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Pulse
Emma had never expected to get accepted to University of California, Beverly Hills, or to get chosen by Omega Mu Gamma, the most exclusive sorority on campus, but once she did, she found her lifestyle had changed forever. During the day she went to class, in the afternoons, shopped until she dropped and went to the spa, but at night? She drank by the bottle at the hottest club in town, Club Grit, popped pills, and tried any new drug once, with any guy that asked and with any sorority sister that commanded it. One changed all that, the kind of guy she'd never find herself wanting to date: Skylar.
Skylar was just trying to do his job. As a bouncer at Club Grit, he saw girls like Emma on a nightly basis and knew that she wasn't his type. He wasn't into girls that got that wasted and danced with dangerous guys. He also wasn't supposed to give her a cab ride back to the sorority house when she got too ****ed up to get herself back on her own. He definitely wasn't supposed to do it twice.
He's the one guy that doesn't want her or the problems that comes with dating a girl like her.
She's the one girl he can't stay away from, the one he can't stop himself from saving.
He's her salvation.
She's his redemption.
And somehow, she's going to make it through this ****ed up world alive. He's not about to let her pulse stop.
This is a new adult romance with sex described in graphic detail, sexual situations, heavy drug usage, sex under the influence of alcohol and drugs, attempted date rape, strong violence, lots of strong language, and other issues young adults face, and is a book for mature readers only.
This is the first part of the Club Grit Trilogy, a saga about three girls at the same sorority (Emma, Becca, and Kim), and it takes place during the same exact timeline, from start to finish. Although each part shows a different point of view of many overlapping events, each book can be read as a standalone, although it's suggested you read Emma's story, "Pulse", first, Becca's story, "Throb", second, and Kim's story, "Shatter", last.
Skylar was just trying to do his job. As a bouncer at Club Grit, he saw girls like Emma on a nightly basis and knew that she wasn't his type. He wasn't into girls that got that wasted and danced with dangerous guys. He also wasn't supposed to give her a cab ride back to the sorority house when she got too ****ed up to get herself back on her own. He definitely wasn't supposed to do it twice.
He's the one guy that doesn't want her or the problems that comes with dating a girl like her.
She's the one girl he can't stay away from, the one he can't stop himself from saving.
He's her salvation.
She's his redemption.
And somehow, she's going to make it through this ****ed up world alive. He's not about to let her pulse stop.
This is a new adult romance with sex described in graphic detail, sexual situations, heavy drug usage, sex under the influence of alcohol and drugs, attempted date rape, strong violence, lots of strong language, and other issues young adults face, and is a book for mature readers only.
This is the first part of the Club Grit Trilogy, a saga about three girls at the same sorority (Emma, Becca, and Kim), and it takes place during the same exact timeline, from start to finish. Although each part shows a different point of view of many overlapping events, each book can be read as a standalone, although it's suggested you read Emma's story, "Pulse", first, Becca's story, "Throb", second, and Kim's story, "Shatter", last.
176 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 22, 2013
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Brooke Jaxsen
5 books17 followersBrooke Jaxsen. 20. Girl in college, majoring in English with a concentration in Creative Writing, obv. I’m writing new adult romance novels, mostly contemporary, but expect some fantasy and paranormal in the months to come! I’ve always wanted to be a writer but never thought that people would actually want to read the kinds of stories I write: the ones about girls like me, who every day (and night) are one step closer to full adulthood, to full womanhood.
In my free time, I read lots of new adult and young adult fiction, swim, shop, sleep, do my nails, and play video games. Blog all day, party all night. I’m on the Internet far too much for my own good.
“Pulse” is my first novel, in my “Club Grit” trilogy. Look out for “Throb”, a story about Becca, and “Shattered”, a story about Kim (yes, that Kim, Kim Lee!), the girl behind all the drama at Omega Mu Gamma. All three stories are about Omega girls and the trouble they get into at Club Grit. You don’t want to miss this.
You can find me in a lot of different places.
In my free time, I read lots of new adult and young adult fiction, swim, shop, sleep, do my nails, and play video games. Blog all day, party all night. I’m on the Internet far too much for my own good.
“Pulse” is my first novel, in my “Club Grit” trilogy. Look out for “Throb”, a story about Becca, and “Shattered”, a story about Kim (yes, that Kim, Kim Lee!), the girl behind all the drama at Omega Mu Gamma. All three stories are about Omega girls and the trouble they get into at Club Grit. You don’t want to miss this.
You can find me in a lot of different places.
