Wreck is LIVE! This is the second book in the brother’s-best-friend, friends-to-lovers Fuel Series by Ginger Scott.
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Blurb
When Dustin Bridges left Camp Verde to try to make it on his own, he left half his heart behind. A life with Hannah Judge was just too dangerous. A mountain of chaos and violence was always aiming for the target on Dustin’s back, and that made giving up the only person he ever loved feel necessary.
But impossible isn’t a word Dustin believes in. Defying odds is what he’s good at. It’s how he’s survived. And when fate calls him home, he sees it as his chance to take back his girl, to make his heart whole and to put his makeshift family back together.
Just one thing. That family? And more importantly, that girl? They want nothing to do with him.
When Dustin left Hannah without a word, he broke a promise. More than that, he broke a bond. He broke Hannah. The life she saw in her future was gone in a blink, and in its place she grew a heart of stone and a craving for danger.
But isn’t danger what Dustin Bridges is really all about?
Review
“We’re real, and we’re forever. And even the fucking hands of fate with all their destructive power can’t undo our destiny”
4 complicated stars
I loved the first book in this trilogy so much. I was completely swept up in the story of Dustin and Hannah, childhood friends who fell in mad love before they were torn apart due to circumstances beyond their control. This book is set four years after the end of the first, and we’re thrown right back into the intensity as Dustin returns to his home town of Camp Verde, and we gear up for the inevitable reunion with Hannah and her family.
It’s time for me to do the work, to earn my heart back and put it where it belongs.
A lot has changed since Dustin left, none more so than Hannah, who has taken her hurt and anger, and has channelled it into becoming a bit of an adrenaline junkie, living wild and doing her best to outrun her feelings.
It’s not a happy reunion – with Hannah or with her family – and there is a lot of emotion as Dustin is once again with the people he hurt so badly, and with those who hurt him. But their bonds are tight, and there is still a lot of love between them, and I loved watching all of the interactions as he comes back into their lives. And, of course, I was glued to my kindle watching Dustin and Hannah together, as the childhood loves reconnect.
Hannah wants to hate me. And part of her definitely does. But most of her? She just can’t. Because we’re real, and we’re forever. And even the fucking hands of fate with all their destructive power can’t undo our destiny.
I love these two together, and watching them find their way back to each other is so gorgeous. They acknowledge pretty quickly that they haven’t gotten over each other. They know each other inside and out, their chemistry sizzles, and they are absolutely meant to be.
I’ve loved Hannah for so long that I don’t know how not to.
While Dustin is facing up to his past, he’s also looking to his future, and he’s working hard to make his dreams come true. He’s just landed the opportunity of a lifetime, and he’s making a deal to cement his legacy. But what will be the cost?
After reading Shift, I had so much love for these characters. I loved being back in their world, and Dustin owned my heart once again. But I’ve gotta say, I’m not a fan of the new Hannah. Some of her actions are a little questionable, she creates drama, angst, and so much frustration. And then there comes a twist in the story which send the series in a direction I’m so unhappy about. There’s one particular trope/storyline that I hate, and avoid wherever possible, and Ginger Scott has thrown it into this trilogy in a devastating turn of events. I’m gutted. I’m so mad, and I’m actually scared about how I’m going to cope with the next book. But I’m invested in these two as a couple, and even though I’m feeling so freaking ragey, and probably will through most of the next book, I do want to see how they get past everything and hopefully find their HEA.
I’m giving this book 4 stars, only because I’m discounting the ending. That cliffhanger is brutal, and I hate the way it ended, but up until that point I loved the story.
4 stars.
An Advanced Reader Copy of this book was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
Fuel Series
About the Author
Ginger Scott is an Amazon-bestselling and Goodreads Choice Award-nominated author of several young and new adult romances, including Waiting on the Sidelines, Going Long, Blindness, How We Deal With Gravity, This Is Falling, You and Everything After, The Girl I Was Before, Wild Reckless, Wicked Restless, In Your Dreams, The Hard Count, Hold My Breath, A Boy Like You, A Girl Like Me, Memphis and Cry Baby.
A sucker for a good romance, Ginger’s other passion is sports, and she often blends the two in her stories. (She’s also a sucker for a hot quarterback, catcher, pitcher, point guard…the list goes on.) Ginger has been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines and blogs for more than 15 years. She has told the stories of Olympians, politicians, actors, scientists, cowboys, criminals and towns. For more on her and her work, visit her website at http://www.littlemisswrite.com.
When she’s not writing, the odds are high that she’s somewhere near a baseball diamond, either watching her son field pop flies like Bryce Harper or cheering on her favorite baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Ginger lives in Arizona and is married to her college sweetheart whom she met at ASU (fork ’em, Devils).
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