Transcendence

This is a kind of romance which puts itself ahead than the rest . A good escape from normal romantic tales

You know these kind of books that are so good you can’t put them down? Stories that are captivating, heartbreaking, funny and so emotional all together, that are able to change your life?This was all about that. I’ll start saying that it was a fantastic read, one of the best and most beautiful stories I’ve read in my life, and I will for sure never forget it.The whole tale was written in Ehd’s POV, a lonely caveman (not metaphorically speaking, he was truly and literally a primitive caveman) that we don’t know much about, like where or when he lived. What we know is that he had simple thoughts, and only knew about things that were important for his survival. He lived according to his instincts and emotions. He was humble, innocent and pure, and my heart felt so much for him.Beh— that’s how Ehd called her from the sounds she made, was a young woman that fell into his life out of nowhere. At first we don’t know where she was from, just how weirdly dressed she was and how much noise came out of her mouth.Ehd then decided she would be his mate and would never let her go. We literally could only imagine what went on inside her head, her fears and her frustrations.Bear in mind that the entire book has no dialogues. Ehd learned how to “imitate” 2 words Beh said, but it’s more like an understanding as a command than properly the understanding of the meaning of these words. We as a reader find ourselves inside the hero’s head, looking through his eyes, having his doubts, discomforts, excitements and comprehensions in his own innocent way. Ehd was just worried about surviving through the winters, having a mate for life and the importance of putting a baby inside of her. That was what he knew, that was what he understood to be fundamental.“𝚄𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚢, 𝙱𝚎𝚑 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚎𝚢𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜. 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚝, 𝚛𝚞𝚋𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎. 𝙱𝚎𝚑’𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚜 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑. 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚢, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸’𝚖 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚠. 𝙼𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚎. 𝙼𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕.“Before I started the book I’ve thought it would be boring or I would get tired of it because of the lack of dialogues, but this story was so beautifully written, that it catches anyone’s attention from the first pages until the very last one.Even when Ehd had a very simple mind, and didn’t understand any kind of communication, the writing style made his thoughts complex, very well elaborated and mature. And I thought that was incredibly well done, because that doesn’t mean he was having these complicated feelings, it’s just so we could understand everything perfectly.There were situations that I found myself laughing because of how innocent the hero was, and he just didn’t know any better. He was genuine and pure of heart, that after finding his mate, he made his life’s work to protect her and make her happy.Their relationship started chaotic, but soon they found an understanding of how things should go and it was sooo precious to see their affection flourish, their insecurities go away and give place to the passion, to the need, to a love so primal and intense like some people only have once in life. It was perfect to see how two people who couldn’t speak to each other, fell in love just based on touches and emotions.““𝙺𝚑𝚣𝚣, 𝙱𝚎𝚑?“ 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚏, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚝 𝚗𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎, 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚛𝚘𝚠.“The characters’ lack of communication was so well set, and the author did a fantastic job of making us as frustrated as Ehd by not understanding what Beh wanted. But she also accomplished very well to transmit what the heroine was saying just by Ehd’s observations. I seriously have no words for it. (Please read the author’s note right at the beginning of the story!!)I didn’t want this book to be over, but with that ending, I had this feeling of being accomplished, fulfilled. It made me cry like a little child, but in the best kind of way. In the way that made me deeply wish for a love like that.This is a story about how love transcends all barriers like time, differences and beliefs. How something special simple can be so intense and life changing.This is a book like you never read before, and one you need to read if you are a romance lover.I also listened to it simultaneously while reading, and I had aaaall the feels! How Chris Chambers conveyed Ehd’s emotions was beautiful. How he narrated the parts of the hero trying to imitate the heroine’s noises(speech) was so funny and at the same time sweet—it melted my heart.How he pronounced “Beh” almost like “bae” made me smile every single time!If you have the possibility to listen to it as well as reading, you should do it!