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September 19, 2013
2 stars
Emma is nineteen and living the life, from small town girl to Beverly Hills queen, her life changed ever since her family had won the lottery. She has gotten everything she has ever wanted, acceptance into her dream college, acceptance into OMG the hottest fraternity on campus, black cards, cash money, clothes, shoes, alcohol and drugs…
In LA, where beauty was queen and the dollar was king, she sets her sites on the hottie at the club who spends his nights protecting those at Club Grit. Never one to be turned down, she pops her pills and does everything in her power to get the Bouncer to look her way, only when he looks at her, she feels more like a pest and an idiot than the hot piece of ass she knows she is. Skylar doesn’t need a girl like Emma, been there done that, not going down that road again, but he finds himself getting caught up in her stupid lies and games.
Skylar knows there is more to Emma than the superior-sorority- slut she wants everyone to see, but how do you save someone who doesn’t want to be saved.
I couldn’t connect with the characters to really feel anything for them, I spent too much time in Emma’s head that I ended up just getting annoyed, she was too damn vain for me, everything revolved around her. Skylar was like so many different people to me, bouncer-rocker-toured-hero, I couldn’t get a firm grip on him. This is a story of the college life at its best and worst, probably the life you would have fun living to say you did, but wouldn’t wish it on your daughter. This clearly wasn’t my kinda book, and I’m sure I am the minority here, so give it a try and see what you think.
"My precious pills, the chemical candies, the only thing that could take me away from this, because sometimes, being grounded wasn’t all it was cracked up to be.
Sometimes, a girl has to fly away.
Forever."
Emma is nineteen and living the life, from small town girl to Beverly Hills queen, her life changed ever since her family had won the lottery. She has gotten everything she has ever wanted, acceptance into her dream college, acceptance into OMG the hottest fraternity on campus, black cards, cash money, clothes, shoes, alcohol and drugs…
"I’d just take them when I partied, or when I was pulling all-nighters, or if I needed to study for tests, or if I needed a pick me up or a confidence boost or if I was bored, right?"
In LA, where beauty was queen and the dollar was king, she sets her sites on the hottie at the club who spends his nights protecting those at Club Grit. Never one to be turned down, she pops her pills and does everything in her power to get the Bouncer to look her way, only when he looks at her, she feels more like a pest and an idiot than the hot piece of ass she knows she is. Skylar doesn’t need a girl like Emma, been there done that, not going down that road again, but he finds himself getting caught up in her stupid lies and games.
"He probably thought my priorities were fucked up, the fact that I wanted his cock more than to be clean, that I wanted sex over sobriety, but I knew he was willing to do anything to change that. Even willing to give me what I wanted before I really, truly deserved it."
Skylar knows there is more to Emma than the superior-sorority- slut she wants everyone to see, but how do you save someone who doesn’t want to be saved.
"I’m not going to watch you destroy yourself. - Skylar"
I couldn’t connect with the characters to really feel anything for them, I spent too much time in Emma’s head that I ended up just getting annoyed, she was too damn vain for me, everything revolved around her. Skylar was like so many different people to me, bouncer-rocker-toured-hero, I couldn’t get a firm grip on him. This is a story of the college life at its best and worst, probably the life you would have fun living to say you did, but wouldn’t wish it on your daughter. This clearly wasn’t my kinda book, and I’m sure I am the minority here, so give it a try and see what you think.
October 18, 2013
Amazon Freebie 8/24/13
Merged review:
My feeling throughout this entire book ....
I seriously can't even remember he MC's name lol
Skylar sounded hot but well, he was kinda lame ....
Most importantly, if I see one more flipping # I was going to lose it!
#stopwiththemothereffinghashtags!!!
Merged review:
My feeling throughout this entire book ....
I seriously can't even remember he MC's name lol
Skylar sounded hot but well, he was kinda lame ....
Most importantly, if I see one more flipping # I was going to lose it!
#stopwiththemothereffinghashtags!!!
August 27, 2013
Well like a few other reviewers, I had a hard time with this book. I didn't understand all of the hashtags and the run on sentences were unbelievable. I am not an English major, but can see when there is a need to go ahead and start a new sentence.
It seems like there is a story in here somewhere, however a good editor is needed for the grammar and flow. At one point Emma was going to get her stuff from the Omega house while DeAndre of all people waited in the cab. What? When she went back outside Skyler was in the cab waiting for her. Skyler went back into the house to confront DeAndre and the Omega girls about the video. After the confrontation they left and Skyler was quiet the entire drive home where he kept his hands at ten and two. Um what happened to the cab??
I saw this was Brooke Jaxen's first novel and with a little work it could be so much more. I also think she needs to let her readers know that although the book is sexual, it is written for a 20-something audience. One that doesn't have to look up #YOLO like I did. I am 40, but this book made me feel really old after trying to read it.
