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Waiting for You
Bailey Gray is tired of her perfectly planned life. Everything about her life has been organized and lived out to the expectations set of her parents. She is the class valedictorian, has perfect grades, the perfect friends, a perfect boyfriend, basically perfect life...or so everyone thought. That's when she realizes the path planned isn't always the path chosen.
On graduation day she makes a decision. One that changes everything she thought she knew about her intended future.
On a whim, she runs away with the town rebel, Dylan Wade, in search of the unknown.
Dylan Wade isn't looking to run away from anything.
He knows what he wants as he's been waiting on it for years.
On a journey to find the unknown, they discover a friendship they once knew along the open highway and have not a care in the world. Between the yellow and white lines of the heated summer asphalt, a spark draws them together as Dylan's past and Bailey future try to rip them apart.
Could it be that Dylan and his GTO are exactly what her perfectly planned life needs?
On graduation day she makes a decision. One that changes everything she thought she knew about her intended future.
On a whim, she runs away with the town rebel, Dylan Wade, in search of the unknown.
Dylan Wade isn't looking to run away from anything.
He knows what he wants as he's been waiting on it for years.
On a journey to find the unknown, they discover a friendship they once knew along the open highway and have not a care in the world. Between the yellow and white lines of the heated summer asphalt, a spark draws them together as Dylan's past and Bailey future try to rip them apart.
Could it be that Dylan and his GTO are exactly what her perfectly planned life needs?
292 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 21, 2013
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Due to recent development of the events considering this author, plagiarism and the fact that book has been pulled from Amazon, I decided to erase my rating!
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5 DANGEROUSLY INTENSE STARS
AHHHHHHHH.....what a book!! Holy crap. I literally just finished and I'm still gasping for air and trying to come up with words to tell you about it.
GRIPPING
INTENSE
HEART STOPPING
SWEET
TENDER
MOVING
Are just a couple of the words that I would use to describe the book.
Dylan is over being home with his drunken father. He’s tired of being beaten down and taking crap for a life he never chose and choices he’s not responsible for. He’s sick of being alone and feeling abandoned.
Bailey is sick of having her life planned out. Of being told what to do or how to dress. She wants freedom. Freedom from her overwhelming, seemingly perfect family, her annoying boyfriend who brings nothing to her life and the meaningless friendships she has. She wants to go out live her life, be reckless and enjoy every moment.
"I wanted to feel the freedom he felt, unpredictable freedom. I wanted to be out of control and I wanted to be a rebel. I wanted a sunrise, an opal sun dripping from the sky, with a new day where anything was possible and the sunset was unknown - Bailey"
It all comes to a head at Dylan and Bailey’s graduation where Bailey has a moment of SCREW THIS, and throws caution to the wind letting the world know how she feels. After Dylan has a confrontation with his father and Baileys pulls her little stunt, they take off together. Both ready to LIVE, LOVE and FEEL; to let loose and enjoy the moment. They hit the open road for a summer road trip that will make your heart stop and dance and your palms sweat. It will give you tingles, make you smile. It will make you cry, tear you apart and then put you back together. It will take you on an amazing journey; a journey of young addictive love, huge secrets and heartbreak. One where you’ll see two people grow, change, learn and mature.
"You don't just fall for someone like Dylan Wade. You bleed for someone like Dylan Wade."- Bailey
Love can be a dangerous thing. An addicting thing and for Bailey and Dylan their love is not only dangerously toxic but undeniably real. Their chemistry and need for each other is consuming BUT the past that Dylan holds and the secrets that unravel can destroy even the most intense and true of loves.
"Don't have regrets or second thoughts."... "Love, love with all your heart, every piece if it. Love anything as much as you can."
Reading this you will fall head over heels in love with Dylan; the sweet, soft and tender musician, whose heart is also and angry mess of sadness and disappointment. You'll fall in love with Bailey who's innocent, fun, sweet and craves freedom to live her life like any normal young girl does. These characters will breathe life into you. They'll become a part of your heart. You will be enamored and captivated by their spirits and intensity.
I think every good romance has to have a bit of angst and this one had A LOT. It's not a smooth ride but it’s worth every agonizing moment.
Overall I'd say this was a brilliant story, a sweet romance and an angsty affair. I would MORE than recommend it. It was absolutely fantastic.
I received this book from the author for an honest review
5 DANGEROUSLY INTENSE STARS
AHHHHHHHH.....what a book!! Holy crap. I literally just finished and I'm still gasping for air and trying to come up with words to tell you about it.
GRIPPING
INTENSE
HEART STOPPING
SWEET
TENDER
MOVING
Are just a couple of the words that I would use to describe the book.
Dylan is over being home with his drunken father. He’s tired of being beaten down and taking crap for a life he never chose and choices he’s not responsible for. He’s sick of being alone and feeling abandoned.
Bailey is sick of having her life planned out. Of being told what to do or how to dress. She wants freedom. Freedom from her overwhelming, seemingly perfect family, her annoying boyfriend who brings nothing to her life and the meaningless friendships she has. She wants to go out live her life, be reckless and enjoy every moment.
"I wanted to feel the freedom he felt, unpredictable freedom. I wanted to be out of control and I wanted to be a rebel. I wanted a sunrise, an opal sun dripping from the sky, with a new day where anything was possible and the sunset was unknown - Bailey"
It all comes to a head at Dylan and Bailey’s graduation where Bailey has a moment of SCREW THIS, and throws caution to the wind letting the world know how she feels. After Dylan has a confrontation with his father and Baileys pulls her little stunt, they take off together. Both ready to LIVE, LOVE and FEEL; to let loose and enjoy the moment. They hit the open road for a summer road trip that will make your heart stop and dance and your palms sweat. It will give you tingles, make you smile. It will make you cry, tear you apart and then put you back together. It will take you on an amazing journey; a journey of young addictive love, huge secrets and heartbreak. One where you’ll see two people grow, change, learn and mature.
"You don't just fall for someone like Dylan Wade. You bleed for someone like Dylan Wade."- Bailey
Love can be a dangerous thing. An addicting thing and for Bailey and Dylan their love is not only dangerously toxic but undeniably real. Their chemistry and need for each other is consuming BUT the past that Dylan holds and the secrets that unravel can destroy even the most intense and true of loves.
"Don't have regrets or second thoughts."... "Love, love with all your heart, every piece if it. Love anything as much as you can."
Reading this you will fall head over heels in love with Dylan; the sweet, soft and tender musician, whose heart is also and angry mess of sadness and disappointment. You'll fall in love with Bailey who's innocent, fun, sweet and craves freedom to live her life like any normal young girl does. These characters will breathe life into you. They'll become a part of your heart. You will be enamored and captivated by their spirits and intensity.
I think every good romance has to have a bit of angst and this one had A LOT. It's not a smooth ride but it’s worth every agonizing moment.
Overall I'd say this was a brilliant story, a sweet romance and an angsty affair. I would MORE than recommend it. It was absolutely fantastic.
I received this book from the author for an honest review
December 4, 2013
4 Stars!!
She believed lies because they were the only truth she knew.
So..... this book is about a road trip two lost friends take..
Bailey goes on this trip to get away from her monotonous planned life, to break free...
to explore her wild side, to live a little... HELL, you are 18 only once bitches!
When everything was planned for you, spontaneity and the unknown is something worth living.
I took the whiskey back looking at the label and wondering why they didn’t put a warning label on the outside of the bottle that said: May induce sexual behavior.
Meet Dylan!!
I was about ready to rape him. I was.
Sexy mysterious tattooed bad boy, with his pains and secrets
He's loved only once... At the age of 7 he fell in love with his brown eyed girl!
Half of me will always be with you
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They take off... on a journey, to reunite friendship, to find love, to lose themselves and find each other. To take control of their own lives, to live a little..
They find each other and a bit more, they find love, compassion, sex ;)
“You scared?” “A little.”
"Good.. It means you’re doing something wrong the right way.”
They make beautiful memories along the way, down south.. they make friends, they find music, photography, compassion
But what they also find out is, a secret, jealousy, betrayal can crack them appart, they find out the truth, which was always a lie fed to Bailey..!!
They find a life, they find a new friendship, they find love, they find them.
They find their sunset
“Tell me a secret Dylan, something you’ve never told anyone else,” I said
He whispered in my ear, “I love you.”
I knew his secret, in turn, he felt mine.
Have you ever been in love?
Love doesn’t necessarily mean anything. It’s a word, a phrase given to someone that bleeds the same colors you bleed, feels those same lines.
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This book was so going to go into my favorite shelf until I reached the last few chapters, then the book just got fucking annoying for me..
Hence, the 4 STARS.. Because I'm very confused between the 2 or 5 stars I want to give it.
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Let me start of by saying Shey Stahl has won me over, The author seriously has her way with words and expressions!! They made me LOL and chock on my laugher, blush and totally fall in love with this book, the characters and their story.
I think I fainted with the way he said whip it out and I really wanted to be around when that whip it out took place.
I hadn’t even clicked my own mouse, as Mercedes would put it.
Hahahah, this book had some maddddddd lines in it!!
Oohhhhh, the good ol' word vomit, gotta love the shit people speak when their nervous, loved that!!
“Everyone expects me to come up here and give a speech about how I got to where I am because of all my hard work and that may be right. I did work hard. But I’m not so sure I did that for myself. I did it because my parents wanted me to." ........
If I thought, my parent’s eyes were wide before, they looked like they were both about to have a fucking heart attack now. It was a great feeling. “The truth is that my entire life has been planned out for me. Did you know I couldn’t even buy my own underwear? My mom does that for me,” I said with a laugh. My dad, who had shot out of his chair in embarrassment, had reached the stage by then and grabbed my arm. Straining to speak into the microphone, I needed to say one more part that was important.
“Looks like my times up but I just wanted to say one last thing to everyone…
fuck off!”
WOAH :O She just gives rebel a new meaning, I mean.. I should know about rebels being that I totally am one, being a rebel gives you a purpose, a purpose to irritate your parents just to get a spite out of them, trust me when I say, it is fun.. its cheap thrills, you get a good kick out of it and you feel good... haha!
Yes, I am nuts.
After you finish this book, all you can think about is
There’s something about a road trip that’s relaxing to me. The silence, the unknown, the sunsets, the perfectly planned songs with the hidden meanings
She believed lies because they were the only truth she knew.
So..... this book is about a road trip two lost friends take..
Bailey goes on this trip to get away from her monotonous planned life, to break free...
to explore her wild side, to live a little... HELL, you are 18 only once bitches!
