Without You by @KatieCav1989

Without You by KatieCav

Pairing: Emmett/Rose

Rating: T

Warning:  Death & mourning

Summary: Sometimes life just isn't fair. Things happen that you never would have expected to happen to you or your loved ones. The aftermath is often as devastating as the loss itself. Is Rose strong enough?

Link: Without You - FFN

Yesterday was not a good day for me.  Every year for the last decade or so, I mourn the loss of a loved one who died rather suddenly.  The date will forever be ingrained in my soul as the day I didn’t arrive fast enough to say my goodbyes.  To tell them of my eternal love, my gratitude for them being in my life and affecting it so profoundly. 

Now I suppose you are asking yourself how this relates to the story I’m reviewing.  Some days you want to read a fic that moves you.  Makes you laugh, makes you cry or makes you want to strangle Edward for being an idiot.

Well today I’m reviewing KatieCav’s story Without You.  It is a moving tale of Emmett, a career soldier who for the love of his country and duty he answers the call, and one day he just doesn’t make it home.  The story is sad, but in its sadness is a real truth behind mourning the loss of someone who you never had a chance to say all the things you wanted to say.  Katie managed to show how Rose’s mourning takes over her life, how every time she turns around there’s a reminder of the life she used to have, not the shell it’s become.

“But no matter how much she talked, she still felt trapped in a deep, dark, endless hole one that she couldn't see a way out of.”

If you are looking for a quick but powerful read, give this one a try.  It moved me to tears and helped remind me that even though we lose people we love, they are never really gone.

Until next time,