It seems like there is a story in here somewhere, however a good editor is needed for the grammar and flow. At one point Emma was going to get her stuff from the Omega house while DeAndre of all people waited in the cab. What? When she went back outside Skyler was in the cab waiting for her. Skyler went back into the house to confront DeAndre and the Omega girls about the video. After the confrontation they left and Skyler was quiet the entire drive home where he kept his hands at ten and two. Um what happened to the cab??
I saw this was Brooke Jaxen's first novel and with a little work it could be so much more. I also think she needs to let her readers know that although the book is sexual, it is written for a 20-something audience. One that doesn't have to look up #YOLO like I did. I am 40, but this book made me feel really old after trying to read it.
September 1, 2013
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Il semble y avoir dans la romance une tendance à parler de sujets très graves comme la maladie ou les addictions, les vraies. C’est le sujet du premier tome de la trilogie de Brooke Jaxsen. Cette série sera centrée autour de trois héroïnes, la première est Emma, une jeune femme qui entre dans la très chic et prestigieuse université de Beverly Hills. C’était son rêve longtemps inaccessible mais rendu possible par un miraculeux hasard : ses parents, pauvres agriculteurs de l’Iowa ont gagné à la loterie. Du jour au lendemain, Emma est propulsé hors de son rural état et de sa pauvreté. Elle devient une des étudiantes d’une université pour gamins riches et même mieux, membre de l’une de ses très recherchées fraternités étudiantes. La vie est belle... pas vraiment...
Le livre ouvre alors qu’une année s’est quasi écoulée. Emma est maintenant une jeune femme branchée qui dépense sans compter et pour qui amusement rime avec drogue, sexe, alcool et boîte de nuit. Toutes ses copines font ça, la pression entre elles est intense. Emma va alors remarquer un videur dans leur boîte préférée. Il s’appelle Skylar et lui plaît beaucoup. Ce n’est pas réciproque du tout et Emma ne comprend pas bien pourquoi. C’est le début d’une remise en cause, pas vraiment volontaire d’ailleurs.
Quand on lit souvent que les Américains sont pudibonds et politiquement corrects, il faut aussi leur reconnaître cette faculté à dépasser leurs propres limites. Evidemment, ce roman finit bien, le bien triomphe et l’amour aussi, nous sommes dans une romance mais quel parcours va avoir Emma. Le départ est un brin agaçant, parsemé du vocabulaire et du style twitter, avec des gamines riches pourries gâtées, fort antipathiques. Si Emma n’est pas vraiment comme elles , elle fait tout pour leur ressembler. Elle ferait tout pour être la plus branchée, la plus aimée ; Tout ce petit monde qui n’a aucun problème d’argent ne conçoit pas de se distraire sans drogue, alcool et sexe. Comportements à risque, décisions irresponsables, tout y passe. Evidemment, c’est la recette pour le désastre et Emma n’y coupera pas.
Au milieu de tout cela, il y a Skylar, l’inverse total. Lui aussi trimballe ses problèmes, son manque d’argent et fuit comme la peste les filles comme Emma mais elle s’accroche et elle lui plaît malgré tout. L’histoire se développe entre eux malgré le style de vie d’Emma, la méfiance de Skylar.
L’histoire est atypique, personnelle, n’atténue pas les problèmes de cette jeunesse américaine qui passe le congé de printemps ivre morte. Skylar est un personnage fort, intense, qui va devenir le pilier d’Emma totalement perdue dans un mode de vie dans lequel elle n’a aucun repère et où elle demeure une outsider. Elle n’est pas vraiment de ce milieu. Leur relation est très sensuelle, le roman, surtout vers la fin offrant de très jolies scènes entre eux.
Le reste de cette trilogie portera sur d’autres personnages, des amies d’Emma dont on voit se dessiner un peu les personnalités et les doutes notamment face à la toute-puissance de ces fraternités très hiérarchisées et où l’exclusivité de l’appartenance est soumise à de curieuses pratiques.
Un roman passionnant, sombre, violent où une jeune femme va trouver la rédemption grâce au héros ! Une totale réussite.
Il semble y avoir dans la romance une tendance à parler de sujets très graves comme la maladie ou les addictions, les vraies. C’est le sujet du premier tome de la trilogie de Brooke Jaxsen. Cette série sera centrée autour de trois héroïnes, la première est Emma, une jeune femme qui entre dans la très chic et prestigieuse université de Beverly Hills. C’était son rêve longtemps inaccessible mais rendu possible par un miraculeux hasard : ses parents, pauvres agriculteurs de l’Iowa ont gagné à la loterie. Du jour au lendemain, Emma est propulsé hors de son rural état et de sa pauvreté. Elle devient une des étudiantes d’une université pour gamins riches et même mieux, membre de l’une de ses très recherchées fraternités étudiantes. La vie est belle... pas vraiment...
