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Charade (Games #1)
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Nyrae Dawn (Goodreads Author)
Nineteen-year-old Cheyenne tries to portray the perfect life to mask the memories of her past. Walking in on her boyfriend with another woman her freshman year in college threatens that picture of perfection.
Twenty-one-year-old Colt never wanted college and never expected to amount to anything, but when his mom's dying wish is for him to get his degree, he has no choice b...more
Twenty-one-year-old Colt never wanted college and never expected to amount to anything, but when his mom's dying wish is for him to get his degree, he has no choice b...more
ebook, 213 pages
Published
October 22nd 2012
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This isn't a fucking game anymore. No charades here. I don't know exactly what to call it, but whatever it is, it's ours. I'm going to latch onto it. And never let go.
HOLY EPIC BEAUTIFULNESS! I LOVED THIS BOOK!
SIGH!
Charade is not my first Nyrae Dawn book. I love this author, love her style of writing and I have loved each book that I have read from her. Charade is definitely no exception. What a poignant, heart-wrenching and beautiful story.
Ms. Dawn tells the story of Cheyenne and Colt in this...more
I'm all dressed up in my finest attitude,
Pretending I don't care,
Guess I really messed up trying to be two,
When only one heart can be there.
Her life's perfect.
She's Cheyenne Marshall.She was the captain of the dance team.Voted most popular girl in her high school.She had friends.Tons of them.
But here in college she knows everyone through her perfect boyfriend Gregory.
But then...she finds Gregory cheating on her with someone else.
'What is it about me that makes people think they can take adva...more
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4.5 HEART WARMING STARS
HEART ACHE
ANGER
REVENGE
LIFE
LOVE
DEATH
GRIEVING
HEALING
MOVING ON
LIVING
HAPPINESS
E.M.O.T.I.O.N.A.L
This book covers everything that can happen to you that I would consider 'tragic' but it's also a message of a love that can heal and can help you learn to move on, to emerge stronger. To not carry all of life's up's and downs on your shoulders but to let someone you LOVE shoulder those burdens with you. Let them carry you through those tough days. Love can be healing. Love is amazin...more
HEART ACHE
ANGER
REVENGE
LIFE
LOVE
DEATH
GRIEVING
HEALING
MOVING ON
LIVING
HAPPINESS
E.M.O.T.I.O.N.A.L
This book covers everything that can happen to you that I would consider 'tragic' but it's also a message of a love that can heal and can help you learn to move on, to emerge stronger. To not carry all of life's up's and downs on your shoulders but to let someone you LOVE shoulder those burdens with you. Let them carry you through those tough days. Love can be healing. Love is amazin...more
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"This is a game. Our game. One that I asked for, but with each day it feels more real. More real than anything every has.... What to do. I shouldn't fall for this guy."
When Cheyenne's heart is broken after finding her boyfriend in bed with another girl, she wants to find a way to make it clear to him that she doesn't need him in her life. Colt is struggling with pushing himself though school to keep a promise he made to his dying mother. When Cheyenne sees him in a coffee shop, she proposes...more
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4.5 Stars
Charade was not on my radar, but when I saw a ton of my Goodreads friends reading and loving it, I had to find out what all the commotion was about. I’m so glad I decided to pick this up, because it was such a beautiful and emotional story! This book made me cry, but I loved it anyhow!
Nineteen year-old Cheyenne, has just found out her boyfriend of two years, Gregory, is cheating on her. She followed him to college and thought they’d be together forever. To save face, Cheyenne falsely l...more
Charade was not on my radar, but when I saw a ton of my Goodreads friends reading and loving it, I had to find out what all the commotion was about. I’m so glad I decided to pick this up, because it was such a beautiful and emotional story! This book made me cry, but I loved it anyhow!
Nineteen year-old Cheyenne, has just found out her boyfriend of two years, Gregory, is cheating on her. She followed him to college and thought they’d be together forever. To save face, Cheyenne falsely l...more
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WOW! JUST…. WOW. SUCH A BEAUTIFUL BOOK!!!