When everything was planned for you, spontaneity and the unknown is something worth living.
I took the whiskey back looking at the label and wondering why they didn’t put a warning label on the outside of the bottle that said: May induce sexual behavior.
Meet Dylan!!
I was about ready to rape him. I was.
Sexy mysterious tattooed bad boy, with his pains and secrets
He's loved only once... At the age of 7 he fell in love with his brown eyed girl!
Half of me will always be with you
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They take off... on a journey, to reunite friendship, to find love, to lose themselves and find each other. To take control of their own lives, to live a little..
They find each other and a bit more, they find love, compassion, sex ;)
“You scared?” “A little.”
"Good.. It means you’re doing something wrong the right way.”
They make beautiful memories along the way, down south.. they make friends, they find music, photography, compassion
But what they also find out is, a secret, jealousy, betrayal can crack them appart, they find out the truth, which was always a lie fed to Bailey..!!
They find a life, they find a new friendship, they find love, they find them.
They find their sunset
“Tell me a secret Dylan, something you’ve never told anyone else,” I said
He whispered in my ear, “I love you.”
I knew his secret, in turn, he felt mine.
Have you ever been in love?
Love doesn’t necessarily mean anything. It’s a word, a phrase given to someone that bleeds the same colors you bleed, feels those same lines.
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This book was so going to go into my favorite shelf until I reached the last few chapters, then the book just got fucking annoying for me..
Hence, the 4 STARS.. Because I'm very confused between the 2 or 5 stars I want to give it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Let me start of by saying Shey Stahl has won me over, The author seriously has her way with words and expressions!! They made me LOL and chock on my laugher, blush and totally fall in love with this book, the characters and their story.
I think I fainted with the way he said whip it out and I really wanted to be around when that whip it out took place.
I hadn’t even clicked my own mouse, as Mercedes would put it.
Hahahah, this book had some maddddddd lines in it!!
Oohhhhh, the good ol' word vomit, gotta love the shit people speak when their nervous, loved that!!
“Everyone expects me to come up here and give a speech about how I got to where I am because of all my hard work and that may be right. I did work hard. But I’m not so sure I did that for myself. I did it because my parents wanted me to." ........
If I thought, my parent’s eyes were wide before, they looked like they were both about to have a fucking heart attack now. It was a great feeling. “The truth is that my entire life has been planned out for me. Did you know I couldn’t even buy my own underwear? My mom does that for me,” I said with a laugh. My dad, who had shot out of his chair in embarrassment, had reached the stage by then and grabbed my arm. Straining to speak into the microphone, I needed to say one more part that was important.
“Looks like my times up but I just wanted to say one last thing to everyone…
fuck off!”
WOAH :O She just gives rebel a new meaning, I mean.. I should know about rebels being that I totally am one, being a rebel gives you a purpose, a purpose to irritate your parents just to get a spite out of them, trust me when I say, it is fun.. its cheap thrills, you get a good kick out of it and you feel good... haha!
Yes, I am nuts.
After you finish this book, all you can think about is
There’s something about a road trip that’s relaxing to me. The silence, the unknown, the sunsets, the perfectly planned songs with the hidden meanings
September 28, 2014
4.5 Heartfelt Stars!
Bailey has spent the majority of her life being who everyone else wants her to be. Living up to the expectations of being the perfect daughter, perfect student, perfect girlfriend. He life isn’t really hers anymore. It’s the day of her highschool graduation, where she is Valedictorian- of course. And she decides to take a stand. She says exactly what she wants to say and doesn’t think about the consequences. Staring at the back of the audience, she see’s Dylan. Her first kiss, her old friend, and she gets the courage to tell everyone to pretty much ‘fuck off’ then she leaves.
Dylan is Bailey’s neighbor, and once they were friends. He is the opposite of Bailey. He doesn’t care what anyone thinks, and no one has any expectations of him. He has tattoo’s, smokes, plays guitar and gets into trouble every now and then. Dylan life isn’t perfect. When his mother was killed in a car accident, his life changed.
After graduation, Bailey is in a fight with her soon to be ex-boyfriend, and she see’s Dylan. He is fighting with his dad, getting ready to take off. And she goes with him. They take off, going south, no plan, no expectations, just going on a road trip. It’s easy with Dylan. They can talk and just be together. Bailey is starting to finally feel like she can be herself again.
As their journey goes on, they become closer. As friends, but also something more. They do all kinds of fun and crazy things, make up a ‘bucket list’ for Bailey.
After a while, Bailey realizes something. Everyone in her life was trying to control her, but not Dylan. He just wanted to be there for her, she just never let him.
“For eight years I’ve waited for you to see what was in front of you.”
God- I loved Dylan! Seriously loved him! He made me melt! Knowing that he was watching out for Bailey all this time, he was such a stand up, sexy and sweet guy.
“Tell me a secret Dylan, something you’ve never told anyone else.” “I love you.”
“She’s not my brown eyes,” he whispered. His lips touched my temple as he spoke. “Nothing will ever compare to you.” He groaned into my neck, carefully nibbling on my skin. “I knew I was fucked from that first kiss at seven.”
Towards the end of the summer, Bailey realizes that she is in love with Dylan also. At times, Dylan gets distant, and other times, insanely jealous. While they are staying with his brother, things between them change. Dylan has been hiding something. One secret changes everything.
We were in over our heads, I knew that, he felt it, he believed it still, here we were, living in moments, loving dangerously.
That summer changed both of their lives. But summer doesn’t last forever.
“Keep our memories what they are, ours.”
There were parts of this book, towards the end that had me in tears. It was such a beautiful, but at times, heartbreaking story. I loved this book. LOVED IT! Bailey and Dylan’s journey was emotional, passionate, loving and amazing. READ THIS ONE!!!
He gave me a piece of forever that summer. I had a taste of what it was like. To love, to feel, to live. I had it.
“It was you. And if there was one thing that kept me going, it was waiting for you.”
Bailey has spent the majority of her life being who everyone else wants her to be. Living up to the expectations of being the perfect daughter, perfect student, perfect girlfriend. He life isn’t really hers anymore. It’s the day of her highschool graduation, where she is Valedictorian- of course. And she decides to take a stand. She says exactly what she wants to say and doesn’t think about the consequences. Staring at the back of the audience, she see’s Dylan. Her first kiss, her old friend, and she gets the courage to tell everyone to pretty much ‘fuck off’ then she leaves.
Dylan is Bailey’s neighbor, and once they were friends. He is the opposite of Bailey. He doesn’t care what anyone thinks, and no one has any expectations of him. He has tattoo’s, smokes, plays guitar and gets into trouble every now and then. Dylan life isn’t perfect. When his mother was killed in a car accident, his life changed.
After graduation, Bailey is in a fight with her soon to be ex-boyfriend, and she see’s Dylan. He is fighting with his dad, getting ready to take off. And she goes with him. They take off, going south, no plan, no expectations, just going on a road trip. It’s easy with Dylan. They can talk and just be together. Bailey is starting to finally feel like she can be herself again.
As their journey goes on, they become closer. As friends, but also something more. They do all kinds of fun and crazy things, make up a ‘bucket list’ for Bailey.
After a while, Bailey realizes something. Everyone in her life was trying to control her, but not Dylan. He just wanted to be there for her, she just never let him.
“For eight years I’ve waited for you to see what was in front of you.”
God- I loved Dylan! Seriously loved him! He made me melt! Knowing that he was watching out for Bailey all this time, he was such a stand up, sexy and sweet guy.
“Tell me a secret Dylan, something you’ve never told anyone else.” “I love you.”
“She’s not my brown eyes,” he whispered. His lips touched my temple as he spoke. “Nothing will ever compare to you.” He groaned into my neck, carefully nibbling on my skin. “I knew I was fucked from that first kiss at seven.”
Towards the end of the summer, Bailey realizes that she is in love with Dylan also. At times, Dylan gets distant, and other times, insanely jealous. While they are staying with his brother, things between them change. Dylan has been hiding something. One secret changes everything.
We were in over our heads, I knew that, he felt it, he believed it still, here we were, living in moments, loving dangerously.
That summer changed both of their lives. But summer doesn’t last forever.
“Keep our memories what they are, ours.”
There were parts of this book, towards the end that had me in tears. It was such a beautiful, but at times, heartbreaking story. I loved this book. LOVED IT! Bailey and Dylan’s journey was emotional, passionate, loving and amazing. READ THIS ONE!!!
He gave me a piece of forever that summer. I had a taste of what it was like. To love, to feel, to live. I had it.
“It was you. And if there was one thing that kept me going, it was waiting for you.”
February 27, 2013
“I believe that people come into your life and then some go.I also think there's a purpose as to why they were in your life at all.Each one takes a piece of you when they go.Some leave pieces of themselves with you.Sometimes its's wisdom, or maybe,it's a lesson.”
"What would you do for a piece of forever? What would you do to love more, feel more, and live more?"
What happens when you living your life but you don't feel alive? A feeling of numbness takes over you, tired of being mundane....? You will get to a point where you want to let it go.. To be Yourself!
And this is exactly what happened to Bailey...
For her whole life Bailey did what her parents expected of her, the perfect daughter, the perfect innocent virgin with the perfect grades. On the day of her graduation, Bailey decides for once in her life she wants to be herself.. She tells everyone at her graduation about her Not-So-Perfect life.
When she walks out of her school with her father screaming at her and her boyfriend and friends running after her demanding to know what's wrong with her.
.. She sees him. Her childhood friend Dylan arguing with his father whose about to hit him... She screams for him not to and in that moment something happens.
"Instead, I saw us playing as kids. I saw us making mud pies, getting dirty, swimming at Black Lake and my first kiss on the train tracks with him and the taste of his watermelon gum. I saw us the way we should have been when nothing else mattered but a dirt road that led to nowhere."
"In that moment, we were two kids looking for an escape. Two kids wanting that unpredictable sunrise."
Bailey and Dylan leave on a journey... A journey to no where...A journey of lost friendship, to loose themselves but find themselves at the same time...
Somewhere along that journey...
They find their lost friendship.. They make memories...
Make memories...experience the best things in life
“Be alive, be wide awake, be anything but boring.”
I loved the fact that Dylan didn't take advantage of Bailey. He was so sweet in a bad boy kind of way. He could have taken her innocence but he respected her too much.. I guess that happens when you love someone since you 7 years old. He wants her to feel for him as he does for her before anything happens.
