Can't Go Without Oasis Waterfall Book 2 eBook Angelisa Stone
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"Emotional, dynamic, and wickedly sexy, Angelisa Stone weaves a captivating romance." (Skye Jordan, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author)
"Stone has a way of pulling you through a journey that is heartfelt, touching, and sexy." (Christine Zolendz, Mad World Series and Beautiful Series)
“What’s the one thing you can’t go without?”
Tristan O'Donnell has money, women, and all the luxuries that cold hard cash can buy. Tristan's been sucking sunshine right from the monogrammed silver spoon his life was served up on since the day he was born. And quite frankly, he wouldn't want it any other way. He's his mother's pride and joy, his father's right-hand-man, and the envy of every guy around. All Tristan has to do is flash his million dollar smile, give his trademark wink, and he gets what he wants, when he wants, anytime he wants.
Leah Franchetti grinds her fingers to the bone; sculpting, painting, recreating treasures from trash—the very sentiment that defines her life. Her inventive, vindictive, lucrative, and seemingly unforgivable plan allowed her to shortcut her way into the life she always imagined, owning an art gallery, surrounding herself in the comfort of her passion and dreams.
When circumstances force Leah and Tristan to come face-to-face with the past and with Leah’s devious manipulation, truths come flooding forth, destroying those in the present and possibly jeopardizing both of their highly anticipated futures.
Can Tristan overcome Leah’s slander and deception—despite how dangerously close he comes to losing the one thing he can’t go without—money? Will Leah be forced to come clean, knowing she’ll have to live her life with the one thing she can’t go without—her dignity?
Can't Go Without Oasis Waterfall Book 2 eBook Angelisa Stone
I started off rating this book 2 stars with a DNF at 33% then decided that I was being a total b!t$h by trying to review something that I never really gave a chance to complete. I went back to right my idiocy and found an extra star that should have been given.You see, at the 33% mark, I felt like the author was trying a little too hard to redeem both MC's flaws and past mistakes by highlighting about their overcompensating kindness and over-explaining their background to provide the readers with more likeable qualities. It kinda made me cringe and came across more caricature'ish. I actually liked the bones of the plot and I have always loved a crude, vulgar hero however, I just didn't feel any connection to both characters or like where the storyline was going - nor was I wanting to find out.
The 42% mark added the extra star as it was dedicated to the history and beginning of the MC's love story. This was where the games and banter got interesting so I kept reading on to the last portion of the book where it dipped back into the same feeling and vibe (although not as bad) as the first portion. This did not add nor delete any stars simply because there were equally funny & clever scenes as well as cheesy, cringeworthy scenes. In the end we get the cute but neatly wound up HEA which was also sweet and fun to read.
In saying this, I certainly won't cease reading any future stories by this author as I do find her very talented and loved her writing style in her first book Can't Go Home (Oasis Waterfall Series) (Volume 1). I will definitely be looking out for her next story and look forward to seeing what she comes up with next!
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Can't Go Without Oasis Waterfall Book 2 eBook Angelisa Stone Reviews
We first met Tristan and Leah in Can't Go Home.
There is no doubt about the kind of man Tristan is. He is a complete jerk. Typically I luuuuuuve me the jerk (the worse the better), but I think even he was a bit much for me to take at times. He's spent his entire life trying to matter to his father, to gain his respect and love. Two things that prove to be utterly impossible to obtain. But he had a glimmer of something good once, something that he thought he ruined.
Leah wasn't new to the world of one night stands, after losing her mother she allowed her life to spin quickly out of control. But just as she is gaining control again the man that unknowingly changed her path is standing right in front of her. For weeks, Tristan has been coming into her bar and one night after a few drinks she can no longer deny that she wants him. But when she wakes in the morning everything she thought she could hold in her hands was lost. A plan was set into motion and three years later she's trying to undo all the damage that she caused.
Leah finally made something of herself. She's an artist and owns her own gallery, she may have a man on her arm that is nothing more than a companion, but she doesn't need that kind of passion in her life. Three years have passed since she woke up in that hotel room alone, since she blackmailed Chet O'Donnell and lied about being raped. But it's finally time to make it right, well as right as she can.
When Leah heads south for Dre & Kathryn's wedding she didn't expect to see Tristan there. But now that he is, she gets her chance to say she's sorry for what she did. But both of these two have amends to make for a mistake that might have wrecked something beautiful. Tristan's eyes are slowly opening to all the wrong he has done in his life, the choices that he's made. With the knowledge that he needs to make a change before it's too late he knows what he wants. Leah.