I’m such a sucker for the fake relationship set up, so this was a winner for me before I even started. But it soon became clear to me that there is so much more to this book. The way they initially came together is just an indicator of how screwed up these two characters are at the beginning of the story, and a great starting point for some major character development.
Colt and Cheyenne are two very real, very honest (and yes, screwed up) characters. Chey...more
I’m such a sucker for the fake relationship set up, so this was a winner for me before I even started. But it soon became clear to me that there is so much more to this book. The way they initially came together is just an indicator of how screwed up these two characters are at the beginning of the story, and a great starting point for some major character development.
Colt and Cheyenne are two very real, very honest (and yes, screwed up) characters. Chey...more
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”I thought this was a game,” I reminded him. “Not anymore and you know it. Everything else in my life is all fucked up. This is the only thing that’s real.”
There is so much more to this book! If you think it’s a quick story about faking a relationship and then the feelings become real you would be correct but yet again there is depth, heartbreak, love and loss as well.
You may think you have your typical girl, Cheyenne who walks in on her boyfriend of two years Gregory with another girl after fo...more
There is so much more to this book! If you think it’s a quick story about faking a relationship and then the feelings become real you would be correct but yet again there is depth, heartbreak, love and loss as well.
You may think you have your typical girl, Cheyenne who walks in on her boyfriend of two years Gregory with another girl after fo...more
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LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK! <3 This is the first book I've read by Nyrae Dawn and I can tell you right now that I'll be reading all her other books if they are as amazing as this one!
I loved Colt & Chey so much! They were both such real and raw characters that I felt a connection to them and felt what they were feeling the whole time! Colt was such an alpha bad boy jerk but his relationship with his mom and Chey was so endearing and damn near broke my heart at times. I wasn't expecting the...more
I loved Colt & Chey so much! They were both such real and raw characters that I felt a connection to them and felt what they were feeling the whole time! Colt was such an alpha bad boy jerk but his relationship with his mom and Chey was so endearing and damn near broke my heart at times. I wasn't expecting the...more
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”I might not be able to do much for you, but I’ll hold your secrets.” – Colt
wow.
WoW.
WOW.
WOW.
Anyone who knows me, knows I loved Nyrae’s writing and am totally a fangirl
I have read pretty much everything she has written in YA. This NA novel was awesome!
This book starts out with a bang! (Yes bad Pun intended) as Cheyenne walks in on her boyfriend of 2 years having sex with someone else in his College Dorm.
Chey has abandonment issues because of her Mom. She has so many walls up around her tha...more
wow.
WoW.
WOW.
WOW.
Anyone who knows me, knows I loved Nyrae’s writing and am totally a fangirl
I have read pretty much everything she has written in YA. This NA novel was awesome!
This book starts out with a bang! (Yes bad Pun intended) as Cheyenne walks in on her boyfriend of 2 years having sex with someone else in his College Dorm.
Chey has abandonment issues because of her Mom. She has so many walls up around her tha...more
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3.5 stars. I liked it, but no "OMG!" gushing here folks. Charade is a quick YA-M read with some emotional twists that will guarantee to make you cry at the end, but the romance and relationship was pretty standard fare. Fans of angst-filled college life stories with some steamy parts, some family life drama, and a budding romance between two opposite types will enjoy this one.
There was an odd generic simplicity with the story, which didn't bother me too much but it did leave me wanting to know...more
There was an odd generic simplicity with the story, which didn't bother me too much but it did leave me wanting to know...more
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My first Nyrae Dawn read was an amazing WIN! Such an incredibly emotional ride. Colt was just the right amount of bad boy and sweetness wrapped up in one sexy package of PERFECTION! So many tears, but I was ultimately left smiling!
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“I don’t know if I like him, but he was there. He’s been there. And even though I don’t like it, there’s something about him that pulls out my secrets. Like he’s a magnet, my past, my secrets and my pain, little shards of metal unable to resist his pull.”
Cheyenne is a nineteen-year-old college girl whose life is all about emotional walls and happy appearances. Her story starts with her finding her long-term boyfriend in bed with another woman. But while an ordinary girl scorned might have c...more
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We may have been brought together because of a stupid ass game. Or because we were both screwed up, or needed a change, but we got somewhere important and that’s the only thing that counts.
