SYNOPSIS
Yeah, they all hold true.
How can you explain to someone what it's like not to care? Not about yourself or the person standing next to you. I've lost that, the ability to feel and show affection.
I DO, HOWEVER, HAVE A HEART.
Sometimes, when I chase the dragon, it thunders through my head like a drum, reminding me it still beats.
It's still there.
HOLLOW. EMPTY. WASTED.
My agent says I have one more shot. A single, solitary chance to stay in the music biz, but there is one massive problem.
HER. SYN LANDRY.
SARAH'S 4.5 STAR REVIEW
I am sitting here staring at a blinking cursor not knowing how to start this review. This book is so deep and moving I'm just unsure how to do it justice, so bear with me.
Love. A four letter word. So beautiful in it's spelling. So simple in it's arrangement. So innocent in it's meaning. So fragile in it's time. So devastating in it's aftermath.
If you have not read Ruining Me and Ruining You, you could probably read this book and not be completely dumbfounded, but I'd strongly suggest you do read those books beforehand. Wasted Heart is part of that series, but a little bit of a spinoff as it revolves around a different main character, Rhye was important in the other books, but his story was never the main focus of those books. This is his story.
"Death is my reality, and it beckons me. She sings sweetly in my ear and plays the perfect strains of music in my head."
Rhye is a mess, we knew that he was a mess in both Ruining Me and Ruining You. What we didn't know was just how bad it would get for him. After everything that he had already went through with Jay and JT there was still more tragedy that would befall him. He is so angry with the whole world, and incredibly self-destructive. There is no way that I could not want for this poor broken man to be fixed.
"I'm a murderer. A drug addict. I'm no good for you. I'm no good for myself. I fucking want to to die so bad it hurts to think about taking my next breath. The blackness in my head has spread to my soul. My heart. I don't even know if I can feel anything other that hate anymore. Right this minute, it all seems impossible."
Syn was so focused on what she wanted. She was not your average insecure little heroine. She knew what she wanted and was willing to risk EVERYTHING for what she wanted. And to do what was best for him, even if it led to her own devastation. There was one scene in particular, the shower scene for those who have read the book, that proved that she would go above and beyond to make sure that the man she loved was getting whatever he needed.
I've fallen for him... into a million pieces. Separately, the pieces don't make a lick of sense, but together, all my questions in the universe are answered. I feel this is where my life has been leading me. To him. When he was singing, I couldn't breathe, afraid he would stop, the moment would be lost forever, and his soul would be restless for eternity. I know I can't find him lost like that. I know that he has no chance to find my when he is so broken.
I understood why Rhye made the decisions that he did, they still made me want to slap the shit out of him from time to time. There was a lot of hurt that was dealt out by him, directly to Syn. The fact that she was able to see it for what it was, a desperate attempt to push her away and fall into the dark abyss that he thinks he deserves to live in.
How can he turn away from me? Can he even have a heart? Is it even possible? His tiny, shriveled, and withered heart. Isn't that what it is? Unused. Squandered. A wasted heart.
Wasted Heart wasn't as dark and twisty as the first two books in the series, it was still pretty dark. I loved it! The book is told from a dual POV so we get to see inside both Syn and Rhye's head. I always enjoy a good male POV and this more than delivered! Getting into Rhye's head was wonderful, in the darkest was possible. If we hadn't have had his POV in this book I think that it would have been far too easy to hate him, so I am VERY glad that Nicole wrote it.
My heart stops, choking the blood flow to my body. I gape into Rhye Clark's dark abyss. An empty soulless cavity.
And uncontrollable full-body shiver shakes me to my core, and my world changes. Instantly. Irrevocably.
Wasted Heart deals HEAVILY with substance abuse/addiction and the aftereffects thereof. If this is something that you are sensitive to, I would probably say that this book may not be the best choice for you. Otherwise I think that this is a beautiful story of what love can do. How strong it is, and the obstacles that it can face. It was really quite a wonderful story. It is deeply moving and incredibly heart touching.
"And I don't know how you revived the ceaseless beating. And made it restart. I want you to stay, inside this once wasted heart."
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AUTHOR BIO
I love angst….I thrive on it, but only the fictional kind. I adore a story that grips the reader from the beginning and doesn’t let go…EVER. I’m an avid reader who just recently discovered my love of writing. My favorite things in life include my three wild & crazy kids, Reese’s Pieces, and every genre of music. I reside in the Deep South. Currently, I am writing a new adult/contemporary romance story that I can’t wait to share.STALKER LINKS
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