“When I can’t hear you and see you, I can’t want you––and I can’t want you anymore.”Sasha was the girl next door, and at fifteen I was sure she was my forever. She was my constant, and never let me down.Until she did.She broke me, yet I still found myself longing for her with a debilitating desperation.Then came Taylah. A crazy and chaotic hurricane of beauty and bad decisions, she breathed … hurricane of beauty and bad decisions, she breathed life back into me.
For her, my heart began to beat a new rhythm. She was whimsical, and I was level-headed. We were mismatched in the most perfect of ways.
Two women. One decision. Sasha was my first love, but could Taylah be my last?
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Revive by Marley Valentine
5 + Stars
AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING!! Captured my interest throughout!! Page turner!! Awesome! Awesome! Ending always had me guessing!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!
Hendrix Michaels~ who was in Reclaim (recommend reading Reclaim first), he is always there for everyone
I loved Hendrix!! The story is absolutely everything!!!!
Oh my heart!!! The perfect follow up from Reclaim. The author has yet again blown me away with her words and this amazing story!
There is so much emotion packed into this amazing book. I had all the heart eyes at some points, in others my heart broke for the characters. The writer has this way of making you feel the emotions of her characters…
I feel that her writing takes on an almost poetic feel at times. Her description of the characters eyes or a characters facial reaction is absolutely stunning.
I will tell you… I almost threw my Kindle a few times, but it was SO. WORTH. IT.
I absolutely recommend this one. Hendrix’s story is one that will absolutely stay with me for a long time!
Setting Him Free
Living your life in the past, only prevents you from having the future you deserve.
Drix has always put everyone else first. He loves fiercely, those he lets in. He’s a great guy. His job is all about helping others. However, in the process of being everything to everyone else, he loses himself.
Sasha was his girl. He loved her since they were kids. She was supposed to be his forever. But her life choices changed their path. He’s never been able to let her go.
Then Taylah comes into his life. Taylah is gorgeous, honest, unfiltered and dedicated to her job of helping people. Her bff just happens to be married to Hendrix’s twin brother, so that’s how these two meet.
Hendrix and Taylah have an intense attraction. What starts out as some sexy banter has the potential to be more than casual. It’s now up to Hendrix to decide if he wants to rekindle the love from his past or discover a new future with the woman who may just be able to mend his heart.
This story was emotional. So much history, heartache and hurt. I smiled, I shed a few tears and I swooned. This was my favorite book thus far by this author. When you open your heart and let the pain from your past go, you are free to embrace your future and live your happily ever after. A beautiful story of surviving heartbreak and finding the where you were always meant to be.
This is a first read for me by this author and wow what a good story.
I fell for these characters and devoured this story in a few days.
Highly recommend.
Hands down one of my best reads of 2018!!! This is such a great second chance romance with all the feels and is just perfectly written!
Wow, Revive was a Great read. I couldn’t put this book down till I finished reading it. Loved Drix and Tayla together. 5 stars!! I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader copy of this book
Marley Valentine is a relatively new author to me, but each book of hers I have read has been beautifully written with well developed characters, so I knew going to Revive, I was in for a wonderful treat. This book did not disappoint. There was the perfect blend of angst, emotion, swoon worthy moments and hope. This book is Drix and Sasha’s story. Its a story of love, hurt, betrayal, secrets and life choices that sent them on different paths. They are brought together many years later and have yet to heal the hurts of the past. Will Sasha continue to hold the keys to Drix’s heart and his happily ever after or will Taylah the crazy, sexy girl who Drix finds utterly intoxicating patch up the broken pieces of his heart? Revive is a wonderfully emotional read that hooked me from page one and left me rooting for Drix’ HEA.
