5 Smooches
Synopsis
Everyone has a secret…
Gabe Hyde is on borrowed time. He’s been hiding his identity for over four years-hidden from the world that used to adore him–obsess over him–driven to the edge of insanity by one poor choice.
But that one choice, altered the course of his life forever.
Pretending isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, especially when pretending means hiding your real self from the people that care about you the most. But if anyone ever discovered the truth it wouldn’t just be his life at risk–but hers.
Saylor doesn’t hate men.
Just Gabe.
Only Gabe.
He’s a reckless, happy-go-lucky, silver spoon fed pain in her ass. Everything about him makes her more and more confused. Unfortunately they both donate time at the same Group Home. If she wasn’t afraid of flunking, she’d be long gone. She hates that she’s attracted to him almost as much as he hates that he’s attracted to her–and she can tell, especially since their first encounter ended up making her knees so weak she couldn’t form coherent sentences for weeks afterwards. But the closer she gets to him, the more confused she becomes. He isn’t who he says he is, and he’s hiding something big.
What happen when two worlds collide? Two worlds that never should have met in the first place? Some secrets are too big to be hidden forever–the only question? Will his destroy everyone he loves? Or finally bring about the redemption he’s been craving for the past four years?
Everyone has a secret…What’s yours?
Review
I received an arc of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. I HONESTLY loved it. I knew I was going to. When I finished Ruin, I knew Gabe’s story was going to wreck me. It did! It was amazing and I do not know how, but Rachel managed to write a story that filled up my heart and broke it at the same time. Beautiful and tragic is the only way I can think to describe it.
Gabe stole my heart in Ruin, but he managed to snatch it right out of my chest and run with it in Toxic. His secrets are finally starting to catch up with him and right when everything in life is becoming too overwhelming for him to handle, enter Saylor. Saylor becomes Gabe’s rock and confidant when things become too much for him.
And Gabe becomes Saylor’s inspiration in music and life.
Their story is amazing, gorgeous, and sad. I absolutely could not get enough of it. I cried, I laughed; I cried some more and some more. Grab a box of tissues and some wine and read this book. Rachel’s words were like poetry. Romantic, endearing, and tragic sums up this story for me. I loved it!
Amie
But It Now!
