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305 pages
First published July 26, 2016
Demons. Shadows. I fought them all until I couldn't anymore.
I was treading water and with each ragged breath, I sank further and further into the darkness and dispair.
I wanted uncontrolled and raw- unrestrained and powerful. That was what we were. A desire that conquered.
Our teeth hit as he claimed my lips with a sweet desperation. And I surrendered. There was no other way. We'd never had a choice in us.
I'm lost, baby. I'm so fuckin' lost and you're the only one to keep me from disintegrating."
I'm dead," I shouted as my control broke and the rage pumped through my veins. "I'm fuckin' dead, damn it. There's nothing left of me except raw, jagged pieces of a man I hate."
"We were too damaged to be together. Too broken to find our way back to what we used to be."
"Her cries echoed. Her words. The constant barrage of hatred, pain and despair tearing through me over and over again. No. She was mine. I was supposed to protect her."
"Damn it, Connor." Her voice rose, "My brother fights until the end. He never gives up. He fights until he gets it right, even if it kills him."
"Don't give up on me, Alina."
Emotions were like a tornado whirling with no clear destinaton or end, but precise in its destruction.
"I'll look after you. Couldn't look after you for eleven years. Now I can."
"Fuck you, Connor. You want to see me, then get un-lost"
"Living is one big spin of the wheel, baby. Might as well enjoy the ride until it stops.
"My girl. Alina was fuckin' mine."~4.5 Stars~
"The only thing I felt was rage."Perfect Rage is the third book in the Unyielding Series. Nashoda Rose delivers another broken, beautiful story that will leave you breathless and wanting more! Each book in the series is critical to the story arc of the characters, so I highly recommend you read the series in order.
"I was a ticking time bomb with no timer."Connor was introduced at the beginning of the series as the lost brother to Georgie. He has since been recovered and has displayed erratic behavior due to his years of captivity and torture in The Vault. The only person that seems to calm his rage is Catalina. Lina has also suffered at the hands of her tyrant of a husband, Carlos. Although she has been rescued, she isn't free. Connor has her heart, and until they can be together, neither will ever be completely free.
"I'll give you any-fuckin'-thing you want, Alina."Connor and Lina fell in love while Connor was serving his country overseas. As the kindhearted photographer, Lina was tenderly named his "shutterbug". Before they had the chance to elope and live happily ever after, Lina was forced to walk away from Connor. Her departure and Connor's abduction created a rift in both of their souls that would cause unbearable pain for them both.
"There was no hesitation in Connor; he had sex like he lived...without rules."
"Our eyes locked and I dissapered into him. Into his eyes. Into his body."As Connor and Lina are brought together again, the battle for their love wages. Connor wants nothing more than to wrap his arms around her and hold her and yet in the same breath, he seems to destroy everything he touches. His friends and family want nothing more than healing for Connor, and although Lina seems to be the answer, it is unknown if Connor will ever truly overcome the debilitating pain he has been forced to endure. Is love enough to quiet the demons waiting to tear him down?
"Fuck, Alina. I need every single part of you."
"I'm lost, baby. I'm so fuckin' lost and you're the only one to keep me from disintegrating."Told in dual POV, Perfect Rage has all of the elements that I love in a Nashoda Rose read. The sexy characters, the easy chemistry in the relationships between the characters, and the intensity of the plot. The pre-existing relationship between Lina and Connor established the love they had shared so clearly, and it only made the pain and loss they experienced together even more painful to witness. There was quite a bit of advance retreat between the two as Connor battles his illness and his love for Lina. Therefore, the stakes were even higher for these two to finally come together and for Connor to find his way home. I loved the depth in the character development of Connor. It was quite a remarkable reading experience bearing witness to the pain and torment he was feeling. Lina was the calm to his storm. Of course, the passion between the two is off the charts and the love I have for all of the secondary characters only further enhanced my enjoyment of this read. The family bond is strong and the loyalty they feel for each other is a constant presence throughout.
"We find our way back together."
“I’m fuckin’ dead, damn it. There’s nothing left of me except raw, jagged pieces of a man I hate.”
My life was never meant to be a happily ever after. I grew up knowing that. I’d accepted it. Until him.
This wasn’t the man I fell in love with. This man was mean and cold and I didn’t like him. But for a second… one second I saw the conflict on his face, like he was fighting something. Like maybe he’d remembered something.
Guilt and self-hate can and will eat away at a man’s soul.
Just be here with me now.
We were something more.
Carved. Etched. Engraved.
I know it's too soon, but I live in the now. I have to because there might not be a tomorrow and that makes this even more selfish of me. But fuck, just please say you'll stay with me.
I never really left him. My body did, but I was still inside him. I left myself there.
The drug made him into a cold, harsh, emotionless man I didn't recognize, but this was worse. Because Connor now had to come to terms with what he's done and his values were strong. They were what defined Connor. Protect those he loved. Protect his country. Protect children. Help others and live in the now.
I was a ticking time bomb with no timer.
I was unpredictable and the fragile control would easily snap whether I wanted it or not.
You'll always be Connor.
Don't give up on me, Alina...I'm lost, baby. I'm so fuckin' lost and you're the only one to keep me from disintegrating.
This was our chance at a second beginning.
This was us finding our way back to one another.
And it was a step toward being un-lost.
I had to risk losing everything if I wanted a chance as limitless.
Our link to one another was unbreakable by time, by cruelty, by drugs, or even by death.
*****5 Shutterbug stars*****
"I'm fuckin' dead, damn it. There's nothing left of me except raw, jagged pieces of a man I hate."
Both of us searching for what we'd never found-simple.
A love with no pain. A love that brings us together not tears us apart. A love uncomplicated.
But like he said, we didn't get simple. We didn't get the white picket fence. We didn't get the happily ever after."