Genres: New Adult, Romance
We live. We love. We die.
He is my ultimate undoing.
She is my strength.
He will destroy me.
She will make me whole.
I need him more than the control that he craves.
I need her more than I need my next breath.
He knows me.
She sees me.
As much as I want to, I can’t let him in.
As much as I’ve tried, I can’t let her go.
Together, we need him.
Warning: Not intended for a younger reading audience. Book contains adult situations, coarse language and raw gritty emotion. Tissues may be needed. Hearts may hurt. But know in the end, everything happens for a reason
Review by Jacque:
Whenever I start reading a book I always look at the blurb to see what I’m in for. Hmmm… The blurb seemed to be more of each characters’ thought process but from whom the words were being spoken by was and to me still is a bit of a mystery. From Within is a very complicated story.
Hope you enjoy reading books done in first person POV because there are three of them – Hope’s, Xander’s and Caiden’s. Multiple POV’s sometimes can be confusing and I did find the beginning of the book somewhat discombobulated. However, as I progressed further into their stories I found it isn’t the writing and more of each character’s thought process as they struggled through all that life was throwing at them. Each one of them was a hot mess (Some more than others!) and each was hiding dark secrets inside of them. Dark secrets of their pain and, for the most part, self-inflicted. The one thing they all had in common was their toxic love for one another. Be prepared for things to get raw and gritty.
Xander, oh man did I want to shake him. Hope, too, but Xander first. He has been in love with Hope for years and just could not get over her. So of course he does anything and everything to numb the pain. Hope is no better than he is as she also sets of on a course of self-destruction. Thankfully, they both have Caiden to basically smack them upside the head so they get their acts together. Although Caiden sometimes is no better than they are. At times, I felt all the lies and the secrets they all carried should have destroyed them. But as the truth was revealed, and they dealt with the pain of it all you can see they had a bond that despite everything was unbreakable.
A word about Caiden. He, IMPO, is what holds this story together. He brings in this sexy BDSM element that was pretty hot. He also has a man-crush on his bestie, Xander, and at one point acts on it (YEAH BABY!!!). But it’s when his true secret is revealed I was crushed! You’ll be crushed too so make sure to have tissues on hand.
Over-all I found From Within a very interesting and emotional read. Ms. Walker certainly has quite a hit on her hands here and very much with the read. Even though I have been friends with the author for quite some time, this was actually my first book I read of hers and I highly doubt it will be the last. Great job JiM!!! I received this book from the author for the purpose of my honest review. The opinions and rating of this review are solely mine and in no way was I compensated. Stars – 4, Flames – 3.5
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/19Fr29l
When J.M. isn’t working her Monday-Friday 9-5 job, she’s spending her time reading, writing and with the love of her life.
She’s an all around Canadian girl. Born and raised in a small city.
If you don’t see J.M. writing, you’ll find her with her nose in a book. Whether it’s her words or someone else’s, she’s drawn to it.
J.M. loves stories with Alpha broken males and that need to be ripped apart and put back together again. Men that fall to their knees over a wink or a giggle from their females.
Two things you will never find J.M. without; her cell phone and lip gloss. If she has both of those items, you have a happy girl.
Since starting her writing adventure in 2013, J.M. has met many people, real life, online, in her head and she loves every single one of them. Without the support from others, none of this would be possible and she’s grateful for all that has been given to her.
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