Love My Way by Kate Sterritt
Every so often you come across a book that surprises you, despite the amount of hype that said book has generated.
Truth: I was reluctant to download Love My Way purely on the very limited blurb provided, and my own very rigid criteria on choosing my reading material. But I did, and I am very happy that I followed the advice of the many discerning followers of Kate Sterritt.
This is overall, a wonderfully simple love story, however, it is only simple in it's telling. There is a complexity of metaphoric layering underpinning this story which allows the reader an insight into an intricate art form while delivering a very powerful life lesson using this art form.
The bonds formed are inspirational & the relationship failings are heartbreaking. You are taken on a true Australian journey throughout this story.
It was 'simply' brilliant writing.
Now, I did read along in conjunction with the audible narration for this book & although at times the female narrator lost a hint of the aussie inflection, this story takes on a whole new dimension via the narration and you certainly get caught up in the feelings & emotions the author was trying to convey, so if you are a fan of audible narration, do so for this book....it is a wonderful experience.
Because I was guilty of judging a book by it's cover or in this case blurb, I very nearly missed out on a very special book. Thank you Kate Sterritt & your ardent followers for giving me such a delightful start to my 2018 reading list.
Loved it ❤
5 stars
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Love My Way Kindle Edition
Her name is Emerson Hart and she is the love of his life. Unfortunately, he's not the only love of hers. And therein lies the problem.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date28 May 2017
- File size1490 KB
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About the Author
Kate Sterritt lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband, three young sons and highly energetic German Shorthaired Pointer puppy. When shes not madly juggling the logistics of soccer trainings, play dates and volunteering at the school, she can be found at her laptop, writing the types of novels she loves to read. Her characters are inspired by her own experiences, blended with her imagination and a healthy dose of wishful thinking.?
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- ASIN : B071PDFJK3
- Language : English
- File size : 1490 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 305 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: 297,446 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 10,619 in New Adult & College Romance (Kindle Store)
- 17,242 in New Adult & College Romance (Books)
- 47,635 in Contemporary Romance (Kindle Store)
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Kate lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and three young sons. When she’s not juggling soccer practices, volunteering, and play dates, she’s hard at work writing the kinds of novels she likes to read. Drawing from a blend of personal experience and imagination, her stories are carefully crafted and full of heart.
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5 Stars
Sweet, gorgeous, heartbreaking
Second time read sweet Emerson and Ki there's sweetness and tragedy, Josh there's a connection between them but tge past is keeping Emerson from moving on , loved it couldn't put it down ❤❤❤💔💔💔💔
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Good read. A twist I didn't expect, a few loves scenes and a few slow chapters in the second half but worth the effort to get threw this ook. Made me experience a few different emotions throughout and I shed a few tears.
Reviewed in Australia on 11 August 2017
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"Love My Way" is such an amazing, special book and if I could give it 6 stars I would.
I read the blurb and looked at the cover picture and thought this looked like a good way to while away a few hours... What I got though was something so completely different to what I was expecting and it was so much better than I had envisioned. This book literally blew me away and I cannot recommend it highly enough.
This a powerful story of friendship, love, devotion and loyalty and it moved me to tears so have your tissues handy. Our leading characters are beautifully crafted by the author and you will love each of them for their strengths and frailties as this is what makes this story even more special.
If anyone reads this review, please take it as my personal recommendation to buy one of the most beautiful books you will read this year. It is the best book I have read in sometime and if Kate Sterritt's other books are half as good as "Love My Way" I definitely have a new author for my "must read" list.
I read the blurb and looked at the cover picture and thought this looked like a good way to while away a few hours... What I got though was something so completely different to what I was expecting and it was so much better than I had envisioned. This book literally blew me away and I cannot recommend it highly enough.
This a powerful story of friendship, love, devotion and loyalty and it moved me to tears so have your tissues handy. Our leading characters are beautifully crafted by the author and you will love each of them for their strengths and frailties as this is what makes this story even more special.
If anyone reads this review, please take it as my personal recommendation to buy one of the most beautiful books you will read this year. It is the best book I have read in sometime and if Kate Sterritt's other books are half as good as "Love My Way" I definitely have a new author for my "must read" list.
Reviewed in Australia on 2 March 2020
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A true romantic story with twists and turns that leave you feeling heartbroken, but with a huge dose of hope and love, leaves you feeling uplifted in the end. Tissues will be required. You have been warned.
