Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Scared to Move On by Leonnardo Andre

Scared to Move OnScared to Move On by MD Leonnardo Andre
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Letting Go to Hold On…

So, Leonardo Andre's Scared to Move On... it gets under your skin. It’s about Francine and Leonardo, both carrying these deep bruises from betrayals past. Yet somehow, tentatively, they start reaching for the little light they see in each other. Picture them: huddled in quiet cafés, sprawled under starry skies. Francine’s built these towering walls, right? But Leonardo just... waits. Patiently. And slowly, right there in those ordinary moments, something shifts. Vulnerability becomes their secret handshake, their quiet language.

They fumble towards trust – not with grand declarations, but through stolen trips across Europe and conversations raw enough to sting. It’s messy. They discover this wild freedom, not in getting everything perfect, but in loosening their grip on their own desperate needs. Andre writes this dance between them with such aching honesty. Yeah, there’s heat, that undeniable pull, but it’s tangled up with something far deeper, something tender and terrifying.

Don’t mistake this for just another romance. It’s a quiet anthem to resilience. Watching Francine inch her way from fear towards trust? It feels achingly familiar, like looking in a mirror at our own tangles with intimacy and self-doubt. Those adventures – Amsterdam’s dreamy canals, places maybe a little too scandalous – they’re not just backdrop. They hammer home the book’s heartbeat: real connection. It demands guts. Pure bravery.

Andre, with his writing that cuts clean and beautiful, whispers a truth we need: healing blooms when we find the courage to just be, cracks and all. It’s a story that doesn't just tug your heartstrings; it shows how love can gently, fiercely, rewrite even the most broken narratives. Seriously, read it.

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