I just couldn't put the book down. Even being told almost entirely using his POV and maybe because of it, I guess the story was so different and endearing. There were some repetitive moments that could have been used less, like Ehd always just thinking he had to protect and provide for his mate, and he kept thinking that thing again and again. But in general there were so many sweet parts in the book that brought me to tears, so those repetitive parts were irrelevant. This is a book I will keep and read again in the future.

I romance time travel mi hanno dato spesso delle belle soddisfazioni e questo titolo mi ha attirata irresistibilmente per la trama, l’ambientazione e la copertina. Non è disponibile in italiano purtroppo perciò ci ho messo un po’ a leggerlo in inglese e nel complesso mi è piaciuto anche se alcune scelte fatte dall’autrice circa l’impostazione data alla storia non mi hanno convinta. Abbiamo una studentessa figlia di uno scienziato che si trova per errore catapultata in una qualche epoca preistorica antecedente l’omo sapiens, perciò migliaia di anni fa. Qui incontra un giovane uomo dai capelli lunghi, barba di colore castano rossiccio e occhi verdi. Lei si chiama Elizabeth e lui è Ehd, un uomo delle caverne rimasto solo al mondo dopo che la sua tribù ha trovato la morte in un incendio. Provate ad immaginare come deve essere ritrovarsi di colpo in un luogo sconosciuto, pieno di pericoli, in balia della natura selvaggia e senza nessun tipo di aiuto tecnologico, praticamente un incubo. Purtroppo, a parte le lacrime di Elizabeth e i suoi sguardi disperati, non sappiamo nulla di ciò che pensa perché tutta la storia è raccontata dal punto di vista di lui. Ehd non è in grado di parlare e non può imparare a farlo perché gli manca l’area di Broca o area del linguaggio articolato perciò gli scambi verbali tra lui e Elizabeth sono difficilissimi per non dire inesistenti, riesce a dire solamente il suo nome identificativo, un’abbreviazione del nome della ragazza, Beh, una parola simile a bacio e Luffs che sta per love. Come ho già anticipato, tutta la storia è raccontata dal punto di vista di Ehd, con il suo modo di ragionare decisamente basilare e il suo modo semplice di esprimersi. I bisogni dell’uomo sono primari, molto simili a quelli di un animale e cioè proteggersi dagli eventi atmosferici, dai predatori e dai pericoli in generale, trovare cibo e acqua, coprirsi e continuare la specie. Tutto il libro gira attorno a questo ma ciò che conquista è l’amore incondizionato ed assoluto che Ehd prova per Beh, la sua devozione, il senso di protezione che ha nei suoi confronti, il suo essere privo di malizia, di malvagità e il suo buon cuore. Anche Beh è un bellissimo personaggio perchè riesce ad adattarsi ad una situazione di estrema difficoltà, arriva ad innamorarsi profondamente di Ehd, se ne prende cura e cerca in ogni modo di migliorare la sua vita. Ciò che appunto non convince è la mancanza della sua voce narrante, si apprende tutto da Ehd ed è un po’ limitato perché molte cose a lui risultano incomprensibili. Sarebbe stato meglio avere alternato i due protagonisti nella narrazione invece l’autrice ha successivamente scritto “Luffs”, un racconto di circa 100 pagine con il punto di vista di Beh su alcuni episodi, non su tutta la storia. Che altro dire, l’idea generale è buona, ci sono episodi divertenti, drammatici e commoventi, soprattutto alla fine, ma l’autrice ha esagerato con le scene di sesso e per tre quarti del libro talvolta la narrazione è un po’ piatta e ripetitiva mentre nell’ultimo quarto si va alla velocità della luce nel raccontare, credo, una trentina d’anni della loro vita fino alla morte. Mi piacerebbe comunque poterlo leggere in italiano.

I loved it from the beginning till the end. I would also have liked to read the girl's thoughts. The situation in the stone age is very well described.

This book will make you feel all the feels. It's like no other book I have ever read before. I laughed, I cried. I was right there with these 2 characters until the end. This is a book about love, trust, hope, adversity and connection through actions. Enjoy.