Damaged Goods

<b> <i>***3,5 "SHATTERED pieces" stars from me***</i> </b><br><br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1447337956ra/16989408.gif" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br><br><b>"<u>LOVE CAN DESTROY EVEN THE STRONGEST</u>"</b><br><br>Damn it!!! What was that ending???<br>I'm really afraid for what will happen next and damn! I'm pretty sure that i won't like it at all!!!<br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1447338313ra/16989471.gif" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br>That book wasn't bad at all, it was a really nice reading, i just think that it was a little bit flat for the most part of the story... But near to the end, it gave it all!!!<br>From the blurb, i fell in love with the plot and i really wanted to find out what was the deal with Grayson and Everly... But damn!!! I still don't know exactly what happened!!!<br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1447338313ra/16989472.gif" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br>No, scratch that! I know what happened, i don't know WHY it happened... And i want to get my answers!!!<br>Phew!!! That book frustrated me so much... No, no the book!!! Grayson did that to me...<br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1420678118ra/13252148.gif" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br><i>You don't understand anything, right??? Let me start from the beginning!!!</i><br><br>Everly is in love with Grayson from the first moment that she laid her eyes on him. But she never got the nerve to talk to him. She just staring at him from far away. <br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1381753648ra/5273587.gif" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br>And Grayson did exactly the same thing with her. <br>But after a while, Grayson left their school and Everly didn't see him for long time but her infatuation with him was still there... <br>Then, she met him again and they became a little closer to each other... <br>But Grayson was always a mystery and when Everly built the courage to show him her feelings, he rejected her...<br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1447337956ra/16989409.gif" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br><br>Now, Everly is about to start her senior year to high school and she is determined to forget about Grayson after 4 years clinged to him and to live her life to the fullest!!! <br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1447337956ra/16989410.gif" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br>But Grayson is back and she had to be around him all the time. And he is not helping her to forget him when he is all the time in front of her... <br>The bad thing is that she just can't wash away her feelings for him, they are growing each passing day more...<br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1447337956ra/16989411.gif" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br>But Grayson is very strange and weird person and he is holding himself back. He was warning her all the time to stay away from him, that he is not a boyfriend material, but at the same time he was drown toward Everly. I really understand the poor girl! Even though that she wanted to stay away from him, how could she???<br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1447337956ra/16989412.gif" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br><br><b> <i>"I wish i could give you what you want... I wish i could be what you want."<br>"It's you i want. It's always been you..."<br>"I'll fall short every time," he whispered, pained.<br>"I'll disappoint you. I'll break you."</i> </b><br><br>Grayson's attitude confused the hell out of me. He was one cold, one hot.. He wanted to be with her... I'm pretty sure that he was having feelings for Everly from the first time he saw her, 4 years ago, but something was holding him back!!! <br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1447337956ra/16989413.gif" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br>I really have think everything that could be wrong with him... Everything!!! And i really don't know after all what is the truth... <br>Why my sweet boy, you are acting like this??? What is holding you back???<br>As you realized, i didn't take my answers and i'm dying here!!!<br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1399633164ra/9576965.gif" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"> <br><br><b> <i>"He looked as if he had a thousand things that he wanted to say, a thousand words that wouldn't take shape. I wanted him to speak... I needed him to tell me why he seemed so broken and untouchable... why he held me at a distance when it felt like there was something real and strong between us. Why he always disappeared the moment he let me in a little. I wanted him to trust me, to know that i would have his back against the demons he seemed to constantly battle with."</i> </b><br><br>As for Everly??? I really liked that girl. <br>Yep, she was shy and quite, but as the pages were passing by, she became more stronger. I liked that she took the opportunity to chase her dreams and i liked that she never gave in the temptation that Kyle was offering her. Because he was tempted her, but her feelings for Grayson were so solid that she couldn't deny them. <br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1447337956ra/16989414.gif" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br>But all those changes of his mood made her feel so insecure!!!<br>The bad thing is that now i'm really afraid that she will give in to Kyle's temptation and that's why Grayson didn't treat her right at the end!!!<br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1447337956ra/16989415.gif" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br><br><b> <i>"It was as if i was addicted to his presence. I tried to assure myself that wasn't it, but somehow, it made sense. The rush i felt when around him, the high. An euphoria, an airy happiness that made me feel as if i floated weightlessly about. Then when he wasn't around, the crash and burn came.I would feel the tsunami of insecurities that his absence always seemed to leave in its wake.<br>I had never tried drugs before, and i didn't need to in order to understand that i was definetely addicted to Grayson. I also didn't have the slightest idea over what to i should do about it."</i> </b><br><br>Yep, i liked Grayson even with all those mood shiftings... and I really want to know what he is hiding!!! Sorry but i have a deeply affection for the troubled, mean boys!!! <br><img src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1447337956i/16989416._SY540_.jpg" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"> <br>I want to wrap them under my wings and to comfort them!!! I'm crazy what can i say???<br>I also want to say that i didn't like Kyle... Yep, he was good etc. but he was so damn insisted that i wanted to kick his ass!!!!<br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1447337956ra/16989417.gif" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br><i>(Make "he" in the gif "She" and you will know what i mean!!! Bahahaha...)</i><br><br>And except for the mystery around Grayson, i'm really curious about Lindsay and Alicia... Together and not together... What the deal with Lindsay??? Sometimes, i'm wondering if she somehow is connecting with Grayson, but maybe not. Something is happening with Kyle??? Or is just Alicia??? <br>Oh, and why i get the feeling that this crazy mean bitch, Katrina is holding up Grayson with something????<br>Arrrrrrr.... So many damn questions!!!!<br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1402412942ra/9933212.gif" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br><br>Soooo... as you can see this book was very interesting, even though it was frustrated as hell!!! <br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1447337956ra/16989418.gif" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"> <br>Oh, God!!! I really need the next book!!!<br><br><b> <i>***ARC kindly provided via NetGalley for the exchange of an honest review***</i> </b>

