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Wreck My World
“The feeling I have in this very moment, after not seeing her for so long, will haunt me forever, reminding me why I left to begin with.”
For as long as I can remember, Easton Crews has been off-limits. As much as it kills me, that’s never going to change.
After his little disappearing act three years ago, then suddenly showing up out of nowhere, I shouldn't want anything to do with him.
It doesn’t matter how beautiful he still is. Or how close we once were. It shouldn’t matter that my entire body lights on fire with need whenever he gets close.
He chose the worst possible time to leave without so much as a goodbye.
However, just like the first day he walked into our home, I'm drawn to him, needing him near me just as badly as I need air to breathe, and I can't stand it.
I want to hate him. I know I should hate him. But hating him is the last thing he'll let me do.
I push, he pulls harder, until I'm completely wrapped up in him, my mind lost in the one person who is forbidden—the one person I’ve always loved, even when he belonged to someone else.
Easton was never meant to be mine. It took me years to come to terms with that and now that I finally have, he's here, right in front of me, more irresistible than ever.
The part I fear the most about that—he’s the one person capable of completely wrecking my world.
“I’m not leaving until you take all of your hate out on me. Let me feel it. All of it. Every dirty look. Every nasty fucking word. I will have it all before I leave. Stop hiding from me.”
For as long as I can remember, Easton Crews has been off-limits. As much as it kills me, that’s never going to change.
After his little disappearing act three years ago, then suddenly showing up out of nowhere, I shouldn't want anything to do with him.
It doesn’t matter how beautiful he still is. Or how close we once were. It shouldn’t matter that my entire body lights on fire with need whenever he gets close.
He chose the worst possible time to leave without so much as a goodbye.
However, just like the first day he walked into our home, I'm drawn to him, needing him near me just as badly as I need air to breathe, and I can't stand it.
I want to hate him. I know I should hate him. But hating him is the last thing he'll let me do.
I push, he pulls harder, until I'm completely wrapped up in him, my mind lost in the one person who is forbidden—the one person I’ve always loved, even when he belonged to someone else.
Easton was never meant to be mine. It took me years to come to terms with that and now that I finally have, he's here, right in front of me, more irresistible than ever.
The part I fear the most about that—he’s the one person capable of completely wrecking my world.
“I’m not leaving until you take all of your hate out on me. Let me feel it. All of it. Every dirty look. Every nasty fucking word. I will have it all before I leave. Stop hiding from me.”
408 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 25, 2019
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Victoria Ashley
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June 18, 2019
He's my ultimate weakness. The only person who has ever had the power to bring me to my knees and cripple me.
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➽ KITTY KATS CRAZY ABOUT BOOKS
WRECK MY WORLD: Is a full length, coming of age romance novel by Victoria Ashley.
This book is most definitely my all time favourite by this author!! From friends to lovers, the brothers best friend, coerced into dating the wrong girl, wasted years, what box did this book not tick!! I loved everything about it, and have everything crossed that we get the brother and Hope’s story (secondary characters) next.
The author had me eating out of the palm of her hand as soon as I started this it consumed me. I highly recommend this book. #oneclick come release day..
PAST: Easton is Roman's best friend, he spent most of his time at their house after school whilst his parents worked playing with Roman and his two sisters that he barely spent any time at his own home. It even came to a point that her parents even started treating him just like another son. He was also the one that taught Dakota aka Kota everything he knew when it came to fixing up his dirtbike. Even at such a young age she loved it so much, that it wasn't long before it was in her blood.
Even though Easton was her brother Roman's best friend, with only two years separating Dakota and Easton he became one of her closest friends too. He also made it a point to be the first person to teach her how to ride a motorcycle.
Easton and Kota quickly developed feelings for each other along the way .. Our brother has always made it clear that he'd kill Easton if he ever dated one of us. but other than that things weren't so clean cut, and because of this it put a wedge between them never allowing their feelings to blossom. There's a reason we never ended up together. Two reasons to be exact. Years later a tragic disaster has him packing up his scarce belongings and leaving town in a hurry without so much as a goodbye to the people he loved.
Three years go by. And not one word from Easton. No one knows where he is, or what he's been doing with his life.
Until now..He's come back to town to right the wrongs of his past..
NOW: Kota is one of the top mechanics in her father's shop, amongst a shop full of men. Easton has arrived back to the only place he calls home. Her father has hired him whilst he's in town. So now they will be working in close proximity of each other.
The angst, the tears, the drama, the laughs, the swoons, the love for this book cemented my love for this author more so than ever before. There is absolutely nothing I would change about this book.
The storyline was captivating, the characters were engaging, the pace of the story was perfect. The secondary characters were what gave this book that special X factor. The sexy easy to like tomboy heroine and the swoon worthy hero made this book everything I could've wished for. These two were just perfect together.
MY REVIEW AND OTHERS: can also be found on my blog: ➽ KITTY KATS CRAZY ABOUT BOOKS
WRECK MY WORLD: Is a full length, coming of age romance novel by Victoria Ashley. This book is most definitely my all time favourite by this author!! From friends to lovers, the brothers best friend, coerced into dating the wrong girl, wasted years, what box did this book not tick!! I loved everything about it, and have everything crossed that we get the brother and Hope’s story (secondary characters) next.
The author had me eating out of the palm of her hand as soon as I started this it consumed me. I highly recommend this book. #oneclick come release day..
PAST: Easton is Roman's best friend, he spent most of his time at their house after school whilst his parents worked playing with Roman and his two sisters that he barely spent any time at his own home. It even came to a point that her parents even started treating him just like another son. He was also the one that taught Dakota aka Kota everything he knew when it came to fixing up his dirtbike. Even at such a young age she loved it so much, that it wasn't long before it was in her blood.
Even though Easton was her brother Roman's best friend, with only two years separating Dakota and Easton he became one of her closest friends too. He also made it a point to be the first person to teach her how to ride a motorcycle.
Easton and Kota quickly developed feelings for each other along the way .. Our brother has always made it clear that he'd kill Easton if he ever dated one of us. but other than that things weren't so clean cut, and because of this it put a wedge between them never allowing their feelings to blossom. There's a reason we never ended up together. Two reasons to be exact. Years later a tragic disaster has him packing up his scarce belongings and leaving town in a hurry without so much as a goodbye to the people he loved.
Three years go by. And not one word from Easton. No one knows where he is, or what he's been doing with his life.
Until now..He's come back to town to right the wrongs of his past..
NOW: Kota is one of the top mechanics in her father's shop, amongst a shop full of men. Easton has arrived back to the only place he calls home. Her father has hired him whilst he's in town. So now they will be working in close proximity of each other.
The angst, the tears, the drama, the laughs, the swoons, the love for this book cemented my love for this author more so than ever before. There is absolutely nothing I would change about this book.
The storyline was captivating, the characters were engaging, the pace of the story was perfect. The secondary characters were what gave this book that special X factor. The sexy easy to like tomboy heroine and the swoon worthy hero made this book everything I could've wished for. These two were just perfect together.
October 15, 2021
Wreck my world wrecked me. I love this book and tremendously love the author’s writing style. Not only did this book give me all the feels, but it’s also one of the author's more emotional books. Go in with an open mind.
Let me start by saying how cool it is that Dakota is a mechanic. Extra points for that alone.
