Review: The Scars of Us!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2014
The Scars of Us by Nikki Narvaez4 StarsNormally, I don’t reveal a lot of the plot or storyline in my reviews but this one contains some spoilers so don’t continue reading if you don’t want any.Kaiya lives with her brother Kamden and she is basically going through the motions of life.  As a young child, she was sexually abused by her other brother Kaleb.  Did I mention that Kaleb is her twin brother? He sexually abused her until the age of 17.  At this age the abuse was turning into more of brutal attacks which their brother Kamden walks in on one and stopped.  He saved Kaiya from being brutally raped and possibly stabbed and beat the crap out of Kaleb.  Kaleb is institutionalized and their family falls apart.  Their father leaves and their mother blames Kaiya for what has happened to their family. Fast forward 8 years and at this point Kaiya and Kamden have moved away and got an apartment together.  He is her savior in more ways than one.  Not only did he save her the night of the attack but he continues to save her from her nightmares and phobias.  He is her rock.  Until she meets Ryker.While at the gym with her brother one day, she meets Ryker, one of the trainers at the gym.  Needless to say he is hot, tattooed and naturally a slut.  LOL…Once he meets her however, he can’t get her out of his head and vice versa.  Kaiya is reluctant to start anything with Ryker because she has so much baggage but he has a way of worming his way into her heart and starts to wear her down.  And of course the reason Ryker is such a slut is because he was hurt in the past…I will let you find out his deal when you read the book…Kaiya finds out that her brother, the molester is up for a review to get out after 8 years.  She enrolls in a self defense class at the gym and guess who is the instructor?  Yep, Ryker.  They grow closer and Kaiya finds herself breaking all her rules for Ryker and he realizes that she is just more than a one night stand.While they are each broken in their own way and have serious trust issues, they start to heal each other and form a solid, trusting and loving bond.  At this point Kaiya finds out that Kaleb in fact wont be getting out of the mental hospital she is on cloud nine.  She is finally letting her guard down in the love department and letting someone in and he could not be a better guy.  He is patient with her and makes her feel like she is the most important thing to him.  Things have never been better for her.  And as in any good drama, this is where the other shoe drops…bigtime.  On her head.  What your thinking could have happened, does.  And this is where I am going to end my review.  Overall, I liked this book, didn’t love it, it was steamy a few times and I wished there was more development into what happened with Ryker to make him the way he is…but I guess that will be an opportunity for the author to write another book or at least I hope so.