They laugh, they dance in the rain, get drunk, go clubbing, watch the stars... They experience true happiness.. Contentment...
Friendship turns into love and love which starts with friendship will last forever... Simple glances and friendly gestures turn into innocent touches then some not so innocent touches...
Dylan makes Bailey feel..
Deep secrets come out...
“Tell me a secret Dylan, something you've never told anyone else," I said keeping my eyes on the stars.He don't say anything, his breathing light, body relaxed.Sighing, his breath tickling my shin when he whispered in my ear,"I love you.”
They fall madly in love...
As life has a way of crashing down the dream... Bailey finds out something about Dylan.. Secrets which can destroy them.
She has to let Dylan go and walk away...
"I had a desire inside of me, something dark and unpredictable. The problem was that I forgot about me that summer."
"There was a reason why I got in the car that day. And there was a reason why he asked me to come."
"But there was a reason why I left too."
"When I looked back at him, it was harder than I thought it would be."
"Dylan once asked me if I was the same person when others weren’t looking as I was when they were. I didn’t know who I was when they were looking."
"Every memory I had that was about me, was tied to Dylan in some way. He knew me and it was the only way he let me walk away from him that afternoon"
"The thing was, you experience life and you’re forced to deal with it. Like it or not, it happened and you deal with it"
"That’s the deal"
After she walks away from Dylan, she doesn't go home.. She doesn't want to go home, the lies had caused too much damage..
"I could tell you a story about love but you’ll never fully understand what we felt that summer because you weren’t there experiencing our moments and living it with us. Maybe you see it now. Maybe you don’t. Maybe I lost you in the middle, I lost myself a few times."
"What would you do for a piece of forever? What would you do to love more, feel more, and live more?"
What happens when you living your life but you don't feel alive? A feeling of numbness takes over you, tired of being mundane....? You will get to a point where you want to let it go.. To be Yourself!
And this is exactly what happened to Bailey...
For her whole life Bailey did what her parents expected of her, the perfect daughter, the perfect innocent virgin with the perfect grades. On the day of her graduation, Bailey decides for once in her life she wants to be herself.. She tells everyone at her graduation about her Not-So-Perfect life.
When she walks out of her school with her father screaming at her and her boyfriend and friends running after her demanding to know what's wrong with her.
.. She sees him. Her childhood friend Dylan arguing with his father whose about to hit him... She screams for him not to and in that moment something happens.
"Instead, I saw us playing as kids. I saw us making mud pies, getting dirty, swimming at Black Lake and my first kiss on the train tracks with him and the taste of his watermelon gum. I saw us the way we should have been when nothing else mattered but a dirt road that led to nowhere."
"In that moment, we were two kids looking for an escape. Two kids wanting that unpredictable sunrise."
Bailey and Dylan leave on a journey... A journey to no where...A journey of lost friendship, to loose themselves but find themselves at the same time...
Somewhere along that journey...
They find their lost friendship.. They make memories...
Make memories...experience the best things in life
“Be alive, be wide awake, be anything but boring.”
I loved the fact that Dylan didn't take advantage of Bailey. He was so sweet in a bad boy kind of way. He could have taken her innocence but he respected her too much.. I guess that happens when you love someone since you 7 years old. He wants her to feel for him as he does for her before anything happens.
They laugh, they dance in the rain, get drunk, go clubbing, watch the stars... They experience true happiness.. Contentment...
Friendship turns into love and love which starts with friendship will last forever... Simple glances and friendly gestures turn into innocent touches then some not so innocent touches...
Dylan makes Bailey feel..
Deep secrets come out...
“Tell me a secret Dylan, something you've never told anyone else," I said keeping my eyes on the stars.He don't say anything, his breathing light, body relaxed.Sighing, his breath tickling my shin when he whispered in my ear,"I love you.”
They fall madly in love...
As life has a way of crashing down the dream... Bailey finds out something about Dylan.. Secrets which can destroy them.
She has to let Dylan go and walk away...
"I had a desire inside of me, something dark and unpredictable. The problem was that I forgot about me that summer."
"There was a reason why I got in the car that day. And there was a reason why he asked me to come."
"But there was a reason why I left too."
"When I looked back at him, it was harder than I thought it would be."
"Dylan once asked me if I was the same person when others weren’t looking as I was when they were. I didn’t know who I was when they were looking."
"Every memory I had that was about me, was tied to Dylan in some way. He knew me and it was the only way he let me walk away from him that afternoon"
"The thing was, you experience life and you’re forced to deal with it. Like it or not, it happened and you deal with it"
"That’s the deal"
After she walks away from Dylan, she doesn't go home.. She doesn't want to go home, the lies had caused too much damage..
"I could tell you a story about love but you’ll never fully understand what we felt that summer because you weren’t there experiencing our moments and living it with us. Maybe you see it now. Maybe you don’t. Maybe I lost you in the middle, I lost myself a few times."
February 26, 2013
I'm completely, over my head, 100%, can't stop thinking about it, in LOVE with this book!
A journey of two young people trying to find themselves, and instead finding each other.
Waiting for you is a beautiful, moving, thought provoking read, I loved every page. I felt like a giddy teenager reading this book, the author has done an amazing job of making the reader feel a part of every kiss, conversation, drama and emotion. Parts of the book were almost poetic, hats off to Shey Stahl her writing is an emotional/love junkies addiction fix.
I loved the relationship between Bailey Gray and Dylan Wade, both characters were utterly loveable and likeable. Their love story is a readers dream - Sometimes toxic, dangerous and heart wrenching sometimes beautiful, forever and enduring.
This story is sweet,understated, utterly swoontastic, sexy and an absolute gorgeous read. I was truly swept up in the authors story, I urge anyone who loves a tale of young love to read this.
I won't forget about this book, my heart is still going long after the last kindle click. *sigh*
"we had always loved each other from opposite sides of our own storms."
5 stars and a heart filled with a forever kind of love.
A journey of two young people trying to find themselves, and instead finding each other.
Waiting for you is a beautiful, moving, thought provoking read, I loved every page. I felt like a giddy teenager reading this book, the author has done an amazing job of making the reader feel a part of every kiss, conversation, drama and emotion. Parts of the book were almost poetic, hats off to Shey Stahl her writing is an emotional/love junkies addiction fix.
I loved the relationship between Bailey Gray and Dylan Wade, both characters were utterly loveable and likeable. Their love story is a readers dream - Sometimes toxic, dangerous and heart wrenching sometimes beautiful, forever and enduring.
This story is sweet,understated, utterly swoontastic, sexy and an absolute gorgeous read. I was truly swept up in the authors story, I urge anyone who loves a tale of young love to read this.
I won't forget about this book, my heart is still going long after the last kindle click. *sigh*
"we had always loved each other from opposite sides of our own storms."
5 stars and a heart filled with a forever kind of love.
February 18, 2013
~ Just like the sky, a change, a thought, a feeling, doesn't happen right away, for me anyway. You don't see it at first. It's nothing but chalky warmth, a glow in the distance completely humbled to the magnificence of Helios. As a dawn starts to shake the ash from the night, revealing the bright red scarlet of morning that ran riot in the sky, a decision is set, but you don't know it. There's something refreshing about a sunrise, It's just as unpredictable what a new day would bring. ~
A child hood that had been scripted for a girl, Bailey Gray.
Bailey Gray is tired of her perfectly planned life, she has perfect grades, the perfect friends, a perfect boyfriend, life was perfect...or so everyone thought.
Bailey can't stand her life, HATED her life. Going to a certain school, her parents picked her friends, a certain boyfriend forced upon her.
During Graduation Bailey snaps right before her Valedictorian speech.
"The truth is that my entire life has been planed out for me. Did you know I couldn't even buy my own underwear? My mom does that for me," I said with a laugh.
My dad, who had shot out of his chair in embarrassment, had reached the stage by then grabbing my arm. Straining to speak into the microphone, I needed to say one more part that was important.
"Looks like my time is up but I just wanted to say one last thing to everyone… Fuck off!"
Bailey Runs,
Runs right into town bad boy Dylan Wade
Dylan was Bailey's 1st kiss, growing up across the street from each they were childhood friends.
But when Dylan's mum died in a car accident, a part of Dylan died with her. He started acting out pushing everyone away. Bailey and Dylan haven't spoken in years.
Embarking on road trip the unknown, they re-discover a friendship they once knew.
~Sometimes you just know a person. It doesn't matter if you never talk. You know them. You have a silent connection. We had that. ~
Bailey questions what she wants out of life. What would you do of a piece of forever? What would you do to love more, feel more, and live more?
~More than anything, I wanted to feel alive. I wanted to feel and appreciate a passion for something that I loved. For most of my life, I felt like a puppet on strings and I wanted that feeling gone.~
Together they experience life, live it, breathe it, enjoy the moment, be present and take a risk.
~When I got in that car, It wasn't a thought out decision. The decision to want something more from my life was but Dylan, what was happening now, that wasn't planned. To me that was the best part of it though, the unexpected.~
Their Summer was spent on the open high way chasing sunsets.
Creating a bucket-list, learning about themselves and each other.
~ You know those moments, whether you're in them or not, you feel something more than you intended to feel, what you wanted to feel. That was right now. It was like watching a sunset, one that I expected to be an average sunset and know what colours would be and the specific setting I would use, but then, with so much as a shift in the clouds, a sunset you never expected is revealed. It's a stolen heart in the rain, sprinkled ray of light that kiss your skin and dance in the rain to sounds of thunder and rolling growls. ~
Slowly Bailey learnt that a lot of times, the best things in life didn't rely on being planned. On that summer road trip Dylan and Bailey feel hopelessly in love.
~To me, love was like the colours of the sun bleeding and spilling over the best part of you and him together and highlighting what needed to be. Love doesn't necessarily mean anything. It's a word, a phrase you give to someone that bleeds the same colours you bleed, feels those same lines.~
Lessons are learnt and secrets come to head threatening to destroy everything they had.
What would you do? Deny the truth?
"I love you, please remember that," he whispered tucking a lock of my hair behind my ear. "Half of me will be with you, barely breathing, watching your sunset."
That one summer, taught Bailey to open her eyes on a lot of things, her family, life, a world she never knew and world she can be herself in.
She lost so much but gain a lot more..
'Waiting for you' is a story of kisses, lust, passion, youth, mistakes, lies, hiding, stupidity, judging, but most of all, love.