Dakota and Easton have always been close. Easton is her brother’s best friend; some would say he is closer to Dakota. After her sister’s death, Easton does what he thinks is the best and leaves town for three years, not even with a goodbye. Breaking Dakota’s heart and his. Dakota is extremely upset he has returned. All of her feelings come rushing back, and it’s fresh, raw, and emotional. These two have loved each other since they were kids. Both pushing down their feelings for each other due to certain circumstances. There is a bunch of gray areas.
It was clear since Dakota was at the age of nine, that these two are destined to be together and have a once-in-a-lifetime kind of love.
As always with the author’s book, I was captive from the start, couldn’t put it down, and pulled an all-nighter. Victoria outdid herself with this book. Dakota and Easton have a part of my heart and soul.
Let me start by saying how cool it is that Dakota is a mechanic. Extra points for that alone.
Dakota and Easton have always been close. Easton is her brother’s best friend; some would say he is closer to Dakota. After her sister’s death, Easton does what he thinks is the best and leaves town for three years, not even with a goodbye. Breaking Dakota’s heart and his. Dakota is extremely upset he has returned. All of her feelings come rushing back, and it’s fresh, raw, and emotional. These two have loved each other since they were kids. Both pushing down their feelings for each other due to certain circumstances. There is a bunch of gray areas.
It was clear since Dakota was at the age of nine, that these two are destined to be together and have a once-in-a-lifetime kind of love.
As always with the author’s book, I was captive from the start, couldn’t put it down, and pulled an all-nighter. Victoria outdid herself with this book. Dakota and Easton have a part of my heart and soul.
November 17, 2019
This book isn’t bad, really! I enjoy a lot the chemistry between the characters.
I don’t like some actions the characters: first of all, the male character in love with Kota and dated her sister for 6 years... come on...
And he runaway after her death with a poor explication.
This and other things made me give 3 stars.
Unfortunately.
I don’t like some actions the characters: first of all, the male character in love with Kota and dated her sister for 6 years... come on...
And he runaway after her death with a poor explication.
This and other things made me give 3 stars.
Unfortunately.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Shelved as 'nope'
August 16, 2020He is with her sister first.
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Excerpt: She stops and turns around when she hears my boots crunching in the gravel behind her. The cold look in her eyes is almost enough to freeze my damn heart. “Don’t you dare follow me, Easton. Turn back around and go inside.” With pained eyes, she points at the building and screams. “GO!”
After yelling at me, she immediately turns back around and starts walking again to get away from me.
Ignoring her demand, I stalk toward her, wrapping my arm around her waist right as she attempts to straddle her motorcycle.
“You’re not driving home,” I say, while squeezing her waist and pulling her against me. “I get that you want fast right now. That you need a rush to clear your head. Trust me, I know you. I’m the one that got you addicted, but you’ve had too much to drink.”
“You don’t need to worry about what I do,” she growls out in anger, before elbowing me in the stomach in an effort to get away. “Dammit! Let me go. I need to leave. I can’t be here.”
She’s still trying to fight me, so I carefully lower her to the gravel and trap her under my body, pinning one of her legs underneath mine. “Give me your keys,” I growl, an inch away from her lips. “Don’t make me force them out of your hand. I can pin you under my body all night if I have to, Kota.”
“Yeah, I don’t think my brother would like that much.” She attempts to buck me off with her hips, but it does nothing.
I smirk down at her and push my hips closer against her body. “Fight me all you want. I’ll win.”
“F*ck you, Easton!” Breathing heavily, she lays still and fights to control her breathing from below me. After a few seconds, her eyes meet mine, and she grins. “Fetch.” She tosses her keys across the parking lot and then pushes my chest, speaking against my lips. “Now. Get. Off.”
I release a hard breath and take a moment to analyze her face. It feels like forever since I’ve seen it.
Her big, gray eyes are framed by long lashes and her dainty, freckled nose is now pierced and flaring out in anger.
Catching me off guard, she pushes her way out from under me and closes her eyes as she runs her hands over her face and lays back. “Just leave me be. I don’t want to be anywhere near you. I’ll have Hope take me home.”
“You really mean that?” I question with a tight jaw. “You still hate me after three damn years?”
“How can I not?” she bites out, before jumping to her feet, ignoring my hand as I reach it out to help her. “You tore my heart out. Now get out of my way.”
I bite my lip, holding in my anger as she pushes past me and disappears inside.
I’m still standing out here with my hands in my hair when she walks back out a few minutes later following Hope to her old, beat-up truck.
My heart pounds relentlessly as I watch them hop inside and drive away.
You tore my heart out.
Those five words hurt like hell. She’s always been good at making me feel.
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Excerpt: She stops and turns around when she hears my boots crunching in the gravel behind her. The cold look in her eyes is almost enough to freeze my damn heart. “Don’t you dare follow me, Easton. Turn back around and go inside.” With pained eyes, she points at the building and screams. “GO!”
After yelling at me, she immediately turns back around and starts walking again to get away from me.
Ignoring her demand, I stalk toward her, wrapping my arm around her waist right as she attempts to straddle her motorcycle.
“You’re not driving home,” I say, while squeezing her waist and pulling her against me. “I get that you want fast right now. That you need a rush to clear your head. Trust me, I know you. I’m the one that got you addicted, but you’ve had too much to drink.”
“You don’t need to worry about what I do,” she growls out in anger, before elbowing me in the stomach in an effort to get away. “Dammit! Let me go. I need to leave. I can’t be here.”
She’s still trying to fight me, so I carefully lower her to the gravel and trap her under my body, pinning one of her legs underneath mine. “Give me your keys,” I growl, an inch away from her lips. “Don’t make me force them out of your hand. I can pin you under my body all night if I have to, Kota.”
“Yeah, I don’t think my brother would like that much.” She attempts to buck me off with her hips, but it does nothing.
I smirk down at her and push my hips closer against her body. “Fight me all you want. I’ll win.”
“F*ck you, Easton!” Breathing heavily, she lays still and fights to control her breathing from below me. After a few seconds, her eyes meet mine, and she grins. “Fetch.” She tosses her keys across the parking lot and then pushes my chest, speaking against my lips. “Now. Get. Off.”
I release a hard breath and take a moment to analyze her face. It feels like forever since I’ve seen it.
Her big, gray eyes are framed by long lashes and her dainty, freckled nose is now pierced and flaring out in anger.
Catching me off guard, she pushes her way out from under me and closes her eyes as she runs her hands over her face and lays back. “Just leave me be. I don’t want to be anywhere near you. I’ll have Hope take me home.”
“You really mean that?” I question with a tight jaw. “You still hate me after three damn years?”
“How can I not?” she bites out, before jumping to her feet, ignoring my hand as I reach it out to help her. “You tore my heart out. Now get out of my way.”
I bite my lip, holding in my anger as she pushes past me and disappears inside.
I’m still standing out here with my hands in my hair when she walks back out a few minutes later following Hope to her old, beat-up truck.
My heart pounds relentlessly as I watch them hop inside and drive away.
You tore my heart out.
Those five words hurt like hell. She’s always been good at making me feel.
June 28, 2019
Easton Crews is so hot... I wish I was Dakota 😛😛😛😛😛
July 28, 2019
I really wanted to like this book. It had great potential. But honestly.....Easton is a pussy.
Don't go after the love of your life because you are best friends with her brother but have no problem dating the sister for 6 years?
With the sister of the love of your life for six damn years so you wouldn't disrespect her or the family?
So the love of your life can be jilted and disrespected but no one else in the family?
