Sunspots By Karen S. Bell Review

A love story of loss and redemption and the ghosts that haunt our lives and   our houses.

Sunspots is personal. A personal journey of grieving, a personal journey of self-discovery, and a personal journey geographically. A young woman from Brooklyn, Aurora, a man from Austin, Texas,

Jake, meet accidentally in NYC and it changes the trajectory of their lives. Aurora decides to grab on to what she perceives may be her only chance at the comfy married existence that has so far eluded her. It is also no hardship to leave NYC and her stalled acting career for this apparently wealthy, dynamic, handsome lover who whisks her off her feet. But after the honeymoon, reality sets in and she realizes that marriage can be isolating, and that the socio-economic differences between her and Jake can become a wedge. How can Aurora adjust to these changes? How can she regain the independent personality she had before Jake became her only focus in life?
Fast forward two years, and Aurora finds herself a widow. An accident. Unexpected. And then her journey becomes one of accepting the harsh reality of encounters with Jake's ghost, the real nature of her time travel experiences, and Jake's true character. Viola Parker is her guide through these episodes not of this world. Viola, a ghost who has a connection with Aurora's past lives, leads her to find, Cliff, her true soulmate, her true love in this life erasing the pain of her mistakes with Jake Stein through the centuries. Sometimes from the ashes, sometimes from blackness awaits the brilliant light of a life of happiness.

My Review:

I was with my mom when my dad died, and I don't know who I feel worse for. To see my mom lose the love that she picked to spend the rest of her life with, or to lose my dad. As I read through this book I was crying with Aurora and I was so mad when she was betrayed. This is the kind of book where I forged a friendship with the main character and I felt as though I was living her life with her. The "spirits" added an additional twist to Aurora's suffering. I liked the ending and thought that it was great fit for the book. I am giving this book a 4/5. I was given a copy to review from Orangeberry, however all opinions are my own.