~We loved. We made memories. Our love was dangerous. It was asking me to come with him. It was dancing in the rain on the hood of his car. It was making dents that only we knew. It was living in the moment and making memories and deals. It was being in love and having your heart ripped from your chest. Here you take it, I don't want it anymore. It was that kind of shit. It was please don't do this, not here." It was hear me now, listen to me. It was waiting. I waited, and we waited. Nothing.
It was remembering every detail, everything that made him Dylan Wade and remembering nothing at all. ~
When I start a book I normally know what I'm getting into. I know what type of mood Im in for.
I will, most of the time read through a few reviews weighing up my options.
There are some books that make you laugh, cry, swoon and even angry. Some leave you on a cliffhanger making you beg for more. I love all the emotions you feel when reading a good story.
I Love getting lost in a story, love being taken in to the pages, to feel everything I'm reading.
Every once in a while I will be taken on a journey that I wasn't prepared to take. I will be thrown head first into the lives of the ones I'm reading. It invokes all the wonderful emotions you want to feel plus so much more. It's a feeling of pure excitement when my adrenaline kicks in.
But most of all, it's the words that you read that connect to you.
It's like the words are flowing out of my kindle wrapping around me, caressing me, comforting me pouring into my body and soul and speaking to me.
It is freaking amazing when I feel that. It resets you, It opens your eyes to everything around you.
Shey Stahl's 'Waiting for you' invoked all those emotions for me, I can't even begin to tell you. I was not expecting such an intense pull.
Her words came out at me, wrapped around me and opened my eyes.
~Some say a sunset can be too beautiful for words. I'd agree with that. There are a lot of things too beautiful for words for me.
To me, it was the earth's way of saving the best for last.~
ADD IT. READ IT. LOVE IT.
+++5 AMAZING, EYE OPENING STARS +++
August 9, 2016
“It was a summer of tears, laughter, colors that bled lies and denied the truth. It was the kind of love that knew no bounds, tangled emotions that were strong.”
“Dylan wasn’t a rebound or distraction. No. He couldn’t be. Not Dylan. Like I said, you don’t just fall for someone like Dylan Wade. You bleed for someone like Dylan Wade.”
“You didn’t just randomly show up here. It was fate. You once asked me if I was in the right place at the right time what I would do. This is me, in the right place at the right time.”
“To me, love was like the colors of the sun bleeding and spilling over to the best parts of you and him together and highlighting what needed to be. Love doesn’t necessarily mean anything. It’s a word, a phrase given to someone that bleeds the same colors you bleed, feels those same lines.”
“Some say a sunset can be too beautiful for words. I’d agree with that. There are a lot of things too beautiful for words for me. To me, it was the earth’s way of saving the best for last.”
“Sometimes I feel like we’re pulling a rope but neither one of us are pulling the rope at the same time. Sometimes I think that loving someone is doing what’s right. Loving like there’s nothing else. Feeling and believing there’s nothing else.”
“Tell me a secret Dylan, something you’ve never told anyone else.”
Sighing, his breath tickled my skin when he whispered in my ear, “I love you.”
“I’m just a guy. Deep down, I was still a boy. A boy with a broken fucking heart who missed cold toes, freckles and tangled ginger locks. That’s my deal.”
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Brown eyes.
Guitar.
Whiskey.
Flannels.
Ripped jean shorts.
“This was love. Fucking blinding soul type shit.”
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So I’ve been complaining a lot lately, about the played out clichés and tropes in YA/NA novels. You know those predictable stories where the bad boy jerk meets the virginal, sweet, and innocent heroine? Then, they make passionate love to each other, and BAM. It’s all consuming, soul sucking, gut wrenching, I-can’t-breathe-without-you, love. Puh-lease.
Not to mention, the guy probably looks like a CK model, with tats and a “classic” car, or motorcycle. And sometimes those kinds of stories make me want to puke, and roll my eyes up to heaven. But other times, you realize why that formula has become so cliché. Because, when done right, your knees go weak, you have trouble breathing, and you just know – it’s gonna be good. That basically sums up my experience with this story...
Basically, Bailey is the miss goody-two-shoed, Valedictorian. Dylan is the rebel from the wrong side of the tracks. They used to be childhood friends, until his mom died when he was 10. Since then, he started acting out, and was labeled the “bad” boy. Naturally, Bailey & Dylan went their separate ways. Until graduation, when Bailey basically runs away with her childhood buddy, and first kiss.
Usually, I would stray from this stereotypical construction of bad boy v. virgin cliche, but I REALLY REALLY REALLY LIKED Dylan. And, there were some extremely hot & steamy scenes...That. I. Loved.
*I highly recommend this for lovers of the NA/road trip genre; this book reminded me a TINY BIT of, The Edge of Never.
4.5 STARS
March 28, 2013
1.5 stars
This book deserves some sort of award....for having the most misleading cover and blurb in the history of covers and blurbs. It is nothing like it appears to be, and if you're looking for a sweet, fun road trip book, look elsewhere, because this is NOT it.
This is a story about two spoiled, self-righteous kids who hate their lives, despite the fact that even with their demons, they still have it better than a hell of a lot of teens these days. They channel all of this hatred into their love, and then into destroying each other. It was sad, sure, but mostly I just couldn't stand either of them.
I really hate to give this book such a low rating, because I've read much worse (I'm looking at you, Fifty Shades), and I actually enjoyed the beginning despite my distaste for the characters. But there were so many problems, and it disappointed me so much, that I can't find it in myself to look for any other positive things to say.
-There are a lot of grammar and punctuation errors that were impossible for me to ignore.
-He calls her "brown eyes" so. many. times. Sometimes multiple times on the same page. It was annoying.
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I probably could have appreciated Waiting for You if it had been done a bit differently, because I realize that relationships like this do exist, and they deserve a story. My problem is when you wrap it up in a pretty package and make it seem like something it's not. Maybe it's to garner sales, or maybe to someone else, this cover and blurb seem appropriate. To me, they belong to something else. To me, they're glorifying it.
This book deserves some sort of award....for having the most misleading cover and blurb in the history of covers and blurbs. It is nothing like it appears to be, and if you're looking for a sweet, fun road trip book, look elsewhere, because this is NOT it.
This is a story about two spoiled, self-righteous kids who hate their lives, despite the fact that even with their demons, they still have it better than a hell of a lot of teens these days. They channel all of this hatred into their love, and then into destroying each other. It was sad, sure, but mostly I just couldn't stand either of them.
I really hate to give this book such a low rating, because I've read much worse (I'm looking at you, Fifty Shades), and I actually enjoyed the beginning despite my distaste for the characters. But there were so many problems, and it disappointed me so much, that I can't find it in myself to look for any other positive things to say.
-There are a lot of grammar and punctuation errors that were impossible for me to ignore.
-He calls her "brown eyes" so. many. times. Sometimes multiple times on the same page. It was annoying.
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I probably could have appreciated Waiting for You if it had been done a bit differently, because I realize that relationships like this do exist, and they deserve a story. My problem is when you wrap it up in a pretty package and make it seem like something it's not. Maybe it's to garner sales, or maybe to someone else, this cover and blurb seem appropriate. To me, they belong to something else. To me, they're glorifying it.
March 1, 2013
I hate to say this but: what was the hype all about? I couldn't connect to either of the main characters. I didn't feel the love connection either. I felt Dylan was more of a jerk then anything the whole book. And Bailey needed a back bone more often then not where Dylan was concerned. These two had more trust issues, lack of communication, jealousy issues and lusting going on then anything... And maybe some anger issues.
I wanted to love this but the book just didn't work for me. I couldn't connect and it dragged a lot. Lots of things could have been deleted from the story. There were some unnecessary parts too. All of the: I want you but can't have you parts got old. The lack of communication was frustrating beyond anything for me with these two as well. Also Bailey not asking or saying certain things to Dylan was frustrating too.
This isn't the sweet second chance childhood love story it sounded like it would be. Very disappointed. Dylan was just not relatable at all. These two didn't even act like real teenagers IMO a lot of times.
I wanted to love this but the book just didn't work for me. I couldn't connect and it dragged a lot. Lots of things could have been deleted from the story. There were some unnecessary parts too. All of the: I want you but can't have you parts got old. The lack of communication was frustrating beyond anything for me with these two as well. Also Bailey not asking or saying certain things to Dylan was frustrating too.
This isn't the sweet second chance childhood love story it sounded like it would be. Very disappointed. Dylan was just not relatable at all. These two didn't even act like real teenagers IMO a lot of times.
December 4, 2013
5 Heart Clenching Stars... ♥♥♥♥♥
I loved this story.. let me be honest and say that before the last 25% of this book I was sitting on a solid 4 stars.. I had gone through several chapters where I felt like the book was settling down to much and I kept waiting on that "click" to happen. Don't get me wrong, the first half was really good and even the settled part was really good, but it was'nt 5 stars.. Then, that moment happened where my heart seized up and I just knew that I had taken that turn in this story and it was full out heart racing from that moment on... once that click happend, and my heart starting sqeezing , eyes started watering, I started getting frustrated and and sad and .. just all these feelings from all these "moments" that were happening and I could'nt swipe my Kindle pages fast enough. The last 25% pushed this book right on to 5 stars for me.. and that last 5%.. Damn..... just damn..
Bailey and Dylan met when they were 3 years old.. lived across from each other.. best friends growing up together, shared their first kiss with each other when they were 7.. they were everything to each other
Tragedy strikes Dylan when he is 10 years old and he's never the same.. he starts rebelling and getting into trouble.. setting mail boxes on fire, causing riots at school, and getting into all kinds of trouble. Including alcohol and drugs. He and Bailey still go to school together, but Bailey's stuck up parents refuse to let her have anything to do with him. She lives in a glass house and lives by their rules. Before long she's dressing how they say, dating who they say, eating what they say.. she has no life of her own.. while Dillon is on the other side living his life to the extreme. She's now the highschool cheerleader dating the football player and he's the tattood rock stoner that no body messes with. They settle for glances in the hallways, brushes with each other both of them looking at each other and still seeing each other deep down. But they are so different now...
Until graduation day when everything changes.. Bailey is sick of living in her shell and doing what everyone expects and what her parents tell her to do.. She's the class valedictorian and when she stands up in front of everyone to give her speech.. she see's the boyfriend she's had for 4 years that means nothing to her, a bitch liar for a best friends, parents that want to control her.. and then, in the back row.. she see's Dylan. Looking like he couldn't give a fuck about being there to get his diploma and he doesnt. He's just looking around like he'd rather be anywhere else. This is Bailey's moment... and boy does she deliver--- giving one good fuck off speech to everyone in attendance.