Stupid.
Don't go after the love of your life because you are best friends with her brother but have no problem dating the sister for 6 years?
With the sister of the love of your life for six damn years so you wouldn't disrespect her or the family?
So the love of your life can be jilted and disrespected but no one else in the family?
Stupid.
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November 17, 2019I LOVE YOU BUT FUCK YOUR SISTER ?! Sorry, but some things are just what they are. And this? THIS IS RUPULSIVE.
November 18, 2021
Emotional! Angsty! Amazingly-written!
Wreck My World hooks you and doesn't release you until the end of the story.
This book will CONSUME you, irrevocably and intensely.
Wreck my world will cast a spell on you!
An emotionally gripping story of forgiveness, loss, friendships and love that you will feel deep down to your bones.
Victoria has outdone herself. Her words were so poignant and powerful, this book left me in utter BOOK BLISS! I couldn’t put it down. This book was EVERYTHING plus much more!!
You will fall head over heels for Easton and Dakota. They will own a piece of my heart and soul forever!
Wreck My World hooks you and doesn't release you until the end of the story.
This book will CONSUME you, irrevocably and intensely.
Wreck my world will cast a spell on you!
An emotionally gripping story of forgiveness, loss, friendships and love that you will feel deep down to your bones.
Victoria has outdone herself. Her words were so poignant and powerful, this book left me in utter BOOK BLISS! I couldn’t put it down. This book was EVERYTHING plus much more!!
You will fall head over heels for Easton and Dakota. They will own a piece of my heart and soul forever!
August 30, 2021
2.5 Cover-Yum Stars
Second-chance romance for childhood friends Dakota (Kota) and Easton. Dakota loved Easton forever, but he was her sis’s boyfriend. The sis died, and he took off right after the funeral going radio silent. The book opens with Easton returning 3-years later.
This sounds super messy, but it’s not really bad because…. SPOILER It actually reminded me of THIS with the childhood lover disappearance and over-reaching family. But Royal’s reason was WAY better, and had the added bonus of some wannabe OW drama. (I liked Royal better even though they both got 3🌟’s)
Bottom Line- I thought it was just ok. Easton felt really wimpy, and I thought his reason/actions was so dumb. Kota acted like she was scared of her parents/brother it was OTT and got old. Epilogue 10 years later.
Second-chance romance for childhood friends Dakota (Kota) and Easton. Dakota loved Easton forever, but he was her sis’s boyfriend. The sis died, and he took off right after the funeral going radio silent. The book opens with Easton returning 3-years later.
This sounds super messy, but it’s not really bad because…. SPOILER It actually reminded me of THIS with the childhood lover disappearance and over-reaching family. But Royal’s reason was WAY better, and had the added bonus of some wannabe OW drama. (I liked Royal better even though they both got 3🌟’s)
Bottom Line- I thought it was just ok. Easton felt really wimpy, and I thought his reason/actions was so dumb. Kota acted like she was scared of her parents/brother it was OTT and got old. Epilogue 10 years later.
June 28, 2019
3,5 ❤️❤️🤔🌟s❣️
I wanted so much to love this story since I read the synopsis, but I didn’t manage to...
All this back and forth between the main characters and not being able to clear the air, made me upset and frustrated. Also, I was wondering after I read it, what happened with the secondary characters, Roman, Hope, Blake, Talon...
I really struggled to keep up reading. However, the last three chapters made some amends!!!.... And the cover was astonishing!!!
I wanted so much to love this story since I read the synopsis, but I didn’t manage to...
All this back and forth between the main characters and not being able to clear the air, made me upset and frustrated. Also, I was wondering after I read it, what happened with the secondary characters, Roman, Hope, Blake, Talon...
I really struggled to keep up reading. However, the last three chapters made some amends!!!.... And the cover was astonishing!!!
August 20, 2020
Told in dual point of view with flashbacks...spanning eighteen years. Dakota and Easton were destined from the moment they set eyes on each other, as children, he was her brother Roman’s friend and two years older ... they instantly connected.
Her sister Quinn at seven declares he will be her boyfriend. She made all the first moves and rather than admit his feelings for Dakota, went along passively like good sheep. He is depicted as this over-protective H that reacts violently to anyone hurting Dakota, yet when it came to Roman and Quinn - he was a coward.
‘The fact that Quinn kissed me a couple of hours ago has my head spinning and I keep on waiting for Roman’s fist to fly at my face when I’m least expecting it. It’s not the feeling I got from her kissing me that has me all messed up, but the simple fact that now if Roman gives us his blessing to be together he’ll hate me if I turn Quinn down and hurt her. She’s a beautiful, sweet girl. There’s no denying that. She’d be a great girlfriend, but I just don’t feel that way about her. But she went and kissed me in front of not only Roman, but Stiles and Ben too. If I turn her down after that, it’ll feel and look like a dis’.
Easton was spineless and Dakota a martyr. I didn’t get a strong vibe from her, rather a dormant one, rather than admitting her feelings for Easton she allows her sister to have him and suffers in silence.
Quinn decides she’s going to claim Easton “Are you upset with me about something?”
(I’m upset that you’ve stolen the one boy I care about more than anything else in this world).
“Are you upset about something else? I’m sorry if you are. Just tell me what it is that I did.”
“No, Quinn.” She tries her best to sound happy for her. “I’m not upset with you. You always look beautiful”. (More beautiful than I could ever be, and that’s probably why Easton chose you over me).
My prerequisite for romance is a heroine rich in character assuming control. She was the resident doormat, the sacrificial lamb. I am going on the assumption that she is currently twenty-four if calculations serve me well, yet she allows her brother, to dictate her life.
Quinn to Dakota:
“You’re the best sister in the world and I love you. I just need you to promise me one thing.”
“What’s that?”
“Well, first you have to promise me that you can do this for me, because it’s really important to me, little sis. It’s one of the most important things I’ll ever ask of you.”
“Okay, I promise.”
“Promise me that you’ll never have feelings for Easton in the same way that I do. I know you guys are really close friends, and the idea of you two ever dating if we don’t work out hurts so much. I can’t even think about that. I’ve just waited so long to finally get my chance, and I know without a doubt that I’ll fall in love with him and never be able to stomach seeing him with anyone else. Especially my own sister.”
(How can I promise that when I already feel the same way? And the worst part of it all is that I thought maybe he could feel the same way someday).
“Dakota…can you do that for me? Please! I just need to hear it from you. I never want to mess things up between us and Easton has the power to do that. Promise me.”
“I promise.”
(I just told myself over the years that I’d never have to worry about Easton and Quinn ending up together, because he never gave away any clues that he was interested—ever—and this feels like a slap to the face).
That was sheer, contrived manipulation- why else would Quinn have extracted a blind promise unless she recognised they had feelings for each other❓They shared common interests, had the same tattoos (done on the day Quinn had her accident) who in their right minds goes at a dangerous precipice to take photographs at night? Not for the lighting, it’s dark.
Had Quinn survived, would she have maintained her bystander role as Quinn took centre stage?
I tried to understand Quinn and Easton’s relationship, during their time together for six years. Quinn admitted that their first two years together weren’t intimate, as readers we will assume their celibacy changes. Meaning ultimately he is with both sisters.
