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Knot by M. MabieMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Reviewed by: Michelle
Copy provided by author in exchange for an honest review
“We’d been two people lost. Wandering around, pretending we’d known everything.”Knot by M. Mabie is a highly addictive, intense, riveting, and emotionally consuming read that cuts you to the core that will leave you breathless and have you questioning why M. Mabie why must you leave us in knots. And a big part of me already knows the answer if you are familiar with her work, it’s because she can and will continue to deliver those love stories that is angst driven. Mabie will frustrate her readers and yet has the power to consume us with her edgy and raw prose.
A knot is defined as a method of fastening or securing linear material such as rope by tying or interweaving. And in this particular story that is aptly titled Knot, Mabie weaves a love story of two complete opposite and different people who shouldn’t be together and yet are tied together through this magnetic pull. You cannot see the connection but you can feel it. The knots are invisible to the naked eye but their feelings of love, frustration, jealousy, anger are all a jumbled mess of knots. And once you pull on one end of the rope, an unraveling of raw, unfiltered consuming emotions are doused onto the readers as Mabie weaves the past and present.
“I wanted him to fuck this ache inside me so badly. I wanted him to push through the years of strife and take it. Smash it away. And while he was at it, find my fears and make each one submit.”Reggie and Nora. Two ends on the string. Two complete individuals. Two different personalities. Two people who are from opposite sides of the spectrum. And yet are tangled. As hard you try to untangle them from one another, more knots continue to form until you are left with a bigger knot. And so in this story, Mabie presents a love story that makes readers see a whole bigger perspective. Love can’t be judged. Love can’t be one-sided. And in this knotted love story there is no beginning or end.
“We wanted different things, and we both deserved what we wanted.”A complicated love story that is simply messy. Nora and Reggie are one of those couples that you want to slap upside on the head and tell them to get their act together. This is not a simple love story that I can say they fell in love, broke up, and got back together. No, their story is just a clusterfuck of heartbreak, frustration, and yearning. Their emotional pain is on a deeper level and so Mabie exposes that to the readers to see that Reggie and Nora are just as flawed and imperfect. Mistakes and choices are made. And yet like a moth to a flame, they fit. Reggie is a one woman kind of man. When he is in a relationship, he’s all in . But with Nora, she’s different and doesn’t want to be tied down. And so will Reggie be able to push his way into her heart and soul, and leave her in knots just as she left him?
“Of all the things on Earth, I craved him most—in every cell, every atom—and I wanted him to invade me. To fill me so full of himself that even if we did part, I’d have residual Reagan in my veins for life.”I can sit here and tell you why M. Mabie is considered in my books the queen of angst but I think it’s best you read her books and find out for yourself. Knot is one of those stories you love to hate but for some god forsaken reason, M. Mabie pulls you into the shore, anchoring your heart to Reggie and Nora as you await what will happen to this couple. Knot is a unique love story because there is a beginning but there is no end. Yes, there is an ending in the figurative sense but the love of Reggie and Nora are one of those love stories that reminds us all the heart is a bunch of tangled emotions that someone else tied. Just remember every love story has it’s fair share of knots. So if you are looking for a love story that consumes, then I suggest you tie a knot and hold on as M. Mabie will have you holding onto the rope real tight.
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