Reviewed in Australia on 27 April 2019
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I really enjoyed reading this story and loved all the characters. Thank you for giving me an insight into how an artist puts brush to canvas too. Definitely recommend
Reviewed in Australia on 30 July 2017
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Another fantastic book by Kate. So hard to put down and such a twist I did not see coming. It was a real emotional read. Congratulations Kate the best one so far. Look forward to the next one.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just when I was thinking that novels in this genre were becoming too predictable!
Reviewed in Australia on 4 June 2017Verified Purchase
Wow Wow Wow - I have only just pulled myself together enough to write this review!
Speechless... apparently I am not 'together' enough yet to write anything meaningful...
Just read it!
Speechless... apparently I am not 'together' enough yet to write anything meaningful...
Just read it!
Reviewed in Australia on 6 December 2019
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This story started so strong, I was so engaged. However, then for me, it started to drag and I found it hard to continue reading. There are some really strong and inspiring lines, but I just lost interest. I skipped a lot of the story in the end. Feeling a little disappointed.
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Sara L Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love this first time romance
Reviewed in the United States on 15 June 2017Verified Purchase
This was a phenomenal 5 star read. I one clicked it directly from an ad on Amazon that kept coming up in my Facebook feed. I 100% bought this book because of the cover, I honestly couldn’t stop looking at how beautiful it was. The description that is given is extremely cryptic so I had to go with my gut and I bought it. I definitely wasn’t disappointed, I read it all in one sitting. From the very first line I was drawn in:
"Even without seeing her face, I know that the woman standing at the waters edge is desperately sad."
The first third of the book is the love story of Emerson and Mereki, a first time emotional and gripping love story. I love these types of stories so much, if the author can do a good job of capturing what it’s like to fall in love the first time, these books can rank up there at the very top of my favorites list.
Emerson comes from a broken home, with an evil mother and a horrible step brother. When Mereki becomes a first hand witness to this he decides that Emerson needs a friend more than the bullies do and they quickly settle into a routine together. Ki fishes and Emerson works on her art. The back and fourth between the two characters is beautiful and subtle but you can see the love blossoming in every exchange they have: They never had a chance, it’s heartbreaking and wonderful.
"As long as we're together, I'll smile forever"
They hold off the love feelings for each other until their senior year in high school, seventeen years old, when they just can’t fight it anymore. A first kiss down by the river in their special spot together and she is lost to him forever.
Emerson wants to be an artist and Ki an architect, they want to get out of this one horse town, away from all the people that do nothing but drag them down. Emerson is already so talented, for her birthday Ki gets her a table at the art festival so she can try and sell some of her drawings, and she does! But later that night a terrible event happens changing the course of everything and everyone’s lives forever. I know it sound’s corny but I'm telling you.
Skip forward about four and a half years or so, things aren’t so great for Emerson and Ki. High tensions at home are leaving her drained and feeling incredibly distant from her partner, and now there is a super nice super hottie that wants to take her to coffee.
It took awhile for me to warm up to Josh, the character that falls in love with Emerson later in the novel. By the end though your not really sure who you are rooting for, you love all of them so much. For those wondering I’m going to call this a quasi love triangle and leave it at that. Give it a try even if you hate them, this story is so lovely and compelling.
At times I was reading with a lump in my throat, by the end I was reading through tears. The characters were so well written and they definitely made you feel all the feels. There were a few sexy parts: they were steamy but not overdone. I was not expecting the ending, when we came to the reveal I had to read it twice to make sure I hadn’t missed anything.
One thing that drives me crazy in books is when authors over do it one describing the characters, what they look like and what they are wearing. These things in no way connect me with them at all. This book was excellent in leaving those things out of the narration, and I loved it! The only way that I knew there were racial tensions going on with the couple in the beginning was because of the scenes with the bullies. This is just something that really stood out to me while reading. And last, my favorite quote from the book was definitely this truth:
"For a minute or a lifetime, some people try to clip your wings, whole others help you learn to fly."
Also, their Aussies. So, Yeah. Hotties, Mate.
"Even without seeing her face, I know that the woman standing at the waters edge is desperately sad."
The first third of the book is the love story of Emerson and Mereki, a first time emotional and gripping love story. I love these types of stories so much, if the author can do a good job of capturing what it’s like to fall in love the first time, these books can rank up there at the very top of my favorites list.
Emerson comes from a broken home, with an evil mother and a horrible step brother. When Mereki becomes a first hand witness to this he decides that Emerson needs a friend more than the bullies do and they quickly settle into a routine together. Ki fishes and Emerson works on her art. The back and fourth between the two characters is beautiful and subtle but you can see the love blossoming in every exchange they have: They never had a chance, it’s heartbreaking and wonderful.