Easton disappears from their lives for three years without a word of farewell to avoid revealing his feelings for Dakota at Quinn’s funeral (how noble), insert sarcasm. He had many missed opportunities to rectify the situation but being the spineless dolt he was, as was Dakota, they stayed silent. It was a disservice to Quinn because she orchestrated events and dismissed Dakota as insignificant and I am confident, had Dakota admitted her feelings, I highly doubt Quinn would have quietly stepped aside.
An entire town, family members and friends were impervious to their connection yet recognised their friendship.
Those closest to her seemed indifferent to their feelings, how does a man stay involved with one sister for six years, disappear for three and return longing for the other? His best friend, Roman accepted him with Quinn but critical of his being with Dakota....there is an unuttered girl code, if you are involved with one sister, you do not get involved with the ‘spare’.
There were gaps and unanswered questions...needing clarity. It translated into a fragmented storyline.
Elements of the plot echoes L.D. Davis’s ‘Girl Code’ (a pact made between estranged childhood friends, one insidious and the other guileless).
Her sister Quinn at seven declares he will be her boyfriend. She made all the first moves and rather than admit his feelings for Dakota, went along passively like good sheep. He is depicted as this over-protective H that reacts violently to anyone hurting Dakota, yet when it came to Roman and Quinn - he was a coward.
‘The fact that Quinn kissed me a couple of hours ago has my head spinning and I keep on waiting for Roman’s fist to fly at my face when I’m least expecting it. It’s not the feeling I got from her kissing me that has me all messed up, but the simple fact that now if Roman gives us his blessing to be together he’ll hate me if I turn Quinn down and hurt her. She’s a beautiful, sweet girl. There’s no denying that. She’d be a great girlfriend, but I just don’t feel that way about her. But she went and kissed me in front of not only Roman, but Stiles and Ben too. If I turn her down after that, it’ll feel and look like a dis’.
Easton was spineless and Dakota a martyr. I didn’t get a strong vibe from her, rather a dormant one, rather than admitting her feelings for Easton she allows her sister to have him and suffers in silence.
Quinn decides she’s going to claim Easton “Are you upset with me about something?”
(I’m upset that you’ve stolen the one boy I care about more than anything else in this world).
“Are you upset about something else? I’m sorry if you are. Just tell me what it is that I did.”
“No, Quinn.” She tries her best to sound happy for her. “I’m not upset with you. You always look beautiful”. (More beautiful than I could ever be, and that’s probably why Easton chose you over me).
My prerequisite for romance is a heroine rich in character assuming control. She was the resident doormat, the sacrificial lamb. I am going on the assumption that she is currently twenty-four if calculations serve me well, yet she allows her brother, to dictate her life.
Quinn to Dakota:
“You’re the best sister in the world and I love you. I just need you to promise me one thing.”
“What’s that?”
“Well, first you have to promise me that you can do this for me, because it’s really important to me, little sis. It’s one of the most important things I’ll ever ask of you.”
“Okay, I promise.”
“Promise me that you’ll never have feelings for Easton in the same way that I do. I know you guys are really close friends, and the idea of you two ever dating if we don’t work out hurts so much. I can’t even think about that. I’ve just waited so long to finally get my chance, and I know without a doubt that I’ll fall in love with him and never be able to stomach seeing him with anyone else. Especially my own sister.”
(How can I promise that when I already feel the same way? And the worst part of it all is that I thought maybe he could feel the same way someday).
“Dakota…can you do that for me? Please! I just need to hear it from you. I never want to mess things up between us and Easton has the power to do that. Promise me.”
“I promise.”
(I just told myself over the years that I’d never have to worry about Easton and Quinn ending up together, because he never gave away any clues that he was interested—ever—and this feels like a slap to the face).
That was sheer, contrived manipulation- why else would Quinn have extracted a blind promise unless she recognised they had feelings for each other❓They shared common interests, had the same tattoos (done on the day Quinn had her accident) who in their right minds goes at a dangerous precipice to take photographs at night? Not for the lighting, it’s dark.
Had Quinn survived, would she have maintained her bystander role as Quinn took centre stage?
I tried to understand Quinn and Easton’s relationship, during their time together for six years. Quinn admitted that their first two years together weren’t intimate, as readers we will assume their celibacy changes. Meaning ultimately he is with both sisters.
Easton disappears from their lives for three years without a word of farewell to avoid revealing his feelings for Dakota at Quinn’s funeral (how noble), insert sarcasm. He had many missed opportunities to rectify the situation but being the spineless dolt he was, as was Dakota, they stayed silent. It was a disservice to Quinn because she orchestrated events and dismissed Dakota as insignificant and I am confident, had Dakota admitted her feelings, I highly doubt Quinn would have quietly stepped aside.
An entire town, family members and friends were impervious to their connection yet recognised their friendship.
Those closest to her seemed indifferent to their feelings, how does a man stay involved with one sister for six years, disappear for three and return longing for the other? His best friend, Roman accepted him with Quinn but critical of his being with Dakota....there is an unuttered girl code, if you are involved with one sister, you do not get involved with the ‘spare’.
There were gaps and unanswered questions...needing clarity. It translated into a fragmented storyline.
Elements of the plot echoes L.D. Davis’s ‘Girl Code’ (a pact made between estranged childhood friends, one insidious and the other guileless).
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 1, 2019
Five stars for Dakota and Easton ❤!!!
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
"Wreck My World" is the first book I've read by Victoria Ashley and I absolutely loved it.
This book have a few tropes that I love: brother's best friend and friends/enemies to lovers 💕!
Emotionally story about first love, friendship, loss and forgiveness which make you feel every happy and bad moment like is your own.
Recommended!!!
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
"Wreck My World" is the first book I've read by Victoria Ashley and I absolutely loved it.
This book have a few tropes that I love: brother's best friend and friends/enemies to lovers 💕!
Emotionally story about first love, friendship, loss and forgiveness which make you feel every happy and bad moment like is your own.
Recommended!!!
June 28, 2019
✨ DREAMY’S REVIEW ✨
“I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but it’s like I’m more drawn to him now than I ever was in the past, and I can’t handle that right now. It’s utterly impossible to look at him. I’m slowly unraveling.”
Heartbreakingly beautiful, devastatingly angsty, sizzling hot, explosive chemistry with a push and pull that will frustrate you to no end and want to shake the characters to get in touch with their true feelings!! And yet, you can help but fall in love with Dakota Brooks and Easton Crews!
Wreck my world truly wrecked MY world!
Victoria Ashley is a ‘new to me’ author! And my goodness, what a book to start with!
Wreck My World is a friends to lovers, brothers’ best friend, dating the wrong girl, up and leaving, wasting the years, and then coming back all of sudden years later romance... and I dare ask, HOW COULD THIS BOOK NOT WRECK ME?
The minute I started this book, I was completely and utterly consumed!
Dakota Brooks and Easton Crews have been in love with each other for much longer than anyone ever thought. Ever since the moment they laid eyes on each other as young kids, there had been something between them and as they got older, it only developed into so much more than they both could have ever thought or imagined.
Then the unexpected happened and Easton Crews up and left without so much of a word for years.
“He gives off this power that draws me straight to him, that even I can’t protect myself from. I fought it for fifteen years before he left, and now that he’s back, I’m fighting it again.”
Easton Crews comes crashing back into Dakota’s life without so much of a warning. Dakota is one of the strongest heroines I’ve ever read, not only that, she’s so bad-ass! There’s something about her that just draws you to her! Her tough exterior matches her fierce and fiery and sassy attitude along with her kind heart of gold! She doesn’t show much emotion, but when she does... oh boy. You get hit with all the feels!
