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Without Merit

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Written by: Colleen Hoover
Narrated by: Candace Thaxton
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reminders of Him and It Ends with Us comes a moving and haunting novel of family, love, and the power of the truth.

“Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness.”

The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother’s former nurse, the little half-brother isn’t allowed to do or eat anything fun, and the eldest siblings are irritatingly perfect. Then, there’s Merit.

Merit Voss collects trophies she hasn’t earned and secrets her family forces her to keep. While browsing the local antiques shop for her next trophy, she finds Sagan. His wit and unapologetic idealism disarm and spark renewed life into her—until she discovers that he’s completely unavailable. Merit retreats deeper into herself, watching her family from the sidelines, when she learns a secret that no trophy in the world can fix.

Fed up with the lies, Merit decides to shatter the happy family illusion that she’s never been a part of before leaving them behind for good. When her escape plan fails, Merit is forced to deal with the staggering consequences of telling the truth and losing the one boy she loves.

Poignant and powerful, Without Merit explores the layers of lies that tie a family together and the power of love and truth. Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Psychological Romance Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Mental Health Health
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About the Creator - Colleen Hoover

About the Creator

Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling author of more than 23 novels, including It Ends with Us, All Your Perfects, Ugly Love, and Verity. In 2015, Colleen and her family founded a nonprofit called The Bookworm Box, a bookstore and monthly book subscription service that has donated over $1,000,000 to various charities to date. Colleen lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. For more information, please visit ColleenHoover.com.
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Digs under the surface to discover misperceptions can pull a family apart and honest communication can bring them back together.

Family drama with a twist

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The idea of the story is there and it’s understandable why the author wrote it, but it’s just super underwhelming. The main character although I have so much compassion for her is irritating at points. This audio also cut out a few times which was frustrating.

Not a terrible read but also wouldn’t have missed out if I didn’t read it.

The author has a lot of other amazing books though!

Underwhelming

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This story was really boring and disappointing. The entire book nothing significant happened and the narrating didn’t match the character

Super boring

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