Everything We Never Knew by Julianne Hough/Ellen Goodlett -Review

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Description:
When the stars align, anything can happen. On stage at an awards banquet is the last place Lexi Cole expected to drown. But as she accepts the award for top-seller at her realty firm, something unusual catches Lexi’s a man surrounded by a dark haze. Then she hears a woman screaming for help, and the taste of saltwater overwhelms her. Just as Lexi’s throat begins to close, the man leaves the room and the sensation of drowning abruptly stops. Later that night, the man dies of an overdose, and Lexi learns about the traumatic boating accident that killed his sons and tore his family apart. Lexi wants to believe it’s a bizarre coincidence. Any other explanation would disrupt the normal, comfortable life she’s worked so hard to build. Lexi is an expert at denial, a pro at fitting in. But as more strange events unfold, Lexi can’t deny the something is changing inside her. She feels other people’s emotions, sometimes even glimpses their private memories. By embracing her new abilities, Lexi can help heal people―though not until she confronts the past she’s spent a lifetime burying. But when a vision reveals her husband is in danger, Lexi must face her inner demons or lose the person she loves most. Atmospheric and emotional, Everything We Never Knew is the gripping story of one woman embracing her power, no matter what the world thinks.

Review:

Everything We Never Knew by Julianne Hough and Ellen Goodlett is a standalone novel. We meet Alexis (Lexi) when she is accepting an award for being the top-seller at her real estate firm. Suddenly, she sees a man, and hears a woman screaming for help’, and Lexi begins to taste saltwater, and just as she feels like she is drowning, everything clears up. Later that night, she learns that the man died of an overdose, as the family was torn apart when an accident killed his sons. Lexi begins to feel things changing inside of her, with glimpses of other people’s emotions, including private memories.

Lexi and Shane are married and seem to have it all; he is a firefighter and she surprisingly quits her job.  She begins to explore the emotional and spiritual journey, and finds herself at Bea’s Odd and Ends Store, with Bea, who is a reputed witch.  Bea will take Lexi under her wing, teaching her about sensing energies, as she navigates in her quest for self-discovery. Lexi slowly embraces her new abilities, and learning how she can heal people; as well as her own past (the loss of her baby and issues with her own family). I did like how Lexi opened up to Bea, and vice versa; as their friendship bond brought them together.  Shane and Lexi had problems, due to Lexi always working closely to Bea; her friends Tanya and Chloe also did not approve of Bea.  

As Lexi began her journey of healing others, as well as finding a way to heal herself from her past; it is Bea who was always helping her move forward, and when Lexi needed help, her friends, including Bea   they will be there to help her get past her family issues.  In time, Shane will open up and together their bond will heal both of them. 

Everything We Never Knew was an emotional and gripping story of energies and psychic abilities with human spirits.  I did like the story, but thought it was a bit slow early on. Everything We Never Knew was very well written by Julianne Hough and Ellen Goodlett.  If you enjoy spiritual stories, you should give this book a try.

Reviewed by Barb

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