An unusual and interesting read, and one that certainly makes you stop and think and ask yourself some difficult questions about relationships, love, abuse and what you would put up with from someone you adore. A great insight into domestic violence.

Many will relate to this story. Abusive relationships are on the rise and so many are afraid to speak up. There are so many reasons abused women don’t feel they can ask for help.....their abuser is a well known member of their community, they won’t be believed, they will be blamed and told its their own fault.
The list is limitless.
This story highlights so much and can be helpful to some even though it is a fictional story.
It’s a must read.

Something To Be Brave For draws attention to domestic violence. This book is not a mystery or psychological thriller, which I thought when I requested it. It is well-written, but it's not the kind of book I prefer.

A story of domestic abuse, but who would believe it? Marriage to Claude seems so perfect to those looking in from the outside. Will Katie be able to escape or will she die trying? A suspenseful story that will keep you guessing to the end.

Something to be brave for was a great book I loved it and it so deserves the 5 stars. I was hooked from the start and struggled to put it down. Sensitively covers domestic abuse and the difficulties victims have in leaving these relationships. A fab book and will be looking out for more by this author.

A renowned plastic surgeon to the public but an abusive wife beater in private. An upsetting book in places but well written and worth the 5 stars

5☆ Gripping read

Something to be brave for is a book about a young girl who married the man of her dreams, only to be the victim of domestic abuse. Not just physical but mental and emotional.

It Started off slow, the first chapter didn't really add to the story.
But from chapter 2 is where it came together. I couldn't put it down.

Claude was a top cosmetic surgeon and was very wealthy.
 Everyone adored him, to the outside world he was a gentleman, a pillar of the community, a fantastic surgeon, women were addicted to him.
But behind closed doors he held a darker side to him. One which was highly unpredictable and very dangerous.
He was flippant and had a nasty tongue.

Katie's father adored Claude, he too was a top surgeon.

Katie adored Claude she was besotted with him. Claude made Katie dependant on him so much so she didn't even realise it.

You could see Katie's care free, buzz for life slowly fading away.
You could see from early on Claude was possessive and Extremely jealous.
He wanted her for himself and he wasn't about to share her.

So when Katie fell pregnant with Rosie, things started to go horribly wrong.
Claude was furious when Katie fell pregnant. All he could see was Katie getting "fat" he couldn't bare to look at her.

When Katie was 8 months pregnant and in bed, Claude kicked her in the back so hard she fell out of bed and landed on her back.
She went into early labour as a result of this. Luckily Rosie and Katie was fine.
Well apart from  the cesarean scar, he insisted she was ugly and that he wanted to perform a tummy tuck to get rid of her scar.

From that moment things just kept getting worse.
He hated Katie's only friend, Gillian a fellow surgeon who worked with her dad. He called her all kinds of names. I believe it's because he was scared. Gillian knew what he was doing to Katie but she kept denying it

One night was so bad he strangled her in front of Rosie.
She told her mum what was going on but she brushed it aside telling her to be a good wife. You have to work at being a wife and to go make herself look good for Claude.

Later we come to see Katie's mum isn't that much different from Katie.

Claude made my skin crawl.
I wanted to someone to punch him in the face and let him ses what it was like.
At first I wanted to shake Katie, tell her to wake up, get out, run!!... but i could see she was so dependant on him it was never going to happen until she found her light and strength!
I did admire Katie's strength towards the end she was beaten so low she was determined not to give up on Rosie.

Priscilla portrays a good representation of domestic abuse. Not just physical but mental and emotional. It showed that abuse can be in varied forms and no one male or female should ever be afraid to speak out.
I liked how she showed that people don't want to open their eyes and see what is going on in front of them and even when the person being abused does speak out they are not always listened too.

It was Beautifully written and we'll researched. Difficult at times to read but still very addictive as I needed to know Katie would be ok.

I recommend this book to everyone as I believe not enough is done or written to raise awareness of domestic abuse.
Just because someone may not speak out they may just need someone to help give them some encouragement to know that support is out there.