Reading Write Now: Torn by Kim Karr with Giveaway

Torn is book two in the Connection Series. The reading order is below.

Connected - River and Dahlia

Torn - River and Dahlia (and Ben)

Mended - Xander and Ivy

Frayed - Ben and Bell

Flawed - Zane and Aerie

Perfected - A giant epilogue with a twist of course

Torn Trailer

Excerpt

As tension fills the air between us, I watch him, still unsure about what to do. After a few more seconds of unbearable silence, I close the distance separating us and stand directly in front of him. Avoiding eye contact he leans forward, setting all four legs of the chair down. It kills me to be standing here like this, unable to touch him. I want him to talk to me. I have to break the silence. So I ask, “Do you know your brother’s passed out on the couch?”

“Yeah, well he did his best to keep up with me,” he says, setting his beer bottle down next to at least a dozen others. Cocking his head to the side, he just barely glances at me. “So where does all this leave us?”

I answer in complete honestly. “The same place we were yesterday. I know we both have issues to work out, but I’m not sure talking about them anymore tonight is a good idea.” Then I grab his hand and pull him out of the chair. He comes willingly. A bag of ice falls to the ground and I notice his other hand is wrapped in a kitchen towel. I swipe his hair from his forehead and try to look at him, into his eyes, but they are unfocused and the skin around one is slightly discolored. I cup his face and he closes his eyes. I run my fingers around the outline of his swollen bruise. “Does it hurt?”

“Nah, not anymore,” he shrugs.

I lift his hand and can see that it’s also swollen and bruised. “God, River, is it broken?”

He laughs slightly before saying, “You know, I have no fucking idea, but it hurts like hell. Xander had me move my fingers and when I did, he told me to suck it up.”

I carefully caress his hand and bring it to my mouth, softly kissing it. “You can’t go after Ben every time you see him. Fighting with him isn’t going to change anything.”

“Might not change anything, but makes me feel a hell of a lot better.”

Review

Before i start with my Torn review - i need you to refresh your mind with my thoughts on Connected. Click Here to have a quick read of my review, then come right back here! Ok... don't be long now.. Torn is waiting!

Ok so you're back? Excellent... lets get this baby going then.... picking up right where i left off...

Then I hit Torn….

And whoa……

Rollercoaster alert! This story was the epitome of ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’. A true example of speed bumps and pot holes that throw pure perfection and happiness into a tail spin of all tail spins.

I am a firm believer in not posting spoilers, so really cannot expand on this at all. Lest to say, that all that is good, in Dahlia and River’s world, pretty much fall apart as a result of withholding information, and finding (unsuccessfully at first) that balance between intentional lying, and protecting through omission.

Torn was another story that I could not put down. If I didn’t have to sleep, these two would have been read so much quicker! I love Kim’s style, and am definitely a new fan. I cannot wait to see what happens next with Xander….

Dahlia and River are such sweet characters, with that trace of pure HOTNESS!!