Review: The Scars of Us
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2014
The Scars of Us is a book based on having dealt with a very traumatizing experience happen to and in this case it is the main character Kaiya who this has happened to. This is a book about dealing with the past and trying to move on to the future.Kaiya at a young age was involved with another family member who destroyed her both physically and mentally and she has not been able to deal with her demons until.......Ryker.Ryker is a trainer at the local gym that Kaiya's brother Kamden belongs to. Kamden takes Kaiya there one day to work out her frustrations after dealing with finding out the person who tried to destroy her may be headed back her way. While working out Ryker sees Kaiya and is taken with her immediately. Not that Ryker hasn't had his own scars to deal with either. Kaiya decides to sign up for a self-defense class at the gym and guess who the instructor is.....Ryker.The book is told as POV from both Kaiya and Ryker. Kaiya is very untrusting of people other than her brother Kamden and her best friend Nori. Ryker is the "wham bam thank you mam" guy until he starts to get to know Kaiya and becomes very protective of both her and her heart. Kaiya learns to open up both to Ryker, as they start to form a relationship she is able to tell Ryker of what she had to endure and the pain that it has caused her for years.Both Kaiya and Ryker grow as the book goes on which makes for a great story line.I received an ARC from the author for an honest review.