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Title: Complicate Me (The Good Ol’ Boys)
Author: Best Selling Author M. ROBINSON
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Day: September 14th
Cover Design: Rebecca Marie at The Final Wrap
It was complicated, it was also just the beginning.
A decision.
A simple choice.
There is always that one moment in life where things could have been different. That one moment where you could have chosen a path that would lead you down a certain road.
A different life.
It was easier to pretend that we were still best friends, and that she was my girl and I was her boy.
Pretending was better than knowing the truth...
I. Ruined. Us.
I had her.
I lost her.
I love her.
All I did was complicate us.
My brown eyed girl sat on our blankets with her arms wrapped around her knees, hiding her face. The tiny frame that I adored so much shook uncontrollably, only heightening the deepest sobbing that escalated with each passing second. It was such an intimate moment, not to be shared with anyone, especially me. Alex didn’t cry. I watched her bawl for the first time in my life. I had never seen anyone cry like that before, and it shook me to my core, slicing me whole, and making me feel like I was dying. Carving a memory that I would take to my grave.
There was no going back…
No erasing.
No do overs.
No deleting.
What I witnessed tonight would be my purgatory; I would now close my eyes and forever see her falling apart in front of me. Shattering before my very own eyes and I found it hard to breathe.
Hard to move.
My feet were glued to the goddamn floor as she continued to weep, sob, bawl, violently sucking in air that wasn’t available. I accepted it all; each tear that fell from her face becoming pieces of me. Circulating through my veins and blood, it flowed endlessly, a river of her sadness and sorrow and of my broken promises. No beginning or ending to her cries, just an infinite current, flooding the hole where my heart should be. The shadow of her trembling petite body reflected off the walls, leaving a trail of regrets in its wake.
Mine.
Hers.
Ours.
Growing up in a small town you overheard a lot of things. People talking, stories told, town gossip. You listened a lot. You learned a lot. Tourists, townies, friends, and especially family all shared wisdom and advice that you think you will never need.
Bunch of bullshit.
They say you have that one moment in life where things could have been different, that one moment that changes the course of your life or the direction you could have taken. That one moment that could forever change you and everything you wanted to be true, everything you wanted to believe.
One simple decision could alter your entire future.
My entire world.
I would forever remember this moment for the rest of my life. This is the moment that changed everything. This is the moment where I took another direction, another road that led me to my own demise.
My own regrets.
I should have walked in there. I should have apologized. I should have begged for her forgiveness. I should have promised that I would never hurt her again. I should have done whatever it took to make her look at me the way she had our entire lives.
But I didn’t…
I did none of those things…
Not one.
Nothing was said between us.
No words.
No actions.
I was a coward and couldn’t do it. I couldn’t see her like that. I couldn’t look into her eyes and know that I had hurt her. That I had disappointed her. That I ruined her love and lost her respect for me.
The boy who promised he would never hurt her.
The boy who swore he would always protect her.
The boy who vowed he would never let anything happen to her.
That same boy was me.
I was the reason she was bawling.
I was the reason she was hurt.
I was the reason she was broken.
She knew the truth. It had finally caught up to me… I shattered her illusion that I was hers. I ruined the one good thing I had in my life. The girl that owned my heart was bleeding out for me in a way that I had never seen before. The house was no longer our safe place.
I had brought my hurricane with me…
I couldn’t risk the possibility of losing her permanently if I walked in there and admitted my truths. She wouldn’t love me anymore, she wouldn’t look at me the same anymore, and she wouldn’t be mine anymore.
My brown eyed girl.
The girl that I had loved all of my life.
The same girl that I would love for the rest of my life.
Alexandra.
I gave her the only comfort I could in her moment of despair. I turned around and left. I walked down the stairs and got into my truck. I turned the engine on and drove my sorry ass home. I took a shower and never once looked at myself in the mirror. I pretended that nothing changed. That I didn’t cause her pain, and that she didn’t know the truth. That I didn’t see her sobbing and that she wasn’t even bawling to begin with. That we were still just best friends, and that she was my girl and I was her boy.
My Half-Pint and her Bo.
It was better than knowing…
I ruined us.
My Review
4.5 Complicated Stars
What can I say about this book? It's beautifully written. There are no words to describe how much I love this book. From the characters, to the plot, to the raw emotion; everything was just beautiful. This was my first angst-y type book and I wasn't disappointed. I don't know if it's because I'm a emotional person, but I went through 4 emotions just in the prologue, including me crying. Thank you M for making me cry in the prologue (sarcasm).
Complicate Me is about best friends since childhood, Alex or Half-Pint and Lucas or Bo. As the title suggests everything about their life is complicated. This is the first book in the Good 'Ol Boys standalone series, which includes the other friends; Jacob, Dylan, and Austin. Alex is the youngest and the only girl in the group, growing up a tomboy. This story is mainly about can friends since birth be more than friends without complicating others involved. Answer: It's complicated. The boys see Alex as a little sister, so you know that they're going to be protective over her, no matter who it is, that includes Lucas.
Lucas has caused Alex a lot of heartache through out the years, so in a way I didn't want them together even though I love them together. You can tell they were meant for each other, but I didn't like the way he treated her, even though he was a teenager.
I'm not very good at giving great reviews when I'm emotional, and this book defiantly left me in a emotional mess by the end of it. I finished it earlier today and I still can't function properly. I highly recommend this read if you love a good emotional read. A Complicated Love story (I'm trying to be punny and it's not going too well).
P.S. I can't wait for the next book, so I can read about my spirit animal Lily. Besides Alex, Lily was my favorite character in the book.
What can I say about this book? It's beautifully written. There are no words to describe how much I love this book. From the characters, to the plot, to the raw emotion; everything was just beautiful. This was my first angst-y type book and I wasn't disappointed. I don't know if it's because I'm a emotional person, but I went through 4 emotions just in the prologue, including me crying. Thank you M for making me cry in the prologue (sarcasm).
Complicate Me is about best friends since childhood, Alex or Half-Pint and Lucas or Bo. As the title suggests everything about their life is complicated. This is the first book in the Good 'Ol Boys standalone series, which includes the other friends; Jacob, Dylan, and Austin. Alex is the youngest and the only girl in the group, growing up a tomboy. This story is mainly about can friends since birth be more than friends without complicating others involved. Answer: It's complicated. The boys see Alex as a little sister, so you know that they're going to be protective over her, no matter who it is, that includes Lucas.
Lucas has caused Alex a lot of heartache through out the years, so in a way I didn't want them together even though I love them together. You can tell they were meant for each other, but I didn't like the way he treated her, even though he was a teenager.
I'm not very good at giving great reviews when I'm emotional, and this book defiantly left me in a emotional mess by the end of it. I finished it earlier today and I still can't function properly. I highly recommend this read if you love a good emotional read. A Complicated Love story (I'm trying to be punny and it's not going too well).
P.S. I can't wait for the next book, so I can read about my spirit animal Lily. Besides Alex, Lily was my favorite character in the book.
Best Selling Author M. Robinson loves to read. She favors anything that has angst, romance, triangles, cheating, love, and of course sex! She has been reading since the Babysitters Club and R.L. Stein.
She was born in New Jersey but was raised in Tampa Fl. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D in psychology, with two years left.
She is married to an amazing man who she loves to pieces. They have two German Shepherd mixes and a Tabby cat.
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