RELEASE BLITZ
Title: The Fire Between High & Lo
Series: Romance Elements #2
Author: Brittainy C. Cherry
Genre: Romance
Release Date: March 25, 2016
Book Description:
There once was a boy, and I loved him.
Logan Francis Silverstone and I were complete opposites. I danced, and he stood still. He was quiet, while I ran my mouth. He struggled to find a smile, and I refused to frown.
The night I saw the darkness that truly lived inside of him, I couldn't look away.
We were broken together, yet somehow whole. We were wrong together, but always right. We were the stars that burned across the night sky, searching for a wish, praying for better tomorrows.
Until the day I lost him. He threw us away with one hasty decision--a decision that changed us forever.
There once was a boy, and I loved him.
And for a few breaths, a few whispers, a few moments, I think he loved me, too.
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Our Review:
Reviewed by Donna ~ 3.5 stars
***ARC received for an honest review***
“I met my best friend in the
checkout lane of a grocery store. And my life was never the same again.”
I am a huge Brittainy C Cherry fan and I have been anxiously
waiting to read this one. From the synopsis alone I was expecting a heart
wrenching story in keeping with the authors style and the first book in this
series, The Air He Breathes which I loved with a passion.
This is a standalone book and is a friends to lover’s story
as well as second chance romance, two plot devices that I love to read about.
This story spans five years and is the life’s and loves of two unlikeliest of
friends Logan and Alyssa.
Logan was the boy from the wrong side of the tracks, a
junkie for a mother, a drug dealer for a dad and living a life on the bread
line, not knowing where his next meal was going to come from. Being surrounded
by drugs and its paraphernalia it was no surprise that Logan sometimes uses to
escape the bleakness that is his life and his reality.
“I’m a mess, High. I’m a mess.
I’ve always been a mess. I’ll always be a mess.”
Alyssa had a heart of gold but also has her issues, she has
a mother that is more interested in work and money rather than showing her
daughter any attention and has a sister that her mother puts on a pedestal and
is someone that Alyssa could never emulate. Alyssa works in grocery store to
make some extra cash and it is here that she meets Logan.
Alyssa had watched Logan from afar, she had studied him and
knew that he had a hard life but there was something about him that drew her
eyes to his, always. One day he tries to use his food card and it gets rejected
and knowing that Logan was obviously starving she pays for his groceries, her
good deed for the day. Reluctantly Logan accepts but it is this act of kindness
that starts the strongest of friendships. A friendship that would stand the
test of time…until it doesn’t.
“My greatest fucking High…”
“My most painful Lo…”
Logan’s life is a far cry from Alyssa’s and even though on
the outside they have nothing in common, they have a lot more than you would
think. Logan spends his days looking after his drug riddled mother and saving
her from beatings from his dead end dad and then spends his nights with Alyssa,
just chatting for the most part. Alyssa is Logan’s High, she makes his crappy
world better and never fails to bring his spirits up and give him comfort when
he most needs it. Logan is Alyssa’s Lo, at first I thought it was because it
was the first two letters of his name but it soon becomes apparent it is
because he feels he doesn’t deserve her, he has severe self-worth issues and
just cannot understand why this beautiful girl wants to be his friend.
“When she felt cold, I gave her
my hoodie. When my heart broke, she held my hand.”
Logan does have one other best friend and that is his half-brother,
Kellan. If ever prizes should be given for the best big brother, Kellan would
win it hands down, but he cannot always be around when Logan needs him,
although he tries his damnedest.
This is Logan and Alyssa’s story from best friends to
lovers. We are told their story from beginning to end and all the ups and downs
and trials and tribulations in between. These two have a lot to overcome and a
lot of insecurities to put to bed but when you have a strong connection like
these two had you always have that belief that true love wins. Brittainy C
Cherry delivers their story with emotion and passion, but for me, I just didn’t
get that character connection that I love. While I believed in the love that
Alyssa had for Logan, for me I just didn’t connect with Logan at all. I
sympathised and empathised for sure, but I just didn’t believe in his feelings
for Alyssa, his actions did not back up his emotions and while I could kind of
understand I just didn’t think he would treat someone that way and certainly
not the one person, other than his brother, that had been there for him through
thick and thin. However, this was just my feelings and a lot of my friends have
a totally different opinion. But, that is the beauty of books, we all read
differently and while I didn’t get that connection that I love, I still had the
honour of reading a beautiful story that I thoroughly enjoyed.
ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE ROMANCE ELEMENTS SERIES
#1 The Air He Breathes
Buy Links:
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1j2bUHm
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1YtV3h3
Link to our 4.5 star review: http://www.theromancecover.com/2015/09/release-day-blitz-review-air-he.html
Link to our 4.5 star review: http://www.theromancecover.com/2015/09/release-day-blitz-review-air-he.html
About the Author:
Brittainy Cherry has been in love with words since the day she took her first breath. She graduated from Carroll University with a Bachelors Degree in Theatre Arts and a minor in Creative Writing. She loves to take part in writing screenplays, acting, and dancing--poorly of course. Coffee, chai tea, and wine are three things that she thinks every person should partake in! Brittainy lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her family. When she's not running a million errands and crafting stories, she's probably playing with her adorable pets.
Author Links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrittainyCherry
Giveaway:
There is a giveaway for a signed paperback of The Fire Between High & Lo
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