The Rundown
Tate & Low's story.
I'm loud, I'm proud, and I like to bust balls in my
spare time. At least, that's what Low Parker would do. But, she is just a mask,
one that I have perfected over years of running. I am Willow Knoxx. Master of
deception, secrets, and lies. I am the girl your mother told you to stay away
from, and the girl your father fantasized about. I have been running for years,
always looking over my shoulder. Now, the mask that I have perfected is about
to disappear, and everything I have done to keep myself hidden is about to be
revealed.
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Excerpt
“Enough room?” He growled, his brow
arching at my comment. “Baby, I don’t think you get it yet. I want to consume
your every thought, every movement, every desire.”
His hands suddenly cupped my face
as he leaned in close, his breath caressing my lips like soft silk. My pulse
skyrocketed at his closeness, as it did every time he was near, sending me
dizzy with lust. I could feel the vulnerability snaking its way through my
body, latching onto my crimson blood as it slowly seeped through my skin. I
could physically smell my vulnerability as it permeated the air around us. I
could smell it, taste it, see it.
“Okay,” I squeaked, the fear of my
secrets dripping from my soft voice.
“Listen, and listen good, Low. I
will consume every part of you. I will consume every thought, every movement,
every desire. You won’t be able to breathe without thinking of me, feeling me,
wanting only me. Am I clear?”
Oh dear god.
I could feel the lump in my throat
forming, choking me with every second that passed, seconds that felt like
torturous hours.
“Yes,” I replied on a shaky breath.
Words had yet again failed me. I
was sprouting one word answers because Tate did something to me that no man had
ever accomplished. He made me feel.
His lips suddenly crashed against
my own, the power he held over me pushing boundaries I didn’t know were there.
His teeth scraped against my bottom lip, pulling and tugging as if pleading for
entry. My head screamed, begged, and bartered, yelling at me to stop, to push
back and leave. But his lips and teeth held me captive, my heart jumping at the
chance to finally overpower my head, all too willing to be his victim.
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Meet S.K. Hartley
S.K. Hartley is a mother, wife and a writer. Based
in the not so sunny North West of England you can find her either glued to her
computer desk, in the public library (Yes, they do still exist!) or floating
around her favourite authors books signings.
S.K. Hartley has an unhealthy obsession with
coffee, chocolate and retro computer games and a healthy obsession of stalking
indie authors.
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Laura’s Review of Finding Us (Bad Boy, #3)
by S.K. Hartley
If you have read and enjoyed Best Kind of Broken
(Finding Fate, #1) by Chelsea Fine, Concealed (Hiding
From Love, #2) by Selene Laurence, and Reviving Izabel (In
the Company of Killers, #2) by J.A. Redmerski, then you will
LOVE this book!
The Rundown
I'm loud, I'm proud, and I
like to bust balls in my spare time. At least, that's what Low Parker would do. But
she is just a mask, one I have perfected over years of running.
I am Willow Knoxx. Master of deception, secrets, and lies.
I am the girl your mother told you to stay away from, and the girl your father fantasized about. I have been running for years, always looking over my shoulder.
Now, the mask I have perfected is about to disappear, and everything I have done to keep myself hidden is about to be revealed.
First Impressions
I
really enjoyed the prologue, it definitely grabbed my attention intrigued me
enough to continue reading immediately.
I like that we don’t really know Willow’s story and that it is fed to us
in drips in drabs, it keeps you guessing and wanting more. I know this is part of a series but can be
read as a standalone and for me I am reading it as a standalone but Low’s
relationship with Neva and hearing about her love story has caught my attention
enough for me to want to read the previous books, which I like. I like that there is plenty of details of the
places around Willow, because many authors leave that out. I do feel at times the story is being told at
you, instead of evolving naturally and it is messing up the flow for me. Other than the sentences not really gelling
the way I like the story is pretty good.
I’m about 32% of the way through and the action is just starting to pick
up, can’t wait to finish the book!
What I Loved
This
was a great story! It definitely had a
lot of twists and turns and kept me guessing at times. I love that you know Low is hiding her past
from her friends but you’re not quite sure what that past is or why she is
hiding it. It’s cool to be let in on the
secret but still not completely knowing everything. It makes the story more interesting and keeps
the reader on their toes. Although I
guessed pretty early on what some of those secrets were, there were couple
things that did surprise me, and I love surprises!
I
love Low and Tate together, he is so in love with her and that just makes me
love him even more. They definitely went
through a lot together and by the end of the book it shows how much they are
truly meant to be together forever. I
also love Low’s group of friends, it’s so great when authors not only write
awesome main characters, they write awesome supporting characters as well. It helped me get more emotionally invested in
the story because I got to enjoy other storylines going on around them. I would totally love to read a book involving
the twins, Zane and Colt, or a book involving Dex and Trix.
Not So Much
This
was a great story, awesome plot definitely well thought out and had lots of “Holy
Shit” moments. But I felt like there were
a lot of holes in the plot that kind of interrupted the flow. The book begins with Low in college, but I
have no idea what year she’s in, is it the beginning of the semester or the
middle? When she goes into detail about
one of her classes it seems that the semester just began but it’s never really
told. I really have no clue where this
story takes place; I know its Spring Water College but where the hell is
that? The foundation just wasn’t built
well for me, maybe if I have read the other books in this series I would know
but this is supposed to be a series where this book could be read as a
standalone.
Also
another thing that really bothered me was that, Low was supposed to be running
from her past and hiding her identity so bad people couldn’t find her. So the hell did she move to a place for six
years only a couple towns over from where she grew up? If people are after me, I would’ve run as far
as physically possible and that would not be a couple of towns over. That was a major flaw in the story and made
everything for me less believable.
This Book Was…
Pretty
good! I really enjoyed this book a lot
as far as the plot goes and the characters.
I love that we got to see not only what Low’s life was like in the past
but before all the chaos set in you get to see what Low Parker’s life is like
not just Will Knoxx. I love how Tate
just disarms Low at every corner, and how vulnerable he allows her to be at
times because she definitely needed someone in her life like that.
I
read this book as a standalone which was fine over all, but I wouldn’t
recommend it over all. There were tons
of details left out which I felt like would’ve been answered if I read the
other stories in this series. For
example, Tate goes to practice a lot but I have no idea what for? Football maybe? Another example is when Logan has a secret that
Willow knows, and doesn’t tell Neva I still have no idea what the secret is
because it’s never elaborated. The flow
of the story at times was a little stunted and I wish more story lines were
more detailed especially at the end. But
just from reading this book I totally want to go back and read book one and
two, and continue reading this series when the next book comes out which is fun
for me. I love finding great new series
with tons of awesome characters. Great
plot, great characters, with a very sweet and happy ending!
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