Beyond Any Experience
Anne E. Terpstra
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
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Explicit and plentiful [?]
· 12 ratings · 385 pages · Published: 26 May 2022

Ellie Vasquez isn’t simple or predictable. In fact, she’s charmingly impulsive, as well as gregarious, confident, and attracted to Olivia, which she reveals in an unguarded moment. Olivia doesn’t know what’s more surprising—Ellie’s interest, or her own—but a quiet conversation over drinks soon spins into something more. As Olivia’s caution gives way to hope, she sees another chance at love, both for her, and for Ben, who takes to Ellie with a tender openness. Ellie is fearless about love in a way that makes Olivia want to be brave, but the deeper their passion, the closer she gets to drowning—in grief, in fear, in guilt. To have a future with Ellie, Olivia must come to terms with her past. If she can’t, she risks losing the second love of her life.
Anne E. Terpstra’s BEYOND ANY EXPERIENCE is an intimate, emotional debut that explores grief, parenting, neurodiversity, and the vulnerability of love after loss.
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- multicultural 4
- lesbian romance 3
- age gap 3
- single mother 3
- neurodivergent mc 2
- tall heroine 2
- tortured heroine 2
- queer romance 2
- competent heroine 1
- white collar heroine 1
- curvy heroine 1
- anal sex 1
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- death / grief 2
- suicide / ideation 1
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