FUCKING HELL! I finished the book to be left on a cliffhanger that shredded my heart. The read is an emotional roller coaster from Hell, in the best way possible. Grayson and Everly are very different individuals but they have chemistry and something a bit deeper that pulls them towards one another. Grayson is the "bad boy" and Everly is the "good girl" but once getting beneath the surface you realize they are more than they appear to be. <br /><br />Everly is shy and quiet but that doesn't stop her from befriending Grayson. It isn't until senior year of high school that her and Grayson move things from friends to a complicated relationship. Everly knows there's more to Grayson than his rebel appearance and standoffish attitude. She sees the good guy trying to climb to the surface. <br /><br />Grayson has home issues a mile long that have deeply impacted him and not in a positive way. He doesn't believe in love being good seeing as it broke his mother. He knows he should stay away but Everly calls to him like no other and he can't help but want her all to himself. He warns her he isn't good enough for her and will eventually let her down. <br /><br />The two struggle with their feelings for each other, coming to terms with what they both want, and eventually fracture due to Grayson's unique ability to inflict pain on those he desires most. The story brilliantly shows how Grayson's actions are coming from a place created due to circumstances while highlighting how those actions deeply hurt and impact Everly. The book ends on a cliffhanger that will cause you to scream, you've been warned.

3 stars<br /><br /><i> ***ARC kindly provided <b>by Booktrope</b> via NetGalley for the exchange of an honest review***</i><br /><br />This is the story of Everly, a teenage girl with a major crash to Grayson and their story. <br />Well, the blurb was really promising. In the beginning everything about this book felt intense. The book is written from Everly's POV and I honestly could feel everything she was feeling. The angst, the worry, the doubt, the happiness that a teenage girl goes through. Somewhere after half way, the same feelings were there and I was hoping that something was about to happen, something major but it never came. The plot had no twists in my opinion and no great surprises. It actually felt quite flat.<br /><br />Everly is a typical teenage girl. I liked her but that was it. Everly had a great personality but she was too proud and correct in everything she was doing to attract my sympathy.<br /><br />Grayson is a mystery and not a good one. He wants her, he wants her not, he wants her, he wants her not, ... I could honestly see his feelings but I couldn't understand him and sympathise with him. He really confused me.<br /><br />The rest of the characters were also very confusing for me. Especially Lindsay and Kaylen kept me on edge during the whole book. They gave me the impression that there is something more to their actions and the worse scenario's were going through my head. But everything stopped there. Nothing happened.<br /><br />The end of the book was really abrupt. Finally was something about to come out and the book ended. I turned the pages to look for an epilogue or a giveaway from the next book, something to hold on, but again nothing. This book had the potential to be a great story but somewhere in the way, it was lost. Such a pity!<br /><br />I've started the book and I was convinced that it will be a solid 5 star read. Unfortunately by the end of the book, the best I could give was 3 stars.