This is the second book in this series, and can be read as a standalone; however, I would advise reading “Reclaim” first. Drix and Sasha were always meant to be together, until they were separated. Now Drix does whatever he can to help anybody else, especially his family, and he has lost sight of what he needs for himself. Taylah is fun and feisty, and total opposite to what Drix is. Will he let himself fall in love again? No spoilers; this is a must read, you will not be disappointed! This is a beautifully written story, which is emotional, heartbreaking, intense, gritty, and with witty banter, and humour. I look forward to reading more form this talented author, and I highly recommend her work for all.
This is my first Marley Valentine book and she just made me swoon HARD!
Drex (oh lord!) this man is the perfect specimen of a man that any woman would kill for. Not only does he have the “looks”, but he also has a heart of gold. A man who always, and I mean always puts everyone above himself.
Drex has been in love with Sasha since they were teenagers and he went as far as professing his love for her, but Sasha has always been a complicated girl who had self-esteem issues and never in her wildest dreams think that Drex would want to be with a girl like her. She was very insecure and due to her insecurities, she ended up losing him.
Drex has had enough and it’s been now 15 years and his relationship (or non-relationship) with Sasha has gone far enough and he needs to find himself so he leaves for several months before he returns. Once he returns he starts up a friendship with Taylah and he feels that strong chemistry they have going.
The question is, can he move on and start something with Taylah who is a good woman and can make him happy or will he continue to pine over a woman that he knew he never had and never will?
This love triangle was one of those that I knew from the beginning who I was rooting for and I was very happy with the outcome in the end.
Marley Valentines words continually blow me away, they have the ability to hit you right in the feels and wreck you beyond compare.
Revive is the second instalment in the #RedemptionSeries and it is all about Hendrix Michaels (who you meet through #Reclaim.) Drix is the kind of guy you want in your life, he was there when his twin brother went to prison, he was there to help raise his brothers daughter Dakota and he did it with the burden of carrying a broken heart.
Sasha was Drix’s world, they were childhood friends which evolved into so much more. Sasha was it for him and he was it for her, until her own self conscience got the better of her and she irrevocably damaged little pieces of them. He said he would always be there for her whenever she was ready but at what cost.
Taylah is fun, flirty and feisty and the best friend of Emerson. Drix and Jagger spend a lot of time together so it’s inevitable that Taylah and Drix will cross paths, what he wasn’t prepared for was how refreshing it was to be around someone like her. Someone so sure of herself, someone who has a career and a funny Witt. He’s a hit it and quit it kinda guy with a massive heart, would she be open to a little sexy fun.
Sasha has always been a constant in Drix’s life, but is the pain of the past too much to move on from or could there be something new in his future that starts to heal his heart?
Queue the heartache and emotion with this one it’s going to hurt.
Recommended Read
Revive is everything and more you’d expect from a Marley Valentine book. It’s filled with angst and bits of humor and a sexy man with the biggest heart. Hendrix Michaels is the whole package. His heart has been through the shredder but he is the most selfless person. I loved reading his story through his eyes and the two women who are fighting for his heart. After reading Reclaim and reading the blurb for Revive I knew who I wanted to hold Drex’ s heart. Sasha and Taylah are so different and impacted Drix’s life in very different ways. It was a rollercoaster of emotions for sure with these three. This is definitely not a love triangle but two women and one man fighting for their future. Revive is beautifully written with all the feels! You do not have to read Reclaim before Revive as they are standalone but in my opinion it paints a better picture.
Revive…riveting, exceptional, vivacious, imaginative, victorious, and electrifying! So many more words could be used to describe this amazing read! So many emotions to be felt. Laugh out loud, whole body chills, heart flutter of excitement and of course heartache. Marley makes sure you feel the raw emotions of each of her characters as she takes you on a relatable journey.
Revive can be read as a standalone but is recommended to be read after Reclaim. Throughout the story you are sent back to Jagger, Hendrix and Sasha’s teenage years. The flashbacks transitioned beautifully so there was just enough backstory with no confusion to give us a glimpse into their past without making it the main focus. Drix stepped up for years when his brother was sent away to prison. Now that Jagger is home Drix is ready to move forward and forget about the girl who broke his heart. This story was completely unpredictable and ended exactly how I hoped it would! Hands down top 5 read of 2018!!
this book was intense! they were young lovers and she broke his heart. now years later hes meant to pick up the pieces of his heart!
