Review: Crashed – K. Bromberg

When life crashes down around us, how hard are we willing to fight for the one thing we can’t live without, each other?

Life is full of moments.
Big moments.
Little moments.
And none of them are inconsequential. 
Every single moment prepares you for that one instance that defines your life. You must overcome all your fears, confront the demons that chase you, and cleanse the poison that clings to your soul or you risk the chance of losing everything.

Mine started the minute Rylee fell out of that damn storage closet. She made me feel. Made me whole when all I thought I could ever be was incomplete. Became the lifeline I never knew I needed. Hell yes, she’s worth the fight…but how do you fight for someone you know you don’t deserve?

Love is full of ups and downs.
Heart stopping highs.
Soul shattering lows.
And none of them are insignificant. 
Love is a racecourse of unexpected twists and turns that must be negotiated. You have to break down walls, learn to trust, and heal from your past in order to win. But sometimes it’s the expected that’s the hardest to hold on to.

Colton has healed and completed me, stolen my heart, and made me realize our love’s not predictable nor perfect—it’s bent. And bent’s okay.But when outside factors put our relationship to the test, what lengths will I have to go to prove to him that he’s worth the fight?

Whoever said love is patient and love is kind, never met the two of us. We know our love is worth it—have acknowledged that we were meant to be—but when our pasts crash into our future, will the repercussions make us stronger or break us apart?

Series: The Driven Trilogy #3
Release Date: March 3rd 2014
Publisher: by JKB Publishing
Source: Amazon, via my own wallet
Reviewer: Shannon
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

I completely ditched the book I was in the middle of last night when I realized this was on my Kindle. Needless to say, I spent the night with Colton Donovan and he left me in a utter sobbing mess!

I loved the first 2 books in the series and was left gasping at the end of Fueled, wondering just how K. Bromberg could do that to us when it seemed like Rylee and Colton had finally started moving in the right direction. Despite the months of anticipating, K. Bromberg delivered a book that was beyond my expectation and evoked every single emotional response I could give. I smiled, I laughed, I was angry, I had to fan the proverbial flames because of the sexual chemistry between Colton and Rylee, but more importantly I had to mop up after myself on quite a few occasions because Colton absolutely broke my heart.

As Colton says, he has a 747 full of baggage that he and Rylee need to shift through to get to some semblance of normal. But for the most part, Colton has to weed through all this himself. He has to want to deal with it and move forward. And for as much as we can see he wants Rylee and what she represents, he’s terrified of his past and how to let go of it. Luckily for Colton, he has a strong group of friends, standing on the sidelines to encourage him when he needs it and to be the harsh reality when he’s being stubborn. I was proud of Colton, because he did it on his own and discovered it’s ok to change your mind about the direction of your life when the right person comes along.

Things never seem to go Rylee’s way. When she finally starts to feel somewhat stable in her relationship with Colton, his accident happens. Then Tawny comes at them with her lies, which causes all of Rylee’s insecurities to surface. But she’s grown in her relationship with Colton and instead of running away, she stayed and fought. She knew when to give him space and when to be there for him, just to prove he’ll always have her at his side. Then her own health scare throws her world upside down because everything she believed turned out to be not so true, and that throws not only her, but Colton off. But she never gave up. She knew Colton was it and not matter what it took, she was going to be his checkered flag.

This entire series was an emotional ride, but this was by far (in my opinion) the best in the series. The emotional journey these characters took was gut-wrenching, but also uplifting as they learned to come to terms with the past and move forward. Colton Donovan was an alpha bad boy that I absolutely loved. He may have been broken or bent, but he was the perfect tortured hero, from A to f’ing Z. Thank you, K. Bromberg, it was absolute perfection.