Without Meret | Colin Hoover

Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes only forgiveness is what fixes the mistake. The Fos family members are not normal at all. They live in a church that has been redesigned to become a house, the mother with cancer lives on the lower floor, while the father married the mother’s former nurse, and the younger half-brother is not allowed to do or eat anything enjoyable, and the older siblings are annoyingly perfect. Then... there is Meritt. Meritt Fos collects the cups she never received, and the secrets her family forces her to keep. While wandering in the local antique shop searching for her next cup, she meets Sagan. His intelligence and perfectionism revive her, until she discovers that their relationship is just an impossible dream. Meritt retreats further into herself, watching her family from afar when she uncovers a secret that no cup in the world can fix. Meritt grows tired of lies, and decides to break the illusion of the happy family that she was never part of before leaving them behind forever. When her plan to escape fails, Meritt is forced to deal with the astonishing consequences of telling the truth and losing the only boy she loved. Moving and powerful, Without Meritt is a novel that explores the layers of lies that bind the family together, and the power of love and truth.