Both Dylan and Bailey end up getting in fights with their families out in parking lot and all hell breaks loose.. Dylan and Bailey are just staring at each other both answering unanswered questions with one look.. he nods to his car and she hops in... they take off --- Cross Country Baby!!
And then thats when the real story begins....
Love..
Passion....
Happiness....
Then heartache, anger, and complete sadness... my heart was breaking
Dylan and Bailey's journey over the summer is a filled with everything Bailey wants to do that she's never expierneced and Dylan is the one that brings her to life.. but he's also then one that can totally destroy her. However, she has always had her fist around his heart although she never knew it and she can hurt him just as badly.
Can they heal and love each other they way that each of them need or will secrets and jealosy become too much for them to endure...
Loved this story so much.. it really knocked me around but I sure enjoyed it...
Bailey and Dylan were beautiful and their story is love...
I loved this story.. let me be honest and say that before the last 25% of this book I was sitting on a solid 4 stars.. I had gone through several chapters where I felt like the book was settling down to much and I kept waiting on that "click" to happen. Don't get me wrong, the first half was really good and even the settled part was really good, but it was'nt 5 stars.. Then, that moment happened where my heart seized up and I just knew that I had taken that turn in this story and it was full out heart racing from that moment on... once that click happend, and my heart starting sqeezing , eyes started watering, I started getting frustrated and and sad and .. just all these feelings from all these "moments" that were happening and I could'nt swipe my Kindle pages fast enough. The last 25% pushed this book right on to 5 stars for me.. and that last 5%.. Damn..... just damn..
Bailey and Dylan met when they were 3 years old.. lived across from each other.. best friends growing up together, shared their first kiss with each other when they were 7.. they were everything to each other
Tragedy strikes Dylan when he is 10 years old and he's never the same.. he starts rebelling and getting into trouble.. setting mail boxes on fire, causing riots at school, and getting into all kinds of trouble. Including alcohol and drugs. He and Bailey still go to school together, but Bailey's stuck up parents refuse to let her have anything to do with him. She lives in a glass house and lives by their rules. Before long she's dressing how they say, dating who they say, eating what they say.. she has no life of her own.. while Dillon is on the other side living his life to the extreme. She's now the highschool cheerleader dating the football player and he's the tattood rock stoner that no body messes with. They settle for glances in the hallways, brushes with each other both of them looking at each other and still seeing each other deep down. But they are so different now...
Until graduation day when everything changes.. Bailey is sick of living in her shell and doing what everyone expects and what her parents tell her to do.. She's the class valedictorian and when she stands up in front of everyone to give her speech.. she see's the boyfriend she's had for 4 years that means nothing to her, a bitch liar for a best friends, parents that want to control her.. and then, in the back row.. she see's Dylan. Looking like he couldn't give a fuck about being there to get his diploma and he doesnt. He's just looking around like he'd rather be anywhere else. This is Bailey's moment... and boy does she deliver--- giving one good fuck off speech to everyone in attendance.
Both Dylan and Bailey end up getting in fights with their families out in parking lot and all hell breaks loose.. Dylan and Bailey are just staring at each other both answering unanswered questions with one look.. he nods to his car and she hops in... they take off --- Cross Country Baby!!
And then thats when the real story begins....
Love..
Passion....
Happiness....
Then heartache, anger, and complete sadness... my heart was breaking
Dylan and Bailey's journey over the summer is a filled with everything Bailey wants to do that she's never expierneced and Dylan is the one that brings her to life.. but he's also then one that can totally destroy her. However, she has always had her fist around his heart although she never knew it and she can hurt him just as badly.
Can they heal and love each other they way that each of them need or will secrets and jealosy become too much for them to endure...
Loved this story so much.. it really knocked me around but I sure enjoyed it...
Bailey and Dylan were beautiful and their story is love...
September 28, 2013
Waiting For You... yet another book Plagiarised by Stahl....
From Waiting For You- Shey Stahl (ch.3)
What did you just say?” I choked out still coughing, beer coming out my nose which then caused me to cough.
..... Dylan’s eyes held no shred of amusement when he
spoke. “You obviously heard me.”
“What would make you think I was sleeping with him?” I’ll admit that I was tad bitter.
“You can’t sleep with a guy like Eric James and expect him to keep quiet about popping your cherry, did you?”.....“I didn’t think you were that goddamn naïve.”
That’s when I lost myself right about then in a slur of words but I think I said something similar to this. “I wouldn’t expect a guy like Eric James to keep quiet if that had actually happened!” I yelled, probably too loud for the restaurant. “I never fucked him.” Slumping back in the booth, I muttered a little more to myself but losing steam as I crossed my arms over my chest. “That son of a bitch.”
.......“How could you actually believe that?”
........“I don’t get why you’re angry with me. You’ve been dating him for the last four years; it’s not so unbelievable that you hadn’t slept with him by now. People do that you know, date and have sex.”
“Is that why you asked me to come with you? Because you think I’m easy or something?”
“What,” he balked practically choking on his words. “Easy? I don’t think you’re easy.” I could tell he was getting angry. “For fucks sake, do you really think I’m that much of an asshole? If anyone should be asking intentions here, it should be me. Why did you come with me, Bailey? Was it because you wanted to or was it to piss off the Mayor and your precious football player?”
“I didn’t think you were an asshole until now.”
From God Love Her by Lynyrd Lionheart (ch.6) (publish start 10/21/2009)
"What did you say?" Bella's voice became dangerous, but I ignored it.
"You heard me," I replied irritably.
"Who told you I was screwing Mike?" the snap of her voice was like the crack of a whip.
"He's told everyone who will pay attention, Bella. Did you really think Mike would keep something like popping the police chief's daughter's cherry quiet?
You did expect Newton to keep silent? I didn't know you were that naïve."
"I wouldn't expect Mike to keep it quiet, if it had actually happened!" Bella snapped at me. "But I never screwed Mike. That son of a fucking bitch!"
"Really?" I felt my bad mood evaporating with every name Bella called Newton.
"No!" she shouted at me. "And I can't believe you believed that he had!"
....."I don't get why you're so angry at me!" I called after her. "You've been dating him for four years, it's not so unbelievable that you'd have slept with him by now."
....."Is that why you're doing this… this… seducing thing?" she hissed at me, stopping when she was a foot away from me. "Because you think I'm easy or something?"
"What?" I felt completely foolish as spluttered, but Bella's word had completely shocked me. "Easy? I don't think…I know you're not," I felt my own anger rise. "For fuck's sake, do you really think I'm that big of a jerk off? If anyone should be asking about intentions, it should be me. Why did you come with me, Bella? Because you actually wanted to, or because it was a good way flip off the police chief and precious Mike Newton?"
"I didn't think you were a jerk off until now!"
From Waiting For You- Shey Stahl (ch.3)
What did you just say?” I choked out still coughing, beer coming out my nose which then caused me to cough.
..... Dylan’s eyes held no shred of amusement when he
spoke. “You obviously heard me.”
“What would make you think I was sleeping with him?” I’ll admit that I was tad bitter.
“You can’t sleep with a guy like Eric James and expect him to keep quiet about popping your cherry, did you?”.....“I didn’t think you were that goddamn naïve.”
That’s when I lost myself right about then in a slur of words but I think I said something similar to this. “I wouldn’t expect a guy like Eric James to keep quiet if that had actually happened!” I yelled, probably too loud for the restaurant. “I never fucked him.” Slumping back in the booth, I muttered a little more to myself but losing steam as I crossed my arms over my chest. “That son of a bitch.”
.......“How could you actually believe that?”
........“I don’t get why you’re angry with me. You’ve been dating him for the last four years; it’s not so unbelievable that you hadn’t slept with him by now. People do that you know, date and have sex.”
“Is that why you asked me to come with you? Because you think I’m easy or something?”
“What,” he balked practically choking on his words. “Easy? I don’t think you’re easy.” I could tell he was getting angry. “For fucks sake, do you really think I’m that much of an asshole? If anyone should be asking intentions here, it should be me. Why did you come with me, Bailey? Was it because you wanted to or was it to piss off the Mayor and your precious football player?”
“I didn’t think you were an asshole until now.”
From God Love Her by Lynyrd Lionheart (ch.6) (publish start 10/21/2009)
"What did you say?" Bella's voice became dangerous, but I ignored it.
"You heard me," I replied irritably.
"Who told you I was screwing Mike?" the snap of her voice was like the crack of a whip.
"He's told everyone who will pay attention, Bella. Did you really think Mike would keep something like popping the police chief's daughter's cherry quiet?
You did expect Newton to keep silent? I didn't know you were that naïve."
"I wouldn't expect Mike to keep it quiet, if it had actually happened!" Bella snapped at me. "But I never screwed Mike. That son of a fucking bitch!"
"Really?" I felt my bad mood evaporating with every name Bella called Newton.
"No!" she shouted at me. "And I can't believe you believed that he had!"
....."I don't get why you're so angry at me!" I called after her. "You've been dating him for four years, it's not so unbelievable that you'd have slept with him by now."
....."Is that why you're doing this… this… seducing thing?" she hissed at me, stopping when she was a foot away from me. "Because you think I'm easy or something?"
"What?" I felt completely foolish as spluttered, but Bella's word had completely shocked me. "Easy? I don't think…I know you're not," I felt my own anger rise. "For fuck's sake, do you really think I'm that big of a jerk off? If anyone should be asking about intentions, it should be me. Why did you come with me, Bella? Because you actually wanted to, or because it was a good way flip off the police chief and precious Mike Newton?"
"I didn't think you were a jerk off until now!"
September 25, 2013
Wanna know why this and other Stahl's books were removed from Amazon? Simply, she's been acussed of plagiarism. Apparently, this book has been based on Twilight fanfics and her newest book, "For the Summer", was based on the fanfic "Dusty".
Well done, Stahl, well done *insert sarcastic bomb here*
I wouldn't have read this book after the bad reviews I read about it but... Really? Stealing from fanfics? Even, from popular fanfics? Like nobody is gonna notice anyways, huh? Jesus Christ.
Wanna know more about it? Check this and this
Well done, Stahl, well done *insert sarcastic bomb here*
I wouldn't have read this book after the bad reviews I read about it but... Really? Stealing from fanfics? Even, from popular fanfics? Like nobody is gonna notice anyways, huh? Jesus Christ.
Wanna know more about it? Check this and this
July 10, 2014
2 stars New Adult Romance
This book had potential but tried too hard to be deep.
This book had potential but tried too hard to be deep.