I loved the format of how this story was told. The story begins in present day, Leah trying to pay for her sins and just as she is able to clear the skeletons from her closet we are tossed back into the past and get to see just how that night played out. How much more that night was to both of them. Tristan seriously was the biggest jerk until about 50% where he did do a really quick 180 (a tad too quick), but we get to see why he was just so bitter about every part of his life.
His second chance, not only with Leah but with his brother and sister - a chance to finally have the family he's always wanted but never had. Seeing how free Piper and Dre are without their father's shadow looming above he finally sees what kind of happiness he can have, if he just makes the choice to take it.
The only part that bothered me was the speed in which he transforms from what can only be called an epic jerk into prince charming. I know the pages are limited to really have allowed to see this growth play out and maybe this man lurked beneath the surface all along and just needed the right set of circumstances to finally be set free... but I just didn't get that feeling from him at the very start of the story, so that was not something I could hold on to as a reason. But, I still loved it once he pulled his head out of his butt.
Leah's character was much stronger than I expected, even though she had her moments of weakness. It was as if she was missing something that gave her a reason to be strong. She needed someone so that she could regain that strength. I loved how her story was told throughout this book. There were so many little subtle things that made you see a much larger picture of just who this girl was. That may have something to do with the the minor issue I had with Tristan's character... Leah was showcased beautifully and there seemed to a few layers that we got to peel back throughout the book, with Tristan it felt like we missed out on that discovery process.
I am looking forward to more from this series, not sure if Piper or Sydney will get their story next but I do know that I will read the heck out of it!
In Angelisa Stone's CAN'T GO WITHOUT, two troubled people struggle to come together despite their ugly shared past.
Tristan is as big a player as you've ever met--angry, self-centered, entitled. Leah, trapped in a loop of grief and self-loathing, isn't much nicer. These two--whose relationship was snuffed before it began--are now out for blood. Or so it seems.
Stone's characters are raw and compelling. Tristan and Leah want to be better, but they don't believe there's a way back. All they can do is inch toward the light (and toward each other) redemptive deed by redemptive deed. Shedding their shells isn't easy or pretty. They have to own up to some terrible truths about themselves and those closest to them.
I did wish for more variation in speech among characters. Nearly the entire cast has the same harsh, locker-room diction ("I'm not down with that s***.") even though they have advanced degrees and run successful businesses. Also, while Stone does a great job expanding and developing the character of Tristan's father, who turns out to be even more awful than we thought, Tristan's mother's transformation comes a bit late and with little set up. I would have liked her to make an appearance mid-way through and offer a tantalizing hint about her new direction.
My quibbles with dialog and Mrs. O'Donnell aside, CAN'T GO WITHOUT is a read-in-one-sitting-no-bathroom-breaks book. Angelisa Stone drops her characters into a deep, dark hole and has them claw their way to redemption. By the end, the couple's transformation is absolutely convincing and demonstrates how, as big as the tendency to err is, it's nothing to our capacity to forgive.
I started off rating this book 2 stars with a DNF at 33% then decided that I was being a total b!t$h by trying to review something that I never really gave a chance to complete. I went back to right my idiocy and found an extra star that should have been given.
You see, at the 33% mark, I felt like the author was trying a little too hard to redeem both MC's flaws and past mistakes by highlighting about their overcompensating kindness and over-explaining their background to provide the readers with more likeable qualities. It kinda made me cringe and came across more caricature'ish. I actually liked the bones of the plot and I have always loved a crude, vulgar hero however, I just didn't feel any connection to both characters or like where the storyline was going - nor was I wanting to find out.
The 42% mark added the extra star as it was dedicated to the history and beginning of the MC's love story. This was where the games and banter got interesting so I kept reading on to the last portion of the book where it dipped back into the same feeling and vibe (although not as bad) as the first portion. This did not add nor delete any stars simply because there were equally funny & clever scenes as well as cheesy, cringeworthy scenes. In the end we get the cute but neatly wound up HEA which was also sweet and fun to read.
In saying this, I certainly won't cease reading any future stories by this author as I do find her very talented and loved her writing style in her first book Can't Go Home (Oasis Waterfall Series) (Volume 1). I will definitely be looking out for her next story and look forward to seeing what she comes up with next!
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