Review: Beth's 3.5 Star Review
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2014
”I was always yours to begin with, even before I met you, I just didn’t know it yet.”Ash to Steele is a great story about a powerful love between two people that heals, that drives all the demons away and truly face and move on from the past. It’s also about friendship, friends that are connected through circumstances that forms bonds stronger than any blood.Emma is a 22 year old virgin that her father is a preacher and has lived in a small town for all of her life, Pickens South Carolina. But for years she has felt suffocated and was left wanting more so she has decided to pack up, break up with her boyfriend of 4 years and move to Boston. Upon coming to Boston she becomes fast friends with Jess, the owner of a bar, Dark Hole, where she eventually meets the infamous Breck.Something about his presence is imposing, demanding my attentionBreck, is tall, dark, handsome and absolutely captivating. Right from that first moment they met there is just something about him that captivates her.  But she is not alone feeling that, there is just something about Emma that Breck cannot explain, he can’t get her out of his head. They are total opposites, she is a pure and innocent small town girl raised with strong religious beliefs. Breck on the other hand has had a rough upbringing and is a love them and leave them kind of guy, and he is completely honest about it.”If you want to go with me, then there will be no exchange of numbers, no second trysts and no looking each other up”Right from the start these two connect, first hating each other, well at least wanting to hate each other but slowly they start to get to know one another and start opening up and they become friends which eventually leads into more but as they grow closer, their relationship and feelings for each other will be tested many times, and so is their faith and trust in each other.“Nothing in hell could have kept me from coming to you tonight, Emma.”This book had a really great story line and I did enjoy it but I didn’t love it like I thought I would, especially after reading the synopsis. The timeline of the book flowed at a good pace but found times the story line to fall flat one minute and the next there was drama “a little too over the top” for me. Don’t get me wrong, I love drama in a story, it’s what keeps you glued to a book not wanting to put it down but a lot of times I found myself trying to not skim parts of the book. I also found there were gaps in the storyline that left me with questions and the feeling of the book not being realistic in spots.*received a complementary copy from the author in exchange for an honest review*