UNTIL YOU
A FALL AWAY NOVEL #1.5
BY
PENELOPE DOUGLAS
Title: Until You
Series:
A Fall Away Novel, Book
#1.5
Author:
Penelope Douglas
Genre:
New Adult Contemporary
Romance
Release
Date: December 5, 2013
Tour
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SYNOPSIS:
***This novel contains graphic sexual content and harsh language. It is
only appropriate for adult readers age 18+.
Have you ever been so angry that hitting things felt good? Or so numb that you actually felt high? The past few years have been like that for me. Traveling between fury and indifference with no stops in between.
Some people hate me for it, while others are scared of me. But none of them can hurt me, because I don't care about anything or anyone.
Except Tatum.
I love her so much that I hate her. We used to be friends, but I found out that I couldn't trust her or anyone else.
So I hurt her. I pushed her away.
But I still need her. The sight of her centers me, and I can pool all of my anger into her. Engaging her, challenging her, bullying her...they are my food, my air, and the last part of me that feels anything human.
But she left. She went to France for a year, and came back a different girl.
Now, when I push, she pushes back.
Have you ever been so angry that hitting things felt good? Or so numb that you actually felt high? The past few years have been like that for me. Traveling between fury and indifference with no stops in between.
Some people hate me for it, while others are scared of me. But none of them can hurt me, because I don't care about anything or anyone.
Except Tatum.
I love her so much that I hate her. We used to be friends, but I found out that I couldn't trust her or anyone else.
So I hurt her. I pushed her away.
But I still need her. The sight of her centers me, and I can pool all of my anger into her. Engaging her, challenging her, bullying her...they are my food, my air, and the last part of me that feels anything human.
But she left. She went to France for a year, and came back a different girl.
Now, when I push, she pushes back.
REVIEW:
I loved Until You. I so wanted to know what was going on in Jared's head. He redeemed himself in Bully, but this made the experience so much more. Once I learned what he had been through, in Bully, and why he acted the way he did towards the one person he loved, it was easy to fall for him. You knew his pain. Until You made you understand his pain, and fall for him even more..
This story isn't a Re-telling of Bully, this book was clearly Jared's story and it needed to be told. Well Done Penelope Douglas, Well Done!
5 STARS/ 5
5 STARS/ 5
Pulling up the window and leaning out, I spied the branch
sliding against the panes above me. With him gone, I’d have to take care of
that tomorrow.
The rain was coming down in sheets and made everything
glisten under the bright glow of the streetlights. I let my gaze wander through
the maze of branches, shaking off memories of which ones I’d scraped my leg on
or which ones I’d sat on with Tate.
I loved the damn tree, and I wanted it cut down.
And then…I didn’t even see the tree anymore.
My eyes caught sunshine in a midnight sky, and I fucking
stilled.
Tate?
“What the hell?” I whispered, breathless and not blinking.
She
was standing in her bedroom, leaning on the doorframe of her open French doors.
And she was staring at me.
What
the hell am I seeing right now?
She was supposed to be in Germany with her dad, at least
until Christmas.
Every muscle in my body tightened as I supported myself on
the window sill, but I couldn’t tear my eyes from her. It was like I was in an
alternate universe, starving, and she was a fucking buffet.
She
was home.
I closed my eyes for a moment and swallowed down my
heartbeat that was creeping up my throat. I was sick, excited, and grateful all
at the same time.
Jesus,
she’s home.
She wore some little pajama shorts and a white tank top. Not
really so different from what I’d noticed she wore to bed a year ago, but for
some reason, the sight of her was like a raging fire through my chest. I wanted
to rip through the fucking tree and peel all the clothes off of her and love
her like the past three years had never happened.
Her hair blew around her, and I could feel her eyes, locked
in shadow, on me.
My mouth was dry, and the rush of breath and blood through
my body felt so damn good.
Until she backed up and closed the doors.
No. I swallowed, not wanting her to go away.
Go
on. Go pick a fight,
I told myself, but I shook my head.
No.
Just leave her alone. She hasn’t been thinking about me, and
I needed to get over it.
I was crawling the walls inside my
head, knowing for fact that I needed to grow up and let her be. Let her go to
school without rumors and pranks hovering over her. Let her be happy. We were
nearly adults now, and this petty shit had to end.
But…
I’d just felt more
alive in the past ten seconds than I had in a year.
Seeing that face,
knowing I’d wake up to her blaring music and seeing her leave the house to jog
in the morning…
My phone buzzed with
a text, and I walked over to check it.
It was from Tate’s
dad.
Change
of plans. Tate’s home. On her own until Christmas. Give her back the house key,
and be nice. Or else.
I narrowed my eyes,
rereading the text over and over again.
I don’t even think I
breathed.
She
was alone? Until Christmas?
I closed my eyes, and
let out a laugh.
And all of a sudden I
was as thrilled as hell to wake up tomorrow.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Penelope Douglas is a writer and teacher
in Las Vegas. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, she is the oldest of five children.
Penelope attended the University of Northern Iowa, earning a Bachelor's degree
in Public Administration, because her father told her to "just get the
degree!" She then earned a Masters of Science in Education at Loyola
University in New Orleans, because she hated Public Administration. One night,
she got tipsy and told the bouncer at the bar where she worked that his son was
hot, and three years later they were married. To the son, not the bouncer. They
have spawn, but just one. A daughter named Aydan. Penelope loves sweets, the
show Sons of Anarchy, and she shops at Target almost daily.
AUTHOR CONTACT INFO
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PenDouglas
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/penelopedouglas/
BOOK TRAILER:
GIVEAWAY!
Tour wide giveaway:
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Prize packs (bookmarks, rack cards, a custom key chain and signed copies of
Bully and Until You) or (10) eBook copies of Bully up for grabs. The giveaways are open internationally. Giveaway ends at 11:59 PM CST 12/23/2013.
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THE BOOK THAT STARTED IT ALL...
THE BOOK THAT STARTED IT ALL...
Title:
Bully
Series:
A Fall Away Novel, Book
#1
Author:
Penelope Douglas
Genre:
New Adult Contemporary
Romance
Release
Date: June 17, 2013
Purchase
Link:
Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00DGT3VL2
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00DGT3VL2
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BULLY
SYNOPSIS:
My name is Tate. He doesn't call me that, though. He would never refer
to me so informally, if he referred to me at all. No, he'll barely even speak
to me.
But he still won't leave me alone.
We were best friends once. Then he turned on me and made it his mission
to ruin my life. I've been humiliated, shut out, and gossiped about all through
high school. His pranks and rumors got more sadistic as time wore on, and I
made myself sick trying to stay out of his way. I even went to France for a
year, just to avoid him.
But I'm done hiding from him now, and there's no way in hell I'll allow
him to ruin my senior year. He might not have changed, but I have. It's time to
fight back.
*This novel contains adult/mature young adult situations. It is only
suitable for ages 18+ due to language, violence, and sexual situations.
**This book is the first in a series but can be read as a STAND ALONE.
The next books will focus on side characters from this story.
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