ARSEN
~ SYNOPSIS ~
One glance was all it took…
I'm a cheater.
I'm a liar.
My whole life is a mess.
I love a man.
No, I love two men…
I think.
One makes love to me. The other sets me on fire.
One is my rock. The other is my kryptonite.
I'm broken, lost, and disgusted with myself.
But I can't stop. This is my story.
My broken love story.
~ SIX STARS! ~
As I sit down to write this, my head is still spinning. Seriously…..like, I can’t even begin to explain to you what this book did to me. I will certainly TRY, but the depth of my emotion and shock and wow cannot be conveyed in a suitable manner. I will just put it out there…..my review will NOT do this book justice. You know what the crazy part is? THIS WAS HER DEBUT NOVEL!!! It’s not often a book can bring out such deep emotion…..DEEEEP emotion. Yes, we feel emotions while reading a book, but magnify all your emotions by 100 and you might tip the iceberg at that point. Might. This book went into the pits and pulled it all out. I want to tell you everything and watch you read it. I want to be there for you to talk to and I want to hear your thoughts…..I want to relive this story over and over and over again. I want to unread it and read it again. The roller coaster, the ups and downs, the pain and heartache, the joy and elation…..I want it all again. I have NEVER felt this with another book. Ever.
As I sit down to write this, my head is still spinning. Seriously…..like, I can’t even begin to explain to you what this book did to me. I will certainly TRY, but the depth of my emotion and shock and wow cannot be conveyed in a suitable manner. I will just put it out there…..my review will NOT do this book justice. You know what the crazy part is? THIS WAS HER DEBUT NOVEL!!! It’s not often a book can bring out such deep emotion…..DEEEEP emotion. Yes, we feel emotions while reading a book, but magnify all your emotions by 100 and you might tip the iceberg at that point. Might. This book went into the pits and pulled it all out. I want to tell you everything and watch you read it. I want to be there for you to talk to and I want to hear your thoughts…..I want to relive this story over and over and over again. I want to unread it and read it again. The roller coaster, the ups and downs, the pain and heartache, the joy and elation…..I want it all again. I have NEVER felt this with another book. Ever.
*shaking
my head* -- STILL
Cathy and Ben are soul mates. They were made only for each other. They
were the loves of each other’s lives. Sure, we see this often…..but the way
this relationship started out, it was the most perfect beginning for their
relationship. The moment they met, there was something that was definitely
pulling them together. It was an intense attraction….an immediate attraction.
Her beauty, inside and out, captured Ben and he was smitten. Their love was
what fairytales were made of. They loved with all they had…..with everything in
them. They had fun and they were hot together.
“Um, Cathy…if you start
kissing my neck like that, there is a 110% chance that I’m going to jump you
like a fucking starved man and rip this pretty little thing you have on.” ~Ben
Arsen doesn’t have to work for anything….he has the looks to bed any
woman he wants, he has the family money to do whatever he wants and he has the
attitude to not give a fuck. And that is Arsen. He will do anything to get what
he wants…..always has, always will. He knows how to take care of a woman….and
does a fine job of it, until he finds a new toy. He is just a young, carefree,
sexy as hell man.
His smile is
electrifying. His smile frightens me. His smile hypnotizes me.
Sadly, Cathy was breaking down, slowly but surely. We start to see her
become very bitter, very spiteful and very angry. She was falling into a deep
depression from something that SHE had no control over, yet it was controlling
her…..and it was tearing her apart. I ached for her….I wanted to comfort her.
But, I also found myself wanting to shake her and ask her ‘What the Hell!!??’ She has this amazing husband that would crawl to
the ends of the earth and back, just to do anything and everything for her….but
she was pulling away. Arsen was there to pick her up…..he was there as her
‘friend’. However, his definition of friend and her definition of friend did
not match up. Not one bit. I felt like someone that was watching something
sooooo good, but I couldn’t look away. I knew it was wrong but it felt so
right. I just wanted to watch what happened and how it all went down…..but
covering one eye, shaking my head. I was so engrossed in this book…so wrapped
up. It seriously jacked me up.
William Shakespeare
said that the eyes are the windows to your soul. When our eyes connect, I see
danger, and maybe something exciting. Something forbidden. Some basic instinct
in me instantly recognizes that this man doesn’t make love to a woman.
He fucks her.
Arsen and Cathy meld together really well. They are connected
immediately….there is no get-to-know-you period. It is immediate. Their
sexcapades are definitely ones for the record books. He woke her up….he set her
on fire and made her feel alive, from the inside out. He turned her OUT!
Thinking about their intimate times…..they are HOT. Scorching hot…..so very sexy
and delicious and demanding and on FIRE. OMG. Just thinking about what he did and
how she felt….I felt it too. I’m tellin’ ya. Eff’n HOT!!!!
So many warring
thoughts are running through my head; fear, dislike, shock, but the voice that
is the loudest is lust. ~Cathy
There is a fine line that is toed on in this book….and the innocence
and the salaciousness of this book is mixed so very well, you are literally
shaking your head. What started out as something so trivial and innocent (so
the wrong word, but so very true), turned into something so magnanimous and so
powerful, it destroyed lives.
Now, reading their stories, Mia did a phenomenal job making you FEEL the elation, the pain, the
happiness, the sorrow, the giddiness, the aching, ALL of it, plus the
raw sexual tension between these lovers. I didn’t read it….I felt it. I felt it ALL.
I am ruined. RUINED. I will forever be comparing angsty, sexually
tensioned, emotionally driven stories to this one. My heart shattered on so
many different levels…..to try to explain it to someone who hasn’t read it is
attempting the impossible. I am so very glad I had a friend that I was
messaging the entire time I read this book. I needed that lifeline….someone to
work out my feelings with, someone who had already been thrown against the
proverbial wall and was back up again, able to discuss it with me. I am on a
mission to have people read this. This was raw. This was gritty. This was real
and this broke me…..and I don’t think I want to be fixed. This was perfection
in a book.
I got this book immediately after it came out….so I have had it for a
while. I finally read it. I would like to say that I wished I read it sooner. But
then again, I am glad it took me this long because I read this book at the most
opportune time for me, and I was allowed to let this book sit and percolate
within me. I was able to just absorb the words in this book, soak them in. I
was able to feel the pain and love and every other emotion you can possibly
imagine. I have no words…..no words. And for the record, Mia has planted
herself on my “no questions asked, purchase any book she writes” list. Because,
if she can do THAT with her first book…..imagine what she can do as she lets
more stories flow. I may love Mia. I’ll get back to you on that.
This book had EVERY single thing I love in a really good book:
angst, hot alpha(s), undying love, love triangle and true to life, REAL emotion.
6
Mind blowing, heart wrenching, nail biting stars.
~ Mia Asher ~
I'm a writer, a hopeless romantic, a wanderer, a dreamer, a cynic, and a believer. And, I might be a bit crazy - but who isn't?
I believe in happy endings however I know that not everyone is lucky enough to get one, but such is life. I think fine lines exist to be pushed and possibly crossed.
Love,
M.
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That was an amazing review!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cezanne!!
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