Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
~ What's It About? ~
An attraction that can’t be denied ….
Ten years spent trying to forget.
Kyle returns to his home town following years away to discover Sophie nursing a broken heart after being dumped by her fiancé.
A decade before Sophie and Kyle hated each other, she thought he was an arrogant playboy and he thought she was a spoilt princess. A drunken kiss changed everything and they spent the summer before university hiding their budding relationship.
Back then he was the achingly attractive bad boy that Sophie couldn’t resist and now Kyle attempts to revive Sophie from her misery as her friend.
But is the one person she wouldn’t let herself have the only one who can save her?
Ten years spent trying to forget.
Kyle returns to his home town following years away to discover Sophie nursing a broken heart after being dumped by her fiancé.
A decade before Sophie and Kyle hated each other, she thought he was an arrogant playboy and he thought she was a spoilt princess. A drunken kiss changed everything and they spent the summer before university hiding their budding relationship.
Back then he was the achingly attractive bad boy that Sophie couldn’t resist and now Kyle attempts to revive Sophie from her misery as her friend.
But is the one person she wouldn’t let herself have the only one who can save her?
~ Purchase ~
~ Playlist ~
I knew you were trouble – Taylor Swift
Make Me Over – Lifehouse
Let her Go – Passenger
The One I Love – David Gray
Someone like you – Adele
Broken Strings – James Morrison and Nelly Furtardo
Vision of You – Belinda Carlisle
Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri
Back form the Dead – Skylar Grey
Collide – Howie Day
Demons – Imagine Dragons
The Only Exception – Paramore
Easier to Be – Lifehouse
Make Me Over – Lifehouse
Let her Go – Passenger
The One I Love – David Gray
Someone like you – Adele
Broken Strings – James Morrison and Nelly Furtardo
Vision of You – Belinda Carlisle
Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri
Back form the Dead – Skylar Grey
Collide – Howie Day
Demons – Imagine Dragons
The Only Exception – Paramore
Easier to Be – Lifehouse
~ My Thoughts ~
So to say that I liked this story is a understatement, I loved it. The hole can't be together but can't move on thing really spoke volumes to me. The characters were amazing and had true chemistry with each other. The way they could speak with each other was even better, they should the love for each other. The author has done a fabulous job with the writing beginning able to have a 2 person POV story as well as jumping back to give you the past. The way it was written was very easy to follow nothing about getting lost in the jumping around.
The story was not hard to fall for and keep reading, I had found that it was hard to not turn the pages as much as I didn't want it to end it was ending and on a good note. This was just an overall an amazingly written story, with loads of emotion flowing with the characters, as falling in love and finding that love again even with all the complications that arise.
This is a MUST READ I don't want to give to much away so you'll just have to read it and see what I'm talking about.
~ My Rating ~
~ Author's Inspiration Behind The Characters ~
I have always loved angst ridden romance ever since the days of ‘My so called life’ and ‘Party of five’. I love the idea of a romance that is doomed to fail despite how much the characters are drawn to each other.
I wanted to create a story where the characters were unable to stay apart but didn’t really like each other. I also don’t like stories where the end is a foregone conclusion and so I like the reader to always guess what will happen next.
My inspiration for Kyle was every bad boy in fiction that I ever read, in my mind he was a lot harsher than I wrote him but it didn’t translate to paper and he became a tortured good guy deep down. I wanted him to be a mixture of Jordan Catalano from ‘My so called life’, Griffin from ‘Party of Five’ and Patrick from ’10 things I hate about you’. Someone who is adored by people but doesn’t require the adoration, who is effortlessly cool but doesn’t need the acceptance.
My inspiration for Sophie was the teenage angst movies that I have enjoyed my whole life. The torture of feeling like you don’t quite fit in and the hardship of realising that your parents aren’t perfect. You realise that your mum can love again and be giddy. You realise that you can get yourself into trouble and don’t have to ask permission for everything. My own teenage experiences and those of my friends were drawn on heavily,
Sophie gets a bad rep in some reviews for being whiny and selfish but really all she is someone who is too scared to just be herself and accept what she wants. She’s a typical teenager who worries more about what everyone else thinks rather than just following her heart.
I wanted to create a story where the characters were unable to stay apart but didn’t really like each other. I also don’t like stories where the end is a foregone conclusion and so I like the reader to always guess what will happen next.
My inspiration for Kyle was every bad boy in fiction that I ever read, in my mind he was a lot harsher than I wrote him but it didn’t translate to paper and he became a tortured good guy deep down. I wanted him to be a mixture of Jordan Catalano from ‘My so called life’, Griffin from ‘Party of Five’ and Patrick from ’10 things I hate about you’. Someone who is adored by people but doesn’t require the adoration, who is effortlessly cool but doesn’t need the acceptance.
My inspiration for Sophie was the teenage angst movies that I have enjoyed my whole life. The torture of feeling like you don’t quite fit in and the hardship of realising that your parents aren’t perfect. You realise that your mum can love again and be giddy. You realise that you can get yourself into trouble and don’t have to ask permission for everything. My own teenage experiences and those of my friends were drawn on heavily,
Sophie gets a bad rep in some reviews for being whiny and selfish but really all she is someone who is too scared to just be herself and accept what she wants. She’s a typical teenager who worries more about what everyone else thinks rather than just following her heart.
~ Bonus Scene ~
~ Author's Real Life Versus Fiction ~
Real life versus fiction – which parts of Hayley Oakes are included?
Interview with Hayley
Interview with Hayley
Have you ever had your heart broken? Yes – a few times.
Have you ever had an attraction to a bad boy? Oh God yes – where are the good boys???
Have you ever fallen for someone who was out of bounds? No – however I craved a forbidden romance as a teenager.
Have you ever craved someone you hated? No – I’m too good at hating lol.
Are your parents divorced? Yes but I don’t have any step siblings
Have you ever had a holiday romance? No – that one passed me by.
Have you ever loved someone so intensely that you couldn’t bear the thought of living without them? Every day <3
Do you have a best friend like Ashley? Yes, I have an extremely close and amazing best friend but she isn’t as selfish as Ashley.
Do you regret letting a long lost love go? No, I have found my bad boy.
Have you found your HEA? Yes ….. thank God.
Have you ever had an attraction to a bad boy? Oh God yes – where are the good boys???
Have you ever fallen for someone who was out of bounds? No – however I craved a forbidden romance as a teenager.
Have you ever craved someone you hated? No – I’m too good at hating lol.
Are your parents divorced? Yes but I don’t have any step siblings
Have you ever had a holiday romance? No – that one passed me by.
Have you ever loved someone so intensely that you couldn’t bear the thought of living without them? Every day <3
Do you have a best friend like Ashley? Yes, I have an extremely close and amazing best friend but she isn’t as selfish as Ashley.
Do you regret letting a long lost love go? No, I have found my bad boy.
Have you found your HEA? Yes ….. thank God.
~ Meet The Author ~
Hayley Oakes is a wife to a Manchester United fan and a mother to a three year old daughter both require patience and a sense of humour. She enjoys reading angst ridden romance and writing stories that she would love to read. She loves post apocalyptic movies and anything 80’s. This is her second novel.
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***I received this story for free in exchange for an honest review***
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