“I’m completely wrecked right now, and it reminds me that Easton has been the only one to ever make me feel so deeply for someone.”
The more Easton pushed, the more Dakota pulled. Their chemistry was OFF THE CHARTS and so emotional and raw and real. I felt like I could feel everything they were going through... all of the pain and loss and everything unspoken and the aggressively spoken language between the two of them.
“I’m not done with her. Even though I know I should be. My brain is fighting for me to keep my distance, while my whole fucking body is pulling me towards her with an unstoppable force.”
Never truly surpassing the line between friends and respecting her brothers’ wishes, what happens when Easton and Dakota secretly but not so secretly go after who they want without a care in the world?
Will Roman, Dakota’s brother and Easton’s best friend accept them?
Will Dakota be able to forgive herself and ultimately, forgive Easton?
Will Easton be able to not stay away?
Wreck My World was a hell of a roller coaster ride! It will put your emotions through the ringer, it will make you laugh, it will make you cry, and it will break your heart repeatedly! But my goodness will this book becoming so addictive, that you can’t put it down!
Ashley has done such an amazing job with writing characters that are so easy to feel for and love, along with secondary characters that just help make the story so much more! She has created such an emotionally gripping story, that makes you want to stop and compose yourself, and yet, you just CAN’T put the book down! And her writing is so enthralling!
She was able to perfectly balance the past and present, the angst and drama, with some steamy, sexually charged energy, and hot AF scenes!
I cannot say enough amazing things about this book, I was truly blow away! It’s utter perfection and definitely one of my top reads of 2019!! #OneClick
Trope: Friends to Lovers, Brothers Best Friend
Cover rating: 💫💫💫💫💫
Book description accuracy: 💫💫💫💫💫
General review: 💫💫💫💫💫
Angst style: 💫💫💫💫
POV: 💫💫💫💫💫
Relationship stage reached: YES
Epilogue? YES
Content warnings: Character death (not MC’s)
Five dreamy stars: 💫💫💫💫💫
PS: Please, please, pleaaaaase highly considering to write Roman and Hope story, kthanks 😊
“I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but it’s like I’m more drawn to him now than I ever was in the past, and I can’t handle that right now. It’s utterly impossible to look at him. I’m slowly unraveling.”
Heartbreakingly beautiful, devastatingly angsty, sizzling hot, explosive chemistry with a push and pull that will frustrate you to no end and want to shake the characters to get in touch with their true feelings!! And yet, you can help but fall in love with Dakota Brooks and Easton Crews!
Wreck my world truly wrecked MY world!
Victoria Ashley is a ‘new to me’ author! And my goodness, what a book to start with!
Wreck My World is a friends to lovers, brothers’ best friend, dating the wrong girl, up and leaving, wasting the years, and then coming back all of sudden years later romance... and I dare ask, HOW COULD THIS BOOK NOT WRECK ME?
The minute I started this book, I was completely and utterly consumed!
Dakota Brooks and Easton Crews have been in love with each other for much longer than anyone ever thought. Ever since the moment they laid eyes on each other as young kids, there had been something between them and as they got older, it only developed into so much more than they both could have ever thought or imagined.
Then the unexpected happened and Easton Crews up and left without so much of a word for years.
“He gives off this power that draws me straight to him, that even I can’t protect myself from. I fought it for fifteen years before he left, and now that he’s back, I’m fighting it again.”
Easton Crews comes crashing back into Dakota’s life without so much of a warning. Dakota is one of the strongest heroines I’ve ever read, not only that, she’s so bad-ass! There’s something about her that just draws you to her! Her tough exterior matches her fierce and fiery and sassy attitude along with her kind heart of gold! She doesn’t show much emotion, but when she does... oh boy. You get hit with all the feels!
“I’m completely wrecked right now, and it reminds me that Easton has been the only one to ever make me feel so deeply for someone.”
The more Easton pushed, the more Dakota pulled. Their chemistry was OFF THE CHARTS and so emotional and raw and real. I felt like I could feel everything they were going through... all of the pain and loss and everything unspoken and the aggressively spoken language between the two of them.
“I’m not done with her. Even though I know I should be. My brain is fighting for me to keep my distance, while my whole fucking body is pulling me towards her with an unstoppable force.”
Never truly surpassing the line between friends and respecting her brothers’ wishes, what happens when Easton and Dakota secretly but not so secretly go after who they want without a care in the world?
Will Roman, Dakota’s brother and Easton’s best friend accept them?
Will Dakota be able to forgive herself and ultimately, forgive Easton?
Will Easton be able to not stay away?
Wreck My World was a hell of a roller coaster ride! It will put your emotions through the ringer, it will make you laugh, it will make you cry, and it will break your heart repeatedly! But my goodness will this book becoming so addictive, that you can’t put it down!
Ashley has done such an amazing job with writing characters that are so easy to feel for and love, along with secondary characters that just help make the story so much more! She has created such an emotionally gripping story, that makes you want to stop and compose yourself, and yet, you just CAN’T put the book down! And her writing is so enthralling!
She was able to perfectly balance the past and present, the angst and drama, with some steamy, sexually charged energy, and hot AF scenes!
I cannot say enough amazing things about this book, I was truly blow away! It’s utter perfection and definitely one of my top reads of 2019!! #OneClick
Trope: Friends to Lovers, Brothers Best Friend
Cover rating: 💫💫💫💫💫
Book description accuracy: 💫💫💫💫💫
General review: 💫💫💫💫💫
Angst style: 💫💫💫💫
POV: 💫💫💫💫💫
Relationship stage reached: YES
Epilogue? YES
Content warnings: Character death (not MC’s)
Five dreamy stars: 💫💫💫💫💫
PS: Please, please, pleaaaaase highly considering to write Roman and Hope story, kthanks 😊
June 25, 2019
Are you looking for a #girlpower story? Here it is. Ok it is more than that but I am MADLY IN LOVE with that message in this book.
Kota and Easton have a messy story to tell. This telling takes us back and forth in time revealing all. I love how they are childhood friends. It broke my heart that loosing a sibling is a huge part of this story. Definitely choked me up several times. I also love how this author didn’t saint anyone. Often after someone dies they are this person of extreme virtue instead of just a fallible person as we all are. I am not meaning to villainize anyone either but this story just gives you a front row seat to the thinking and behavior of the young.
OK now to the #girlpower part. Kota our kick booty girl is a mechanic in her dad’s shop. Easton is the one that taught her about auto repair when they were young. GO GIRL. LOVE IT.
Easton breaks my heart as well. He was put in a no-win situation and had to make some tough choices. I LOVE him. He is such a good guy. His love for Kota and her family led a lot of his decisions after their loss. I want to hug him. Eek.
Kota is FEISTY! You get that ALL THROUGHOUT this book. This author captured the spirit of the youngest child so well. She isn’t afraid to tell anyone off including Easton. Haha!
The journey these two go on is more than falling in love but also about growing up and going after who you want even if you feel others might not understand. So intense! Oh also these two know how to spice up the page too. Yikes so drool worthy.
I am not saying anymore except you need to experience this sexy, tumult read for yourself. Happy Reading!