"As long as we're together, I'll smile forever"
They hold off the love feelings for each other until their senior year in high school, seventeen years old, when they just can’t fight it anymore. A first kiss down by the river in their special spot together and she is lost to him forever.
Emerson wants to be an artist and Ki an architect, they want to get out of this one horse town, away from all the people that do nothing but drag them down. Emerson is already so talented, for her birthday Ki gets her a table at the art festival so she can try and sell some of her drawings, and she does! But later that night a terrible event happens changing the course of everything and everyone’s lives forever. I know it sound’s corny but I'm telling you.
Skip forward about four and a half years or so, things aren’t so great for Emerson and Ki. High tensions at home are leaving her drained and feeling incredibly distant from her partner, and now there is a super nice super hottie that wants to take her to coffee.
It took awhile for me to warm up to Josh, the character that falls in love with Emerson later in the novel. By the end though your not really sure who you are rooting for, you love all of them so much. For those wondering I’m going to call this a quasi love triangle and leave it at that. Give it a try even if you hate them, this story is so lovely and compelling.
At times I was reading with a lump in my throat, by the end I was reading through tears. The characters were so well written and they definitely made you feel all the feels. There were a few sexy parts: they were steamy but not overdone. I was not expecting the ending, when we came to the reveal I had to read it twice to make sure I hadn’t missed anything.
One thing that drives me crazy in books is when authors over do it one describing the characters, what they look like and what they are wearing. These things in no way connect me with them at all. This book was excellent in leaving those things out of the narration, and I loved it! The only way that I knew there were racial tensions going on with the couple in the beginning was because of the scenes with the bullies. This is just something that really stood out to me while reading. And last, my favorite quote from the book was definitely this truth:
"For a minute or a lifetime, some people try to clip your wings, whole others help you learn to fly."
Also, their Aussies. So, Yeah. Hotties, Mate.
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Liv
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love and sadness went hand in hand in this story.
Reviewed in Germany on 18 June 2018Verified Purchase
I'm a wreck. I’m devastated. I’m at a loss for words.
You know, so many people started praising this book that I couldn't ignore it much longer. Although I originally started reading this book months earlier, life got in the way and I only now picked it up again to finish it. Seriously, I could slap myself for taking so long.
Although I had this feeling in my gut that told me this story was going to make me fall in love and break my heart, I was not prepared for how ugly it was going to be and what a mess it turned me into. It wasn’t all perfect because at first it felt a bit too fast and later on slowed down too much. But doesn’t life feel like that too sometimes?! And when a book like this elicits such deep emotions, there’s no other way than to give it a full star rating.
I was really moved by this beautiful story no matter how wrong my assumptions were at some parts in the book. You can imagine my shock when I discovered just how wrong I was. This rarely happens because I’m quite good at figuring out the secrets behind a story. Not so in this book because I didn’t see it coming until it punched me in the gut.
I thought that I disliked the character, but in the end it was me I didn't like because I judged her when I should have known better. I wanted to apologize to Emerson and tell her that I didn't know and that I was sorry. My heart shattered and I felt terrible about my feelings and about what happened.
As the blurb already hints at there are two men in this story that are important to Emerson though I will not go further into that because I think it’s best to experience the story with as little knowledge as possible. I’m sure that my feelings would have been a lot different would I have known what I do now.
This book was one of the toughest to finish, but not for the reason one might think. I just didn’t think my eyes would stop leaking because this story absolutely destroyed me. I was a mess and my ugly crying wasn't quiet and not pretty at all. So, be prepared for it. I wasn’t.
The Story:
Emerson was the main character and we got to see a lot of her childhood life were we witnessed her being bullied and mistreated even from her own family. The silver lining in her life was her best friend Mereki, without whom she wouldn't have known where she'd be. He and art, which was more than just an outlet to her but her way of expressing her emotions and telling her stories, were the best parts of life.
Until everything changed.
Thoughts:
This absolutely tore me apart. When the story began, I was drawn to those two lovely young characters that had found one another and helped each other to get through a tough time during their childhood. I couldn’t help but fall in love with them when I saw their passion and love grow. I felt close to them and wanted to be in their inner circle and a part of their lives just to protect them from any harm.
My love for them grew as they got older and their love became stronger. You can imagine how heartbroken and sad I was to learn what happened later on. I felt sorrow and pain and wanted to help them so badly. As the story went on I was very emotional and really invested and captured by their journey, but I grew annoyed and frustrated with Emerson at about half way through. I just didn't understand. I didn't see. I was blind about what happened and I felt that the story was a bit too drawn out and Emerson just got on my last nerve.
