How far would you go for revenge?A hit-and-run accident leaves Jersey Six orphaned and homeless on the streets of Newark, shattering her dreams of school dances, pink nail polish, and a diploma.Eight years later, a burn victim with amnesia wanders into Jersey’s barely-existent life. She resists his efforts to form a friendship until he reveals knowledge of the person responsible for derailing her … responsible for derailing her future. Through their unusual friendship, she discovers a way to avenge the deaths of her foster parents.
All she has to do is destroy the world’s biggest rock star.
In the ultimate game of sex, lies, and manipulation, can Jersey discover the truth? Or will she be blinded by attraction, deceived by love, and destroyed by her past?
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Jersey Six had me intrigued and predicting what would happen from the very beginning. While some of my predictions were accurate others totally blindsided me which I loved. I love when books can shock me. As for the characters I loved them, I loved how their beautifully broken edges matched each other’s. They had been through so much but still had the capacity to love and keep going despite the harsh cards that life dealt them. I definitely recommend to those looking for a different take on the rock star trope as well as a book that will keep your eyes glued to pages and keep you guessing.
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Jewel E Ann has done it again! Jersey Six tugs at your heartstrings, keeps you on your toes, makes you laugh, and then cry. Jewel is a master at having her readers feel “wrung out” by the end of the book because we are quickly sucked into the love story of Jersey and Ian. Her dialogue is witty and real. The story is gritty and the “near to the ending” is unexpected . Of course, it is a lovely epilogue and HEA! Jersey (a homeless 24 year old) and Ian (a Rock Star) both think they are “terrible people”. Their story proves otherwise. I could not put the book down and have already reread it.
Once again Jewel has weaved her magic and created a multi layered fascinating well paced story full of mystery and suspense. Be ready for some heart pounding, jaw dropping, mind blowing unforgettable moments.
These characters will pique your curiosity from the very first page.They’re raw and flawed plagued by the painful pasts that could very well destroy them. They will get under your skin and leave a lasting impression long after you’ve finished their story.
Jersey Six will knock you on your ass you can’t prepare yourself for a story of this magnitude, so don’t. Just read it, enjoy it and fall in love with a book that’s uniquely brilliant.
“Truth didn’t live in the light; it hid in the dark, dancing with demons, afraid to be set free, afraid to be seen by judgmental eyes.”
Oh wow! My heart! Jewel E. Ann knows how to make you feel! And with such intensity! She knocks the wind out of me every single time.
And the twists. Left field. Right field. They are thrown at you from every direction. What an amazing story!
There are so many layers to this story. It makes you think. It makes you appreciate. It makes you feel.
The reveal of truths.
The hard pill of excepting those truths.
Acceptance.
The pain of hard pasts.
The lowering of walls.
The understanding of love.
Survival.
And at the heart of it all. Love. So intense, and heartfelt.
“And it doesn’t matter if anyone has ever missed you before, because I will miss you enough to last a lifetime.”
Jewel E. Ann has an incredible way with words. She reaches in deep; she makes you see, and she makes you feel it all. These characters will burrow into your heart. A remarkable story of redemption and love that will stay with you long after you’ve read it.
“I’ve spent my whole life waiting to love you.”
There are absolutely no words for this book or the splendor that is JEA. She has exemplified her skill as a veteran author with every single sentence of this story. The very brevity of the narrative is forward and has a resounding impact well after the close of the last chapter. Jewel E. Anne has captured human depravity at its worst and astutely weaved this magnificent story of survival and love from its remains. The subject matter is raw, unfiltered, and reminiscent of some of her earlier work in the Jack & Jill series. One of the best reads in 2019.
I love the diverse nature of this author’s books, her varied subject matter and ability to provide readers with something unique when it comes to each of the books she writes. The versatility of her writing is second to none and Jersey Six is a shining example of this. In my opinion, it shouldn’t be compared to any any of her previous novels, it’s more than deserving of a spotlight all to itself.
This was not a book I wanted to race through, despite its intriguing plot line. It’s raw and gritty and suspenseful and I wanted to savour every moment of it. I had so many confusing and conflicting feelings about each of the complex personalities who play a leading role in this story. Their character development was thrilling and played a large part in ensuring that I changed my mind about each of them on more than one occasion. I wasn’t going to talk about the main characters but as I was writing this review my thoughts kept coming back to Jersey, who is a complete force of nature. She’s had so many setbacks in her life and endured unimaginable hardships, yet she’s resilient, having survived so far by living on her instincts and sticking to her own code, a sort of “do what needs to be done” and “don’t sweat the small things” kind of attitude. Her idea of small things and mine are miles apart but I have to say, I loved her, even when she clearly got things wrong. She’s a woman to be reckoned with, on the surface so strong and determined, yet there’s a deeper, more vulnerable and susceptible layer to her. I was completely captivated.
The twists and turns in this story were spectacular, breath stealing at times. These, together with some dramatic revelations, took me completely by surprise. There was one secret I did sort of guess but nothing about this book is straight forward and when I thought I knew what was going on, I really didn’t.