Wow, I was eagerly waiting for this book to be released and I wasn’t disappointed. Once again, Marley has pulled at my heart strings while waiting to see who would win Drix’s heart once and for all.
A love triangle like no other, Hendrix is forced to choose between the two loves of his life, his first love and and the crazy, beautiful love, who walked into his life at the right time.
Who will he choose? The one who hurts him over and over again? Or the one who helps him find himself again? Pick up this book and find out. You won’t be disappointed.
I could not put this book down, I started reading it at 11pm and finished at 5am.
There is a depth to the characters, they are relatable and the storyline was riveting. I’ve been waiting to read this book and it was worth every second.
There is so much history between Sasha and twins Hendrix and Jagger with the end result being Dakota. Drix was left devastated watching Sasha move on when they were kids. Then she drove that knife even deeper when she became pregnant with Jaggers baby. With Jagger in jail Drix selflessly takes on his responsibility as uncle making sure that Dakota is happy and knows all about her father. Everyone is focused on not upsetting Dakota and her never having knowledge about the prior relationship between her mother and Drix. With Jagger out of jail and settled down with Emmerson it is time for Drix to take that trip and explore the world. He has been pining for Sasha forever and it’s time to move on. Just before leaving Sasha seeks him out to say goodbye with her body it’s a momentous first time but Drix heads off trying to forget her. He returns eight months later and hasn’t been able to succeed. It’s obvious that Sasha loves him still, but has too much water flown under the bridge to repair the damage? Taylah is outgoing, funny and sexy and she finds herself caught in a triangle with Sasha and Drix. Drix is in the middle with Jagger and Emerson throwing their warnings at him and Taylah. Taylah isn’t going to be a placeholder for anyone and she can see how he behaves whenever Sasha is near. Sasha is not sitting on the sideline anymore she is ready to reclaim what is rightfully hers.
I’m blown away by this story. Drix truly has the biggest heart out there and then there’s Taylah, this woman has such a passion for everything she does. Throughout the story I’m filled with endless emotions from laughter when it’s comes to Taylah’s crazy personality and then heart ache when we relive what Drix’s past with Sasha entailed. There’s no doubt in my mind that I’m #TeamTaylah from the very beginning, Sasha had her moments where she was pulling me her way and that’s what made this an even better love triangle. When you’re torn with who’s side you’re going to be on that goes to show that the author wrote strong characters all around. The storyline flowed seamlessly that you will never want to put the book down. Phenomenal job and I cannot wait to see what’s to come in the future because I’m hooked. This is my unbiased and voluntary review.
This is my first book by this author and can definitely be read as a stand-alone. I wasn’t sure what to expect going into Revive but it wasn’t what I was expecting. Just from reading the synopsis I’d already picked which woman’s ‘team’ I was on. I changed my mind fairly quickly though and fell in love with the woman I was determined not to like.
Drax has always put everyone first, he’s made sacrifices and somewhere along the way he’s lost sense of who he is. Having a complicated, turbulent relationship for years with Sasha hasn’t helped and he finally reaches the point to say enough is enough. Leaving for a few months is exactly what he needs and when he returns home he meets Taylah, his brothers girlfriends best friend, and the chemistry between them is off the charts from the start. I adored these two together. The chemistry and the banter, their first real meeting is perfect and Taylah is a hard character to not love. But can she compete with the woman he’s loved since he was fifteen years old?
This book was everything I love in a romance. The banter and chemistry are perfect, the relationship Drix shares with his brother is another thing I loved and there’s just the right amount of angst to get your blood pumping. This may be my first book by Marley Valentine but it definitely won’t be my last.