After being held hostage during a robbery at the local convenience store, seventeen-year-old Edie finds her attitude about life shattered. Unwilling to put up with the snobbery and bullying at her private school, she enrolls at the local public high school, crossing paths with John. The boy who risked his life to save hers.
While Edie’s beginning to run wild, however, John’s just starting to settle down. After years of partying and dealing drugs with his older brother, he’s going straight—getting to class on time, and thinking about the future.
An unlikely bond grows between the two as John keeps Edie out of trouble and helps her broaden her horizons. But when he helps her out with another first—losing her virginity—their friendship gets complicated.
Meanwhile, Edie and John are pulled back into the dangerous world they narrowly escaped. They were lucky to survive the first time, but this time they have more to lose—each other.
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4 Trusting Stars!
Oh wow! Ms. Scott had me hooked in the prologue. I'm a fan of YA books and Trust is one that is real and gives the feel of what teens face these days. These characters are flawed and far from perfect. A fantastic read from start to end!
Edie is your typical seventeen-year old girl. She's not the "skinny-mini" type of girl or the most popular. She's just the average teen trying to get through life under the radar. But one night changes her life forever and ends up bonding with the one boy, who she never thought would look her way.
John has been known as the bad boy. The drug dealer who is going no where in life, but when he ends up saving Edie in a robbery, their lives become connected. As Edie starts to spiral out from the aftermath of being robbed, John is there every step of the way to steer her in the right direction. And it also helps him get his life back on track with their friendship.
Trust is a read that will keep you entertained to the very end. You will feel every emotion and feels that these characters go through. I thoroughly enjoyed this read.
“You
were going to give it up to Duncan Dickerson?” he sneered. “Are you serious?”
I
halted, staring at him. This was not good. “How do you know about that?”
“Anders
overheard you and Hang talking.”
“Bastard.”
“Well?”
he demanded, acting all authoritarian. Idiot.
“To
be fair, I didn’t know his last name was Dickerson,” I said. “That’s
unfortunate. Though, I wasn’t actually planning on marrying him, so . . .”
“Not
funny.”
I
shrugged.
“You
barely know the guy.”
“Um,
yeah. None of your concern. We’re not talking about this.” How mortifying! My
face burned bright. People should just gather around and cook s’mores. “I
appreciate that we’re friends. You mean a lot to me. But this is going to have
to fall under definitely none of your damn business, so go away please.”
“We’re
talking about it.” He advanced a step.
“No
we are not.” And I retreated.
“You
were going to let a complete stranger touch you.” Advance.
Retreat.
“People do it all the time. You do it all the time.”
“But
you don’t,” he said, taking the final step, backing me up against the side of
his car and getting all in my face. “Edie, this is your first time we’re
talking about. Isn’t it?”
“Yes,
and it’s going to be messy and painful and probably horribly embarrassing and I
just want it over and done with.” I tried to meet his eyes but failed, settling
for a spot on his right shoulder. “You’re not a girl; you wouldn’t understand.
Also, last time I checked, you’re not the gatekeeper of my hymen, John Cole. So
back the fuck off.”
He
said nothing.
Deep,
calming breaths. “Look, someday I’ll meet someone I really like and we’ll have
a deep and meaningful relationship and go at it like bunnies. But I don’t want
to be the dumb virgin in that scenario.”
He
slowly shook his head.
“Also,
I do not want to die a virgin.”
“What?
What the hell are you talking about?”
“Hey,
you and I both know death can occur at any time.”
“This
is crazy.”
“I’m
seeing a therapist!” I told his shoulder. “I don’t know if you noticed, but I’m
a little bit messed up these days. It’s hard for me to trust people. That’s not
going to change anytime soon.”
He
screwed up his face at me. “Wha—”
“I’m
just trying to be practical.”
“Well,
you’re being ridiculous. None of this makes sense.”
“It
does to me.”
Again,
he said nothing.
In
fact, he said nothing for so long that I finally looked him in the eye. The
anger had left him, replaced by an emotion I didn’t recognize. Worst of all, he
still smelled like summer. A little sweat and the open night air, everything I
loved. Liked. I meant liked.
“What?”
I said, finally.
He
let loose a breath. “I’ll do it.”
Kylie is a New
York Times and USA Today best-selling author. She was voted Australian Romance
Writer of the year, 2013 & 2014, by the Australian Romance Writer’s
Association and her books have been translated into eleven different languages.
She is a long time fan of romance, rock music, and B-grade horror films. Based
in Queensland, Australia with her two children and husband, she reads, writes
and never dithers around on the internet. You can learn more about Kylie from http://www.kylie-scott.com/
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