REACTION AFTER READING THE BOOK
This book just made me so happy. It dealt with so much more than just the relationship of the characters. It dealt with life, pain, moving on and most especially love.
THE GIST
Cheyenne was so not expecting to see her boyfriend of two years to be fooling around with some other gi...more
REACTION AFTER READING THE BOOK
This book just made me so happy. It dealt with so much more than just the relationship of the characters. It dealt with life, pain, moving on and most especially love.
THE GIST
Cheyenne was so not expecting to see her boyfriend of two years to be fooling around with some other gi...more
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To sum it up: Nineteen-year-old Cheyenne tries to portray the perfect life to mask the memories of her past. Walking in on her boyfriend with another woman her freshman year in college threatens that picture of perfection.
Twenty-one-year-old Colt never wanted college and never expected to amount to anything, but when his mom's dying wish is for him to get his degree, he has no choice but to pretend it's what he wants too.
Cheyenne needs a fake boyfrien...more
To sum it up: Nineteen-year-old Cheyenne tries to portray the perfect life to mask the memories of her past. Walking in on her boyfriend with another woman her freshman year in college threatens that picture of perfection.
Twenty-one-year-old Colt never wanted college and never expected to amount to anything, but when his mom's dying wish is for him to get his degree, he has no choice but to pretend it's what he wants too.
Cheyenne needs a fake boyfrien...more
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I decided to read this book after outstanding reviews of it from my friends, Amber and Michael on Goodreads....And they were NOT wrong. This is an emotionally powerful book, more than the summary would indicate.
Michael says that Nyrae Dawn is a master of both the male POV voice. And for me, often in YA books, this makes the biggest difference. Authors of YA often write the female POV well, but I'm often left with a two dimensional portrait of the male lead character. Ms. Dawn gets into the hear...more
Michael says that Nyrae Dawn is a master of both the male POV voice. And for me, often in YA books, this makes the biggest difference. Authors of YA often write the female POV well, but I'm often left with a two dimensional portrait of the male lead character. Ms. Dawn gets into the hear...more
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5+++++++ Stars
"It's easier to hide in the dark...but easier to let go too."
This book starts off great. Cheyenne catches her boyfriend Gregory cheating on her with little miss Red. So Chey decides she is going to teach Gregory that she doesn't need him and that there are other men who are intersted in her.
"I might not be able to do much for you, but I'll hold your secrets."
Then you meet Colt. My god I love him from the very beginning. Hot guy with a lot of Tattoo...more
5+++++++ Stars
"It's easier to hide in the dark...but easier to let go too."
This book starts off great. Cheyenne catches her boyfriend Gregory cheating on her with little miss Red. So Chey decides she is going to teach Gregory that she doesn't need him and that there are other men who are intersted in her.
"I might not be able to do much for you, but I'll hold your secrets."
Then you meet Colt. My god I love him from the very beginning. Hot guy with a lot of Tattoo...more
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Another hit from Nyrea Dawn. Chey and Colt are both playing games - trying to get though life without letting people see just how tightly they are trying to hold things together while everything is falling apart. On the surface, they seem as different as two people could be - the bad boy and the princess - but as they play their game together, they come to realize that they are more similar then they seem.
"This isn't a fucking game anymore. No charades here. I don't know exactly what to call it...more
"This isn't a fucking game anymore. No charades here. I don't know exactly what to call it...more
Nyrae Dawn can write no wrong! Colton was sex on a stick. His appeal wasn't shoved down your throat, but oh was it perfectly clear that he was make-you-squeal-like-a-pig hot! I obviously enjoyed him, but I enjoyed the story too. I cried like a baby, as usual. The end had me really nervous, but the epilogue gave me the closure that I needed. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go add to my list of favorite book boyfriends.
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This was my first Nyrae Dawn book, but it sure won't be the last. After Charade, I definitely want to read all her books.
