Never Meant to Hurt You

By: Brianna Nicole Blackwell

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Bliss Waters is a food entrepreneur who thinks that she has it all together.

Having met her boyfriend, Nate Bush, online, Bliss has prided herself on finally finding the man of her dreams. One who loves her unconditionally—even in the midst of her flaws.

While striving to continue building a life of peace and happiness, the pair’s steamy romance remains successful—that is until Instagram model Teanna Parker comes into the picture, creating temptation that Nate has never been one to succumb to.

What seems to be instantly, Teanna fixates her eyes on Nate, becoming a woman on a mission to get her man. However, family tragedies strike and stop her in her tracks.

But… when it comes to Maliq Miller, a bad boy turned businessman, there’s no stopping him from getting what he truly wants. Although his busy lifestyle may have stolen his time for love, a blissful surprise has him rethinking his decisions.

In this tale of love and betrayal, these four individuals weave through drama, trauma, and past mistakes with the end goal of figuring themselves out, along with everything else in between.

Unfortunately, this game of life doesn’t always play fair, and for one of them, they just might lose in a major way.

Life’s twist

Great quick read. Life may turn out well even if it’s not what we planned.

The virtual narrator is very hard to listen to

did she say Yessica 🤣. The virtual narrator got me all type of confused 🙄

Why AI Voice

I like the story line but that AI voice sucks. I wish the AI voice changed with the characters...

Navigating through emotions while trying to find yourself.

I think over all the book was a great read. However I can’t help to wonder why Bliss found it okay for Malik to kill Nate in the manner that he did when she seemed to have strong emotions about right and wrong. I also think that while Nate was definitely wrong however following his version of events it seemed that Bliss never really made time for him much once things leveled out for them later in life. I’m aware of her of her condition. However, she made time for Malik once they began interacting (one week trip, time away from work, lunch and dinner dates etc.) things that Nate talked about being missing from their relationship. Now believe me I’m a big fan of the female characters coming out on top. But it left me wondering at what point did Bliss acknowledge any part she played to make Nate skirt outside of the relationship. But found time to consider them in the new relationship. The saddest part was even Teona was able to find redemption after all she caused while Nate wasn’t as lucky.