently.

The memories is always the hardest part, and to keep on going forward when the person you lost is in the past will be the worst, because it means that you cannot stand still, but eventually when the pain gets less you will learn that you need to go forward again!

So how do you do it → you remember pain will subside, it will maybe take a day, a week or a year, but eventually the pain will subside!

And the author quote below is so true!

Losing someone you love tunes you in to the fragility of life—of moments and memories and music. It makes you want to embrace all the foolish, inarticulate longings that pull at your heart. It makes you want to grasp unplayed notes of un-played symphonies.

It felt if I was also part of that beautiful world, the picture perfect landscapes the author painted
I loved the comfort and the joy both Ro and Jack found just being in each other’s company!


Type of Characters and my choices according to pictures :
Jack =

A survivor, got knocked down, but always got back up, mortal, vulnerable, broken, jaded, but still a king—with the heart of a lion, and the soul of an angel.

Rodel aka Ro - Rodel yearned for a rest stop, a little patch of comfort and familiarity—a real home.

She was a dreamer, soft spoken, strong but also fragile at the same time.
Before the fateful she would easily →

Spend the rest of her life with fictional book boyfriends.
Darcy? Oh yes.
Grey? Oh my.
Aragorn? Oh my, yes, yes, yes!

A few paragraphs / quotes → I loved

They say that a person’s true strength comes through in times of calamity.

disasters and catastrophes are absurd, freakish monsters lurking in the periphery of your vision.

When you lose someone you love, it doesn’t end with that event, or funeral, or with their name on the tombstone. You lose them again and again, every day, in small moments that catch you off guard.

I tried to imagine what it would feel like, grieving for someone in a place where things kept growing, where new life burst through the soil with bright, green shoots every day.

She had packed so much into her life, living every single day on her own terms, it was as if she’d known there was no time to waste. Some people are like that. They listen to their inner voice even if it’s mad and feral and doesn’t make sense to the rest of us.


Maybe that’s what life was about. Seven billion people playing hide and seek, waiting to find and be found.

Epilogue! →


Why my rating?→
Don’t be foolish read the book!!!!

Will I read it again?→
Probably a few times :D
My feelings while reading this: →



Eric Clapton "Tears In Heaven"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Wo_PPpVWQ
Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4kzGhDEURA


To the Author
Well done – Perfection – just like Nutella

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4.8 Out Of 5 STARS

"When you lose someone you love, it doesn't end with that event, or their funeral, or with their name on a tombstone. You lose them again and again, every day, in the small moments that catch you off guard."

This quote drew me in right away…because of the realness of it...

While Mists of the Serengeti is not without its small hiccups, it could get a little cheesy at points, I still loved the story it imparted. Such a heartbreaking story, and not just the tragedy that started the story, whereas, they both lost someone they loved in a terrorist attack. There is so much more to the story than that. The lush African Setting is fascinating. The plight of the albino children is poignantly heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting. The romance is irresistibly sweet, and that epilogue...wow...that was something else.

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~MY RATING~
4.8/5 STARS - GRADE=A
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~BREAKDOWN OF RATINGS~
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Plot~ 5/5
Main Characters~ 5/5
Secondary Characters~ 5/5
The Feels~ 4.8/5
Pacing~ 4.5/5
Addictiveness~ 4/5
Theme or Tone~ 5/5
Flow (Writing Style)~ 4.3/5
Backdrop (World Building)~ 5/5
Originality~ 5/5
Ending~ 5/5 Cliffhanger~ Nope.
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Book Cover~ A wonderfully beautiful cover.
Setting~ The Serengeti, Africa (near Mt. Kilimanjaro)
Source~ eBook (Scribd)
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