I continue to delight in the fact that this author doesn’t write conventional stories with stereotypical characters. It is safe to say Jersey Six is definitely not your typical romance. It is, however, a wonderfully woven tale of intrigue, betrayal, deceit and revenge. It’s dark and intense, shocking and often disturbing but at its core is an amazingly complex and emotional love story and it blew me away.
Is anyone who they seem.
Jersey Six will do anything to find who took away what was hers, The life she should of had.
Ian Cooper famous Rock Star running from his past only to run smack into it.
Chris He has no clue who he is only bits and runs into Jersey who might hold the key to who he is.
Max poor Max needs her own story
This Story Holy shit I got it before the twist but I didn’t know how they all connected together.
I loved Jersey her story is horrible. She’s not broken just revenge taken over. How do you learn love when no one has ever taught you.
“Your blood’s in the water. I’d get out of here before the sharks circle.”
“Be brave and run fast”
“I’m going to show you the world.”
“Wish me luck ”
“Silly songs… Jersey, I didn’t think you were serious about cutting out my heart. But that was brutal.”
“Ian Cooper took Jersey’s hand and her breath in on quick move.”
“Dead is dead; it’s anot really gone. Forever doesn’t exist. It’s just what people themselves to make the now a little more bearable”
“Can you be for my eyes only”
“Because I always thought living in fear has to be worse than death. We stop living when we let in fear.”
“Bad relationships follow you around. They bleed into all your futur relationships. It’s uh….bad karma ..bad luck”
“Then it wasn’t the love I wanted. I wanted the love you gave me in the dark, in the bathroom, when I told you my deepest secret.”
It’s been 24 hours since I finished this book. These characters and their story have not left my mind. It only took 2 chapters and I was intrigued, all consumed and my mind began turning with theories, questions and What ifs.
Yup! I loved it. I enjoy the edge of my seat when I’m reading. I enjoy my theories being crushed along the way. And I love being taken a back with the revelation I hadn’t figured out. #Secrets
YESSSSS! That’s the best.
This story is much different than any other JEA’s books I’ve read but it’s just as amazing! Superb.
Jersey was a tough cookie and hard to like at times BUT her actions/behavior weren’t for no reason. I understood her.
Ian was beyond amazing, fabulous, swooning, heartmelting, THE BEST. He stole my heart. My heart that broke for him.
This is a wonderful read but it’s also tough and sad at some points. There’s this particular scene where my heart shattered. #Tears #Sad #Beautiful
Quote “Maybe the only purpose to life is having a purpose”
I love everything Jewel E Ann writes! Jersey Six is no exception!!
This is an amazingly gripping and moving story that I could not put down! It’s delves into so many areas that are realistic and relevant on what goes on for many that are or have been in the system, but not only that, there are so many layers to this story-manipulation, mysteries, twists, growth, strength and realizations.
It all comes to a surprising end in true Jewel E Ann fashion. I loved it!
This book is another Jewel E. Ann Original! She weaves a hauntingly disturbing actuality that you can’t put down. The characters are perfectly imperfect & broken. Love wins over darkness & evil. I loved Jersey Six & I am re-reading it now. It’s one that lingers in your mind & soul!
I started to read this book when it was first released but for some reason I couldn’t connect to Ian’s character. This troubled me as I absolutely love Jewels books. So I decided to take a break and go back to it. In the meantime it was released on audio so I decided to grab that instead… I am so glad I did because this was an absolute beauty. Dark, troubled and messed up characters with a haunting past!
Filled with so many shocks, twists and secrets I was literally hanging with my mouth open for the most part. Absolutely brilliant and don’t know why I ever doubted Jewels penmanship! The evolution of these characters is brilliant, the plot just keeps on evolving and unravelling at an alarmimg speed. I have no words to do this justice… once again this author has floored me!
5+++++++++++++++LOVE IS A PERSON AND IM A FREAKIN MESS STARS
Full review to come later…I can’t even.
UPDATE
I haven’t read all of Ann’s books but I’ve read a lot of them and this one is sooooo different from any one of the others. I’ve seen her be comedic, romantic, sad, and serious and Jersey Six was all of this plus some!!(the emojis represent some of my emotions)
Let’s start at the end first because y’all know how much I FLOVE an Epilogue…it had to have been one of the most perfect epilogues I have ever read! Everything!!!!!! It was several years in the future, it literally wrapped everything up with a nice red bow, it had humor and it made me cry because I knew that it was the endABSOLUTE PERFECTION
Now shall we go back to the beginning???
On the scale of how thrilling and angsty and all out freakin NUT this was I’ll give you a little analogy…take Colleen Hoover’s Verity and cross it with Ella Fields Bloodstained Beauty and you have their baby which IS Jersey Six
Before I read the book I went and looked at my friend Malene’s review (cause she is such a good reviewer and uses fab words and NEVER spoilsshoutout honey!!!!) because I knew that there was some angst and I wanted to see what I was going into. Alas, she told me nothingexcept I needed to go in blind so…that’s what I did!
