“Acceptance is the unexpected friend of all who refuse change and cling tooth-and-nail to what used to be, because there’s no room for growth when we refuse to move. When something can’t grow, it can’t really live.”

I never expected to feel so many emotions while reading this. I never expected my heart to be shattered only to slowly feel itself being put back together by the love of two characters. I never expected to be so whole-heartedly consumed.
Noelle as has had it hard. She lost the one thing that meant more to her than she could’ve ever imagined; the love of her life, Cliff. The only thing that has truly kept her going is their daughter, Theo. In the midst of it all, Cliff’s best friend, Beckett, has been a constant in her waves. With each passing day, Noelle begins to question if there is a right time to move on from loss or if it is forever going to hold her down.
Beckett himself has struggled with the absence of his best friend more than he lets on. Noelle and Theo are the one thing that makes his life a little easier. Aside from being a total softie, Beckett is the best guy friend every girl needs. Especially through the pain.
Life is truly about growth. Each day that we wake up, we never know what the world is going to offer us. We have to be grateful for opening our eyes and cherish those around us that we hold near and dear to our hearts. The last time we see someone could very well be the last time. I enjoyed the reality of this book. The pain was tolerable because it was real. It was brutal. It was breathtaking.
Delicate explores grief in a whole new way. When Beckett and Noelle discover their feelings for each have grown, the two fight the right and the wrong of the situation. The past is known to haunt us, but the present is known to change us. Without change, we cannot grow. Happiness is vital to continue living.
I highly recommend this to anyone who likes to FEEL. There are books out there that are meant for greatness and this is one of them. I cannot wait to read more from this beautiful author! 
5/5 stars!

This novel follows Dannie, a successful lawyer through five important years in her life. She’s engaged to her dream man, thriving in her dream job and all in all having a pretty exceptional hand in the real world. That is until the night of her engagement when she falls asleep and sees a small sliver of how her life looks five years from that day. She’s in bed with a new man, in a new city, being a completely different person than she knows how to be. What’s bizarre about this? Dannie looks… happy. As Dannie tries running away from the countdown, she’s left with a tragedy that leads her to the exact place she’s been avoiding to go.  
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I highly enjoyed this novel. I ended up buying it as an audiobook to keep myself intrigued, but once I got halfway into the novel and everything started to unfold, I couldn’t stop listening! This book deals with cancer. It’s terrible, but it’s real and it’s life changing. We watch this character that doesn’t express much emotion develop into a true heroine. Yeah, the circumstances suck but I think it’s a friendly reminder that it’s okay to not be okay. We get suck in these routines. Cycles that seem never ending. We forget that we have to venture out of our comfort zones to be able to grow as a person. Sometimes we forget that we are not in control and we take for granted the people that surround us. This book isn't a "let's live in the moment" type of book. It's more of "why didn't I live in that moment," type of book. We can't change how our own books are being written, but we can change the type of person we are. It's okay to love hard and to love fiercely. People like people who aren't afraid to wear their emotions on their sleeve. I know I do.