<br><img src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1444234902i/16472987.jpg" width="150" height="50" alt="description" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br><br>Damaged Goods. Man. This was a rough one for me. By the way ... this book has been touted as a New Adult novel and it isn't. This is a straight up YA novel. The kids are in high school and they act like they are in middle school. Damaged Goods isn't filled with the maturity expected at a NA level. Aww ... I know that's mean ... especially since maturity is a relative term. There was a fair amount of eye-rolling on my part because it was just too much at times. TOO. MUCH. <br><br>This book follows a young lady as she tries to get over a boy that she had met years before. She met him in middle school and he got so far under her skin that she just couldn't let go. This is a common thing to happen, we've all had that one guy/gal that we just thought was the cat's meow and we were borderline obsessed with them. That young love is what initially drew me to this novel. But at the same time, that same young love is what made me realize that maybe I'm just too old to be reading these YA/NA novels now because it also irritated the crap out of me and made me want to put the book down.<br><br>Damaged Goods wasn't bad ... I just think it wasn't that good either. My blog is slowly shifting towards romance novels and while I can't get enough of them, I've realized that I have some pretty crazy standards about them these days. One of my biggest issues with this book (and this is a bit of a spoiler, so stop reading if you don't want to know!!) was that for a romance novel, the hero in the whole story is absent for about 75% of the book. The kicker is that you never really know for sure why. You're sitting here wondering what the hell is going on and why Everly would put up with being used and then there is a glimpse of a reason and just as fast, it disappears like a fart in the wind. Weird way of describing it, right? Well, it's not if you take into account the screwed up look that will appear on your face when these glimpses come and go.<br><br>The storyline also just dragged on. Mostly to the point of me having to skip paragraphs and eventually pages just so that I could get to the end of the book. Things just took so very long to happen and the in-between time was a gnarly experience. Also, by the time I got to the last page, I felt like I knew the characters but I didn't KNOW the characters. I had read all about their actions and you get plenty of inner thoughts but I didn't feel like I knew what made them tick. That's a little disconcerting if you don't fully understand a character at the end of 248 pages. I should know at least something other than the surface things. <br><br>This is also a series and the book ends on a cliff-hanger. But it is one that will forever be in the unknown for me because I know that I won't read another novel by this author. Hannigan is a decent writer but just not one for me. I wish you better luck than I had with Damaged Goods.<br><br><i>* I received this novel in exchange for an honest review *</i><br><br>Check out more of my reviews at <a href="http://www.LittleMissBookmark.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow noopener">Little Miss Bookmark</a>!

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I received this e-arc from net-galley in exchange for an honest review thank you for allowing me to read this.....<br /><br />ANGST is one word to describe this book there is lots of it it was one big angst filled rollercoaster.<br />This book starts off with everly who is your normal teenager who has had a crush on a boy named Grayson since they were little. She has never been able to shake off this crush and now at 17 she has to go to school with Grayson. She tries to sort through her feelings for Grayson as she isn't sure if he wants a relationship with her or not. As you can imagine there relationship or lack off it is on off all through this book and you really do feel like your on an emotional rollercoaster with Everly.<br />I'm just going to start off by saying this was advertised as new adult but everly comes across a lot younger I thought she was 14 at the beginning as she is so naive. I really do feel like shaking both of them all the way through the book both of them don't know what they want or what they want to do with themseleves. I think most of us can relate to this awkward unsureness at secondary school when it came to relationships. I can remember myself being just as awkward and all over the place I think that's where this book does well. It makes you remember how it was to be an angsty over emotional teenager. It doesn't help that Grayson comes with a lot of baggage and is scared of commitment. This was a slow book to get into but I soon found myself being transported back to secondary school with all the drama it brings. I did also find myself rooting for their relationship to work.<br />Only problem I had was a lot of grayson's problems were skimmed over I wanted to know more it was very much romanced based. Which is all good except not much happens and the real issues got skimmed over I thought. <br />I enjoyed this one it's a nice ya/new adult romance read which makes you remember what it was like to be a teenager. I do think this is more YA than new adult yes it does have a few sex scenes but they are pretty tame.<br />Thank you again for allowing me to read this.

