Book contains sensitive material and may cause triggers, please read with cautionEverything in life comes with a price; your heart, your sanity, your soul. I paid for all three when I fell in love with Rora.Her betrayal left me in shambles, a hollow man filled with insurmountable regret.I resented her.And then I hurt her.Betrayed her in the selfishness of my retribution.But when I lay eyes on her … my retribution.
But when I lay eyes on her again, she’s not the same woman I exiled from my past. She’s not the woman I once loved.
Her eyes burn brighter, only with the deepest of hatred.
A hatred that bears my name.
Everything has a meaning; your past, your present, the people that you hold true to your heart.
But what if all three of those play your trial, jury and judge to a crime you never committed in the first place?
The old me died after my conviction, only to come back with contempt and revenge in my veins.
The love and trust are gone while I write my list down of every Judas in my midst.
And I’m starting with him.
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Oh. My. God.
Where do I start?
How do I even begin to explain to you how and why I got so hooked on this story: how I couldn’t put it down and didn’t rest until I got to the bottom of it all.
And here I thought the 1st book was a wild ride…. Oh boy, was I in for a surprise of a lifetime.
This one knocked it out of the park – several parks over, actually.
We are first reunited with Nova and soon realized the predicament she’s in is as dreadful as we could’ve assumed from last book’s final scenes.
I lost count of how many times I cried for her and with her but I’m almost certain that I could give you an exact number when it comes to me feeling absolutely amazed by her show of strength, power, determination and willingness to survive and put a stop to her seemingly never-ending victimhood .
“Nova 2.0” has arrived.
Wyatt… Oh, man. Still HOT AF (yes, I’m aware I’m repeating myself), still stuck in his asshole, caveman-ish ways – which I think we can agree when I say we have a love/hate relationship with and, despite it all, still wildly in love with Rora.
I truly didn’t know what to except going into this book and it was better that way, because I can assure you this: absolutely nothing I could’ve conjured up in my wildest thoughts, would’ve even come close to what I witnessed unfold before my eyes.
Hazel Grace as the ability to grip you by the metaphorical gut, shake you up and not let go until you come out on the other side, not knowing what the hell just hit you.
And I.LOVED.IT. I mean it. I loved every single second of palpable tension, impending doom, danger and pain, gut-wrenching descriptions and excruciatingly honest exchanges.
I feel like you’re there, every single thing: I had this feeling of being watched at all times, I just wanted to look over my shoulder.
“Intense” is the one word I would use to describe Zealous if you asked me to do just that.
I can’t recommend it enough.
You can be sure I’ll be checking her others book very soon; I just need a minute.
*I received an ARC and I´m voluntarily leaving my honest review.*
This woman can write! Had me on the edge of my seat chewing my fingers. What is coming next kept running through my mind!
This is a twisted love story of second chances of epic proportion’s, can two people who have gone so far down the rabbit hole find each other and forgive the sins of the other? You will have to read and find out
Hazel Grace has done it again. My goodness this woman brings out the good, the bad and the ugly!
Zealous is Book two in the deceived duet and my heart shattered in to a million pieces for Nova and Wyatt. I could not put this book down and for the life of me, I was one of those people who fangirled hardcore, become obsessed with these books and stalked Hazel everywhere because I could not get enough and wanted more.
In book two we see relationships being tested, we see drama unfold and everything coming back full circle. Even though Wyatt made my hurt heart….. he was everything you hated to love. *Swoon* Hazel Grace did not disappoint and I will forever love Nova and Wyatt.
I couldn’t WAIT for Zealous after reading part 1 of this duet. It was everything I anticipated and more. Words like gripping, impassioned, and amazing come to mind, which are all much more eloquent than my thoughts while reading it – which were AAAHHHH, GRRRR, OOOHHHEEEMMMMMGEEEEE!!!!!! Hazel Grace struck it out of the park with Zealous. It’s a book I want to be able to read again for the first time.
The stunning conclusion to Nova and Wyatt’s story picks up where Disorderly left off and builds to a conclusion I couldn’t have predicted. Wyatt’s turmoil and Nova’s empowerment move the story with none of the “rushed” feeling that some duets end it, nor is there any “filler”. This entire duet is absolute perfection.
Zealous is the conclusion to the Disorderly duet. I loved it! It was full of twists and turns and betrayal. I was sucked in from the beginning. I loved loved Wyatt and Nova. They were perfect and scorching together! Definitely recommend this duet!
I will ALWAYS be 100% team WYATT!! I absolutely LOVED this duet. Disorderly (the 1st book) kept my attention and kept me on the edge of my seat, plus there was some great passion and sexy times! Zealous (book 2) was just as AMAZING!! The only thing I don’t like is that it is over! LOL!! This is a MUST READ!!
Zealous has seriously blown my mind! It was worth every minute of waiting and met every expectation and more! Get ready for a wild ride filled with heartbreak, lust, love and mind blowing plot twists! You think you know but you have no idea what’s coming for you!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This book lives up to every letter of the title. It’s high paced right from the start and doesn’t stop. This entire book is the dip in your stomach when a roller coaster jerks your body from side to side. A few things to remember: This is a sequel. I love that Hazel doesn’t waste time catching us up too much because it’s a sequel, so read book one then come jump into this madness.
This has triggers which Hazel handled perfectly and wrote the hell out those scenes. But you’re warned, so don’t get offended then leave a nasty review about it.
There will be moments in this book where you hate Wyatt and moments where you hate Rora. There will be moments that you want to maybe DNF it and just effing call it a day so your heart can have a break. BUT if you keep reading, you won’t be sorry. This was worth the journey, worth the angst and worth the last two sleepless nights I spent devouring this thing. This was a difficult plot that isn’t for the faint of heart or the dainty of writers: it takes skill, grit and balls to pull this off and Hazel has proven that hers have more than dropped with the delivery of this book. Well freaking done.