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DYLAN by Jo Raven
DYLAN by Jo Raven
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Synopsis:
When you’ve tried your best for
years and never managed to please your demanding parents… When you’ve fallen
head over heels for someone who keeps ignoring you… When you’ve hit rock
bottom.
Tessa is this close to giving up – on her authoritative parents and their demands, on her studies, on everything in her life.
Including Dylan. The one boy she has loved since she can remember. The one who dated her and promised her forever when they were fourteen, and then dumped her without an explanation only to ignore her ever since.
The one who shows up to save her from the hands of her abusive ex before the stroke of midnight, who kisses her and holds her close, only to tell her in the course of the same night he doesn’t love her.
Tessa knows Dylan has gone through some tough times, and they’re only getting tougher - but is he telling the truth about his lack of feelings for her, or is he running from his own demons?
The way Tessa sees it, she has two options: run away, leaving it all behind - or stay to fight against her controlling family, and win back Dylan. She has a feeling he needs her, and how can she leave when he’s the only man who’s ever made her feel alive?
Standalone novel. No cliffhanger.
*Warning: this book contains graphic language, sex, and violence. Mature readers only. Not intended for young readers.*
Tessa is this close to giving up – on her authoritative parents and their demands, on her studies, on everything in her life.
Including Dylan. The one boy she has loved since she can remember. The one who dated her and promised her forever when they were fourteen, and then dumped her without an explanation only to ignore her ever since.
The one who shows up to save her from the hands of her abusive ex before the stroke of midnight, who kisses her and holds her close, only to tell her in the course of the same night he doesn’t love her.
Tessa knows Dylan has gone through some tough times, and they’re only getting tougher - but is he telling the truth about his lack of feelings for her, or is he running from his own demons?
The way Tessa sees it, she has two options: run away, leaving it all behind - or stay to fight against her controlling family, and win back Dylan. She has a feeling he needs her, and how can she leave when he’s the only man who’s ever made her feel alive?
Standalone novel. No cliffhanger.
*Warning: this book contains graphic language, sex, and violence. Mature readers only. Not intended for young readers.*
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My 4 star review
Dylan....Dylan....Dylan you rude selfish jerk! Ok....I am
sorry I had to get that out. This character is actually one hell of a man at
the age of nineteen. His mother up and left him and her other two children,
then his father becomes so depressed that he vanishes when he feels like it. So
Dylan is left to take care of his 2 brothers. He pushes everyone he cares about
away and he is forced to be the caregiver of his two brothers. Now please know
that he loves them with all his heart. Those 2 boys are everything to him and
he will do what he has to do to provide for them.
Tessa is a young woman who is leaving for her parents.
She doesn't even know who she really is, and it is so sad. Her father is a
monster and needs to be beat, I am not a violent woman but this man deserves
it. Ok...So Tessa used to date Dylan in high-school. He was the love of her
life and then BOOM he up and dumps her with no reason and then he literally
ignores her for years. Naturally this breaks her heart but hey when we
love...we love no matter what….when we feel they are the one.
Then you have Sebastian who is a crazy psycho creep who
wants Tessa and he is plans to get what he wants. You will be shocked when you
find out who is in on it with him. It will piss you off and it will make you
want to throw your kindle. (Well I did that…ooops) But out of nowhere Dylan
saves the day and puts Sebastian in his place.....He happened to be in the
right place at the right time....But will it last???...
So this book was very good and Jo Raven had me hanging on
to every word she wrote. I have to say that she had me at Dylan....Even though
he was selfish in his own way and once you read this book you will know why he
did what he did. Now I am not saying it was right for him to push love ones
away but hell, I would have done that same damn thing.
Excerpt:
The familiar chatter fills my
ears as soon as I step inside, and I grab a juice. As I wait to pay, I absently
scan the tables. Wild hair, wilder clothes, outrageous make-up. Your typical
college students.
Except the guy sitting alone at
a table in a corner. No wild hair or clothes, and yet he snags my gaze, hooks
me and reels me in. I study the familiar close-cropped blond hair, the
beautiful profile, the powerful shoulders stretching his gray sweater.
Dylan.
My turn comes to pay for my
juice, and instead I drop my purse and spill coins everywhere. Laughter ripples
around me. Yeah, your typical college student is also easily amused.
Mortified, I glance in Dylan’s direction,
but he seems lost in thought. Thank God. I pay and clutch my juice like a
shield in front of me as I make my way toward him. After thinking about Sean,
Dylan’s presence makes me feel better. Safe. Warm.
So I approach, taking him in.
He’s dressed in well-worn jeans and that old sweater he’s had since high
school. He needs no expensive suits. With his broad shoulders and trim body,
he’s so hot he’d put any male model to shame.
It strikes me how much he’s
grown from the boy he was when we dated. Even from the boy he was a year ago,
with the purple bangs. It’s like he’s shed all playfulness, all childishness,
as if he had to give it up overnight.
Not sure why, but it makes me
sad for him.
“Hey,” I say, and sit across
from him.
He starts, pushing back from
the table, and I frown as I notice the dark bags under his blue eyes, and how
thin his handsome face has become. He hasn’t shaved for at least a couple of
days, and his jaw is covered in golden stubble.
“Tess,” he whispers, and my
breath catches. He never calls me that nowadays. “What do you want?”
“You didn’t show up in biology
class,” I say, before I lose my nerve. “And I haven’t talked to you in a while.
Is everything okay?”
“Fine,” he mutters.
“You’ve missed many classes
already.”
“I never enrolled in that
class. Or any class.”
“You never…” My brain stalls.
“Then why did you show up on the first day?”
“Because I hoped I could do
this,” he snaps, and it’s my turn to flinch. “I’m not enrolled in college. Not
anymore.”
“That’s a pity,” I whisper. My
chest aches.
He gets up. “Look, I’ve got to
go.”
“Yeah.” I nod, finally
accepting what Audrey has been telling me all along. “Take care, Dylan.”
His eyes narrow. “You too.
What’s this about?”
“This is about me,” I say and
unscrew the lid off my juice with shaky hands.
“What do you mean?” His face is
pale, the silver ring in his lip glinting dully in the fluorescent lights of
the cafeteria.
I force myself to look away. “I
mean,” I say softly, “this is goodbye.”
Author Bio and Stalker links:
Jo Raven writes New Adult contemporary romance. She loves
sexy bad boys and strong-willed heroines, and divides her time between writing
and reading. When not cooking up plots, she putters in her cluttered kitchen
and dreams of travelling.
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