From New York Times Bestselling Author Victoria Ashley, comes an emotional friends-to-lovers/brother’s-best-friend Romance.“The feeling I have in this very moment, after not seeing her for so long, will haunt me forever, reminding me why I left to begin with.” For as long as I can remember, Easton Crews has been off-limits. As much as it kills me, that’s never going to change. After his little … going to change.
After his little disappearing act three years ago, then suddenly showing up out of nowhere, I shouldn’t want anything to do with him.
It doesn’t matter how beautiful he still is. Or how close we once were. It shouldn’t matter that my entire body lights on fire with need whenever he gets close.
He chose the worst possible time to leave without so much as a goodbye. However, just like the first day he walked into our home, I’m drawn to him, needing him near me just as badly as I need air to breathe, and I can’t stand it.
I want to hate him. I know I should hate him. But hating him is the last thing he’ll let me do. I push, he pulls harder, until I’m completely wrapped up in him, my mind lost in the one person who is forbidden—the one person I’ve always loved, even when he belonged to someone else. Easton was never meant to be mine.
It took me years to come to terms with that and now that I finally have, he’s here, right in front of me, more irresistible than ever.
The part I fear the most about that—he’s the one person capable of completely wrecking my world.
“I’m not leaving until you take all of your hate out on me. Let me feel it. All of it. Every dirty look. Every nasty word. I will have it all before I leave. Stop hiding from me.”
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3.5 Stars
Let me start by saying I am a huge fan of Victoria Ashley. I have read and devoured every single book she has ever written, but I have to say Wreck My World just isn’t one of my favorites. It had the potential to be an awesome book, but I felt it was too long and redundant, and I don’t know any teenager or grown man that would stay with someone for six years just because he didn’t want to hurt their feelings. There were parts that I did love and enjoy. The sex is always smoking hot and I loved the chemistry that Easton and Dakota have. It’s emotional, and does bring out the feels in some parts, but overall it was just okay for me.
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I was totally engrossed in this romantic story.
As soon as I read that it was set in a motorbike repair garage, that well, serviced all vehicles really, and that our heroine was a mechanic, I was hooked. Motorbikes are my thing, and I have a trade background in Engineering, so I’ll want to read any books where a woman steps outside of traditional roles.
In fact I adored both characters in this book. Easton and Dakota are wonderful, strong and loyal, and they’ve loved each other as the most important people in each others lives since they first met when they were kids, and before they knew what love was.
Since Roman Brooks brought Easton home as his new best friend, Easton and Dakota have been the best and closest of friends. So close in fact, that it could be said they’d never end up together, at least in Roman’s eyes, and in Dakota’s older sisters eyes as well, because before either of them could voice their respective feelings for each other, Quinn Brooks had laid a constant and vociferous claim to Easton as her boyfriend. And, as much as I would like to say that Easton was weak for going along with it, it was his generous and beautiful soul that knew he wouldn’t have done anything about it.
It seemed that events would forever conspire against Easton and Dakota and they’d never realise their love for each other.
Told in my favourite dual POV, the beginning of their story is told in retrospect, and I absolutely loved it. It shows the long history of their deep friendship and explains how deep Dakota’s hurt went. He’s been gone for three years and she still finds him as heartbreakingly beautiful as before.
This is a reasonably slow burn, second chance enemies to lovers romance where the chemistry of desire is high, and their mutual longing for each other just tore at my heart strings. While I almost became impatient with Dakota’s reluctance, her hurt and betrayal went soul deep, so for her to cave easily would be at odds to the strong character that she is. For me, it seemed well balanced. Even though I was disappointed in the initial lack of support for this couple from their friends and family, the back and forth banter between them all was awesome and I loved that this was an integral part of the story. It seriously had all the feels. It’s also my first book from Victoria Ashley, and I’ll be looking forward to more from her. 4.5 Stars.
