SHE CAN’T GET ENOUGH. I’M JUST GETTING STARTEDHey, beautiful. I’m back again. One more time. You know what happened between myself and Violet already. Now it’s six months later. I’m a changed man, but not in the way you think. And Violet thinks she can run back to her old high school flame to chase my memory away.
That’s impossible to do. Once you’re with me, you never forget me.But here’s the … with me, you never forget me.
But here’s the problem… the tables have been turned.
I can’t forget her. Everything I do revolves around her. I’m about to give up everything in my life to try and rid her memory… and that’s when she shows up, ready for more. This time, I’m playing for keeps, no matter the secrets, the truth, or what happens to her heart or mine.
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Darlin’ – I’m not going to lie to you. You cannot read this book without reading HATE ME. If you want to experience to truth of Mason, you must start with HATE ME. Type this into the search bar if you dare: B071JSZ5WK
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This book brings the story together six months after Violet runs out after Mason’s wife introduces herself. Violet is hurt, receives devastating news and Davis sweeps in to her life again. Her business with Victoria is booming and they are bringing in the money. When her unit is finally rented out she has to return to the complex to finalise everything. Running into a Mason brings her emotions and all the unfinished business between them to a head. Mason has changed his appearance he has grown his hair long, has a beard and tons of ink! He is still the same jerk and makes some on the spot decisions that have you questioning why? Charlottes parents are the quintessential couple, who aren’t afraid to show their affection. The two of them throw the banter around and will have you smiling and laughing! There are moments when Mason redeems himself and then just when you don’t expect it he does something that will leave you gobsmacked!
This is a great conclusion to the Hate Me Duet. Like always Jaxson pulls you right into the story so it is hard to put it down until you have read the last word. 5+ stars.
I said after I read HATE ME: a bad boy romance novel that I hated Jaxson for that cliffhanger. But, now I can officially say I love Jaxson, no more hate from me because he gave me a great conclusion to Mason and Violet’s story. I kind of still hated Mason at the beginning of Hate Me Again, though, because he was acting like even more of an ass, even nastier, even meaner, even more cruel than he had been in Hate Me, because Violet had dared to leave his dumb ass after she found out his big secret. Well, duh, what did the man expect her to do?! If I had been Violet, I would have left his stupid ass too, only I wouldn’t have come back to him the way she did. Violet is far more forgiving a woman than I will ever be.
Mason deals with Violet leaving him by going out, getting drunk and sleeping with even more women, growing out his hair and his beard, and getting lots of ink all over his body. Yeah, it’s safe to say that Mason’s coping skills aren’t exactly up to par. As I said in my review for Hate Me, Mason is a seriously messed up guy. And finally, here in Hate Me Again, we get the entire story of why he’s so messed up, so damaged. And it’s a pretty heartbreaking story. “But that’s the world I know. It’s the world I want to hate me. Hate is so much easier, Violet.” I won’t go into details, but sufficed to say, it is pretty ugly, and it has left lots of scars on Mason’s psyche. Poor guy. It almost, almost explains why he’s such a jerk. It doesn’t excuse his behavior, though, and I really, really hated him, didn’t think there would be any way I could possibly love him again, but when Violet comes back to him and he opens up and starts acting like a halfway decent human being, I kinda fell back in love with him again. Don’t get me wrong, I still hated him, STILL hate him, but that love started creeping back in. In Violet, it never left, though, because for her, Mason is The One. He sorta completes her soul, the other part of her that she never even realized she had inside her. “I showed you the darkest corners of lust. The tattered edges of crazy sex. I put you against the wall and made you feel things you never existed. And to me…well…you managed to reach into that black cave inside my chest and find the last few beats of a heart that stopped beating a long fucking time ago.”
But, because Mason is who he is, Violet still hates him. Because he doesn’t make things easy on Violet when she comes back. That’s the thing about Violet, though, she’s very forgiving, and non-judgemental, because she knows and accepts Mason and all that he is, for who he is. “You know who I am. You know I’ll never change. You know I’ll break your beautiful heart. But you know the other side of me and my life…” And he does continue to break her heart and hurt her, because he can’t seem to help himself. But, because Violet was addicted to the man she loved, she decides to keep this mysterious ass of a man, even though she knew she’d spend the rest of her life getting hurt by him because he’d never change. “A mystery I was addicted to. A mystery I would give my life to find out. A mystery that was going to hurt me…again and again and again…”
Thank God Mason has a soft underbelly that he only shows Violet, though, because without it, I don’t think I could have withstood reading this story. Because it would be a one dimensional block of cruel, disgusting behavior. But, when Mason is there for Violet during the hardest days of her life, that was when I knew, when Violet knew, that Mason really was the one for her. And that’s when I knew they’d be OK, even though he’d hurt her many, many more times in their lifetime together, he really did love her, and he’d always be there for her, especially through the dark times. “Yeah I was an asshole. Yeah, I’d probably hurt her again and again. Yeah, she’d end up hating me. But you know what? Nobody could love her like I did. And that was a fact.” Mason is actually a decent human being somewhere deep inside him, deep inside that scarred soul of his, and it’s why even though Violet hates him, (I hate him), she still loves him, (I still love him).
And now, I love Jaxson, and don’t hate him anymore. Because Mason and Violet’s conclusion not only came quickly, but it’s a damn good conclusion at that. Thank you, Jaxson!
What a fantastic second installment to Hate Me, love Mason and Violet’s story so heartwrenching at times, such a good book!