Kiss To Shatter: A Brother's Best Friend College Sports Romance (Blairwood University)

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Prescott Wentworth is a football player who happens to be best friends with Nixon Cole. He is no stranger to tragedy as he faced many hardships including a career suffering ACL injury leaving him on the bench. Now he is better at least that’s what the doctors say. However, he still feels pain in his knee. When will it be too much for him to go on? Jade Cole. The sister to his best friend, a thorn in his side. The note in regards to triggers I felt is key to this book, as there is a lot that both Jade and Prescott experience. This book isn’t lighthearted and it does dive into some serious and emotional topics. Anna B. Doe is a USA Today and international bestselling author of young adult and new adult sports romance. She writes real-life romance that is equal parts sweet and sexy. She’s a coffee and chocolate addict. Like her characters, she loves those two things dark, sweet and with little extra spice. Kiss To Shatter” is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be read on its own. This novel is written by Anna B. Doe. She is a true storyteller, and Kiss To Shatter is her best book. It’s an epic tale of family, secrets, loss, marriage, betrayal, friendships, laughter, and regrets. Kiss To Shatter is a heartfelt novel written with compassion and hope, reconciling the past to pave a road to happiness and second chances. The characters in this novel bring life and heart to this story, each with a distinct voice and personality. Prescott is another character that I had a hard time understanding at first, and although in his case there are certain behaviors that I didn't quite like and that I don't justify, I can also understand him much better after knowing more about him, his personal and family situation. Prescott has been in a complex situation for most of the series due to an injury that has not allowed him to play for months and has turned him into a grumpy, moody boy who is quite angry with life and doesn't know how to react to what is happening to him, something that is clearer than ever when reading everything he goes through in Kiss To Shatter to fulfill one of the most important promises of his life.

These two are so similar, yet completely different in many ways. Their greatest similarity is the things that keep them awake at night, the secrets they hold onto and those that haunt them. Both are broken under the surface, but won’t allow anyone in, as they are each just as stubborn as the other and don’t need to rely on anyone else. All of this makes for a perfect frenemies kind of vibe they have going on. Kiss To Shatter is book one in a duet which means there is quite the cliffhanger. Fortunately, the second and final installment will release in a few short weeks because I am desperate to find out what will happen next. This book is a part of this author’s Blairwood University series and their duet can be read as a standalone ,but I high recommend the other books as they are phenomenal. For readers who have been following the series, you will love getting caught up with all of the characters in the previous books. Kiss To Shatter is a must -read if you enjoy college romances, sports romances, and/or the brother’s best friend trope. Antes de comenzar quiero sugerir que no vean los trigger warnings de este libro solo por curiosidad, yo lo hice y esa parte de la web de Anna B. Doe está llena de spoilers!! Aún así estoy totalmente sorprendida y encantada con todo lo que ésta autora preparó para Jade & Prescott porque no veía venir este tipo de historia para ellos: todo fue mucho más complejo de lo que esperaba y aunque este libro tiene muchos momentos divertidos y tiernos, me encantó que la trama se concentré mucho más en los demonios de los personajes principales y sinceramente soy muy feliz de que Kiss to Salvage no vaya a tardar tanto en llegar porque necesito saber que va a pasar con estos dos. Welcome to Blairwood University, This is Jade and Prescott’s book. The tropes are Sports romance, Enemies to Lovers, Brother’s Best friend. Jade was such an integral part in Kiss To Forget and the things she went through and the struggles they were something which is so difficult to even imagine.Kiss To Shatter is a brothers best friends, college sports romance, but it is so much more than that. It’s filled with emotion, secrets and angst. When two broken souls come together, aka my favorite. And add in enemies to lovers, best friend’s little sister, and sports romance. THE SPICE. The tension. The chemistry. I'm trying so hard not to give away any spoilers, but just know this is not your usual lighthearted romance. Yes there's some humorous times here, but our author really delves into what these characters are going through, to the point where I was glued to my kindle. And combine all that with that cliffy, I can't WAIT for book two!!

Anna did it again!! Her books are really special and I’ve loved reading about this group of friends. I knew Jade had been through a lot and Prescott seemed like the typical college guy and even though I suffered with everything, I loved learning about their past and how both had lots of demons to face. They fought a lot but it was obvious the chemistry they had so it was nice reading how their relationship started changing and how they tried to rely on each other with their problems. Kiss to Shatter is the sixth book in the Blairwoord University series and follows Jade, Nixon's little sister, and Prescott, his best friend, and teammate.