** spoiler alert ** This book really takes you through a range of emotions, so be prepared! Easton and Dakota grew up best friends with feelings for each other that they never acted on. Part of that reason was Dakota’s older sister, who at the same young age decided Easton would be her boyfriend, which ended up a reality. When tragedy struck and Dakota’s sister was gone, instead of Dakota being able to rely on Easton as support, found that Easton had left town, unable and unwilling to work through the tragedy. Three years later, Dakota is surprised when she finds out that Easton is back in town, and comes to later find that she’s the reason why. With Dakota being hurt and angry for Easton abandoning her in her time of need, he definitely has his work cut out for him in the forgiveness department, but as well as the two know each other, he knows he will be able to get her back into his life. With that, they also take the chance to acknowledge and work through the feelings they have for each other, and act on those. But when everyone finds out they are together, everything implodes and Easton ends up running away again, hoping Dakota will find her way back to him. When another tragedy strikes, the question lies on if it will bring them back together or keep them apart. Overall this was a good book, but I do feel that it was very drawn out.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
THIS ONE IS NOT FOR ME….
I have had a hard time reviewing WRECK MY WORLD…..I have read a lot of Victoria Ashley’s books, and I have ALWAYS loved them…ALWAYS……But, in my opinion, and as hard as it is for even me to believe, WRECK MY WORLD, is either not my cup of tea or is just not up to par with what I expect from this author…
I’m not trashing this book…I see no benefit to the author, the other readers or even myself, from picking a book apart, just because I didn’t gel with it…I loved Easton Crewes and Dakota Brooks, but whether they or their friends were in the present as young adults or flashbacks of the past, when they were all kids, their thoughts, dialogue, actions and reactions frequently seemed juvenile and immature to me……
Having said all of that….. This is just my experience with WRECK MY WORLD…!!! This is just my opinion. Reviews are subjective….Doesn’t make them right…doesn’t make them wrong….it’s just our opinions…..Plus, I’m in the minority in the reviews for this book…..And, I still love Victoria Ashley’s books….just not WRECK MY WORLD….
This is the kind of book that I love.. I mean you have the tom boy, motorcylcle riding and not afraid to drink with the boys kinda girl. I absolutely loved Dakota! She is one who knows her way around a bike but at the same time isn’t afraid to show her true feelings about you. If you need punched, she will punch you right in the face. Her and Easton bring the angst full scale in this book. It’s obviously that there’s been hurt between them and neither one has dealt with it. It’s also obvious that they were made for each other but either one was to stubborn to admit it. They were afraid of hurting feelings of those that they loved. Easton is a great character. I mean it isn’t because he’s gorgeous, races bikes, goes mudding and can fix any kind of vehicle… Ok so it all those things.. I can’t lie it made him irrestible to many girls in the town. He and Dakota bonded from the beginning but then tragedy hit and feelings were hurt in the process. I loved how we got both of their point of views in this, it added to the angst and the feelings of wanting to bang their heads together at times. I became so invested in this book that I found myself wanting to be apart of their world. I mean they have a great group of friends who are more like a family at times. I did find myself crying towards the end and I wasn’t expecting that at all. This book is seriously one of those books that will keep you going until the very end. You won’t want to miss any of the action between Dakota and Easton. These two are great together despite most of the book, they are trying to fight their attraction and denying feelings for each other. It was great to see healing and letting the past mistakes stay in the past. I need more from this group especially Roman and Hope!! There’s a story there for sure!
This was one hell of an emotional roller coaster ride. My heart broke a couple of times. I just loved all of the characters. You can feel the love they have for each other. I can’t wait to read what Victoria Ashley writes next. I’m hoping some of the characters get their own stories.
I was enthralled by this story, The emotional journey had me zapped, I could not not put it down to take a breather the story was so all consuming. It’s a second time around story and it’s heartbreaking at times, and it does jump back and forth a bit but I thought it necessary for the drama and the deep emotions that were imparted in the tale. Kata and Easton had a hard road to follow, their lives had certainly more than they expected. A very intriguing read, I loved it!
