{"id":42012,"date":"2019-04-17T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=42012"},"modified":"2025-08-29T03:15:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:15:28","slug":"blog-tour-arc-review-praying-for-rain-praying-for-rain-trilogy-book-one-by-bb-easton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=42012","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour & ARC Review: Bad Boys Don’t Die (Bad Boys Don’t Die, #1) by BB Easton"},"content":{"rendered":"

*\u00a0Previously published under the title<\/span> Praying for Rain*<\/span><\/h3>\n

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\u201cNone of this matters, and we\u2019re all going to die.\u201d<\/b><\/h4>\n

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Praying for Rain
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by BB Easton<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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The all-new powerful and emotional romantic standalone\u00a0<\/strong>is LIVE!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Buy your copy today!
\nAmazon<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0Paperback<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0Audiobook<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

With only three days left until the predicted apocalypse, the small town of Franklin Springs, Georgia, has become a wasteland of abandoned cars, abandoned homes, abandoned businesses, and abandoned people. People like Rainbow Williams.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rain isn\u2019t afraid of dying. In fact, she\u2019s looking forward to it. If she can just outrun her pain until April 23, she\u2019ll never have to feel it at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wes Parker has survived every horrible thing this life has thrown at him with nothing more than his resourcefulness and disarming good looks. Why should the end of the world be any different? All he needs are some basic supplies, shelter, and a sucker willing to help him out, which is exactly what he finds when he returns to his hometown of Franklin Springs.<\/span><\/p>\n

As society crumbles, dangers mount, and secrets refuse to stay buried, two lost souls are thrust together in a twist of fate\u2014one who will do anything to survive and one who can\u2019t wait to die.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps, together, they can learn how to live.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before their time runs out. <\/span><\/p>\n

Find\u00a0Praying for Rain<\/em> on GOODREADS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Review<\/strong><\/h4>\n

5 apocalyptic stars!<\/strong><\/p>\n

A world thrown into chaos, a bad boy who wants to live, a good girl who wants to die, and the four horsemen of the apocalypse breathing down everyone\u2019s backs, Praying for Rain<\/i> is an intense, emotional start to the Praying for Rain Trilogy<\/i>. It has the perfect mix of action, mystery, and suspense, and fire, fun, and feels, and I couldn’t stop from devouring it!<\/p>\n

For the last several months everyone has been dreaming of the end of the world. Though the nightmares are unique to each person, four faceless cloaked riders haunt them at night.\u00a0The world is in a panic and there\u2019s murder, mayhem, and so much destruction already. Hope and despair and everything in between drives people as they wait for the apocalypse, including Wes and Rain, two opposite souls who dream of beginnings just as life is ending.<\/p>\n

Wes Parker grew up in foster care and never had the loving family every child deserves. Once he aged out of the system, he got as far away as he could. Now he\u2019s back in town seeking the only thing that may save him in a place he hates.\u00a0He has so much regret, guilt, and pain on his shoulders but he doesn\u2019t let it stop him. He wants to live and he will do anything to make that happen, including kidnapping a girl.<\/p>\n

Rainbow Williams just wants to make it until April 23rd and then all of her pain will go away.\u00a0She is living with heartbreak and she deals with it the only way she knows how. She\u2019s vulnerable, hurting, and lonely, and the perfect person for Wes to use. She can help him get what he needs to survive apocalypse, however, he is not expecting the spark between them that he wishes would just go away. Distractions lead to mistakes and he can’t afford any now.
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I quickly became invested in Rain and Wes\u2019 lives and their survival. They are intelligent, strong, and refuse to give up even when they are facing the end of the world. My heart broke for what they lived through and I understood how both were feeling. They are broken and flawed, and their pasts influenced the people they are today and I really enjoyed them.<\/p>\n

Wes and Rain didn\u2019t get along at first and it brought some delicious sexual tension to life. They have fantastic chemistry, and their desire, desperation, and heat is believable. Their attraction is intense but it is the understanding, acceptance, and emotion that really change things between them. Wes sees Rain differently as he gets glimpse into her soul and the pain and heartache she harbors but refuses to acknowledge.<\/p>\n

She sighs and drops the attitude. It only lasts a second, but in that moment, I see the real Rain. Underneath all those fake smiles and that sassy attitude is a black ocean of sadness crashing against a crumbling lighthouse of hope. <\/i><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And Rain gets into Wes’ head when he least expects it and has an equalling astounding affect on him.<\/p>\n

I’ve finally\u00a0found what I’ve been missing my whole life, and if I keep it, it will kill me.<\/i>
\nNo wonder Rain was wearing a black hoodie when I met her.<\/i>
\nShe’s the fifth fucking horseman of the\u00a0apocalypse.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Though the story is dark and gritty and deals with difficult themes, surprising humor in an otherwise bleak time lightens the mood. There is the right amount of fun added to the darkness around them. The world is ending and yet Wes and Rain somehow find happiness. Together, they change everything and have a reason to live despite imminent demise coming for them.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t look back, and I don\u2019t let go. I run hand in hand with this beautiful stranger, over roots and beneath branches, feeling more alive than I ever have.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The story is fast paced and well-written. The anticipation that came with each page I turned was exciting and nerve-racking. There\u2019s a wonderful air of mystery and suspense that kept me captivated while I desperately wanted Rain and Wes to make it out alive. There are twists and turns as the story unfolds, and then there is that ending! I have so many questions and I am excited to continue the trilogy!\u00a0 Fall 2019 cannot come soon enough!<\/p>\n

This is the first book I have read by BB Easton and it definitely will not be the last. \u00a0Not only do I need more of Rain and Wes, but I need more of Easton\u2019s writing! Her character development, word craft, and imagination are fantastic, and I can’t wait to see what else she brings us!!<\/p>\n

*ARC generously provided by the author and\u00a0Social Butterfly PR in exchange for an honest review<\/i>*<\/p>\n

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Bad Boys Don’t Die <\/strong>Trilogy\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

*\u00a0Previously<\/span> published as the Praying for Rain Trilogy*<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Bad Boys Don’t Die (#1)
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\nBuy: \u00a0Kindle Ebook<\/a><\/p>\n

Bad Boys Don’t Stay (#2)
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\n<\/strong>Buy:\u00a0 Kindle Ebook\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Bad Boys Don’t Fall (#3)
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\n<\/strong>Buy: Kindle Ebook<\/a><\/p>\n

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Original covers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/b><\/h4>\n

\"\"BB Easton is a best-selling, award-winning author, artist, psychologist, wife, and mother who loves drinking, cursing, and staying up late mining for humor in the darkest of places. <\/span><\/p>\n

BB began painting as a pierced, punk ass teen, but decided to pursue a career in school psychology due to her compassion for those with mental illness and a desire to work with children with autism. Unable to turn off her creative side, BB decided to take a few years off to raise her two small children (Baby BB and Mini Ken) and indulge in all of her artistic whims, primarily having pink hair and writing embarrassingly candid novels about her delinquent past and deviant sexual history. Her husband is suuuper excited about it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stay up to date with BB by joining her MAILING LIST<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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FACEBOOK<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0BOOKBUB<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0TWITTER<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0PINTEREST<\/a><\/strong>
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