Charade is not a new story. Two people pretending to be together and becoming really involved is not anything new, but the way this story developed from first to last chapter is refreshing. I have heard/read similar stories before, but this one just has that ''something'' which makes it different from others. Nothing in it was too much and there were no WOW/OMG/whatever moment...more
this book was worth it!
worth EVERY SINGLE DAY i spent waitin for Nyrae to finish the book n then publish it
TOTALLY worth it!
so it starts of with this messed up chick n this 'fucked' up guy
for a second i thot this was goin to be jst another YA romance. but i was happy to be proved wrong!
it was so intense and so raw!
it was painfully beautiful. if u get wat i mean
towards the end i actly shed a tear or two!
Nyrae, THANK U sooo much!
iv read ur books n this is ur BEST one so far
after readin the teaser...more
worth EVERY SINGLE DAY i spent waitin for Nyrae to finish the book n then publish it
TOTALLY worth it!
so it starts of with this messed up chick n this 'fucked' up guy
for a second i thot this was goin to be jst another YA romance. but i was happy to be proved wrong!
it was so intense and so raw!
it was painfully beautiful. if u get wat i mean
towards the end i actly shed a tear or two!
Nyrae, THANK U sooo much!
iv read ur books n this is ur BEST one so far
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Dec 28, 2012
Liz
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5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
alpha-man,
book-boyfriends,
brilliant-supporting-characters,
cant-wait-for-more,
college-setting,
ex-drama,
fake-relationship-or-marriage,
family-drama,
favorites,
great-ending,
heros-you-want,
loss-of-a-loved-one,
overcoming-loss,
overcoming-painful-memories,
possessive-man,
realistic-relationship,
tattooed-hottie,
tissues-needed,
tough-issues
Once again, I am blown away by a story so touching I know I won't be forgetting how deeply I loved these people and their story.
5 ++++++++ stars!
Charade is a story about two people who try their hardest to "survive" the life that they have been given. Choosing games and mask to cope the best they can. Two people, who separately and desperately try and deal with the ugliness and heartache thrown into their laps--but together they find that sometimes the only thing you need is each other.
Ms. Dawn'...more
5 ++++++++ stars!
Charade is a story about two people who try their hardest to "survive" the life that they have been given. Choosing games and mask to cope the best they can. Two people, who separately and desperately try and deal with the ugliness and heartache thrown into their laps--but together they find that sometimes the only thing you need is each other.
Ms. Dawn'...more
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Colt & Cheyenne
Fantastic. I really enjoyed this book. I've given it four stars because I felt that it was a bit predictable, but other than that, it was great.
The situation with Colt's Mum was so heart breaking, yet so beautiful. I loved the person Colt became when he was with her and I enjoyed reading his POV, even though it was devastatingly sad. This is a real tear jerker.
I loved how each of the...more
Fantastic. I really enjoyed this book. I've given it four stars because I felt that it was a bit predictable, but other than that, it was great.
The situation with Colt's Mum was so heart breaking, yet so beautiful. I loved the person Colt became when he was with her and I enjoyed reading his POV, even though it was devastatingly sad. This is a real tear jerker.
"He loves you," she adds. "And I love you. You're everything I could have hoped for, for him."
I loved how each of the...more
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Nov 10, 2012
Jenn
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone who LOVES this author
Recommended to Jenn by:
buddy read: Jojo, Lindsay & Bethany
Shelves:
boardingschools-college
Nyrae has won me over again. I love this authors stories.
In Charade we meet two people in desperate need to have someone at their back to help them fight their fights in life.
Cheyenne lives a life in such a way no one will want to leave her. She dawns a perfect mask and behind this mask is a very panic ridden life. She has to be as "perfect" as she can be. She's off at college with the "love of her life" Gregory who turns out to not be so perfect after all. Now she's looking for a fake boyfrie...more
In Charade we meet two people in desperate need to have someone at their back to help them fight their fights in life.