What shocked me was the revelation of what had happened because I felt sorry for my way of thinking, for blaming Emerson and disliking her behavior. It felt like falling into a bottomless pit because I couldn't handle how wrong I had been and how all those emotions were flooding my senses.
Conclusion: I absolutely adored and loved this book for its heart achingly beautiful story no matter how painful it was because there was always some spark of hope and light in the dark.
You know, so many people started praising this book that I couldn't ignore it much longer. Although I originally started reading this book months earlier, life got in the way and I only now picked it up again to finish it. Seriously, I could slap myself for taking so long.
Although I had this feeling in my gut that told me this story was going to make me fall in love and break my heart, I was not prepared for how ugly it was going to be and what a mess it turned me into. It wasn’t all perfect because at first it felt a bit too fast and later on slowed down too much. But doesn’t life feel like that too sometimes?! And when a book like this elicits such deep emotions, there’s no other way than to give it a full star rating.
I was really moved by this beautiful story no matter how wrong my assumptions were at some parts in the book. You can imagine my shock when I discovered just how wrong I was. This rarely happens because I’m quite good at figuring out the secrets behind a story. Not so in this book because I didn’t see it coming until it punched me in the gut.
I thought that I disliked the character, but in the end it was me I didn't like because I judged her when I should have known better. I wanted to apologize to Emerson and tell her that I didn't know and that I was sorry. My heart shattered and I felt terrible about my feelings and about what happened.
As the blurb already hints at there are two men in this story that are important to Emerson though I will not go further into that because I think it’s best to experience the story with as little knowledge as possible. I’m sure that my feelings would have been a lot different would I have known what I do now.
This book was one of the toughest to finish, but not for the reason one might think. I just didn’t think my eyes would stop leaking because this story absolutely destroyed me. I was a mess and my ugly crying wasn't quiet and not pretty at all. So, be prepared for it. I wasn’t.
The Story:
Emerson was the main character and we got to see a lot of her childhood life were we witnessed her being bullied and mistreated even from her own family. The silver lining in her life was her best friend Mereki, without whom she wouldn't have known where she'd be. He and art, which was more than just an outlet to her but her way of expressing her emotions and telling her stories, were the best parts of life.
Until everything changed.
Thoughts:
This absolutely tore me apart. When the story began, I was drawn to those two lovely young characters that had found one another and helped each other to get through a tough time during their childhood. I couldn’t help but fall in love with them when I saw their passion and love grow. I felt close to them and wanted to be in their inner circle and a part of their lives just to protect them from any harm.
My love for them grew as they got older and their love became stronger. You can imagine how heartbroken and sad I was to learn what happened later on. I felt sorrow and pain and wanted to help them so badly. As the story went on I was very emotional and really invested and captured by their journey, but I grew annoyed and frustrated with Emerson at about half way through. I just didn't understand. I didn't see. I was blind about what happened and I felt that the story was a bit too drawn out and Emerson just got on my last nerve.
What shocked me was the revelation of what had happened because I felt sorry for my way of thinking, for blaming Emerson and disliking her behavior. It felt like falling into a bottomless pit because I couldn't handle how wrong I had been and how all those emotions were flooding my senses.
Conclusion: I absolutely adored and loved this book for its heart achingly beautiful story no matter how painful it was because there was always some spark of hope and light in the dark.

Ladirizz007
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow....Just Wow
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 October 2017Verified Purchase
1st time author for me and I will surely be reading more of her books. An amazing story that gripped my heart from the start to finish. With heart pounding moments and moments so deep I had to pause reading for awhile to absorb all the emotions the author made me feel.
The characters are memorable, loveable and so honest with thee feelings. A story that slowly unfolds but flows easily, captivating and poignant. The author takes you on breathtaking adventure that is heartfelt, an honest portrayal of an uplifting and powerful love story. Well written and edited, to the point and beautifully told, this novel will grab your heart and won't let go.
I absolutely loved this book and have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending it. A MUST read. Thank you KS 😀
The characters are memorable, loveable and so honest with thee feelings. A story that slowly unfolds but flows easily, captivating and poignant. The author takes you on breathtaking adventure that is heartfelt, an honest portrayal of an uplifting and powerful love story. Well written and edited, to the point and beautifully told, this novel will grab your heart and won't let go.
I absolutely loved this book and have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending it. A MUST read. Thank you KS 😀

Tanya
3.0 out of 5 stars
Love my Way
Reviewed in Canada on 20 July 2017Verified Purchase
Even tho the book had me confused sometimes, it was still interesting enough to make me keep reading. I'm glad at the last few chapters everything started to come together, made it worth the time.