September 24, 2013
Meh. You know why.
August 12, 2013
[Simon Cowell voice] It's a no from me.
February 23, 2013
Loved it! Another road trip, coming of age story with a spectacular, gut wrenching ending.
April 20, 2013
~~~~~4 Bad Boy Stars~~~~~
Tattooed, bad boy Dylan and beautiful, brown-eyed Bailey grew up together but haven't spoken to each other since they were 10. Right after graduation, they run away from life and take a roadtrip. Along the way they find HOPE, BELONGING, TRUST, SOFTNESS, ADORATION, HAPPINESS, FORGIVENESS, and LOVE. I enjoyed this book and the playful banter between these two. They make you believe that true love does exist. "Everyone has a deal," "An unspoken understanding...we were meant to be and you know it."
I believe that people come into your life and then some go. I also think there's a purpose as to why they were in your life at all. Each one take a piece of you when they go. Some leave pieces of themselves with you. Sometimes it's wisdom, or maybe, it's a lesson
"You were made to love me, only me"
"What would you do for a piece of forever? What would you do to love more, feel more, and live more? What would you do to find yourself? Would you give all that up to find just a small piece of yourself, a side you've never known?
My Dylan
"He's Dylan Wade. He's this crazy, willful, incorrigibly passionate, all heart and soul."
"If there was one thing that kept me going, it was waiting for you."
"I'm here, I want you and I won't let you walk away this time."
"He's your deal."
Bailey/Brown Eyes
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"I felt safe with Dylan. I feel like he would never let anything bad happen to me. Most of all, I felt, with the lies that were now reality for me, alone and Dylan being here with me was my only comfort."
"Brown Eyes"
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"I want to make mistakes. I want to get in trouble and feel alive. Like dancing in the rain and being eighteen."
"Tell me a secret Dylan, something you've never told anyone else."
he whispered in my ear, "I LOVE YOU."
"So there you have it, a story my heart holds true. A story about a girl and boy who were so lost they couldn't see what was right in front of them. IT WAS OUR DEAL. I couldn't say that i regretted anything that happened that summer because i didn't at all. Every memory I held as a precious gift that it was for me. I couldn't even say that we had found ourselves but finally, we were on the right road. It was our story, played out on the open highway chasing sunsets. It wasn't an easy story to tell you. It was a story of KISSES, LUST, YOUTH, MISTAKES, LIES, HIDING STUPIDITY, JUDGING, but most of all, LOVE."
*BR with Deanna & Jxxx...my old ladies*
Tattooed, bad boy Dylan and beautiful, brown-eyed Bailey grew up together but haven't spoken to each other since they were 10. Right after graduation, they run away from life and take a roadtrip. Along the way they find HOPE, BELONGING, TRUST, SOFTNESS, ADORATION, HAPPINESS, FORGIVENESS, and LOVE. I enjoyed this book and the playful banter between these two. They make you believe that true love does exist. "Everyone has a deal," "An unspoken understanding...we were meant to be and you know it."
I believe that people come into your life and then some go. I also think there's a purpose as to why they were in your life at all. Each one take a piece of you when they go. Some leave pieces of themselves with you. Sometimes it's wisdom, or maybe, it's a lesson
"You were made to love me, only me"
"What would you do for a piece of forever? What would you do to love more, feel more, and live more? What would you do to find yourself? Would you give all that up to find just a small piece of yourself, a side you've never known?
My Dylan
"He's Dylan Wade. He's this crazy, willful, incorrigibly passionate, all heart and soul."
"If there was one thing that kept me going, it was waiting for you."
"I'm here, I want you and I won't let you walk away this time."
"He's your deal."
Bailey/Brown Eyes
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"I felt safe with Dylan. I feel like he would never let anything bad happen to me. Most of all, I felt, with the lies that were now reality for me, alone and Dylan being here with me was my only comfort."
"Brown Eyes"
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"I want to make mistakes. I want to get in trouble and feel alive. Like dancing in the rain and being eighteen."
"Tell me a secret Dylan, something you've never told anyone else."
he whispered in my ear, "I LOVE YOU."
"So there you have it, a story my heart holds true. A story about a girl and boy who were so lost they couldn't see what was right in front of them. IT WAS OUR DEAL. I couldn't say that i regretted anything that happened that summer because i didn't at all. Every memory I held as a precious gift that it was for me. I couldn't even say that we had found ourselves but finally, we were on the right road. It was our story, played out on the open highway chasing sunsets. It wasn't an easy story to tell you. It was a story of KISSES, LUST, YOUTH, MISTAKES, LIES, HIDING STUPIDITY, JUDGING, but most of all, LOVE."
*BR with Deanna & Jxxx...my old ladies*
February 18, 2013
Five fucking stars! Another amazing story by Shey Stahl. Shey has the ability to write stories that draw you in. The way the characters are written, you get truly invested in them. I felt Dylan and baileys emotions. I loved these two!! The sadness, happiness, loathing, excitement. There were so much these two went through. I felt like I was on the journey with them. Loved the story, loved how it progressed. Loved the ending although I did get teary eyed when bailey decided to make an important decision. This went to my favorites shelf. Loved the title, Waiting for you, it really fit the entire story.....
February 16, 2013
“I’m insane. This is so insane. This is amazing.”
I may be insane, but this was not amazing to me.
Yeah… this was just okay for me. It could be that I need a break from this genre as I have said so many times before, but I just keep going back and then read one of these.
I didn’t connect with the characters and found the storyline to be on the ridiculous side. Too much drama for drama’s sake.
Moving on...
February 27, 2013
Although I found this to be an astoundingly good coming of age plot, my review is a mixed bag of good, bad and ugly!
The Good:
Shey Stahl gives us a cast of wonderful characters, including a bad boy heart-throb rocker and a naïve young girl on the verge of becoming a woman. She tops it all off by sending us off on a road trip across the country in a classic ’68 GTO – all of which are among my favorite romance tropes. There wasn’t much I didn’t enjoy as far as the storyline and characters were concerned. I loved the angst, the laughs, the lovin’ and the resolutions – all of it combined kept me hooked.
Adding an Epilogue set a few years into an older and more mature Dylan and Bailey’s happily-ever-after would have made me ecstatic and a great plus to this book as well.
The Bad & Ugly:
But page after page of distracting, glaring, and irritating grammatical and editing problems turned what would otherwise have been a warm and glowing five-star review into a massive pile-up on an icy road with no hope of survival. By the end of the book, I was so frustrated by this wreck of careless and lazy mistakes that I was yelling more curse words than Dylan! There are big differences between “whole” and “hole” – “where” and “wear.” And for the love of something good, I “have went” nowhere BUT I “have gone” insane trying to get past lines and lines of errors such as the aforementioned. While gritting and grinding my teeth, I was also eagerly volunteering my services as an editor -- do you hear me Shey Stahl -- volunteering! Mercifully, “Waiting for You” was an Amazon freebie.
Once the fog lifts, there’s a truly beautiful and fun-to-read story that wrings the emotions from your soul and leaves a smile on your face as you watch Dylan and Bailey ride off into the sunset. If you’re like me, even after all of the above nits and picks, you’ll still be humming an oldie but goodie, “Little GTO, you’re really lookin’ fine . . . “
The Good:
Shey Stahl gives us a cast of wonderful characters, including a bad boy heart-throb rocker and a naïve young girl on the verge of becoming a woman. She tops it all off by sending us off on a road trip across the country in a classic ’68 GTO – all of which are among my favorite romance tropes. There wasn’t much I didn’t enjoy as far as the storyline and characters were concerned. I loved the angst, the laughs, the lovin’ and the resolutions – all of it combined kept me hooked.
Adding an Epilogue set a few years into an older and more mature Dylan and Bailey’s happily-ever-after would have made me ecstatic and a great plus to this book as well.
The Bad & Ugly:
But page after page of distracting, glaring, and irritating grammatical and editing problems turned what would otherwise have been a warm and glowing five-star review into a massive pile-up on an icy road with no hope of survival. By the end of the book, I was so frustrated by this wreck of careless and lazy mistakes that I was yelling more curse words than Dylan! There are big differences between “whole” and “hole” – “where” and “wear.” And for the love of something good, I “have went” nowhere BUT I “have gone” insane trying to get past lines and lines of errors such as the aforementioned. While gritting and grinding my teeth, I was also eagerly volunteering my services as an editor -- do you hear me Shey Stahl -- volunteering! Mercifully, “Waiting for You” was an Amazon freebie.
Once the fog lifts, there’s a truly beautiful and fun-to-read story that wrings the emotions from your soul and leaves a smile on your face as you watch Dylan and Bailey ride off into the sunset. If you’re like me, even after all of the above nits and picks, you’ll still be humming an oldie but goodie, “Little GTO, you’re really lookin’ fine . . . “
July 30, 2013
As many people say, the hype always lies.
Before reading the book: OMG look at that cute cover! Definitely looks like a nice, enjoyable summer read!
After reading the book:
I was warned that Waiting For You was ridiculous. I was even given examples of the ridiculousness. But my curiosity and that too-pretty-for-its-content cover forced me to read it despite that. As soon as I read the first few pages, I knew I had made a mistake by picking this up.
Let me explain.
The characters
Bailey.
What to say about her? At first, she seemed to be a relatable MC. She has overly strict parents, a Dad who's a mayor so even more pressure, has had a lot of restrictions all her life, always gets perfect grades, and one day she's got of enough of all that and decides to 'rebel' and speak up. Fine, okay till now. Typical teenage behaviour. However, things became not fine when we found out that her way of rebelling is to drive off with a guy to whom she hasn't spoken in 8 years, and leaving everything behind her without a second thought.
I get that she wanted to 'rebel'. But she's 18. You'd think that being mature, she would sit down and have a conversation with her parents like an adult, but no, she has to throw a tantrum during her valedictorian speech, drive off with some stranger and mess up her life. I found it unrealistic for both her and Dylan for throwing away their scholarships as if they were old socks. I don't care if they were best friends when they were 3, or if they secretly liked each other even when they didn't have any physical contact at all during 8 freaking years, but running off with some weird creep who can't even remember how many times he got arrested, smashed people's car countless times, and is aggressive towards people who try to talk to him? NO NO NO, JUST NO.
That's not the only problem I had with Bailey. She was whiny and kept thinking about sex all the time, and sometimes I thought that she was purposely provoking Dylan just to get a reaction. She was just plain annoying. There was nothing likeable about her, except her spunk sometimes but it was barely noticeable among all her other shortcomings.