First book by Victoria Ashley and it was full of emotions. This book has all the feels. A lot of swoon-worthy romance, steam, lol moments, frustration and tears in the eyes. Roller coaster of emotions from the first page to the last. I loved this book. Just to watch two kids starting out with paper footballs and grow into an adult relationship was the best. Grab this book if you want a best friends to lovers, best friend’s sister, second chance wrapped with a lot of great characters that you will fall in love with.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author to review for Stephanie’s Book Reports.
For as long as I can remember, Eason Crews has been off-limits.
As much as it kills me, that’s never going to change.
After his little disppearing act three years ago, then suddenly showing up out of nowhere, I shouldn’t want anthing to do with him.
It doesn’t matter how beautiful he still is. Or how close we once were. It shouldn’t matter that my entire body lights on fire with need whenever he gets close.
He chose the worst possible time to leave without so much as a goodbye.
However, just like the first day he walked inot our home, I’m drawn to him, needing him near me jsut as badly as Ineed air to breathe, and I can’t stand it.
I want to hate him. I know I should hate him. But hating him is the last thing he’ll let me do.
I push, he pulls harder, until I’m completely wrapped up in him, my mind lost in the one person who is forbidden. the one person I’ve always loved, even when he belonged to someone else.
Easton was never meant to be mind. It took my years to come to terms with that and now that I finally have, he’s here, right in front of me, more irresistible than ever.
The part I fear the most about that – he’s th eone person capable of completely wrecking my world.
I have read all the books that Victoria Ashley has ever written. I love her words and how she has to ability to let me escape real life for a while. She have blown me away with Wreck My World. This will go down as one of my favorite Victoria Ashley books of all time. This is the story of Dakota and Easton. The first time that Dakota lays eyes on Easton is when he came to her house as her brother’s best friend and comes into their home a unhappy and sad boy. Dakota needs to make him smile, to take his sadness away. They were seven and nine and in that moment Easton knows that he has met the girl that he could fall in love with. Easton was always hanging out at the Brook house with Ronan who was his best friend and Ronan’s sister Dakota. He was there more than he was home and he and Dakota shared some amazing times together. He taught her to ride a bike and everything he knew about cars and how to fix them. He was her everything and she was so in love with him. Never crossing that line though they remain the best of friends until Easton started dating Dakota’s older sister. This is their past and now that he has come back from where he diappeared to, three years later, he runs into Dakota and learns she hates him and knew better than to ever fall in love with him in the first place. He left just exactly when she needed him the most and now she is livid to learn that they are going to be working in the same exact shop every single day. Will these two every be able to be besties again or maybe even something more. You have to read the book to find out. This is such an emotional book with all the hotness and angst you love in books. I devoured this book and dared anyone to distub me while I was reading. You do not want to miss this one. This will go down as one of my favorite books of this year for sure. Therefore, don’t hesitate, run and get it and fall just as in love with this story and Victoria Ashley’s writing and ability to take you into worlds you never want to leave.
I’ve always loved Victoria Ashley books since the first time i read them. They always manage to grab my attention straight away and not let me go.
I have to admit i was a little apprehensive at first when i saw this book, emotions and all that yucky stuff isn’t my sort of thing in a book and when i saw the blurb i knew this book was going to be deep. But it was Victoria Ashley. How could i say no? How could i not read this book?
So i read it, i fell in love with the characters and i lived and breathed the words in front of me.
Easton and Dakota was a rocky relationship, so many things keeping them apart but they was like magnets, kept going back to each other.
Dakota i felt for her i really did. She didn’t have it easy in this book and just wanted to reach in and hug her and tell her it will be ok.
Easton i really liked, he had a big heart and always put others first even when it was hurting himself instead.
Overall i really liked this book, it was the perfect mixture of sad and happy, I’m s glad i read this. You should too!