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(view spoiler)[I was impressed at how you portrayed Grammy's Alzheimer's in "Easy Silence" and Samantha's illness. I was amazed how descriptive you were in describing the headaches, seizures, and pain she was going through; it was so realistic it made it even more heartbreaking. I love the ending and wouldn't change it, even if it did cause tears. My question is why such an ending? How did you come up with it? I love your writing. (hide spoiler)]
Beth Rinyu
Hi there!! Happy New Year! I'm so sorry, I'm just seeing this now. Thank you so much for your kind words!! The ending of Easy Silence was as hard for me to write as it was for readers to read. I wanted to do something unique for this story. I didn't think the traditional HEA would work well with these characters, being that Jax was so broken, but I didn't want to leave the readers feeling slighted after taking that harrowing journey with them. So, I like to call the ending bittersweet. I almost chickened out, and even thought about writing an alternate HEA to stick in the back of the book, but I'm so glad that I didn't. To me that's what makes this story stand out and not like the traditional good girl meets bad boy young adult novels. My hopes were that the epilogue would give the reader a sense of peace once they get past the tears.
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