Dylan.
Don't even get me started on that self-centered jerk. The banter between Bailey and him was funny in the beginning but he soon turned into a possessive bastard and instead of starting to like him, I decided he was a complete douche. Freaking out and becoming violent when the girl you like is only dancing with someone and having a good time is pure, irrational jealousy. Not only that, but he also beat a guy to a pulp when he caught him kissing Bailey when he, himself was previously checking out a married woman in front of Bailey. He actually scared me at some point, and although the 5* ratings say otherwise, I personally think that this book is an example of how an abusive relationship is okay when it's not. It made me want to bang my head on a wall when they would fight, say horrible things to each other aiming just where it would hurt, and then go back to their lives as if nothing happened. Their only solution? Have sex, sex and more sex. How realistic.
OH, and the most important part? There's a scene near the end bordering rape. Yes, rape. There are so many things wrong about that guy, it's just UGH.
The plot
The story started fine but went downhill as soon as it shifted to Dylan's POV. I was under the impression that Bailey would finally see sense somewhere in the story and go back to her family and set things straight, but no, Dylan had already gotten to her. And that plot twist near the end? I didn't see it coming, but Bailey's reaction to it was unbelievably pointless.
There were also a lot of grammar mistakes that made me want to pull my hair out. Some of them were so damn stupid that even an 8 year old kid would be ashamed of him/herself. Some scenes were really unneccessary too. There were too many almost-sex scenes with Bailey begging for sex each time and they got old pretty quickly.
However I think this book deserves 2 stars because despite the negative points I mentionned, there was some meaningful writing in there. Some paragraphs really make you think about life even if Shey Stahl didn't deal with the sensitive issues present in this book properly. I hate to say that, but I don't recommend this book to anyone. The moral lessons aren't worth the torture. Maybe some people will like this better than I did (and I'm sure of it considering all the 4* and 5* ratings) but this book was not my cup of tea.
Before reading the book: OMG look at that cute cover! Definitely looks like a nice, enjoyable summer read!
After reading the book:
I was warned that Waiting For You was ridiculous. I was even given examples of the ridiculousness. But my curiosity and that too-pretty-for-its-content cover forced me to read it despite that. As soon as I read the first few pages, I knew I had made a mistake by picking this up.
Let me explain.
The characters
Bailey.
What to say about her? At first, she seemed to be a relatable MC. She has overly strict parents, a Dad who's a mayor so even more pressure, has had a lot of restrictions all her life, always gets perfect grades, and one day she's got of enough of all that and decides to 'rebel' and speak up. Fine, okay till now. Typical teenage behaviour. However, things became not fine when we found out that her way of rebelling is to drive off with a guy to whom she hasn't spoken in 8 years, and leaving everything behind her without a second thought.
I get that she wanted to 'rebel'. But she's 18. You'd think that being mature, she would sit down and have a conversation with her parents like an adult, but no, she has to throw a tantrum during her valedictorian speech, drive off with some stranger and mess up her life. I found it unrealistic for both her and Dylan for throwing away their scholarships as if they were old socks. I don't care if they were best friends when they were 3, or if they secretly liked each other even when they didn't have any physical contact at all during 8 freaking years, but running off with some weird creep who can't even remember how many times he got arrested, smashed people's car countless times, and is aggressive towards people who try to talk to him? NO NO NO, JUST NO.
That's not the only problem I had with Bailey. She was whiny and kept thinking about sex all the time, and sometimes I thought that she was purposely provoking Dylan just to get a reaction. She was just plain annoying. There was nothing likeable about her, except her spunk sometimes but it was barely noticeable among all her other shortcomings.
Dylan.
Don't even get me started on that self-centered jerk. The banter between Bailey and him was funny in the beginning but he soon turned into a possessive bastard and instead of starting to like him, I decided he was a complete douche. Freaking out and becoming violent when the girl you like is only dancing with someone and having a good time is pure, irrational jealousy. Not only that, but he also beat a guy to a pulp when he caught him kissing Bailey when he, himself was previously checking out a married woman in front of Bailey. He actually scared me at some point, and although the 5* ratings say otherwise, I personally think that this book is an example of how an abusive relationship is okay when it's not. It made me want to bang my head on a wall when they would fight, say horrible things to each other aiming just where it would hurt, and then go back to their lives as if nothing happened. Their only solution? Have sex, sex and more sex. How realistic.
OH, and the most important part? There's a scene near the end bordering rape. Yes, rape. There are so many things wrong about that guy, it's just UGH.
The plot
The story started fine but went downhill as soon as it shifted to Dylan's POV. I was under the impression that Bailey would finally see sense somewhere in the story and go back to her family and set things straight, but no, Dylan had already gotten to her. And that plot twist near the end? I didn't see it coming, but Bailey's reaction to it was unbelievably pointless.
There were also a lot of grammar mistakes that made me want to pull my hair out. Some of them were so damn stupid that even an 8 year old kid would be ashamed of him/herself. Some scenes were really unneccessary too. There were too many almost-sex scenes with Bailey begging for sex each time and they got old pretty quickly.
However I think this book deserves 2 stars because despite the negative points I mentionned, there was some meaningful writing in there. Some paragraphs really make you think about life even if Shey Stahl didn't deal with the sensitive issues present in this book properly. I hate to say that, but I don't recommend this book to anyone. The moral lessons aren't worth the torture. Maybe some people will like this better than I did (and I'm sure of it considering all the 4* and 5* ratings) but this book was not my cup of tea.
March 4, 2013
5 holy-fan-myself stars !!! i loved every single moment I blushed and sighed and high fived the air and even - yes - air guitared !!!!! reading this incredible journey !
Loved it !!!!
Loved it !!!!
April 2, 2018
Dylan was Dylan. He was my first love. Even at seven, I knew I loved him. He was my first kiss and the only boy that mattered back when watermelon bubble gum and the smell of summer were my only thoughts.
Five intense stars.
Bailey was the girl with the perfectly mapped out life. Perfect family, perfect grades, perfect boyfriend and a perfect scholarship to the perfect college. But that all changes one morning, one afternoon - while standing on the podium getting ready to give her valedictorian speech she sees him. The boy who was not afraid to tell you to fuck off - a boy that once held a special part of her heart. So rather than the typical go for your dreams speech she let's go, she is tired of the perfect, the planned and the life of the girl who doesn't even know who she is.
Confronted by the gasps of shame from her friends and family she sees her escape. Dylan Ward. Him simply mouthing 'come with me' and a slight nod, Bailey jumps in and sets out on a trip where she tries to find who she is with the boy who has been nothing but trouble for the last eight years - but the only one who actually knows her.
The trip begins and although Dylan is closed off she feels safe and part of her knows that the little girl who fell in love with her neighbor all those years ago still loves him. And boy do you fall for Dylan from page one.
Their love is bitter sweet. As she tries to find herself she finds she becomes wrapped up in Dylan. But there is something he is hiding. A secret that could destroy them, and he knows that it will destroy her if she finds out. But it is not his place, but keeping the secret may be something she can't get over. They spend their days driving and their nights pushing the boundaries. She falls in love with him, little by little as he exposes himself.
"I'm not sure how much more I could be into him without crawling inside of him."
To say that Dylan was intense is putting it lightly. That boy, oh that sweet boy - he had so much built up inside of him that it was seeping out of him. When he would get to that breaking part, it would just tear you wide open. The author's ability to make you feel everything they were feeling was amazing. You felt like you were watching it in slow motion.
She had no fucking clue how much I loved her. No clue. She had no idea how badly I wanted to do right by her, only her. She was my fucking pulse, my desire, my heartbeat and nervousness. She was my anger, my resentment, my hatred, and only in the sense that she showed me I why I had those qualities.
"I loved you then, you know that right? We were only three but I loved you then."
Like I said, you don't just fall for someone like Dylan Wade. You bleed for someone like Dylan Wade
I am always a bit leery with 18 year old romances. I usually find the girl too immature or annoying - but not Bailey. She was controlled her whole life, but took responsibility for allowing it. She was being lied to and even when Dylan was out of line I could see why she fought so hard to stick by his side. She saw that his actions were expected to push her away - shut her down. But that doesn't mean that he didn't lose any points. Knowing things were just going too well I was waiting for that shoe to drop.
And boy did it. the last 10% of this one had me on my knees. I finished this one about four hours ago and it is still swimming around my head.
February 22, 2013
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I love romance novels about falling in love with the boy next-door and living a happily ever after. Childhood romance stories are my “book crack”. I have heard such amazing things about Waiting For You I couldn’t wait to dive into the book and get lost in the story.
Bailey Gray has lived her 18 years doing everything she was told to do. She was the perfect daughter, the perfect student, the perfect girlfriend to the perfect boy. Bailey’s life was planned out for her and BORING. Dylan Wade was the boy next-door. He was everything Bailey wasn’t; a bad boy, tattoo, musician, breaking the law kind of boy. The two were best friends, even shared their first kiss together but once Dylan’s mother died when he was 10 he turned into child delinquent and Bailey was no longer allowed to play with Dylan. The two do not speak again until high school graduation day when Bailey decides to tell the world to “f” off and take a road trip with Dylan.
I had a love/okay relationship with this book. I don’t really know why I didn’t love the book. I loved the characters, I love the plot of the book but I found myself getting a little bored at times, mostly in the middle of the book. At the same time, I couldn’t put the book down. I knew there had to be a disaster coming before Bailey and Dylan could have their happy ending. I kept waiting for their bubble to break and when it did it really did pop!
What gave the book a 4 star rating rather than a 3 star rating was the ending. I loved the ending and found it really realistic. I so did not see it coming and was really surprised. I loved how it finally ended and found it to be the perfect ending for Dylan and Bailey.
I give Waiting For You 3.5 stars.
I love romance novels about falling in love with the boy next-door and living a happily ever after. Childhood romance stories are my “book crack”. I have heard such amazing things about Waiting For You I couldn’t wait to dive into the book and get lost in the story.
Bailey Gray has lived her 18 years doing everything she was told to do. She was the perfect daughter, the perfect student, the perfect girlfriend to the perfect boy. Bailey’s life was planned out for her and BORING. Dylan Wade was the boy next-door. He was everything Bailey wasn’t; a bad boy, tattoo, musician, breaking the law kind of boy. The two were best friends, even shared their first kiss together but once Dylan’s mother died when he was 10 he turned into child delinquent and Bailey was no longer allowed to play with Dylan. The two do not speak again until high school graduation day when Bailey decides to tell the world to “f” off and take a road trip with Dylan.