Cheyenne lives a life in such a way no one will want to leave her. She dawns a perfect mask and behind this mask is a very panic ridden life. She has to be as "perfect" as she can be. She's off at college with the "love of her life" Gregory who turns out to not be so perfect after all. Now she's looking for a fake boyfrie...more
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This is a New Adult, modern drama with an unashamedly old-fashioned love story, minus the railroad tracks partitioning the frat boys from the bad boys. The heroine, Cheyenne, took awhile to win me, though once her demons were unveiled, she became both inspiring and sympathetic. But Colt was the real draw. Most often, cliched rugged coolness like his is quickly diluted with sweet, syrupy, pussy-whipped sentiment. But he never loses character. His roughen steel goes well beyond his well-defined ab...more
I'm going to keep this short and sweet! This was a great read! I didn't love Colt in the beginning because he was such a jerk, but I started to warm up to him and by the end I loved him :D He had a sensitive, caring side that I never saw coming and that just made me fall in love with him!
This is not just a love story, this is a story about facing life's heartaches and finding love in the most unexpected way!
This is not just a love story, this is a story about facing life's heartaches and finding love in the most unexpected way!
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Wow! I haven't cried while reading a book for quite awhile. Many reviewers will call a book a tear jerker but when I read it my eyes don't even moisten-I feel so cold hearted because if a book made all these other people cry, why didn't I? Well I'm happy to announce, I do have a heart that feels emotion. Charade made me cry- I facilitated from misty eyed, to tears, to full out sobbing, ugly crying. Nyrae Dawn wrote such a beautiful, touching scene in this book, if you don't cry...well your just...more
BE EXCITED PEOPLE! This is awesome :D
"A laugh jumps out of my mouth, surprising me. I can’t even remember the last time I laughed and it puts me on edge. I suddenly want to do the same thing to her. Let her see how it feels to teeter on that cliff."
"A laugh jumps out of my mouth, surprising me. I can’t even remember the last time I laughed and it puts me on edge. I suddenly want to do the same thing to her. Let her see how it feels to teeter on that cliff."
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This book surprised me in a good way. It is the first book I have read by Nyrae Dawn so I did not know what to expect. I liked her writing style, the pace of the storyline, the depth of the characters. Loved the relationship between Colt and Chey and absolutely felt every emotion possible when reading about Colt and his Mother. I cried more over this book then I did in EON. This book resonated with me for many reasons and I am glad I read it and will certainly be picking up the next in this seri...more
Jeez, I don't even know where to begin on this one. Charade is the first book I've read since my all time favorite, Beautiful Disaster, that has actually made me feel a thousand different emotions while reading it.
I started this book thinking that it would be one of those light-hearted, feel-good romances. So boy was I surprised, when about a quarter of the way through, I realized that my initial assumption, was about the last thing from the truth. This book was amazing and when I say amazing, I...more
I started this book thinking that it would be one of those light-hearted, feel-good romances. So boy was I surprised, when about a quarter of the way through, I realized that my initial assumption, was about the last thing from the truth. This book was amazing and when I say amazing, I...more
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That guy on the cover is TO DIE FOR!
Charade was a pleasant surprise! I must admit that the only reason why I decided to read it was because of the cover....or more like the guy in the front cover haha. He is one sexy beast! It did wonders for my imagination and visualization of the book ;)
Charade is the story of Cheyenne, a girl in college who has serious abandonment issues, and Colton/Colt a 21 year old guy who's mother is dying of cancer. The book is told in the point of view of both character...more
Charade was a pleasant surprise! I must admit that the only reason why I decided to read it was because of the cover....or more like the guy in the front cover haha. He is one sexy beast! It did wonders for my imagination and visualization of the book ;)
Charade is the story of Cheyenne, a girl in college who has serious abandonment issues, and Colton/Colt a 21 year old guy who's mother is dying of cancer. The book is told in the point of view of both character...more
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I am a compulsive reader and writer who loves YA fiction.
I love nothing more than writing about young adults. There is something so fresh and fun about it. You can pretty much always find me with a book in my hand or open document in front of me.
I live in Southern California with my husband and two children.
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I love nothing more than writing about young adults. There is something so fresh and fun about it. You can pretty much always find me with a book in my hand or open document in front of me.
I live in Southern California with my husband and two children.
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She has a website aswell I'm sure they'll be on there!! :)"
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