New Release+Review: Weightless by Kandi Steiner
I remember the lights.I remember I wanted to photograph them, the way the red and blue splashed across his cold, emotionless face. But I knew even if my feet could move from the place where they had cemented themselves to the ground and I could run for my camera, I wouldn’t be able to capture that moment.
I had trusted him, I had loved him, and even though my body had changed that summer, he’d made sure to help me hold on to who I was inside, regardless of how the exterior altered.
But then everything changed.
He stole my innocence. He scarred my heart. He took everything I thought I knew about my life and fast-pitched it out the window, shattering the glass that held my world together in the process.
I remember the lights.
The passionate, desperate, hot strikes of red. The harsh, cruel, icy bolts of blue.
They symbolized everything I endured that summer.
And everything I would never face again.
Where do I begin?? How can I begin to write a review worthy enough? This book touched my soul as I struggled with weight issues my whole life. I could totally relate to Natalie and her insecurities about being the “big girl”. After her boyfriend, Mason leaves her for Shay, a “smaller” girl she decided enough is enough. Natalie starts at the gym and has a personal trainer named Rhodes. Rhodes was def dealing with his own demons and it showed in the way he treated Natalie. They had a very up and down “relationship” but Rhodes always seem to be there when Natalie needed him and that’s all that matters. There’s a lot more to the story but I don’t want to give anything away. So I will say that this story was full of heartbreak, struggles, anguish, betrayals, self discovery and acceptance. This book had my emotions all over the place. My heart literally ached while reading this book. I also had happy tears while reading. Kandi Steiner blew me away with this book, her writing and most importantly the message. This book will definitely stay with me and is one of my favorites for 2016.
Kandi Steiner is a Creative Writing and Advertising/Public Relations graduate from the University of Central Florida living in Tampa with her husband. Kandi works full time as a social media specialist, but also works part time as a Zumba fitness instructor and blackjack dealer.Kandi started writing back in the 4th grade after reading the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.” She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a die hard hopeless romantic (like most girls brought up on Disney movies).
When Kandi isn’t working or writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, talking with her extremely vocal cat, and spending time with her friends and family. She enjoys beach days, movie marathons, live music, craft beer and sweet wine – not necessarily in that order.
