| No Matter What | | | | escape, yet she finds that it just makes her |
| | | | life worse. |
| Jordana Ryan | | | | |
| | | | Four years after running away, Cassandra |
| Amira Press (2007) | | | | returns home to face the consequences of her |
| | | | decisions. She wants her daughter to have a |
| ISBN 9781934475041 | | | | good life and to know her father. Brenden and |
| | | | Cassandra have to struggle to get past the |
| Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (5 | | | | anger that he feels from her leaving him and |
| 07) | | | | not letting him know about his daughter. |
| | | | Cassandra has to deal with not feeling worthy |
| ""No Matter What" is a very deep book. The | | | | of a man like Brenden. Other relationships |
| characters have to deal with overcoming some | | | | also need healing. |
| very painful situations and emotions. This is | | | | |
| the type of novel that you will want to read | | | | "No Matter What" is a book about healing old |
| with your friends so that you can talk about | | | | wounds. Cassandra and Brenden both have to |
| it. It leads to a great deal of introspection | | | | deal with serious consequences of actions |
| and really makes you think about what it | | | | that they have taken as a result of their |
| would be like to have faced everything that | | | | grief from their past. Brenden's own mother |
| Cassandra has at such a young age. It is very | | | | abandoned him at age five. When Cassandra |
| hard to judge someone who has gone through so | | | | left him, he did everything he could to avoid |
| much. Enjoy this novel." | | | | being in a committed relationship. He hurt a |
| | | | lot of women with his actions. He too must |
| Since age ten, Cassandra has had a difficult | | | | heal now. |
| life. Leaving a candle burning in her home, | | | | |
| her house burnt down and her parents died. | | | | "No Matter What" is a very deep book. The |
| Carrying the weight of blame and guilt at not | | | | characters have to deal with overcoming some |
| having been the one to have died has affected | | | | very painful situations and emotions. This is |
| all of Cassandra's relationships. During her | | | | the type of novel that you will want to read |
| early teens she began dating Brenden. At | | | | with your friends so that you can talk about |
| seventeen, she discovers that she is | | | | it. It leads to a great deal of introspection |
| pregnant. She doesn't want to ruin Brenden's | | | | and really makes you think about what it |
| future or be a further burden on those who | | | | would be like to have faced everything that |
| have taken her in, so she runs away. Trying | | | | Cassandra has at such a young age. It is very |
| to raise her daughter as a single parent is | | | | hard to judge someone who has gone through so |
| really rough. Cassandra finds herself | | | | much. Enjoy this novel. |
| engaging in risky, promiscuous behavior as an | | | | |