I think that I am not the right audience for this book; it is niche and requires a specific reader to read, and while that may be my fault, the description of the book didn't exactly give me the right idea of what to expect.

However, if I was the right audience for this, I think it would be five stars. I continued to read and look for the glimmers of information that could be helpful to me in my relationships, but overall, it missed its mark with me.

A down-to-earth and easy to digest guide to rediscovering one’s individual truth within relationship dynamics that have gone sour in some way. I appreciated the book’s open approach: if a relationship is discovered to not honor one’s personal truth, they do not press the reader to seek reconciliation and recommitment as the only paths forward. Coming from a strict Christian background where any mention of separation was hushed, it was refreshing to read a book that kept all options open, that chose to honor the individual over societal expectations. Because of this approach, I gained a lot more of the healing I was seeking.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher!

Love relationships are not simple. It is too often easy to forget what love is. The authors have written an excellent book on dealing with all the hidden and not hidden factors of love. I do. Believe that this an excellent book for anyone to read to understand loving relationships.

LIBERATED LOVE by Mark Groves and Kylie McBeath was an empowering, inspiring, fresh take on romantic partnerships. Their book is compassionate, knowledgeable, and incredibly useful with stories, perspectives, and guidelines for the reader to take their hard-won expertise and knowledge (in being in love with one another) to help people understand their patterns and choose to live and love differently. What was truly impressive to me was how clearly they present their information. It's smart, liberating, allowing both individuals to change and grow and create the life and love they want to live. As others have said, toss the piles of guides and use this one. I received a copy of this book and these opinions are my own, unbiased thoughts.

As someone who has had codependency, abandonment, self sabotage issues in relationships, this book was a breath of fresh air. I loved how Mark and Kylie bring a more modern approach to an issue that not many people will acknowledge. A lot of these problems stem from childhood and it develops into adulthood. What we crave so much of when we are children, will be the downfall of our issues as adults. I really enjoyed this read.

This is a wonderful handbook for modern love. Instead of reading 15 books about relationships pick up this one. I appreciate how Mark and Kylie shared about their own relationship patterns vulnerably while also bringing in case studies. This is especially a helpful book for people who keep finding themselves single, in drama, caretaking or not being able to commit..

This book was really interesting. I follow Mark on Instagram, so I had an idea of what liberated love was from there, but they go so much deeper in the book. While I think entirely too much emphasis is placed on childhood trauma (not everybody’s issues come from childhood), there was a lot of good stuff in this book. Every chapter comes with exercises to dig deeper in a way that helps the reader know themselves better and know what they want in relationships.

This book has a lot of "woo woo" vibes, and kind of comes off as being a bit like astrology for therapy at times. The book's blurb says this is about finding your attachment style from childhood to help improve and strengthen all relationships. It turned out to be more aimed at romantic relationships than I anticipated, and focuses on "liberated love," which means deciding if the self you are in your relationship is the self you want to be, and either making changes together or moving on.

It was useful and compassionate, occasionally insightful but not quite what I expected