More Than Her (More Series book 2) by Jay McLean
Publication Date: November 18, 2013
Published By: Jay McLean
Synopsis
For every action there is an equal or opposite reaction."
For every choice you make there are rewards,
or there are consequences.
It was my choice to walk away the first time.
And my choice to chase her the second.
But sometimes you don't get a choice,
and all you get are the consequences.”
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
Unless that someone is Logan Matthews.
Because loving him didn't give me
the strength to walk away.
It didn't give me
the courage to fight for him.
And when it was over, all it gave me was a broken heart.
Excerpt
He gripped my ass tighter. I let out a sound I had no idea I was capable of. I was so fucking turned on. His movements on me were making me so wet I could feel it soaking my panties. His mouth moved from my neck to my ear, "You gotta quit making those sounds, baby." He kissed the spot behind it. "I'm starting to lost it." Then he took my mouth in his, moving into me harder, pinning me to the wall. My leg on the floor moved to wrap around him. I needed him closer to me; I needed more of him. He started to build a rhythm again. I felt that slow burn building low in my stomach. I didn't know how the fuck he was doing it. Or what the fuck he was even doing. But I didn't want it to stop. Ever. "Oh my God, Logan." I was panting; my head threw back against the wall. He was on my neck. Sucking. Hard. He was going to leave a mark. I wanted him to. "Matthews! What the fuck are you doing?" A deep voice yelled. I screamed, dropped my legs, ducked, and hid behind him. Oh. My. God. Reality set in. What the fuck were we doing? "Fuck." he spat. His hand went down his pants to adjust himself before turning around. "What the fuck do you think this is, Matthews?" "Sorry, Coach" Oh. My. God. Kill me now. "Go home!" I was too embarrassed to look past Logan to see his coaches reaction. "Yes Sir." Logan sounded like he was about to laugh. What the hell? "I'll cover for you." His coach sounded different now, like he was trying to contain his own laughter. "Fuck, I wish I was in college again," he said, before I heard his footsteps walking away. I don't know what emotion was on my face when Logan turned to me, but he laughed. Fucking laughed. "This shit's not funny!" I whispered loudly. " I almost let you have me. " I motioned with my finger at our surroundings. "Right here!" He didn't respond. Just looked me up and down and licked his lips. His eyes settled on my face, as he brought his hand to cup my cheek. And then his face was so close to mine; I could feel his breath on my lips. He rubbed his nose against mine. "Wait here," he said, his voice low, laced with desire. "We're not even close to being done. I'm going to take you home and I'm going to fucking finish what I started. And when I'm done with you, you won't even remember what happened just now. All you'll remember is how I make you feel when you're screaming my name."
Kota's Review
Oh maaaannnn. Jay McLean – you know how to break a heart!
More than Her is the story of Logan and Amanda. We first met Logan in More than This – Jake and Kayla’s story. Logan is the boy with the gruff exterior – affectionately known as Asshole, but with looks to draw the girls in. We get glimpses of the sensitive Logan in More Than This…
Before you read More Than Her – you must read More than This (click here for my 4 heart review). While these stories are somewhat independent it is integral to the reader that they understand the dynamics of this friendship group, and just how deep their connections run. There are also spoiler in this book if you haven’t read More Than This… So stop here – grab More than This – meet Jake and the gang.. have your heart break for Mikayla and see what makes this group of young people ones that are full of substance, loyalty and humour.
Ok so on to Logan and Amanda – whoooaaaaaa… there is so little I can say without spoiling this story. But holy crap – twists and turns with six degrees of separation. There are so many elements of this story that I didn’t see coming – and that is twice that Ms McLean has blindsided me.
Logan’s past is intense, it’s traumatic and he has to confront it to be able to learn to love. Amanda has not had it easy either, and these experiences make these two love hard and deep together, but is it enough?
Logan is such a loveable character – he is an arse of the ultimate arse kind – but you truly cannot do anything but empathise with him, and hold his heart in your hands while he goes on this journey. Amanda is the perfect amount of sweetness and spunk to take Logan on.
There are some great moments that have you laughing, some moments that have you crying and holding your breath. The secondary characters have been so well developed that their banter is seamless, and the introduction of new characters fits effortlessly into this story. Lucy is still as entertaining as hell!
Jay McLean for a relatively new author strikes a chord in her story telling with me. These are New Adult stories that truly take you on a relationship journey between the characters that includes significant highs and lows. Her tone and style make her perfect for that mature young adult audience, her books are easy to read, but come with such a depth of story telling that it keeps you enraptured until the end.
More than Her ends with what I would think of as a cliffhanger – with More than Him expected to be released in Spring 2014. Spring better hurry up!
I am rating More than Her with a high 4 ½ hearts – the elements that held this back from being a 5 heart read for me are the end… I didn’t want the cliffhanger – I can see why it has happened – there is much more story to tell – but… and there were also elements in this story that seemed to drag – this drag made some of the story tedious for me… again I understand the rationale behind this – but it just kept this from being the perfect story for me – only just I might add!
Congrats Jay McLean on another great story – in a series that will be talked about for a long time!
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| 4 and 1/2 Hearts for More Than Her |
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About the author
Jay McLean is an author of Mature YA / New Adult contemporary novels. She enjoys reading and writing books that make people laugh, cry and swoon for dreamy book boyfriends. When not doing ether of those things, she can be found looking after her two little boys and trying to avoid house work at all costs.
Keep a look out for Book 3 in the More Series.
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