3.5 Smooches
Synopsis
Now eighteen, Audrey returns to her hometown for the first time after the accident – the car crash that took her dad and scarred her for life. She’s here to start again. Go to college and have fun. Make new friends. Get over the past.
But the past won’t let go. Asher is here – her first kiss, her first heartbreak. More handsome and distant than ever, he’s still the boy who used to be her best friend. That was before he changed into someone she hardly knows anymore – the boy who started getting into fights and gave her the cold shoulder for years.
Asher isn’t what she needs. In fact, she hates him and should try her best to keep away from him.
Yet her body doesn’t seem to care about how she feels, and maybe, just maybe this time her body got it right. Not that she has much of a choice. Asher draws her like a bright flame, and if she isn’t careful, she’ll burn.
And that may not be such a bad thing after all…
This is New Adult erotic romance, dual POV.
******Warning: this book contains graphic language, sex, and violence. Mature readers only. Not intended for young adult readers.***
Review
This book connected me to the characters in an instant. I was drawn in and wanted to know how these 2 different people can have a crazy connection. Audrey moves back to a town that contains memories that haunt her and a boy that she can’t stop thinking about. Asher is known for his fists and temper. Expelled through high school for fighting, he was unable to complete his high school education. Audrey and Asher find themselves living day by day conquering one battle at a time.
Asher was the not-so-boy next door and a best friend to Audrey. The first turn of events in their friendship was that moment when you are sure if a kiss could really damage the friendship. And it did. Asher abandoned Audrey after that one fateful kiss. But that wasn’t all, one tragic event would drive the biggest wedge in their relationship. I felt for Audrey at that moment. But also found her feelings were dumped on Asher and were definitely unfair. Yet the character of Audrey was young and underdeveloped.
Now Asher Devlin is one of the five members of the Inked Brotherhood Series. Those that have been inked with a dragon are joined in this brotherhood where there is no abandonment. Not necessarily a band of misfits or lost souls but more of tortured identities. My heart ached for Asher, I couldn’t believe what he went through. “With every stinging lash of his belt on my back, he told me I don’t deserve her, or anyone else for that matter.” Gosh that gripped me…and I know that is what made me Asher the character I felt more emotions over.
I would recommend this book for a reader into the fighting, young love, trouble adolescents genre. There were dark moments, such as the fighting scenes. They got a little much for me. I could just be a wimp, or very graphic when I visualize as I read. All in all, this was a good read. I look forward to hearing the stories on the other members of the Inked Brotherhood. I’m leaning more towards learning about Zane. 3.5 stars for Asher by Jo Raven.
Sarah
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