Damaged goods book one in the series. <br />This book is classified as new adult. <br />Personally I think ya but I suppose that's matter of opinion. <br /><br />Everly is such a sweet girl. Looking to find her place Among her peers. <br />She's never been one to stand out. <br />Always hiding in the shadows of others until grayson.<br /><br />Grayson was honest from the off battling to keep his "feelings" at bay. He's a complicate guy. So may unanswered questions. <br />My natural need to know mind is throwing random possibilities at me right now. <br /><br />Can everly move past the pain she's currently feeling and continue with her passion?? <br />Will Grayson come clean?? <br /><br />I like the concept of this story. But everly rubbed me the wrong way a little. I'm not to sure why. Needy? &lt;--- I dunno I'm hoping I can move past my initial dislike for her in book two because I really have been drawn in. I have So many questions I'm hoping will be answered in book two. And you know what even though everly isn't my face I'm rooting for her. <br />Bring on reckless abandon #HurryUp2016

I received a complimenty copy of this book through Crazy Cajun Book Addicts for an honest review.<br />Another great read from JC Hannigan this book has great passion with lots of emotional characters that just pull you in from the start.<br />Everly Daniels is the quiet girl in school and has been in love with Greyson Dixon forever, one day he disappears only to reappear a few years later but even other the years Everly's feelings for him haven't changed. Greyson does have feelings for her but he feels he can't be what she needs and thinks it will only lead to heartbreak for her so he tries to keep his distance. Greyson has family problems but finds it really difficult to open up to anyone, but could Everly be the one to change this could they really make a go of it and be together?<br /><br />A fab 5 star read for me I just love JC Hannigan's writing style and I can't wait to read book 2 and find out how Everly and Greyson's story will end.

Holy crap! I loved this book! This is my first time reading a book of the New Adult genre. I'm super glad I chose this book! J.C Hannigan is an amazing writer! I loved all the characters and their personalities! This story is super intense and had me on the edge every chapter! Then the ending was the ultimate cliff hanger! I NEED the second book NOW!

Kindly provided with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.....<br /><br />This story is full of angst and leaves you dying to know what the deal is with Grayson (our leading guy). This is Grayson and Everly's story. <br /><br />I would firmly place this read into the YA/NA territory as Everly's character has been perfectly written to describe atypical young, naive 17 year old exploring her first love and the unfortunate associated heartache !!!.<br /><br />Grayson and Everly meet at school, they go on to form a solid friendship even though they no longer see each other, they remain in contact via the web. Just when you think he will finally profess his feelings......he doesn't !!. I was very proud of Everly and her attitude to "move on".....but those pesky plans ALWAYS get thwarted !. Yup, just like jaws....just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water.....bam !!!.<br /><br />Same here.....you have hope as a reader and there is quite the bit more going on in the story than our ill fated entanglement. Everly is pursuing her dreams. <br /><br />It is written solely from Everly's POV and I must admit I REALLY wanted to have Grayson's side of the tale, but even so I enjoyed the flow.<br /><br />Unfortunately.....or maybe fortunately might be more appropriate as i started to grind my teeth at Grayson towards the end of the book.....he's holding himself back.....why ?.....no clue, hence my 4 stars as it ends on a cliffy (groans to self).<br /><br />Would I recommend...yes, but as I said this is definitely for 17+ as there is a wonderful innocence about the character of Everly....no graphic steam, tasteful romance !!!<br /><br />Do I want book 2 ?......Absolutely I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH GRAYSON !!!. It cannot end like that for them two !!!<br /><br />Well done JC for a surprisingly good read.<br /><br />Many thanks to Netgalley for this opportunity xx<br /><br />Later peeps xx