{"id":60413,"date":"2021-07-16T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=60413"},"modified":"2021-07-16T09:26:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T13:26:43","slug":"release-arc-review-wreck-fuel-series-2-by-ginger-scott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=60413","title":{"rendered":"Release & ARC Review: Wreck (Fuel Series, #2) by Ginger Scott"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wreck is LIVE! This is the second book in the brother\u2019s-best-friend, friends-to-lovers Fuel Series by Ginger Scott.
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Buy on Amazon<\/a> (free in KU)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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

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\u2019s back, and that made giving up the only person he ever loved feel necessary.<\/p>\n

But impossible isn\u2019t a word Dustin believes in. Defying odds is what he\u2019s good at. It\u2019s how he\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

Just one thing. That family? And more importantly, that girl? They want nothing to do with him.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

But isn\u2019t danger what Dustin Bridges is really all about?<\/p>\n

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

\u201cWe\u2019re real, and we\u2019re forever. And even the fucking hands of fate with all their destructive power can\u2019t undo our destiny\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

4 complicated stars<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2019re 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.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for me to do the work, to earn my heart back and put it where it belongs.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not a happy reunion \u2013 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.<\/p>\n

Hannah wants to hate me. And part of her definitely does. But most of her? She just can\u2019t. Because we\u2019re real, and we\u2019re forever. And even the fucking hands of fate with all their destructive power can\u2019t undo our destiny.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u2019t gotten over each other. They know each other inside and out, their chemistry sizzles, and they are absolutely meant to be.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve loved Hannah for so long that I don\u2019t know how not to.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While Dustin is facing up to his past, he\u2019s also looking to his future, and he\u2019s working hard to make his dreams come true. He\u2019s just landed the opportunity of a lifetime, and he\u2019s making a deal to cement his legacy. But what will be the cost?<\/p>\n

After reading Shift<\/a>, I had so much love for these characters. I loved being back in their world, and Dustin owned my heart once again. But I\u2019ve gotta say, I\u2019m 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\u2019m so unhappy about. There\u2019s 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\u2019m gutted. I\u2019m so mad, and I\u2019m actually scared about how I\u2019m going to cope with the next book. But I\u2019m invested in these two as a couple, and even though I\u2019m 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.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m giving this book 4 stars, only because I\u2019m discounting the ending. That cliffhanger is brutal, and I hate the way it ended, but up until that point I loved the story.<\/p>\n

4 stars.<\/p>\n

An Advanced Reader Copy of this book was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Fuel Series<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Shift (#1)<\/strong>
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\nBuy:\u00a0\u00a0Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Wreck (#2)
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Burn (#3)
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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

\"\"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,\u00a0This Is Falling<\/a>, You and Everything After, The Girl I Was Before,\u00a0Wild Reckless<\/a>, Wicked Restless, In Your Dreams,\u00a0The Hard Count<\/a>,\u00a0Hold My Breath,<\/a>\u00a0A Boy Like You<\/a>,\u00a0A Girl Like Me<\/a>, Memphis and Cry Baby.<\/p>\n

A sucker for a good romance, Ginger\u2019s other passion is sports, and she often blends the two in her stories. (She\u2019s also a sucker for a hot quarterback, catcher, pitcher, point guard\u2026the 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\u00a0http:\/\/www.littlemisswrite.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When she\u2019s not writing, the odds are high that she\u2019s 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 \u2019em, Devils).<\/p>\n

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  Wreck is LIVE! This is the second book in the brother\u2019s-best-friend, friends-to-lovers Fuel Series by Ginger Scott. Don\u2019t miss this angst-filled read!   Buy on Amazon (free in KU)   Blurb When Dustin Bridges […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","yasr_overall_rating":4,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[297,443,52,25,9,24,58,29],"tags":[59,1292,224,48],"class_list":["post-60413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-angsty","category-brotherbest-friend","category-drama","category-friends-to-lovers","category-romance","category-second-chance-romance","category-sports-star","category-steamy","tag-arc","tag-fuel","tag-ginger-scott","tag-review"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wreck-eBook.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gaNL-fIp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}