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ashleybhaley's review against another edition
3.0
The story was good but it became predictable and repetitive and I got bored with it. The characters had a lot of drama in this book... All of them!
jen286's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars. Oh how I enjoyed this book. I loved Kami and just wanted to make everything better for her. I loved Blaine and how wonderful he is with her. Her odd family of friends is so sweet in their way and tried to help her as much as they could. I almost cried at various parts and the end made me tear up a little bit. So great.
jgilge's review against another edition
1.0
Unpopular opinion alert! I really wanted to like this one, and I just couldn't get into it. For the most part, it felt like watching a train wreck happen, and not being able to look away.
stumpfed's review against another edition
5.0
What is it about being tatted up that makes a man say the sweetest things?!? Lord, I love me some Blaine.
Can we please have Dom's story next, please??
Can we please have Dom's story next, please??
thebooktrollop's review against another edition
5.0
SPOIL FREE REVIEW
Ok, so in this book we are introduced to Kami, beautiful mixed Kami that has lived through hell in her past but as a reader we do not know the information to what went on with her, at first, we just know it is bad and she is broken, torn down, and bleeding everywhere.
She lives with her ever quirky, forever hilarious roommates, Angel and Dom.
Angel is a lesbian and very... colorful... her language could make any military man blush, which says a lot because I am married to a marine and his mouth is very very dirty ;).
Dom sounds like a light skinned sex god and he is a big man-whore, he and Angel even share sometimes..ha!.. Angel and Dom are both damaged mentally and the trio make up a very strange but loving family.
"This was us: A modern day, dysfunctional Three's Company. A lesbian rocker, an insatiable man-whore and a notorious commitment-phobe, all under one roof....And in all honesty, they were the only two people on Earth that had ever met the skeletons hanging out in my closet. Hell, they just moved them over to make room for theirs"
Their own families are fucked up so they find love among one another, people on the outside don't understand it. Hell, even I didn't understand it at times, but I am also someone who has always been surrounded by love my whole life so maybe I didn't need to understand it. They are also very protective over one another and if you fucked with one of them they were all going to give you a piece of their mind!
Blaine is the other POV that is told in this story, along with Kami's and I am so glad that the author did this because while both POVs were at times frustrating and gut wrenching, Kami's POV was so much darker, while Blaine's was lighter so it was a nice break from all the angst and heartbreak.
Kami is trying to find herself and Blaine is trying to better his self in life so people don't just judge the character that they see on the outside. Kami ends up working with Blaine after her last job/relationship ended so badly. BUT working in a bar with sex on a stick does nothing to help Kami keep people behind the walls she has built around her and her heart but Blaine tries.
There is an instant connection, not an instant love kind of connection but a feeling as if you found someone that you can see yourself with, between Blaine and Kami.
Kami is scared shitless because she can't afford to let anyone in and Blaine is scared because he don't think he can let her go.
God, Blaine is such a swoon-worthy man I just melted into a pile of goo whenever he spoke or breathed or just stared because I could imagine those eyes staring straight into my soul like they seem to do to Kami's.
There is just so much inside of Kami that she can't quite open up to Blaine about, she leaves it buried deep inside her, she is so afraid that Blaine will bolt the second he finds out about all her quirks and triggers. But she wants Blaine to be her only exception, she desperately wants him to be her other half, her protector and the one person she can let go with and be herself, her real self.
"For the first time in 23 years, I felt something. Something other than trepidation when a man touched me. Something more than the sick feeling in the pit of my stomach when I had to shatter another heart because I couldn't let anyone in. Something so much more than the emptiness that filled my chest when I thought about the normal, happy life that I would never have.... Blaine was my more"
Blaine was patient, kind, loving, sweet, protective, gorgeous, amazing.. I could go on and on.. He loved hard but he knew loving Kami wasn't going to be easy, his heart was going to be obilterated but he just couldn't find himself caring about his self and what the broken heart would do to him, he just had to have her.
"Sometimes loving people can be just as much of a gift as it is a curse. Because some people...you can't help but love. Even when you know it will hurt you in the end"
The tension in the book is freaking hot, steamy, and that was all before the sex!!
The sex of course was just as hot and steamy that you felt it right along with them. You are clutching your thighs tightly together, while wiggling in your seat.
There was a part of the book that the song: Your Guardian Angel by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus was being mentioned and I decided it would be a good idea to listen to it and read that part of the book... BAD IDEA!!
I couldn't stop crying, I had goosebumps, and I was shaking...
SERIOUSLY. AMAZING.WRITING
I felt Kami's emotions every step of the way, I empathized and I also wanted to shake her senseless!
This book was just so heartbreaking and that was before I knew it was based on true events.
