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đź“šScars of You by Madi Danielle
🎤Narrated by Sean Masters & Helena Walters
Bailey
Three years ago I moved to Amity. This was the place I was going to set my roots and live my life without the constant reminders of the pains of my past. That first night I fell into bed with a sexy stranger, only to find out he’s none other than my neighbor. And he didn’t even remember me or the night we spent together. Or so I thought. Years have past and it seems that may not be the case after all. Even though we don’t get along, our chemistry is impossible to ignore. Turns out the fire between us may not be based on hatred at all. But rather something much more explosive.
Wes
Ten years. Ten years since the entire course of my life was reshaped, and the trauma of it still plagues me nightly. The only time I’m not affected is when I’m driving to nowhere or verbally sparring with my neighbor. The same woman I slept with years ago. I’m drawn to her like a moth to a flame, unable to deny the pull she has on me. The feelings I’ve bottled up for years, growing more and more potent. When she finally gives me the control I crave, we both benefit from it. What starts out as something casual quickly becomes something grounding for us both. But then life throws another curveball at us, and I’m left wondering if the scars of our past will be the thing to truly break us.
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https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Scars-of-You/Madi-Danielle/Amity/9781668157565
Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3.5 Stars
Scars of You is the first book I’ve read, and I am definitely interested in reading more from this author!
Wes and Bailey’s story was angsty and emotional. Both of these characters are just trudging through life, damaged by their pasts and existing, but not living. Wes is a military veteran living with crippling PTSD, and Bailey grew up in an abusive home and has estranged herself from her siblings as a coping mechanism. They had a one-night stand three years ago, but then not only did it turn out that they were neighbors, but their best friends are a couple, so Wes and Bailey kept crossing paths.
There is so much push and pull between these characters, and once stubborn Bailey finally gives in to her feelings for Wes, their sexual tension combusts. I thought that Wes’s mental health was handled well by the author, but Bailey’s backstory was lacking details, and I felt like her history was just dropped without giving a proper explanation. (Apparently, her brother has a book in another series that offers some explanation to their childhood, but I felt like that needed to be present here as well.)
Overall, this book held my interest and I enjoyed listening to Sean Masters as Wes. Helena Walters is a new-to-me narrator, but I liked listening to her as well.
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
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