Wednesday, October 8, 2014

The Just Series by Riley J Ford with Giveaway & Review

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Title: Just Us
Author: Riley J. Ford
Genre: New Adult Romance
Publication Date: July 6, 2014
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Avery Hill and Hayden Stuart are high school sweethearts and each other's first true love. When Hayden is accepted to college in Los Angeles, Avery intends to follow him so they can build a life together. After a tragic chain of events ruins their plans forever, Avery is left to pick up the pieces. Will she survive all that was lost? And will she forgive the man who destroyed her and Hayden's dreams forever?

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Title: Just You

Author: Riley J. Ford

Genre: New Adult Romance

Publish Date: July 6, 2014

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~ Synopsis ~

Before I ever fell in love with Bryce, there was Hayden. Hayden was my first love, the kind of love that takes your breath away and you remember forever. My love story with Bryce came later. Much later, after everything had happened. Bryce Humphrey has never forgiven himself for his actions five years ago. Nor can he forget the two lives he ruined, or the girl he secretly loved. When he runs into Avery, the person who has haunted his dreams since that fateful night, his life is sent into a tailspin. As he gets to know her again after all these years, he realizes she has never gotten over the past. Will their shared pain bring them closer? And will they forge a new beginning built on healing, forgiveness, and love?

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My Review: 4 stars

This was a pretty good series. Both books short, but filled with life changing events and memorable people. In the first book we get to know Avery, her first love Hayden and his best friend, Bryce. They are quite the unexpected trio. In this book, Hayden and Avery are in High School, while Bryce has already gotten his GED and is emancipated. They all go through things, some together, some not. But there is one life altering thing that affects them all. Moving on from that point is difficult to say the least. Devastating is a much better word for what happens here.

In the second book, it's five years later and both Avery and Bryce have moved to Los Angeles to escape the pain of the past. They just don't realize that they carry it with them. They both have worked hard to build lives for themselves, but are both still punishing themselves for what happened in the first book. Neither believes they deserve to be happy, so when they find it with each other, they're a bit stunned. It does take some time for Bryce to get past Avery's wall that she's built around herself. Once he does, he doesn't want to let her go. Both Avery and Bryce realize that no one else will ever understand them they way that the other does, no one will ever come close. There is a lot of healing that takes place in this book, and a couple of eye-opening moments, and a few tender-hearted moments. All are worth it. What they have in the end is so much better than in the beginning. Great job with the series, Riley.

About the Author

Riley J. Ford is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She graduated UCLA graduate with a degree in English and taught at both the high school and college levels for a number of years before turning to writing full-time. Her non-fiction books are used in college classrooms around the country, and her essays have been featured on such websites as MSNBC.com. She is the author of seven fiction books, INTO YOU, a new adult mystery, CARPE DiEMILY, a romantic comedy caper, FIFTY SHADES OF FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, a satire, CIRCUS OF LOST SOULS, a thriller, SIMONE: ADVENTURES IN DATING, a romantic comedy series, JUST US, a contemporary romance, and JUST YOU, a new adult romance. When on vacation, she enjoys running with the bulls in Pamplona and downhill skiing.