When We were Sane by A.H. King

When We were Sane by A.H. King | A Review

Hi Readers!!!!

Welcome to Quills and Pages. This is Quills and today I am back with amazing twisty and mind blowing book When We Were Sane by A.H. King. The Author provided me with Arc and and here I am writing an honest review without spoilers. This is the heart breakingly beautiful story of Ada and Kasper.

BLURB

Kasper
My death was short lived and it was her that brought me back to life. Hope can do many things to a man in war, which is why I never had any. That was until fate stepped in and put her life in my hands. Maybe love is crazy. Or maybe it's the only thing left keeping me sane.
Ada
My memories of the past haunt me day and night. But the ghosts aren't the only ones that watch me closely. I may be able to escape from old memories, but I can't escape him. And maybe for the first time, I don't want to.

GENRE
Dark Romance

THEME AND TONE
Nostalgic and Beautiful

LANGUAGE AND WRITING STYLE
Easy to Read

CHARACTERS
Multilayered Complex Characters

TROPES

☙ Mental Health

☙ Stalking

☙ He falls first and hard

☙ Unhinged but Loyal MMC

☙ Tragic and Heartbreaking story

MY REVIEW
First of all thank you to the author for providing me the arc. I started reading the book this week on a whim. I had scheduled it to read next week But I just picked it and started reading it. And I could not put it down. It was giving creepy and mysterious vibes from the start. when I got the arc I remember that it was mentioned that it is going to mess with your head so I was all ready for it to do exactly that and boy what an epic job it did.

The story revolves around Ada and Kasper. Kasper is a War Survivor and Ada is one of many widows in the small town who is trying to survive alone and working on a small general store. She is also supporting her father and dealing with the loss of her husband.

Yohan is the grumpy mysterious guy who is quiet and broody all the time. Something tragic happened in his past that made him this way and Nev took the challenge to cheer him up and their interaction were cute and very wholesome. It was a joy to read their exchanges and how Yohan started coming out of his shell.

The Twist came quite early and I was not ready for it. In the start when there were mentions of coldness and whispers I thought may be it's going to be supernatural but no...It was not it was something else altogether. I love authors who love to throw caution to wind and twist the story so much that you don't understand what happened. LOL. That is exactly what happened in this book

I love dark romance and when you add mental heath in the mix the end product is beautiful and heartbreaking. So, you are warned the mental heath is very heavy theme in the book and I would recommend to read the warnings before starting it. If I talk about myself I am an unhinged reader and I like dark stuff that is bound to give you a feeling of heartbreak so it is a 5 start from me.

MY RATING
Overall: ★★★★★ | 5 Stars

Plot: ★★★★★| 5 Stars

Characters:★★★★★ | 5 Stars

Pacing: ★★★★★ | 5 Stars

Mystery: ★★★★★★ | 5 Stars

Ending: ★★★★★| 5 Stars

Spice Level: 🌶🌶| 2/5

Book Cover:★★★★★| 5 Stars (Perfection)

THE PARTS I LIKED
☙ The Twist was unexpected and sad 💔

☙ The way Ada and Kasper loved and relied on each other

Best Words

The Truth is we re all mad. The real exception of madness is that of which is love.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

A.H. King is a Canadian dark romance author. Her debut novel Where Darkness Bleeds was published in October of 2023. Writing started for her at an early age and first included the publishing of poetry but she didn't truly find her voice in her writing until she discovered her love for the darker side of things. She is both an avid reader, immersing herself in various fictional worlds and a writer, creating them in both contemporary and historical settings, adding haunting twists along the way. You can contact the author through her website(link).