Without You is a novel written in the first person. Join Emily Larson who has an abusive husband called Jerry. I found the abuse that Jerry gave Emily rather funny because it put the woman in her place. Without You is written from a woman's perspective but it is a challenge for male readers to have empathy for Emily as she is not pulling her weight. Married men will have sympathy for Jerry because women can be quite lazy but love to spend big time in the shops.
As so often happens in real life, victims of abusive relationships leave their partners only to become involved in yet another abusive relationship. So Emily leaves Jerry and hooks up with Vinny and the cycle of abuse continues. So does Emily's habit of little work but lots of shopping!
Without You is set in America and Emily is living a luxurious lifestyle, with little work and lots of eating out plus shopping malls. But this is not just a love story because Emily and the reader suspect that Vinny is up to something dodgy as her tale unfolds.
Without You is available as a 393 KB Amazon Kindle eBook that was written in 2013. It is easy reading and made me chuckle in places. I did warm to Emily as she started to get her act together and turn her life around. E. L. Black's writing is easy to follow and the story is full of content and social observations. This is a good book and should appeal to both genders. I enjoyed reading this book which has a creepy end and I vote it 4 stars. This is a good story that would also make a good film, a romantic comedy with a creepy twist.
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