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Jade is working through demons of her past and the trauma that losing her mother to breast cancer brought. Preston, similarly, is working through childhood grief and survivors guilt. I don’t want to say anything else because you need to experience this for yourself. Something that I really liked, but also made me suffer a lot, is that Jade & Prescott are two people who are destroyed in more ways than one, totally lost in their lives and especially finding the refuge they so much need in the other, even though their relationship is more than a little toxic and taking into account how much they both hate each other and spend time fighting. I think my favorite part of their relationship was Anna taking her time with these two to start creating a bond that goes beyond sex for both of them 👏, I loved that Prescott had the confidence to tell Jade something even Nixon doesn't know and that Jade could talk about her mom with him the way she can't with anyone, and although I'm very afraid of what might happen to both of them in Kiss to Salvage, I also have high hopes for the second part of their love story and their personal stories. Kiss To Shatter by Anna B. Doe is the first book in the Shattered & Salvaged Duet. But overall this is book 6 in the Blairwood University series. It's like he understands me. Even when I don't say a word, he knows. He knows my storm. The only one who can tame it.” Tengo que decir que el personaje de Jade era un poco como un misterio para mi cuando empecé a leer Blairwood University con Kiss To Defy 😅, cuando leí Kiss To Forget y conocí su historia comencé a comprender muchas cosas sobre ella, PERO con éste libro entendí 100% su actitud impulsiva, comportamiento agresivo ante la vida y pensamientos hacia las relaciones romanticas. Algo que me rompió mucho el corazón fue leerla tomar malas decisiones, intentando hacer lo mejor que puede y protegiendo a las personas que ama, aún cuando eso significa afrontar sus demonios sola 💔, y definitivamente algo que amé de Jade, además de la posibilidad de entenderla mejor, fue que Anna retomará la parte de su trama en la que ella tuvo que afrontar sola la enfermedad de su mamá mientras Nixon podía olvidarse un poco de la situación estando en Blairwood, algo que sinceramente espero que ambos puedan hablar/resolver en el siguiente libro de este dueto. Y hablando de Nix & Jade, me encantó leer de nuevo su relación ya que aún cuando no estén pasando por el mejor momento siempre están preocupándose constantemente el uno por el otro, además me encantó que Jade sea este personaje femenino fuerte, que aunque se equivoca constantemente tiene un gran corazón, hace todo por proteger a los que ama, que está un poco perdida pero sabe lo que quiere y no tiene miedo a decir lo que piensa.

This book ends in a cliffhanger and after I read the ending, although I know it’s kind of predictable given the circumstances, I was indeed shattered. Anna did an amazing job giving Jade and Prescott a difficult road to pass, there will be a lot of things that’s going to happen in the next book and I am going to prepare my emotions for what’s to come. While I haven’t read the other books in this series (I’ll be getting to those shortly, that’s for sure), this book delivered for me and then some. Yeah, this is a duet and that ending has all the senses in the world, but... I need kiss to salvage, like right now.Kiss To Shatter is more than a spicy romance. It touches on different topics, all of which are very real life circumstances and that brings a lot of depth to the story. Anna killed me with that ending I need Kiss To Salvage! Prescott es otro personaje que al principio me costaba mucho entender, y aunque en su caso hay ciertas conductas que no me terminaron de gustar y que no justifico, también puedo comprenderlo mucho mejor después de saber más de él, su situación personal y familiar. Prescott ha estado casi toda la serie en una situación compleja debido a una lesión que no le ha permitido jugar por meses y que lo ha convertido en un chico gruñón, malhumorado, que está bastante enojado con la vida y no sabe como reaccionar ante lo que le está pasando, algo que es más claro que nunca al leer todo por lo que pasa en Kiss To Shatter para cumplir una de las promesas más importantes de su vida. Prescott for his side, it's recovering from an injury and is not easy, he has to give his best when he simply can not do more, he can’t let his team down, and he has to give it his best. But the injury is not the only complication, because reading how he feels attracted to the sister of one of his best friends and teammates has been a true marvel.