I know it says it in the description but I live a bit on the wild side and all I saw was that it was written by S.L. Jennings and I was sold.
Hook. Line. Sinker.
Gut-wrentching, heartbreaking, emotional, soul crushing, scarring, and it's horrifying but eventually it becomes healing and even through all the tragedy and pain there is always love, love is always the balm that starts to heal a damaged soul but sometimes it just isn't enough to save someone that isn't willing to save themselves....
That is the best description I can give this book, I was so entranced inside this book that I don't remember doing anything other than reading it, crying, and feeling so so so.. I don't even know the words to describe what exactly I felt, this book gutted me something fierce and I still am not sure if I adequately reviewed it, the last time I felt this way was after I read Left Drowning by Jessica Park.
This book is just as powerful but for different reasons, just as raw but with its own reasons why.
I give this book a 5/5 and you need to fall in love with Kami, Blaine, Angel, Dom, C.J, and all the other characters..
Go
NOW
Ok, so in this book we are introduced to Kami, beautiful mixed Kami that has lived through hell in her past but as a reader we do not know the information to what went on with her, at first, we just know it is bad and she is broken, torn down, and bleeding everywhere.
She lives with her ever quirky, forever hilarious roommates, Angel and Dom.
Angel is a lesbian and very... colorful... her language could make any military man blush, which says a lot because I am married to a marine and his mouth is very very dirty ;).
Dom sounds like a light skinned sex god and he is a big man-whore, he and Angel even share sometimes..ha!.. Angel and Dom are both damaged mentally and the trio make up a very strange but loving family.
"This was us: A modern day, dysfunctional Three's Company. A lesbian rocker, an insatiable man-whore and a notorious commitment-phobe, all under one roof....And in all honesty, they were the only two people on Earth that had ever met the skeletons hanging out in my closet. Hell, they just moved them over to make room for theirs"
Their own families are fucked up so they find love among one another, people on the outside don't understand it. Hell, even I didn't understand it at times, but I am also someone who has always been surrounded by love my whole life so maybe I didn't need to understand it. They are also very protective over one another and if you fucked with one of them they were all going to give you a piece of their mind!
Blaine is the other POV that is told in this story, along with Kami's and I am so glad that the author did this because while both POVs were at times frustrating and gut wrenching, Kami's POV was so much darker, while Blaine's was lighter so it was a nice break from all the angst and heartbreak.
Kami is trying to find herself and Blaine is trying to better his self in life so people don't just judge the character that they see on the outside. Kami ends up working with Blaine after her last job/relationship ended so badly. BUT working in a bar with sex on a stick does nothing to help Kami keep people behind the walls she has built around her and her heart but Blaine tries.
There is an instant connection, not an instant love kind of connection but a feeling as if you found someone that you can see yourself with, between Blaine and Kami.
Kami is scared shitless because she can't afford to let anyone in and Blaine is scared because he don't think he can let her go.
God, Blaine is such a swoon-worthy man I just melted into a pile of goo whenever he spoke or breathed or just stared because I could imagine those eyes staring straight into my soul like they seem to do to Kami's.
There is just so much inside of Kami that she can't quite open up to Blaine about, she leaves it buried deep inside her, she is so afraid that Blaine will bolt the second he finds out about all her quirks and triggers. But she wants Blaine to be her only exception, she desperately wants him to be her other half, her protector and the one person she can let go with and be herself, her real self.
"For the first time in 23 years, I felt something. Something other than trepidation when a man touched me. Something more than the sick feeling in the pit of my stomach when I had to shatter another heart because I couldn't let anyone in. Something so much more than the emptiness that filled my chest when I thought about the normal, happy life that I would never have.... Blaine was my more"
Blaine was patient, kind, loving, sweet, protective, gorgeous, amazing.. I could go on and on.. He loved hard but he knew loving Kami wasn't going to be easy, his heart was going to be obilterated but he just couldn't find himself caring about his self and what the broken heart would do to him, he just had to have her.
"Sometimes loving people can be just as much of a gift as it is a curse. Because some people...you can't help but love. Even when you know it will hurt you in the end"
The tension in the book is freaking hot, steamy, and that was all before the sex!!
The sex of course was just as hot and steamy that you felt it right along with them. You are clutching your thighs tightly together, while wiggling in your seat.
There was a part of the book that the song: Your Guardian Angel by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus was being mentioned and I decided it would be a good idea to listen to it and read that part of the book... BAD IDEA!!
I couldn't stop crying, I had goosebumps, and I was shaking...
SERIOUSLY. AMAZING.WRITING
I felt Kami's emotions every step of the way, I empathized and I also wanted to shake her senseless!