Kota and Easton have a messy story to tell. This telling takes us back and forth in time revealing all. I love how they are childhood friends. It broke my heart that loosing a sibling is a huge part of this story. Definitely choked me up several times. I also love how this author didn’t saint anyone. Often after someone dies they are this person of extreme virtue instead of just a fallible person as we all are. I am not meaning to villainize anyone either but this story just gives you a front row seat to the thinking and behavior of the young.
OK now to the #girlpower part. Kota our kick booty girl is a mechanic in her dad’s shop. Easton is the one that taught her about auto repair when they were young. GO GIRL. LOVE IT.
Easton breaks my heart as well. He was put in a no-win situation and had to make some tough choices. I LOVE him. He is such a good guy. His love for Kota and her family led a lot of his decisions after their loss. I want to hug him. Eek.
Kota is FEISTY! You get that ALL THROUGHOUT this book. This author captured the spirit of the youngest child so well. She isn’t afraid to tell anyone off including Easton. Haha!
The journey these two go on is more than falling in love but also about growing up and going after who you want even if you feel others might not understand. So intense! Oh also these two know how to spice up the page too. Yikes so drool worthy.
I am not saying anymore except you need to experience this sexy, tumult read for yourself. Happy Reading!
June 10, 2019
V I C T O R Y for this angst filled gem.
My emotions were all over the place. Kota kicks a*ss.
It is refreshing to read about a smart, strong female heroine.
I’m still not sure how I feel about Quinn.
Personally, I felt she was delusional and selfish. I kinda understand the dilemma Easton faced but damn...he was a saint. This read was so much more than a love story. It was about friendship, sacrifice and unconditional love.
The secondary cast was phenomenal and seriously hope that they get their own books.
Please give us Hope/Roman, Talon, Trevor and maybe even
Ben/Blake😳.
#synsmustreads for 2019
~BREAKDOWN OF RATINGS~
Plot~ 5/5
Main Characters (hero/heroine)~ 5/5
Secondary Characters~ 5/5
The Feels~ 5/5
Pacing~ 5/5
Addictiveness~5/5
Angst~ 5/5
Steam/Hotness/Chemisty ~ 5/5
Theme or Tone~ 5/5
Flow (Writing Style)~ 5/5
Backdrop (World Building)~ 5/5
Originality~ 5/5
Ending~ 5/5
Book Cover~ Gorgeous
Source~ Kindle eBook - ARC for honest review
Would I read more from the author? Hell Yes
Would I recommend this book? Hell Yes
My emotions were all over the place. Kota kicks a*ss.
It is refreshing to read about a smart, strong female heroine.
I’m still not sure how I feel about Quinn.
Personally, I felt she was delusional and selfish. I kinda understand the dilemma Easton faced but damn...he was a saint. This read was so much more than a love story. It was about friendship, sacrifice and unconditional love.
The secondary cast was phenomenal and seriously hope that they get their own books.
Please give us Hope/Roman, Talon, Trevor and maybe even
Ben/Blake😳.
#synsmustreads for 2019
~BREAKDOWN OF RATINGS~
Plot~ 5/5
Main Characters (hero/heroine)~ 5/5
Secondary Characters~ 5/5
The Feels~ 5/5
Pacing~ 5/5
Addictiveness~5/5
Angst~ 5/5
Steam/Hotness/Chemisty ~ 5/5
Theme or Tone~ 5/5
Flow (Writing Style)~ 5/5
Backdrop (World Building)~ 5/5
Originality~ 5/5
Ending~ 5/5
Book Cover~ Gorgeous
Source~ Kindle eBook - ARC for honest review
Would I read more from the author? Hell Yes
Would I recommend this book? Hell Yes
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 11, 2019
OMG I loved this book...like REALLY intensely loved this book! I have had a secret girl crush on Victoria Ashley since I first read her Walk of Shame series and it has just grown ever since...and she has grown so much as an author as well.
Wreck My World did just that...it wrecked my world and then it rocked my world in the end because that story...that emotion...and EASTON!!! Dakota and Easton were always meant to be together but had to go through some major life altering challenges first. This book was everything a good romance should be... sweet, tender, dramatic, romantic, heartbreaking, strong on plot and with a wonderfully, fulfilling resolution. I highly recommend this one. Bravo Victoria Ashley!!
***** 5 ***** "he should have been her first everything" stars
Wreck My World did just that...it wrecked my world and then it rocked my world in the end because that story...that emotion...and EASTON!!! Dakota and Easton were always meant to be together but had to go through some major life altering challenges first. This book was everything a good romance should be... sweet, tender, dramatic, romantic, heartbreaking, strong on plot and with a wonderfully, fulfilling resolution. I highly recommend this one. Bravo Victoria Ashley!!
***** 5 ***** "he should have been her first everything" stars
June 11, 2019
It's so hard to put into words so much I loved and devoured this book.
The characters are great. You feel like your in the book. The angst is so much that at times I had to take a breather cause it consumed me so much.
I laughed and cried and screamed and cried some more.
This didnt feel like a book, this felt like real life. Like I was living it.
I could see this on TV. Would make one heck of a movie.
Victoria did it again but this time she went to a whole new level. I hope we get more from the other characters.
The characters are great. You feel like your in the book. The angst is so much that at times I had to take a breather cause it consumed me so much.
I laughed and cried and screamed and cried some more.
This didnt feel like a book, this felt like real life. Like I was living it.
I could see this on TV. Would make one heck of a movie.
Victoria did it again but this time she went to a whole new level. I hope we get more from the other characters.
June 20, 2019
This book has wrecked me for all my other books. What's a girl to do when you work with a drop dead gorgeous co-worker who also happens to be your brother's best friend? Isn't that a no go zone? I devoured this entire morsel of a book in one sitting. It was beautifully written and oh so good. Can't wait to read more books by this talented author.
June 10, 2019
Get your motor revving for this one! As the only female mechanic at her family’s business, Brooks’ Garage, Dakota “Kota” Brooks knows how to fend for herself. Her rule is don’t date her coworkers and that has worked...up until HE starts working there, Easton Crews, someone from her past she rather forget. Easton is a racer, her brother’s best friend and the new mechanic at her dad’s shop. A triple threat...to her heart! He has been gone for three years but he’s home now and wants to get back what he lost. To bad Dakota still hates him for leaving when she needed him most. Can she forgive him and open herself up? They were friends once..can they get back to where they once were? This was such a heartbreakingly beautiful story of loss, forgiveness and second chances; Enemies to lovers. Easton was perfect and who doesn’t like a hot bike racer! I absolutely fell in love with Kota and Easton and hope you will too!“Easton Crews is the one boy I’ll never be able to forget no matter how hard I try, and trust me, I’ve tried repeatedly until I felt I had nothing left to give.” Told in dual POV.
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June 23, 2019
Wreck my world consumed me for hours. I was trapped in this little book bubble and could not put it down. It was heart wrenching and times I felt myself filling up and next minute tears streaming down my cheeks. Kota and Easton’s story wasn’t easy but it was certainly worth it. Another 5 star read for Victoria Ashley
September 25, 2019
Audiobook Review
Overall 3 stars
Performance 5 stars
Story 2.5 stars
I really enjoyed the narration on this one and honestly if I hadn't been listening to the audiobook, I might have started skimming. The book felt unnecessarily long and there is so much back and forth between the main characters that it gets old pretty quick. Wen Ross and Kai Kennicott's duet narration kept me in the story though and their performances were so emotional and heartfelt. Wen Ross especially was wonderful as broken alpha Easton.
