{"id":18443,"date":"2017-02-22T09:27:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T14:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=18443"},"modified":"2017-02-23T09:33:45","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T14:33:45","slug":"review-stay-bleeding-stars-5-by-a-l-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=18443","title":{"rendered":"Review: Stay (Bleeding Stars, #5) by A.L. Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cEven wild souls need a place to rest.\u201d <\/i><\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

4.5 stars!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ever since I started my journey with the boys of rock band, Sunder, I have been eagerly awaiting Ash\u2019s book, and OMG it was worth the wait! Gorgeously emotional, heartachingly romantic, and beautifully written, this book sucked me in from start to finish and I absolutely loved it!<\/p>\n

Ash Evans is the fun-loving party boy of Sunder. The prankster who always has a joke, the one who always has a willing woman hanging off his arm, and the one who doesn\u2019t take his life too seriously, enjoying his fame and fortune and all of the perks that it brings. But his partying catches in a horrific way when he hooks up with the wrong woman and is set upon by a group of guys, and is beaten badly,<\/p>\n

Willow is the one who finds Ash beaten and bloody and laying semi-conscious on the ground. She saved him that night, her very presence soothing him, and when Ash shows up at her store to thank her, a spark flares to life which takes them down a road neither of them were expecting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only think I know is I can\u2019t stop thinkin\u2019 about you. Wanting you.\u201d
\n\u201cYou don\u2019t even know me.\u201d
\n\u201cYet here we are.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Willow\u2019s life has been a series of one loss after another. She is a smart, sensible girl who runs a store that was her mother\u2019s, and is now hers, and she has simple dreams of a family \u2013 a husband, children and a happy life. But she\u2019s been horribly betrayed by love in the past and her dreams seem so far out of reach.<\/p>\n

Ash recognises that Willow is broken, but he is intrigued by the brave, beautiful woman and is undeniably attracted to her, and as he gets to know her, he wants more. But he has no interest in love \u2013 his past experiences having destroyed his heart and left him forever changed. So with the best of intentions, he proposes to Willow that they pretend that they are fine, that they can spend time together and be together without getting their hearts involved, at least for the few months that he is in town before he has to return to LA.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to own you, Peaches. I want to awaken what’s been lying dormant. Bring it to life. Watch you glow.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Willow\u2019s greatest fear is being alone, and there\u2019s something about the gorgeous, charismatic man who has just walked into her life that she can\u2019t resist. When he promises her that he wants to show her how beautiful she is, and how much she deserves something special, she can\u2019t resist him when he offers to give it to her \u2013 even if it is just for a little while.<\/p>\n

\u201cPretend with me.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What follows is a beautifully developing relationship. Ash and Willow become true friends who slowly but eagerly explore more, falling for each other though they never intended to, and I loved every moment of it! Their honesty and sincerity with each other is absolutely gorgeous and everything that happens between them feels natural and so, so right. And amidst the jokes, laughter, sweet moments and epic sexual tension, I fell right along with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeaches.\u201d He sounded almost confused, as if he couldn\u2019t make sense of this, either.
\nAt the contact, I gasped, my hands twisting into fists in the fabric of his shirt. The words left me before I could stop them. \u201cWhat are you doing to me?\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You get the feeling that they are both stunned by the intensity of what is between them, but they are both powerless to stop it, and it creates a wonderful sense of inevitability for them which I loved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat have you done to me?\u201d He stared across at me, tone demanding. \u201cTell me, Willow. Tell me you want me. Tell me I\u2019m not goin\u2019 crazy. Tell me this isn\u2019t all just on me. Tell me that every time I touch you, it feels like something more.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The big, heartfelt moments between them made me swoon and left me breathless, and the emotions are intense as they fall deeper and deeper. But how can these two broken souls have a future together when they are both fighting so adamantly against it? And is what they have found together strong enough to heal them and allow them to move on when the past is so much darker than they ever realised?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re killin\u2019 me, darlin\u2019.\u201d
\n\u201cAnd you\u2019re saving me.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is such beautiful book. A.L. Jackson writes wonderfully emotional stories, and she\u2019s done an amazing job with Ash and Willow. They are two characters that you cannot help but love, and I was cheering for them and their happy ending from the moment I met them. They have a lot they need to overcome, and their healing does not come without pain and heartache, but as the truth of the past is fully revealed, I could absolutely understand where the characters were coming from, and it made everything they were feeling for each other so much more intense.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes our greatest gifts are found in our darkest hour.\u201d <\/i><\/p>\n

What if I want you to stay?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fans of the series will love that we get to see all of the Sunder boys and their families \u2013 I love that we get to see the progression of their lives, and the fact that even with the changes they\u2019ve all been through, they are still very much a family unit. I also loved the little glimpse we got of Zee, and I can\u2019t wait for his book up next.<\/p>\n

The book ends beautifully, and I finished it with a big, satisfied grin on my face.<\/p>\n

\u201cLove is never cut and dry. It\u2019s messy. Confusing. Sometimes it\u2019s ugly and sometimes it\u2019s the most beautiful thing you\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Absolutely beautiful, I loved it \u2013 4.5 stars.<\/p>\n

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The Bleeding Stars series<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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A Stone in the Sea (#1)<\/strong> (Sebastian & Shea)
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Drowning to Breathe (#2)<\/strong> (Sebastian & Shea)
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Where Lightning Strikes (#3)<\/strong> (Lyrik & Tamar)
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Wait (#4) <\/strong>(Austin & Edie)
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Stay (#5)<\/strong> (Ash & Willow)
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Stand (#6)<\/strong> (Zee & Alexis)
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