This book was just so heartbreaking and that was before I knew it was based on true events.
I know it says it in the description but I live a bit on the wild side and all I saw was that it was written by S.L. Jennings and I was sold.
Hook. Line. Sinker.
Gut-wrentching, heartbreaking, emotional, soul crushing, scarring, and it's horrifying but eventually it becomes healing and even through all the tragedy and pain there is always love, love is always the balm that starts to heal a damaged soul but sometimes it just isn't enough to save someone that isn't willing to save themselves....
That is the best description I can give this book, I was so entranced inside this book that I don't remember doing anything other than reading it, crying, and feeling so so so.. I don't even know the words to describe what exactly I felt, this book gutted me something fierce and I still am not sure if I adequately reviewed it, the last time I felt this way was after I read Left Drowning by Jessica Park.
This book is just as powerful but for different reasons, just as raw but with its own reasons why.
I give this book a 5/5 and you need to fall in love with Kami, Blaine, Angel, Dom, C.J, and all the other characters..
Go
NOW
jaimejustreadsromance's review against another edition
3.0
I really wanted to love this book but honestly it was just O.K. for me. I was hooked in the first 10% of the book and just KNEW I was going to be crushing on Blaine. I was so excited.
Then things just stopped working for me. There became a point where everything Blaine said was TOO perfect and it felt forced. The story started to get repetitive to me, high, low, high low.
I don't know if I've read too many NA books consecutively and I'm overloaded on the angst and not being fair to this book but it just felt like there was nothing special or different about this one.
Towards the end it kind of redeemed itself but it also seemed sort of rushed to me. I gave this 3 stars because didn't NOT like it and I did finish it but it wasn't great and I probably won't reread it.
Then things just stopped working for me. There became a point where everything Blaine said was TOO perfect and it felt forced. The story started to get repetitive to me, high, low, high low.
I don't know if I've read too many NA books consecutively and I'm overloaded on the angst and not being fair to this book but it just felt like there was nothing special or different about this one.
Towards the end it kind of redeemed itself but it also seemed sort of rushed to me. I gave this 3 stars because didn't NOT like it and I did finish it but it wasn't great and I probably won't reread it.
accio_coffee's review against another edition
4.0
Read this is one sitting. I just couldnt put it down. The hurt that Kami went through was horrible but she was a lot stronger then she thought she was. I loved Blaine. And the first time they met was great. I can understand Kami being afraid that Blaine was just trying to save her and thats the only reason he wanted to be with her. But he proved everytime that he was there for her. There was times that during her episodes that Blaine just did not know what to do and I felt so bad for him. And there were also times that when Kami was pushing Blaine away, she wanted him but continued to push him away and when he left she got pissed. I got frustrated and wished I could smack her and say WAKE UP THat boy loves you! BUt her past was very tramatic and I am happy they got their HEA>
shannon_cocktailsandbooks's review against another edition
5.0
This was a disturbing, gut-wrenching, heartbreaking, and beautifully written story. S. L. Jennings crafted a story about the horrors of domestic violence and brought forth their courage and strength, despite what the voices in their heads may tell them. Kami was a survivor, no matter what she thought. She possessed the strength to get through the day and when she was ready for it, to start to believe that she really was lovable.
This is definitely not an easy read, but it's one I'm so glad I picked up. Amongst the emotional devastation that was Kami, there was also the hope that she was going to beat her fears and have the happily ever after she didn't think she deserved. A book I highly recommend to everyone.
This is definitely not an easy read, but it's one I'm so glad I picked up. Amongst the emotional devastation that was Kami, there was also the hope that she was going to beat her fears and have the happily ever after she didn't think she deserved. A book I highly recommend to everyone.
loribelle3's review
4.0
I did not know what this book was about when I started it. In fact, at the beginning of the first chapter, I thought it was talking about a hit man who had just beat someone up. It took me a while to put all the pieces together and figure out what was actually happening. Then, I was annoyed by the seemingly over-the-top drama and secretive talk about everyone's demons.
But once their histories and demons started to be revealed, I thought the characters suddenly became real. I was horrified by their secrets and was rooting for Kami, Blaine, even Angel and Dom to overcome their pasts. While being a love story, it was also a dark sided story about abuse and its effects on the victims. I am glad I kept reading. My heart breaks knowing that the abuse in this story is all too often real.
But once their histories and demons started to be revealed, I thought the characters suddenly became real. I was horrified by their secrets and was rooting for Kami, Blaine, even Angel and Dom to overcome their pasts. While being a love story, it was also a dark sided story about abuse and its effects on the victims. I am glad I kept reading. My heart breaks knowing that the abuse in this story is all too often real.