I can not tell you how IMPORTANT it is for you to not read reviews before reading this book! YOU DO NOT WANT SPOILERS!!!! It will ruin that moment when you think you have it figured out and then you read it and you throw your hand to your mouth and literally scream “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUUUUUUUUUUCK” just happened!!!!!!!!!!!!” Yeah…I did that too! This book has a twist that is so freakin amazing and you NEVER see it coming! You figure out some of what is happening but let me tell you…YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!
So, on that note…moving on
Ian….everyone in the world needs an Ianhe was swoon worthy, kind, filled with guilt and demons that no one knew but he persevered! He was an OVERCOMER!!! He was all the things!
Jersey…bless her heart. Every time I think about her I could literally cry my eyes out. She has seen and done the most horrific things. The things she’s done…for survival! Her whole life has been spent running. I wanted the best happy ending for hershe deserved it!
We meet Chris at the very beginning of the book, he is suffering from PTSD of some sort and I loathed him! He was good for Jersey in the beginning but then…well he wasn’t. If I would have reached in the book and throat punched him I would have and at the time I would have punched Jersey as well
The material in this book is sensitive and sometimes hard to read but you have to do it! My God, it was one of the best books I’ve read this year! It will be on my top reads list along with several other Jewel E. Ann books because she’s just that good! If you want a book with all the angst, that’s beautifully written, that’s gut wrenchingly painful,a twist that will blow your mind,with a stellar Epilogue then this book is for you!
Angst
Cheating None
Sexy Time
Epilogue
Plot
Jewel gives us another very different story with the twist that just drops you. This is not your sweet love story or romance. There is evil in the world and Jersey, Chris and Ian have all had their brush with it. How they will come out of it is anyone’s guess and yes Jewel keeps you guessing.
I love Jewel E Ann’s writing. She builds the characters and the surroundings beautifully. She captures your interest within the first chapter. This book has twists that you think you see coming and then boom it twist again. I highly recommend this book
Wow! What a read! Intense, dark and emotional, I had no idea what to expect, my mind was completely blown! Jersey has had the most horrific and appalling experience in the foster system, I was beyond disgusted and angry reading her words. The way she views life is no suprise, she trusts no one, and I don’t blame her. The only joy she finds is in knocking someone out! Until I scarred stranger shows up, with no memory needing a place to crash. Out of nowhere he does remember something, and it gives her hope that she may just be able to make someone pay for what happened to the family she was supposed to have. She never imagined how it all would turn out. I suspected! I don’t know if you will, but the crazy ride to get there was worth of minute, even the darkness, and I wish I could give or so many more stars than five! I’m in awe! Thank you to the author for her words and this story that just leaped out at me and won’t let go!
This was good grabs you right from the beginning. So many secrets you don’t know which way is up. It seem to lose it steam towards the end. It was kinda predictable however still a good read
Jewel is definitely a unicorn author for me. I have loved all of her books, but the darker reads is where it’s at for me. Her writing blows me away every time, and Jersey Six is no exception. It’s dark and gritty, but funny and real, too. The twists are straight-up INSANE! Gah! This book! If you like romantic suspense, you won’t want to miss this one!
WOW
What a freaking journey. Looking for a book that will suck you right in and then blow your mind? Look no further. Time. Well. Spent. This will be on of those books that you will wish you could read for the first time again.
WOW. 10,000 Stars!!!!
This story. Oh my god, this book….it literally punched the air out of chest, incapacitated me, then defibbed me back to life. I can’t review this book…not without spoiling it for someone else. GO INTO THIS BOOK BLIND AS A GD BAT. Blind, blind, blind. I’m still trying to form words to describe how I feel after finishing this book…holy book hangover. Oh my word.
This was one of the best rock star romances that I have read in awhile. It had all the things I wanted in a story: romance, out of this world sex scenes, a hot hot hot male hero, an angsty, mysterious edge that had both darkness and light to the story, interesting side characters that served their purposes, love triangle, raw, brutal “splinter-your-heart into pieces” love, unputdownable chapters with story and plot flowing with a rhythm that kept you wanting to read…I was never bored while reading this book and it was hard to stop reading it once I started! The suspense and story progression just kept building and building to an amazing ending….I cannot with this story, it was so amazing. These two characters, Ian & Jersey will OWN and WRECK your soul and bruise your heart and memory forever. Trust me, it’s a good thing! Buckle up and enjoy the heck out of this ride!
I love a bad ass chick.
I love a sexy rockstar.
I love a little darkness in my romance, but I was not totally in love with this one. All the elements were there. The build up was good in the beginning and things took off toward the end, but there was a part in the middle that dragged for me in places, but I wanted more in others. It looks like it is the classic case of, its not you. Its me.
Jewel is an exceptional writer who I still consider a “go to” author for me. I will always suggest to anyone to read all of her books, but this one just missed the mark for me.