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Can you live a lie?<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s a ghost town, this place that haunts me, the one that made me.<\/p>\n It\u2019s clear to me that I\u2019ll never outgrow Triple Falls or outlive the time I spent here.<\/p>\n I can still feel them all, my boys of summer. I didn\u2019t heed a single warning. I let my sickness, my love, both rule and ruin me. I played my part, eyes wide open, tempting fate until it delivered.<\/p>\n There was never going to be an escape.<\/p>\n All of us are to blame for what happened. All of us serving our own sentences. We were careless and reckless, thinking our youth made us indestructible, exempt from our sins, and it cost us all.<\/p>\n I\u2019m done pretending I didn\u2019t leave the largest part of me between these hills and valleys, between the sea of trees that hold my secrets.<\/p>\n It\u2019s the reason I\u2019m back. To make peace with my fate.<\/p>\n And if I can\u2019t grieve enough to cure myself in my time here, I\u2019ll remain sick. That will be my curse.<\/p>\n But it\u2019s time to confess, to myself more so than any other, that I\u2019d hindered my chances because of the way I was built, and because of the men who built me.<\/p>\n At this point, I just want to make peace with who I am, no matter what ending I get.<\/p>\n Because I can no longer live a lie.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add to Goodreads<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIt was a year. Just one year. But it changed everything for me.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n 5 stars<\/strong><\/p>\n Holy hell. I just finished this book, and I\u2019m literally gobsmacked. What a read! A raw, intense, angsty and emotional rollercoaster of a read that is such a twisty mindfuck that I never knew what was coming. I had no idea what I was supposed to be feeling, I just know that I felt everything<\/i>, and I was so sucked into this story that I couldn\u2019t put it down. What an epic conclusion to the duet!<\/p>\n I came back to declare war on my memories, to draw my lines, and I\u2019m already disgusted with just how relieved I am by reclaiming, owning my dark side.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n This book picks up immediately where Flock<\/a> left off and we are sucked back into Cecilia\u2019s story \u2013 a woman unable to move on from her past and revisiting the place where her whole life changed, and the men who changed it. The first book was a complete surprise, and I literally can\u2019t say anything without spoiling the duet, so I will just say to strap yourself in for an original, unexpected journey that is so well constructed (seriously, I can\u2019t even imagine the process Kate Stewart went through to plot this all out!), with an absolutely incredible love story.<\/p>\n \u201cYou said we can never be.\u201d I don\u2019t even know what to say about the love story, because it\u2019s unlike nothing I\u2019ve ever read.<\/p>\n \u201cLoving you made me sick, and I don\u2019t ever want to get well.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n I couldn\u2019t get enough just watching it all unfold, and, again, the feels are intense. I felt everything along with Cecilia, and the intensity of it just explodes of the page! And OMG, it is so freaking sexy!<\/p>\n \u201cYours. I was always supposed to be yours,\u201d I say as he nods and crushes me with his kiss.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n It\u2019s dark and twisted, and it\u2019s not easy to read in places, but OMG, it captured my heart. I railed and fumed, I cried and ached, and I felt so freaking much! And that switch from past to present pushes everything up another notch. Just wow. Cecilia\u2019s journey is an amazing story, and I admire her so much for handling everything that she goes through. Her strength is amazing, and her perseverance and tenacity make her an amazing heroine, and I adored the way she fought for what she wanted.<\/p>\n \u201cYour heart is not your weakness, Cecilia. It\u2019s mine.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n It\u2019s an amazing read, with twists and turns, surprising reveals, drama, angst, romance, and so much emotion. It physically hurt at times, and I had several teary moments, but I embraced them all. This story was brilliantly plotted out from beginning to end, and I finished it feeling wrung out but immensely satisfied.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you leave, I\u2019ll come after you. If you change your mind, I\u2019ll change it back. I\u2019ll fight so fucking hard for you every single day, so you never question if you made the right choice.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Just genius. 5 stars.<\/p>\n An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Flock (#1)<\/strong> Exodus (#2)<\/strong> The Finish Line (#3) <\/p>\n This series is a spin-off from the Ravenhood Trilogy. All books MUST be read in order!<\/p>\n One Last Rainy Day: The Legacy of a Prince (#1) <\/strong>(Dom) Severed Heart: The Birth of a Warrior (#2)<\/strong> (Tyler) Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight<\/strong> (#3)<\/strong> (Tyler) Untitled (#4)<\/strong> <\/p>\n The Ravenhood Duet Spotify Playlist<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n USA Today bestselling author and Texas native, Kate Stewart, lives in North Carolina with her husband, Nick, and her naughty beagle, Sadie. She pens messy, sexy, angst-filled contemporary romance, as well as romantic comedy and erotic suspense. Kate\u2019s title, Drive, was named one of the best romances of 2017 by The New York Daily News and Huffington Post. Drive was also a finalist in the Goodreads Choice awards for best contemporary romance of 2017. Her works have been featured in USA TODAY, BuzzFeed, and translated in five languages.<\/p>\n Kate is a lover of all things \u201980s and \u201990s, especially John Hughes films and rap. 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