Review: ****4 Deliciously Wicked Stars**** Tissues Should Be a Prerequisite With This Book!!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2014
This book to me was like a yo-yo, it had bits and pieces that kept me up on a high and parts of it hit me as lows.  It infuriated me, had me laughing out loud and more than once it broke my heart and picked me back up again, all in the span of a few hours.  Once I started it, I had no choice but to read to the end - Amy’s story got its claws into me and wouldn’t let me go.In the beginning, I have to admit that I was on the fence about this one - it was a little hard to keep up with the 4 different POV’s, there was a few times I was confused about who was telling me the story.  However, the farther I got into the book - it was made clear why the story needed to be told that way.  Once I got into the groove of S. M. Harshell’s writing style, the book started to flow a bit better for me.  I don’t give up on a book easily and dammit - I’m glad I didn’t give up on this one!Amy is such a fun loving character.  She’s kind hearted and easy going, a girl that’s truly happy with her life at college.  She has everything - a great roommate, close friends and she kicks ass at playing baseball.  What more could she want right?  Well there is one thing she wants...and it’s her best friend Ryan.  Having been in love with him since she was 13, she’s struggled for years to deny her true feelings for him  - she’s stood by to be the token “friend” and nothing more.Ryan is every girl’s dream...sexy and fun, dark haired annnnnd an athlete. What’s not to love? A baseball player like Amy, he’s just the kind of guy you always dream you would end up with one day.  Ryan’s dream is that Amy becomes his girl - yes, the two of them are stubbornly stupid and don’t admit their feelings to each other.  It will have you tearing your hair out and mentally picking them up by the seat of their pants to shake some damn sense into them.  Like any good romance novel, as soon as Ryan decides to make his move, its too late and Amy has moved on to dating a new guy…I mentioned that we see this story through quite a few other POV’s right?  Let’s chat a bit about them.  Brandon.  Brandon, Brandon, Brandon.  Sigh, now he is a drool worthy boy - rough, edgy, tattooed and a whole lot of bad boy.  He is Ryan’s best friend and he plays a key role in finally getting Ryan to admit his feelings for Amy.  He was the spice that this book needed and man, is he a wicked one in the bedroom!  He’s your typical tortured bad boy, and I loved seeing his shenanigans through his eyes.Amy’s roommate is her best friend Jessica, I loved her character - she was saucy and lively and she pulled out the wilder side in Amy.  Jessica and Brandon had serious flirtation going on - I enjoyed that we got to see their interactions not only just through the eyes of Amy and Ryan, but of the two of them as well.  It offered us a rare glimpse of their true feelings and emotions and the farther I got into the book, I found it to be genius.This book is filled with drama and angst, and more than a few things you won’t see coming.  It takes an unthinkable act to happen to Amy to have Ryan finally taking the plunge and admitting his real feelings for her.  Here begins their love story.  And it is epic.  S.M. Harshell definitely has a talent, I fell in love with Amy and Ryan just as they did - head over heels.  They went all in and loved each other with everything they had.  Their connection warmed my heart, his protectiveness of her gave me little butterflies.  True love is a rarity and these two found it.So that’s it right?  Game over?  They found their happy ending, they fell in love - the end.  No, it’s not the end...its only the damn beginning.  Out of the blue, S.M. Harshell delivers a crushing curveball, the fastball you never see coming.  She digs deep into the bullpen and slams us with an unimaginable combo that will leave you reeling and wondering what the eff you just read.  Honestly, it should be a prerequisite that tissues come with your copy of this book!  Be prepared..This book is a journey of love, friendship, heartache, grief, turmoil and healing.  You may think you know what its all about in the beginning, you may think you want to put it down and never pick it up again but believe me - by the time its finished, you will truly know, understand and be glad that you were a part of Saving Amy.xo Cassiadeliciouslywickedbooks.com~copy of book was received in exchange for this review~