Nicole Williams (1)

Needed a moment to decompress after reading this book to get my brain and heart functioning at a normal pace again. I've read maybe more than a half dozen New Adult/Realistic Fiction in the past several weeks so before I started reading this one, I knew to expect that heart wrenching moment (or moments). What I didn't expect was to be so sucked in to this particular story as much as I did. Yes Crash had the typical, "I have a painful past experience", breakup to makeup moments, "I'm going to show more listen to rumors and not ask you myself what's up", but what makes Crash a unique NA/RF on it's own is Nicole Williams' writing and storytelling. The characters were very believable, the dialogue flowed and it was easy to bond with the them. They were also easy to love or dislike when necessary, interesting, and also very well fleshed out. Williams' writing was....breezy, yet intense at the same time, and on point. Lucy's voice was just cool, can't find a better word to describe her voice but I was a fan of her spunky personality. Talk about being a fan, I was totally fangirling for Jude Ryder, saying he's a bad boy is the understatement of the century. Hmmm, Jude Ryder was yummy and scary at the same time.

I was as engrossed as one can be in a book, it certainly did not help my trying to protect my book loving heart as it was figuratively stomped on, dealing the with the intensity from Lucy and Jude's trials and tribulations created a roller coaster of emotions. Crash was a really well written story about loss, regret, love(of course), and how family dynamics are affected in the after effects of a tragedy.

Crash also stands on it's own as a NA/RF with it's own unique twist. A very surprising one for sure. Thoroughly enjoyable and will need to make sure the subject material of my next read is as light as a feather (probably not possible). show less

Oh my goodness. All the love for this book. First of all, I had no idea that Lost and Found was by the same author as Crash. I read Crash earlier this year, and I sadly didn't like it very much, so I was surprised to see that it was written by the same person since I absolutely loved it! This book was free on Amazon Kindle when I downloaded it. I hadn't heard of it before, so I didn’t really have any expectations when I started reading. However, I was hooked right away! I stayed up until show more four in the morning to finish it. Sure, I was pretty much dead the next day but whatever.



In order for Rowen to enroll in her dream art school, she has to prove herself to her mother, who sends her to Willow Springs Ranch. What she was not expecting during her stay was her attraction to the hot, skin-tight jean wearing cowboy who works at the farm, and also happens to be the son of the family she’s staying with. Western Cowboy stories usually aren’t my thing but whew, Jesse. I wouldn’t mind having one of him for my own ;)



Both Jesse and especially Rowen are flawed characters. And as they become closer, their demons appear, but they are given the choice to face them together or alone.
Rowen is definitely one complicated person. I loved her character arch and watching her develop with the help of Jesse and his family. Which brings up another thing that I loved, the dynamic of Jesse’s family. I love his mom, Rose so much. She’s the loving mom and helpful mentor that Rowen never had. The two of them definitely bonded and Rose kind of became Rowen’s surrogate mom during her stay. A character that I was very conflicted about was Garth Black. He used to be best friends with Jesse, but now he’s turned into a bad boy player. While I originally disliked Garth, I eventually grew to like him. He’s actually getting his own story which makes me excited!
By the time I finished I had fangirled so many times that I almost exploded with all the feels.



In conclusion, everyone needs read Lost and Found. It was extremely cute yet full of feels and drama. Let’s just say that I’ll be reading the second book very soon.



My Favorite Quote:
“We don't deserve anything, Rowen. We don't deserve punishment, we don't deserve happiness, life owes us nothing. realize that." His voice wasn't gentle anymore; it was as strong as I'd ever heard it. "So we have to take what we want because life sure as shit isn't going to freely hand it over.” show less

This was a very quick read, but that isn't to say it lacked anything. Both Quinn and Kel are teens I've seen in my work life as a mental health professional. Her dad, Nick is also someone I've also seen, more than once in my own recovery from alcoholism. The growing attraction between Quinn and Kel is done nicely. His desire to hold her at arms length, while she's conflicted about her feelings toward him is pretty realistic, as is Kel's need to keep her in the dark about what/who he lives show more with. It's a good book for library collections that serve teens with family violence and/or substance abuse issues. Props to the author for using Mom's journal as a way to help Quinn when she really needs it. show less

I wanted to like this book, so much. As a matter of fact, when I learned about it, it sounded so good, I went around telling people "This is gonna be SO good!"

Well, it wasn't. It was just another piece of smut, which seems to have infiltrated the new adult genre. The story had potential - good girl with a wild streak, trying to please everyone and forgetting herself. Unfortunately, the heroine is a cheater, the hero has no personality, there's insta-love, and the story was basically about show more her losing her virginity to "the other guy" while still being in a relationship with her boyfriend.

Nobody likes a cheating heroine. Even worse, Elle is a cheater that makes excuses for herself. The way she treated Logan was so low, pretending everything is fine while going behind his back.
Actually, I don't know what to say about her. She was judgmental, hypocritical and whiny. I wouldn't want her as my friend.
She complains about her life all the time, but then you learn she never even told anyone what she did want and you just can't feel sorry for her.

I liked Logan. Yeah, he was a bit...prim? But I'm confident that if she told him how she felt, exactly, he would have done things differently. Instead, she lets him live his illusion that they're good the way they are. It's no wonder that he is so ignorant to her unhappiness. The way she spoke about him, safe, comfortable and a tad boring, was probably what bothered me the most. Why are you with him if you feel this way? It's cruel. WHY?

I didn't care about Cole. That's all I have to say about him.

This was the lamest love triangle I have ever read. I just didn't care about the whole thing.
There was no depth to anything, no depth to the story, no depth to the characters. I can't even say if I liked the way it was written because I just didn't care. I skimmed the sex scenes.

It may be that this just wasn't my kind of story, and I think I may be in the minority (again). I'm just so disappointed because I had really high expectations. It's a fairly short read, so give it a chance and decide for yourself. show less