Ever,
These letters are often all that get me through week to week. Even if it’s just random stuff, nothing important, they’re important to me. Gramps is great, and I love working on the ranch. But…I’m lonely. I feel disconnected, like I’m no one, like I don’t belong anywhere. Like I’m just here until something else happens. I don’t even know what I want with my future. But your letters, they make me feel connected to something, to someone. I had a crush on you, when we first met. I thought you were beautiful. So beautiful. It was hard to think of anything else. Then camp ended and we never got together, and now all I have of you is these letters. S**t. I just told you I have a crush on you. HAD. Had a crush. Not sure what is anymore. A letter-crush? A literary love? That’s stupid. Sorry. I just have this rule with myself that I never throw away what I write and I always send it, so hopefully this doesn’t weird you out too much. I had a dream about you too. Same kind of thing. Us, in the darkness, together. Just us. And it was like you said, a memory turned into a dream, but a memory of something that’s never happened, but in the dream it felt so real, and it was more, I don’t even know, more RIGHT than anything I’ve ever felt, in life or in dreams. I wonder what it means that we both had the same dream about each other. Maybe nothing, maybe everything. You tell me.
Cade
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Cade,
We’re pen pals. Maybe that’s all we’ll ever be. I don’t know. If we met IRL (in real life, in case you’re not familiar with the term) what would happen? And just FYI, the term you used, a literary love? It was beautiful. So beautiful. That term means something, between us now. We are literary loves. Lovers? I do love you, in some strange way. Knowing about you, in these letters, knowing your hurt and your joys, it means something so important to me, that I just can’t describe. I need your art, and your letters, and your literary love. If we never have anything else between us, I need this. I do. Maybe this letter will only complicate things, but like you I have a rule that I never erase or throw away what I’ve written and I always send it, no matter what I write in the letter.
Your literary love,
Ever
PEPPER & MICHELLE’S JOINT REVIEW
PEPPER: So when i got done with this book I was like:
and then I was quickly like:
for the next one.
I just can’t with how much this book has done me in.
EVERY. Emotion. Ever felt. It was insane.
MICHELLE: I. KNOW. I mean Jasinda warned us like a million times that this book would wreck people. That’s why books 1 and 2 were released back to back. But I just wasn’t ready for the emotions.
PEPPER: I know people discuss this emotional roller coaster of sorts with other books, but I am not lying to you when I say, this is the most intense book I have ever read.
MICHELLE: And I have read most of her books and I KNOW she can make me cry like no one else. I thought I was ready.
But I was sobbing at like 13%. I mean honestly I think I started by the 2nd chapter. Who does that???
PEPPER: Well I am a JasWild virgeen. and I did not go in slowly. That is for sure. Holy shit
OK - And I want to reiterate my emotional roller coaster statement with this: It wasn’t just angsty. Or crying. Or all that “wreckable” shit we read. There was intense love. And the sex. Jesus Christ. I can’t. The sex is insane.
MICHELLE: God can we just take a moment to talk the sex.
PEPPER: That scene of her on top of him …I came. I did. I’m not ashamed. I totally masturbated to that.
Michelle: God when he came to get her and they were in her studio…my vagina exploded.
Anyways…
Yea- Jasinda is amazing. And going back to this being your first JW book…no you did not start out slowly. Jasinda can write just about anything. But when she gets into this emotional stuff- she just excels. She is masterful at this stuff.
Jasinda is just the master. She’s all sweet and stuff when you meet her but then when it comes to writing she’s like:
PEPPER: YES!! Times 1 billion.
Now, we haven’t had a ton of time to get textual about this, like we do with other books we read and love.
But lover, I might have to say that she is fighting for title of favorite author of all time with KA. I mean, I need to read more of her stuff. But this book is exactly what I crave. Amazing story that makes you want to fetal position your ass all day but also amazing sex. It was so…
Fuck what is the word? I can’t.
MICHELLE: I know. I’m telling you- this kind of material is where Jasinda excels. I don’t blame you for moving her up to favorite author status. She is that good and has been one of mine for a while.
I thought when I read Falling Into You that was her best ever. Then I read Falling Into Us and I was a wreck. So good and so emotional. One of my top books of all time. But now this series. I just… I am speechless:
Now I just realized we haven’t actually told you readers anything about the book other than there is hot sex and we cried a lot.
PEPPER: Oh good point.
MICHELLE: And to be honest… I am not even sure what to tell you.
PEPPER: That these are the best characters to ever character. Ever. EVER!!
MICHELLE: Very true. I guess I could say this is a story about young love blossoming into something so great and powerful that it’s scary. But that would never do it justice. It’s so much more.
These two characters will break your heart over and over.
PEPPER: Your heart breaks FOR them and WITH them over and over. God Cade’s story just wrecked me every step of the way.
MICHELLE: It’s true. You can actually feel their emotions.
I liked them both but I really connected with Cade the most. Not because of shared experience or anything but his life was just so much bad but he still finds a way to reach out for the good and I just want to love him through it.
You just connect with both Cade and Ever and you want them to find love and happiness so damn bad. They are so broken. And then in true Jasinda fashion- they start to put each other back together and just as you get comfy and feel safe, she bitch slaps you:
PEPPER: INSPIRED
That is the word.
UNREPENTANT
UNADULTERATED
MICHELLE: Are you just shouting random words? I think Jasinda has actually caused you to have a bit of a break…
PEPPER: Yes
I have been thinking this entire conversation the perfect 1 word for this book.
MICHELLE: Lol. I don’t know if there is a word to describe it. It needs it’s own made up word or something.
PEPPER: I think I will go with Inspired.
MICHELLE: I can be on board with that.
So I think we should warn you guys that the ending of this book will DESTROY you. Like you need to get both books at the same time or else you will just die. BUT as someone who has started book 2…it’s not any easier.
PEPPER: Honestly, I had to take a break. I mean you read a book in between right? It’s pretty intense…
MICHELLE: Yes I had to take a break. It was emotional. And honestly- I am only half way through because it is so emotional. But I know I have to keep going because I need the rest of the story- even though it scares me.
What I will say is that I trust Jasinda fully. I know that she has an amazing ending for these characters in mind and as much as I hate to wait to get it- I know I can trust that she will get us the ending we need- even if we don’t know what we need yet!!
PEPPER: I’m so scared. seriously I’m like Jessie Spano over here.
God this book
I could go on all night.
I want to be best friends with JasWild
So much.
MICHELLE: She’s pretty amazeballs.
PEPPER: Well sorry that we basically just word vomited our love for Jasinda but once you read the book you will understand.
MICHELLE: You will. And you can send your therapy bill directly to Jasinda. That’s what I plan to do.
PEPPER: This is what I plan on doing after this series:
And then this will happen:
Alright lovers. Get this book. Seriously. Just go ahead and plan to get both.
MICHELLE: We will put a review up for book 2 ASAP but be warned- it’s not easy to get through either but it’s SO DAMN GOOD. The 3rd one comes out on Valentine’s Day so you don’t have to wait too long for the ending.
AUTHOR INFO
NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY and WALL STREET JOURNAL bestselling author Jasinda Wilder is a Michigan native with a penchant for titillating tales about sexy men and strong women. When she’s not writing, she’s probably shopping, baking, or reading.
You can often find Jasinda drinking sweet red wine with frozen berries and eating a cupcake.
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