Wreck Me: A Strangers to Lovers New Adult Romance

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Updated the review, I am so sorry for those who read it before and noticed the mistakes, its fixed now... I wrote it the day I was studying for my exam, so it would explain that ;)* Painfully perfect. It makes me abundantly aware that loving him can be painful as hell, but being without him is a hellish agony. If he needs an emotional punching bag, I'll be the best goddamned punching bag on the planet! It's going to hurt like hell to keep feeling rejected when I want him to love me like he used to, but not having him hurts a whole lot worse. Caleb Hart, a college student wannabe forensic analyst who can’t quite catch a break in life. Broken home, broken car, broken life. When will anything work out for him? Until he saw her. She became the light that pulled him out of the darkness. His “starlight”. Camden has endured so much cruelty at the hands of others that by the time he meets Olivia he is unable to feel. Trusting anyone is not an issue because he knows that everyone takes what they want from him and then eventually leave him with nothing.

Both Caleb and Isla come from different walks of life, but they connected almost immediately. They kind of seemed like they'd been together for a while, but at the same time were still figuring each other and what they were to each other out. It’s like being swept out to sea and having to choose between battling in vain against the current or letting it take you under. I’ll let it take me under, but I damn sure hope that I surface at some point with a breath of life still in me.” I don't know what that says about me, but I really love serious drama in romance novels. I love feeling uncertain as to what the outcome will be and Restore Me drove me freaking nuts... because I had no clue what would happen next. L.O.V.E.D It! Aly Stiles trademark lyrical prose perfectly suited Camden and Olivia’s story which revolved around art, emotion, and colours. Camden as a character was written to perfection. His pain was our pain, and we felt personally invested in every aspect of his character. His dissociative personality was captured with honesty and sensitivity. Aly Stiles did a stellar job in portraying Camden’s issues.It would take a special person to love such a unique, haunted man and the woman he was with as the story began didn't deserve to be anywhere near him. He knew it too. BUT, there was always someone else looking on, wishing she could have what she knew could not..bringing ALLLL those fluttery feels I love finding in my angsty romances straight into my heart!! Okay, first off, when I started this book and was 15% in within 15 minutes maybe... I felt like I Could. Not. Breathe. Camden Walker Apartment 8C is, honest, raw and real. It is filled with the pain and beauty that scars our souls. It speaks of things within and beyond our control. Most of all it reaches right down to my soul and makes me see myself and the world in a different way. It is truly art. You may not realize it yet, but you're mine. Not because I am claiming you. You're mine because that's how it is."

We get an ending that will slice your heart open and leave you waiting for book # 2. Gahhhhhh!! Literally gasping! Look girl, you have a choice. You can stay like this and hope for all that bogus bulls*** that people tell you about to come true or you can work your a** off and turn things around for yourself. No one is going to fix things for you. So get to it." In Camden Walker: Apartment 8C Aly Stiles goes the extra emotional mile visiting places that many avoid or turn a blind eye too. Never discount the vision of this writer or the depth of her sensitivity. To find that one special person who sees beyond the outside facade that we all wear is special and Ms. Stiles shows that in this story as Olivia recognizes the beauty of Camden beyond the superficial. In turn Camden unleashed the beauty that Olivia kept hidden, protecting herself from the censure of the world she rigidly lived in. Damon Cole, oh Damon, Damon, Damon - even the name is sexy and boy is this "big man" sexy! He was an easy book boyfriend for me to fall in love with. He is gorgeous, successful, funny, caring, passionate, driven, and has a little of that alpha male we all know and love. "Keep teasing me baby and you won't be able to walk tomorrow" <~~~ Well hell, with what he has to do to make that happen I think I will keep teasing him .....But he also has that sweet, passionate and protective side of him with saying things like this, "You're breath taking, you know that?" - swoooooon!!Admittedly there were some heavy moments that almost broke my heart, the struggles and suffering that the main character had to go through, a constant reminder of his past. Something tragic happened to Josephine Gereaux when she was younger but when she grew up she fell in love with Damon Cole, and when you read this you will fall in love with him too. They share a connection and their relationship is HOT. Damon is one of my favorite characters and in Restore Me he won my heart over even more. After the death of her parents Jo has been in and out of orphanages until she decided to live on the streets. Now Jo is strong, sarcastic and independent women who uses sex to pretty much make her forget the past for a moment and to fill the emptiness inside her. At her job in the book store she meets a familiar face that she just cant place. He was only meant to be a one night stand but its ends up into something more. Despite the pain that will inevitably ensue, she makes it her mission to discover what parts of her tragic puzzle she is missing. On her journey to discovering why the she feels an alarming connection to an absolute stranger, her greatest fear is reawakening the demons and darkness from the past that will surely overtake her if she lets her guard down. Then he stepped forward, paid the balance, and fled. When I caught up to him, he barely gave me the time of day, walking away from me while I stood frozen in place, calling out my name so he’d know it.

Camden sees more in Olivia than plain and ordinary. Olivia loves Camden's spirit and would not change a thing about him. Will these two find a world that they may share and still maintain their individual spirit. But when Claire dumps Camden without a thought, Olivia can’t let go of the haunted green eyes she’s loved for so long—especially when they finally see her too. That’s what you do, Cam. See what others ignore. Love what others neglect. Cherish what others throw away.”

And this is how her and Sutton meet. Sutton is a grumpy old man, but underneath his exterior he loves Jo like a daughter and she loves him like a father. Jo has been dealt a s*** life and it has made her rough around the edges. She has a dirty humorous mouth. I found myself laughing at her realism. She tells you like it is. of this book is a narrative of the main character's mind - there is so little dialogue and what dialogue there is, you're not always sure if it is actually dialogue or who said it. And if that weren't bad enough, the narration goes into such minute, irrelevant details which constantly are repeated throughout the book. Don't get me wrong, narrative is good and necessary, but there's a huge difference between narrative that really ties the story together, and narrative that just makes the book to damn long.