The book was a bit heavier than I thought it was going to be. There are two tragic events (the second one late in the book felt really unnecessary) that will leave readers/listeners emotional. The story flashes back periodically to the past, and slowly fills in the blanks of how Easton and Dakota's friendship began and what caused Easton to leave town. From the synopsis, I thought it was going to go in a certain direction, but it ended up being a bit more taboo than I anticipated. I know Easton and Dakota's tangled past is going to rub some readers/listeners the wrong way and it definitely gave me pause when all was revealed. I just don't understand why it was so hard for them to come clean and admit the truth when they were teenagers. They made it seem like they had no choice/were forced into a situation, but really, they got themselves into it by holding back. I think perhaps I just wasn't in the mood for all the drama.
The epilogue is sweet and it was a nice way to close the story, but I would have loved to find out what happened to the secondary characters, specifically Roman, Hope, and Talon. Wreck My World was still a good brother's best friend/best friend's little sister romance, but sadly I didn't love it.
Overall 3 stars
Performance 5 stars
Story 2.5 stars
I really enjoyed the narration on this one and honestly if I hadn't been listening to the audiobook, I might have started skimming. The book felt unnecessarily long and there is so much back and forth between the main characters that it gets old pretty quick. Wen Ross and Kai Kennicott's duet narration kept me in the story though and their performances were so emotional and heartfelt. Wen Ross especially was wonderful as broken alpha Easton.
The book was a bit heavier than I thought it was going to be. There are two tragic events (the second one late in the book felt really unnecessary) that will leave readers/listeners emotional. The story flashes back periodically to the past, and slowly fills in the blanks of how Easton and Dakota's friendship began and what caused Easton to leave town. From the synopsis, I thought it was going to go in a certain direction, but it ended up being a bit more taboo than I anticipated. I know Easton and Dakota's tangled past is going to rub some readers/listeners the wrong way and it definitely gave me pause when all was revealed. I just don't understand why it was so hard for them to come clean and admit the truth when they were teenagers. They made it seem like they had no choice/were forced into a situation, but really, they got themselves into it by holding back. I think perhaps I just wasn't in the mood for all the drama.
The epilogue is sweet and it was a nice way to close the story, but I would have loved to find out what happened to the secondary characters, specifically Roman, Hope, and Talon. Wreck My World was still a good brother's best friend/best friend's little sister romance, but sadly I didn't love it.
June 22, 2019
If the title of this book doesn't say ANGST FEST, then I don't know what else will. The minute I saw this cover I knew I was going to read this book the first opportunity I got.
Not even sure where to start with this one honestly because there is so many emotions that I went through. First and foremost the anticipation that comes with this read is off the charts. My inner thoughts were screaming at Victoria Ashley saying OMG you're killing me here.
Easton and Dakota's relationship is complicated and messy while at the same time sweet and what fairytales are made of. That is if you love your fairytales filled with angst and longing. Yeah so my tastes changed and I got older what can I say.
This book was just that love story that gets you right in the feels, it made my chest hurt and with each chapter I felt more and more. Gah I loved this book and I have so many thoughts that I can't even put them into words. I'm going to have to come back when I can properly convey how much I loved this one.
Not even sure where to start with this one honestly because there is so many emotions that I went through. First and foremost the anticipation that comes with this read is off the charts. My inner thoughts were screaming at Victoria Ashley saying OMG you're killing me here.
Easton and Dakota's relationship is complicated and messy while at the same time sweet and what fairytales are made of. That is if you love your fairytales filled with angst and longing. Yeah so my tastes changed and I got older what can I say.
This book was just that love story that gets you right in the feels, it made my chest hurt and with each chapter I felt more and more. Gah I loved this book and I have so many thoughts that I can't even put them into words. I'm going to have to come back when I can properly convey how much I loved this one.
June 27, 2019
It’s been a long time since I sat down and picked up a novel written by Victoria Ashley and after finishing Wreck My World, I now remember what it was about this author that keeps me coming back for more. I felt connected to all of these characters on more than one level. Victoria Ashley paints a vivid picture that has you feeling like you’re on the outskirts looking in. I swear, all of these angsty novels I’ve been reading lately are going to be my undoing. My heart is so incredibly full right now after finishing this novel. It took me a day of sitting in one spot reading this book for me to truly be able to put it down. I was an addict looking for my next fix with the simple turn of a page. I couldn’t stop reading. I needed more.
Dakota Brooks is feisty as all hell! I loved the fact that she was a female mechanic. Working on motorcycles wasn’t just a job for her, it was a passion and her greatest hobby. But with her knowledge of engines comes incredible heartbreak. She became the best mechanic at her dad’s garage due to her best friend teaching her everything he knew about fixing things at a young age. A best friend who she thought she could always count on, until tragedy strikes and he packed up and abandoned her when she needed him the most.
My heart broke for Easton Crews throughout this whole story. As we are given bits of knowledge in the flashback chapters on why he left throughout the book, my heart broke more for him. Hello rock meet hard place. When tragedy strikes he's willing to put his feelings on the back burner in order to protect Dakota's reputation and her family from feuding by packing up everything and moving. Talk about having strength! This man has it in spades. Some may find his reasoning as moronic but I disagree. This man was selfless.
Now, three years later, Easton is back to face an irate Dakota. This time he's not walking away without a fight. He's here to set things straight and fight for waist his heart has always wanted. And he'll do everything in his power to see that Dakota is finally his by the end of the last paragraph. Even if it means facing an angry older brother who also happened to be his best friend.
There is so much emotion that came from this novel and so much tension, which made me love it that much more. All I wanted to do was see Dakota and Easton finally find their happily ever after, but as more flashbacks were exposed and more shit started to stack up between them, I seriously started to expect the unexpected. But in my heart of hearts I knew Victoria Ashley wouldn't go down like that! I have to say, there were times when I wanted to punch all of the secondary characters in the face. Growing up together, they had to have caught the chemistry between Easton and Dakota, so why get in the middle…. And why try to force these two apart when they're finally starting to reconnect again…. Seriously! I felt so much anger during these moments. It brought for some damn good drama!
Overall, I really loved this one! Victoria Ashley has done it once again. I'm an Easton Crews fan for life! There are so many reasons why I loved this one, motorcycle racing, the scorching chemistry, ugly cry moments, crazy sexual tension, raw emotion, plus a sexy as sin man who's willing to do anything for the woman that owns his heart…. Seriously, what's not to love about all that plus so much more! I highly recommend this one to everyone looking to get lost in a novel.
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January 2, 2023
ᴡʀᴇᴄᴋ ᴍʏ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ- ᴠɪᴄᴛᴏʀɪᴀ ᴀꜱʜʟᴇʏ
★★★★★
"𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘒𝘰𝘵𝘢. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯."
This book follows Dakota and Easton and boy it hurt so good.
Dakota is a baddie mechanic at her dads shop and Easton is her brothers best friend. They were also best friends growing up and something tragic happened leading Easton to leave for 3 years without saying goodbye to anyone including Kota.
Fast forward 3 years and Easton comes back, back for her. They had to overcome so many obsticales to get to be together and watching it was a killer. Throughout this book you will see that these two? were MADE for each other and nobody can say any different.
Watching them go through the things they have to finally be together was hard but worth every minute of it.
I loved this book so much and it was an easy 5 stars for me, Victoria ripped my heart out around the 89% mark and I was ugly crying for hours. This book will stay with me for a long time.
