Title: Hearts and Bruises

Author:  A.M. Brooks

Page count:  247

Published:  March 19, 2019

Publisher: The NextStepPR

Genre: YA / NA

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating:   3/5

Summary:

With love comes pain.
And with pain comes scars.

Believe me, I have had my share of it all.
After my mother’s death, my father couldn’t deal.
So once again, we’re moving.
To a town full of lies, darkness, and corruption.
All masked in sunshine and money.

But then I meet him…
My biggest mistake.
My biggest temptation.
A royal pain-in-the-ass.

And Darrian King is no prince.
He’s controlling, aggressive, and downright wrong for me.
But what he dishes out,
I give right back.
After all, love hurts.
And so do we. 

My Thoughts:

I love high school romance books but this one just didn’t sit right with me. I think it had to do with Darren sadly.

Darren is the star of the basket ball team and hoping to get drafted when school ends. His parents aren’t to keen on the idea.

Nora and her father have moved so many times that she just wants to be able to stay on one place. Due to that she hasn’t made any friends because she knew she would have to move again.

I had some problems with connecting with this book. I would be completely invested at some points, others it just fell flat and some where I just wanted to dive into the book and slap Darren because he was such an asshole to Nora, then the next he was sweet. I definitely had a love hate relationship with him.

This book does end on a cliffhanger which some may not enjoy.