I had a love/okay relationship with this book. I don’t really know why I didn’t love the book. I loved the characters, I love the plot of the book but I found myself getting a little bored at times, mostly in the middle of the book. At the same time, I couldn’t put the book down. I knew there had to be a disaster coming before Bailey and Dylan could have their happy ending. I kept waiting for their bubble to break and when it did it really did pop!
What gave the book a 4 star rating rather than a 3 star rating was the ending. I loved the ending and found it really realistic. I so did not see it coming and was really surprised. I loved how it finally ended and found it to be the perfect ending for Dylan and Bailey.
I give Waiting For You 3.5 stars.
August 11, 2016
3.5 stars
I really wanted to like this book more and, in parts I truly, truly did......I loved Dylan and reading his POV and I loved the last 30% of the story!!! I felt the emotion and found it quite moving.
The problem for me, I think, is that I found it a little sappy. Don't get me wrong, I love a good 'love story' and on reading the synopsis this seemed the perfect book for me but I found it sometimes laboured the point a little too much.
Having said that I really liked some of the quotes from the book and found them to be very profound and touching.
“Don’t have regrets or second thoughts,” she told me. “Love. Love with all your heart, every piece of it. Love anything as much as you can.” Just lovely ♥
“What if we are two old souls destined to find each other? A missing piece brought together by fate. And what if we don’t have all the time in the world? Life is short, really f***ing short when you think about it.”
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“I believed that if there was someone out there for me, my soul mate, I would find a way back to them.”
One of my favourite parts in the book is when Dylan and Bailey discuss his Hummingbird Tattoo.....I was swooning and sighing at this part
“The words around it say ‘She holds the power to which she will never know’.” Simply beautiful!!!
♥ ♥ ♥
BR with Barb and Deanna :)
“A story about a girl and boy who were so lost they couldn’t see what was right in front of them. It was our deal.”
I really wanted to like this book more and, in parts I truly, truly did......I loved Dylan and reading his POV and I loved the last 30% of the story!!! I felt the emotion and found it quite moving.
The problem for me, I think, is that I found it a little sappy. Don't get me wrong, I love a good 'love story' and on reading the synopsis this seemed the perfect book for me but I found it sometimes laboured the point a little too much.
Having said that I really liked some of the quotes from the book and found them to be very profound and touching.
“Don’t have regrets or second thoughts,” she told me. “Love. Love with all your heart, every piece of it. Love anything as much as you can.” Just lovely ♥
“What if we are two old souls destined to find each other? A missing piece brought together by fate. And what if we don’t have all the time in the world? Life is short, really f***ing short when you think about it.”
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“I believed that if there was someone out there for me, my soul mate, I would find a way back to them.”
One of my favourite parts in the book is when Dylan and Bailey discuss his Hummingbird Tattoo.....I was swooning and sighing at this part
“The words around it say ‘She holds the power to which she will never know’.” Simply beautiful!!!
♥ ♥ ♥
BR with Barb and Deanna :)
did-not-finish
September 22, 2013I am very disappointed because I enjoyed this book very much. Due to recent events relating to this Author, I decided not to post my updates or a typical review. I will probably write a short response to how I feel because I want to finish the book, but a small review will be it. For now I'm marking it as DNF, until I can go back to it
WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN???!!! WHYY!!!!!
I am referencing --- > THIS
Bailey Gray is tired of her perfectly planned life. Everything about her life has been organized and lived out to the expectations set of her parents. She is the class valedictorian, has perfect grades, the perfect friends, a perfect boyfriend, basically perfect life...or so everyone thought. That's when she realizes the path planned isn't always the path chosen.
On graduation day she makes a decision. One that changes everything she thought she knew about her intended future.
On a whim, she runs away with the town rebel, Dylan Wade, in search of the unknown.
Dylan Wade isn't looking to run away from anything.
He knows what he wants as he's been waiting on it for years.
On a journey to find the unknown, they discover a friendship they once knew along the open highway and have not a care in the world. Between the yellow and white lines of the heated summer asphalt, a spark draws them together as Dylan's past and Bailey future try to ripe them apart.
Could it be that Dylan and his GTO are exactly what her perfectly planned life needs?
WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN???!!! WHYY!!!!!
I am referencing --- > THIS
Bailey Gray is tired of her perfectly planned life. Everything about her life has been organized and lived out to the expectations set of her parents. She is the class valedictorian, has perfect grades, the perfect friends, a perfect boyfriend, basically perfect life...or so everyone thought. That's when she realizes the path planned isn't always the path chosen.
On graduation day she makes a decision. One that changes everything she thought she knew about her intended future.
On a whim, she runs away with the town rebel, Dylan Wade, in search of the unknown.
Dylan Wade isn't looking to run away from anything.
He knows what he wants as he's been waiting on it for years.
On a journey to find the unknown, they discover a friendship they once knew along the open highway and have not a care in the world. Between the yellow and white lines of the heated summer asphalt, a spark draws them together as Dylan's past and Bailey future try to ripe them apart.
Could it be that Dylan and his GTO are exactly what her perfectly planned life needs?
August 2, 2013
Con ese gif digo absolutamente TODO.
MIERDA CON ESTE LIBRO, JODER, MIERDA.
El maldito libro hubiera estado GENIAL con solo 100 páginas, osea, y LA gran verdad no era mas que una idiotez -bueno no- pero comparado con todo el maldito drama que se desarrollo antes de LA gran verdad, por faaavar, ¿en serio? ¿la autora se excedió tanto de páginas para eso?
Siento que dándole cuatro estrellas es mucho, pero no puedo dejar de sentir que el libro se las merece, porque me gusto también, pero al mismo tiempo lo odié, porque la chica es IDIOTA. ¿Vale? IDIOTA con mayúsculas y todo. No se que tiene en la jodida cabeza, su gilipollez sobrepasa limites. LA O D I O.
Y a Dylan, ay bebé, como sufriste con esa imbécil, te mereces algo mucho mejor, pero ya que, el amor es una locura..
En fin, si quieren putear como la que mas lean este bendito libro. Aunque también tiene sus cosas bonitas y eso.
Un 4/5. Aunque mas bien un 3.5/5..
March 29, 2014
Look at that deceiving ass cover!
This book sounded like it was just the book I was looking for; New Adult, road trip, long time hidden feelings all the ingredients for a juicy read, right? Wrong. So very very wrong.
I'm not exactly sure where the turning point was for me with this book, but it happened and I wanted to throw my kindle. I was over it immediately.
I am 100% over the bad boy in books, the ass hole, the guy who thinks he can be a bossy ass because it's his car and he has some damaging secret but yet.... he "loves you"... gag me with a rusty spoon.
Bailey was one of the whiniest characters I've read in such a long time. And she sure thought about and begged for sex a lot for a girl who has never actually had sex.
Oh and that secret Dylan was holding yes, it was sad and disappointing that it was ever kept a secret, but to hold it over her head was stupid.
I feel like I need to say something good before I continue on my rant. It started out nice. I loved Bailey's spunk and "F the world" attitude...in the beginning. Basically everything in the beginning was great. Fantastic even. And then you get a chapter from Dylan and that's when everything goes very very south.
In my opinion, if you'd like a teenage version of 50 Shades of Grey (which I hated), you like bad boys and depressing climaxes, this is the book for you. For me.. not so much!
I don't think I'll be reading anything else from Shey Stahl anytime soon.
This book sounded like it was just the book I was looking for; New Adult, road trip, long time hidden feelings all the ingredients for a juicy read, right? Wrong. So very very wrong.
I'm not exactly sure where the turning point was for me with this book, but it happened and I wanted to throw my kindle. I was over it immediately.
I am 100% over the bad boy in books, the ass hole, the guy who thinks he can be a bossy ass because it's his car and he has some damaging secret but yet.... he "loves you"... gag me with a rusty spoon.
Bailey was one of the whiniest characters I've read in such a long time. And she sure thought about and begged for sex a lot for a girl who has never actually had sex.
Oh and that secret Dylan was holding yes, it was sad and disappointing that it was ever kept a secret, but to hold it over her head was stupid.
I feel like I need to say something good before I continue on my rant. It started out nice. I loved Bailey's spunk and "F the world" attitude...in the beginning. Basically everything in the beginning was great. Fantastic even. And then you get a chapter from Dylan and that's when everything goes very very south.
In my opinion, if you'd like a teenage version of 50 Shades of Grey (which I hated), you like bad boys and depressing climaxes, this is the book for you. For me.. not so much!
I don't think I'll be reading anything else from Shey Stahl anytime soon.
February 21, 2013
I was pleasantly surprised with this book. It’s not your typical good girl/bad boy story. It was deep. Several times I caught myself pausing to think further about the author’s words.
"Just like the sky, a change, a thought, a feeling, doesn’t happen right away, for me anyway.
You don’t see it at first. It’s nothing but chalky warmth, a glow in the distance, completely humbled to the magnificence of Helios. As the dawn starts to shake the ash from night, revealing the bright red scarlet of morning that ran riot in the sky, a decision is set, but you don’t know it. There’s something refreshing about a sunrise, it’s just as unpredictable what a new day would bring."
Bailey is definitely a good girl. She’s the mayor’s daughter, high school valedictorian, living her perfectly planned out life. And Dylan is definitely a bad boy… tattoos, bad reputation, emotional baggage, talented musician. Although they were friends when they were young, they lost touch over the years even though they still live across the street from one another. Graduation day brings them together again and they set out for a summer road trip of first love, bucket lists, passion, mistakes, heartbreak and self discovery. This is a beautiful story and I loved it!!
"Just like the sky, a change, a thought, a feeling, doesn’t happen right away, for me anyway.
You don’t see it at first. It’s nothing but chalky warmth, a glow in the distance, completely humbled to the magnificence of Helios. As the dawn starts to shake the ash from night, revealing the bright red scarlet of morning that ran riot in the sky, a decision is set, but you don’t know it. There’s something refreshing about a sunrise, it’s just as unpredictable what a new day would bring."
Bailey is definitely a good girl. She’s the mayor’s daughter, high school valedictorian, living her perfectly planned out life. And Dylan is definitely a bad boy… tattoos, bad reputation, emotional baggage, talented musician. Although they were friends when they were young, they lost touch over the years even though they still live across the street from one another. Graduation day brings them together again and they set out for a summer road trip of first love, bucket lists, passion, mistakes, heartbreak and self discovery. This is a beautiful story and I loved it!!
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