If you want an emotional, heart wrenching story about a girl and a boy who loves each other so deeply then stop here and read this book.
★★★★★
"𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘒𝘰𝘵𝘢. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯."
This book follows Dakota and Easton and boy it hurt so good.
Dakota is a baddie mechanic at her dads shop and Easton is her brothers best friend. They were also best friends growing up and something tragic happened leading Easton to leave for 3 years without saying goodbye to anyone including Kota.
Fast forward 3 years and Easton comes back, back for her. They had to overcome so many obsticales to get to be together and watching it was a killer. Throughout this book you will see that these two? were MADE for each other and nobody can say any different.
Watching them go through the things they have to finally be together was hard but worth every minute of it.
I loved this book so much and it was an easy 5 stars for me, Victoria ripped my heart out around the 89% mark and I was ugly crying for hours. This book will stay with me for a long time.
If you want an emotional, heart wrenching story about a girl and a boy who loves each other so deeply then stop here and read this book.
June 12, 2019
Wreck My World by Victoria Ashley
I am voluntarily reviewing this ARC.
The title of this book sums it up! This book totally wrecked my world. From the second I opened it, I was a goner in the best possible way. Dakota is a motorcycle mechanic working in her dad’s shop, when she learns that Easton is back in town after being way for three years with out a good bye. Easton is her childhood best friend and the boy she has loved since she was six. Easton is back and trying hard to get Dakota to forgive him and be friends again. That’s all the details you’ll get from me because this author is a genius at revealing the mysteries that weave around this story.
I swear I was literally walking around holding my kindle because I could not put this down. I will tell you that this is a slow burn in the a gut clenching way. The steamy scenes were seriously hot. Easton is everything I love to read in a hero and Dakota is the most kick ass woman! I love them both so much. All I could think about was this book while I was reading which meant the cleaning took a back seat, and sleep, sleep is for sissy’s !! I could not put this book down! This is my first Victory Ashley book, but it will not be my last!
Five effing stars!!!!!
I am voluntarily reviewing this ARC.
The title of this book sums it up! This book totally wrecked my world. From the second I opened it, I was a goner in the best possible way. Dakota is a motorcycle mechanic working in her dad’s shop, when she learns that Easton is back in town after being way for three years with out a good bye. Easton is her childhood best friend and the boy she has loved since she was six. Easton is back and trying hard to get Dakota to forgive him and be friends again. That’s all the details you’ll get from me because this author is a genius at revealing the mysteries that weave around this story.
I swear I was literally walking around holding my kindle because I could not put this down. I will tell you that this is a slow burn in the a gut clenching way. The steamy scenes were seriously hot. Easton is everything I love to read in a hero and Dakota is the most kick ass woman! I love them both so much. All I could think about was this book while I was reading which meant the cleaning took a back seat, and sleep, sleep is for sissy’s !! I could not put this book down! This is my first Victory Ashley book, but it will not be my last!
Five effing stars!!!!!
June 11, 2019
I've always loved Victoria Ashley books since the first time i read them. They always manage to grab my attention straight away and not let me go.
I have to admit i was a little apprehensive at first when i saw this book, emotions and all that yucky stuff isn't my sort of thing in a book and when i saw the blurb i knew this book was going to be deep. But it was Victoria Ashley. How could i say no? How could i not read this book?
So i read it, i fell in love with the characters and i lived and breathed the words in front of me.
Easton and Dakota was a rocky relationship, so many things keeping them apart but they was like magnets, kept going back to each other.
Dakota i felt for her i really did. She didn't have it easy in this book and just wanted to reach in and hug her and tell her it will be ok.
Easton i really liked, he had a big heart and always put others first even when it was hurting himself instead.
Overall i really liked this book, it was the perfect mixture of sad and happy, I'm s glad i read this. You should too!
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I have to admit i was a little apprehensive at first when i saw this book, emotions and all that yucky stuff isn't my sort of thing in a book and when i saw the blurb i knew this book was going to be deep. But it was Victoria Ashley. How could i say no? How could i not read this book?
So i read it, i fell in love with the characters and i lived and breathed the words in front of me.
Easton and Dakota was a rocky relationship, so many things keeping them apart but they was like magnets, kept going back to each other.
Dakota i felt for her i really did. She didn't have it easy in this book and just wanted to reach in and hug her and tell her it will be ok.
Easton i really liked, he had a big heart and always put others first even when it was hurting himself instead.
Overall i really liked this book, it was the perfect mixture of sad and happy, I'm s glad i read this. You should too!
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June 15, 2019This was my first Victoria Ashley read, and man, does she not disappoint!
He's the man she shouldn't want.
She's the girl he shouldn't crave.
I loved the push-pull of this relationship. Lines have been drawn—and have been for years—but lines are meant to be crossed.
Also, I do love a woman in a man's role, so Dakota ("Kota" to Easton) working in her family garage was a huge and key part in my enjoyment of this story. I loved her personality, her attitude...she's a girl you wouldn't mind having in your corner.
Ton of emotion, a good amount of angst, and top-level characters made this a fantastic read!
He's the man she shouldn't want.
She's the girl he shouldn't crave.
I loved the push-pull of this relationship. Lines have been drawn—and have been for years—but lines are meant to be crossed.
Also, I do love a woman in a man's role, so Dakota ("Kota" to Easton) working in her family garage was a huge and key part in my enjoyment of this story. I loved her personality, her attitude...she's a girl you wouldn't mind having in your corner.
Ton of emotion, a good amount of angst, and top-level characters made this a fantastic read!
June 20, 2019
Angsty, emotional and fucking intense.
Victoria Ashley has knocked it way out of the park with this story.
My heart wasn’t emotionally ready for this one, I was consumed from the minute i started reading. Kota and Easton have stolen a piece of my heart and soul.
A story of friendship, loss and so much love it’s safe to say this book gripped me and put me through the ringer. I laughed and cried. Well, I sobbed actually multiple times!
Victoria has a way of creating characters that you can’t help but love so much, even the secondary ones.
So yeah, I was so invested and in love with each and every character I just wasn’t ready for the journey some of them had.
I finished this story and I feel so full of bliss and love but a part of me is broken and honestly this is the best kind of feeling. I love reading a story that throws me through an emotional rollercoaster.
Victoria has done an absolutely brilliant job with Dakota and Easton. It’s addicting and such an amazing love story. I can confidently say it’s one of the best books she’s written, you can really feel the strength and passion between the pages.
P.S. I hope we’re getting a story for Roman and Hope! K, thanks ;)
Victoria Ashley has knocked it way out of the park with this story.
My heart wasn’t emotionally ready for this one, I was consumed from the minute i started reading. Kota and Easton have stolen a piece of my heart and soul.
A story of friendship, loss and so much love it’s safe to say this book gripped me and put me through the ringer. I laughed and cried. Well, I sobbed actually multiple times!
Victoria has a way of creating characters that you can’t help but love so much, even the secondary ones.
So yeah, I was so invested and in love with each and every character I just wasn’t ready for the journey some of them had.
I finished this story and I feel so full of bliss and love but a part of me is broken and honestly this is the best kind of feeling. I love reading a story that throws me through an emotional rollercoaster.
Victoria has done an absolutely brilliant job with Dakota and Easton. It’s addicting and such an amazing love story. I can confidently say it’s one of the best books she’s written, you can really feel the strength and passion between the pages.
P.S. I hope we’re getting a story for Roman and Hope! K, thanks ;)
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