Le livre ouvre alors qu’une année s’est quasi écoulée. Emma est maintenant une jeune femme branchée qui dépense sans compter et pour qui amusement rime avec drogue, sexe, alcool et boîte de nuit. Toutes ses copines font ça, la pression entre elles est intense. Emma va alors remarquer un videur dans leur boîte préférée. Il s’appelle Skylar et lui plaît beaucoup. Ce n’est pas réciproque du tout et Emma ne comprend pas bien pourquoi. C’est le début d’une remise en cause, pas vraiment volontaire d’ailleurs.
Quand on lit souvent que les Américains sont pudibonds et politiquement corrects, il faut aussi leur reconnaître cette faculté à dépasser leurs propres limites. Evidemment, ce roman finit bien, le bien triomphe et l’amour aussi, nous sommes dans une romance mais quel parcours va avoir Emma. Le départ est un brin agaçant, parsemé du vocabulaire et du style twitter, avec des gamines riches pourries gâtées, fort antipathiques. Si Emma n’est pas vraiment comme elles , elle fait tout pour leur ressembler. Elle ferait tout pour être la plus branchée, la plus aimée ; Tout ce petit monde qui n’a aucun problème d’argent ne conçoit pas de se distraire sans drogue, alcool et sexe. Comportements à risque, décisions irresponsables, tout y passe. Evidemment, c’est la recette pour le désastre et Emma n’y coupera pas.
Au milieu de tout cela, il y a Skylar, l’inverse total. Lui aussi trimballe ses problèmes, son manque d’argent et fuit comme la peste les filles comme Emma mais elle s’accroche et elle lui plaît malgré tout. L’histoire se développe entre eux malgré le style de vie d’Emma, la méfiance de Skylar.
L’histoire est atypique, personnelle, n’atténue pas les problèmes de cette jeunesse américaine qui passe le congé de printemps ivre morte. Skylar est un personnage fort, intense, qui va devenir le pilier d’Emma totalement perdue dans un mode de vie dans lequel elle n’a aucun repère et où elle demeure une outsider. Elle n’est pas vraiment de ce milieu. Leur relation est très sensuelle, le roman, surtout vers la fin offrant de très jolies scènes entre eux.
Le reste de cette trilogie portera sur d’autres personnages, des amies d’Emma dont on voit se dessiner un peu les personnalités et les doutes notamment face à la toute-puissance de ces fraternités très hiérarchisées et où l’exclusivité de l’appartenance est soumise à de curieuses pratiques.
Un roman passionnant, sombre, violent où une jeune femme va trouver la rédemption grâce au héros ! Une totale réussite.
April 20, 2014
Not great, in fact I would go as far as saying #AsFarFromGreatAsHumanlyPossible.
I really wanted to give up after the first of what seemed like a thousand annoying hashtag references throughout the book, but I really liked the whole idea of the story of naive small town girl who moves to LA for college and gets involved in the whole Greek 'experience' . The story focused on some really serious issues such as drug and alcohol dependency, promiscuity, rape, hazing but it was dealt with in such a shallow lackadaisical way that I found it embarrassing, rather than thought provoking.
The main character, Emily was like human play doh, she moulded herself according to the people around her and had no real personality of her won. She was a pill popping, promiscuous drunk when around her sorority sisters. Then when she was with Sky, who was a teetotal part time bouncer/rock star she ended up on the straight and narrow and managed to clean herself up. That is until she received this random text from Sky which gave her the 'I can't do this anymore' brush off which was enough to have her reaching for her syringe and heroin which although Sky had confiscated he kept in a box in the bottom of his wardrobe...#GoFigure!
Next thing she is in rehab, and gets her HEA, but at this point it was #Couldn'tCareLess.
I really wanted to give up after the first of what seemed like a thousand annoying hashtag references throughout the book, but I really liked the whole idea of the story of naive small town girl who moves to LA for college and gets involved in the whole Greek 'experience' . The story focused on some really serious issues such as drug and alcohol dependency, promiscuity, rape, hazing but it was dealt with in such a shallow lackadaisical way that I found it embarrassing, rather than thought provoking.
The main character, Emily was like human play doh, she moulded herself according to the people around her and had no real personality of her won. She was a pill popping, promiscuous drunk when around her sorority sisters. Then when she was with Sky, who was a teetotal part time bouncer/rock star she ended up on the straight and narrow and managed to clean herself up. That is until she received this random text from Sky which gave her the 'I can't do this anymore' brush off which was enough to have her reaching for her syringe and heroin which although Sky had confiscated he kept in a box in the bottom of his wardrobe...#GoFigure!
Next thing she is in rehab, and gets her HEA, but at this point it was #Couldn'tCareLess.
July 7, 2014
This should be into the cathegory of horror. I couldn't believe all the things that Emma think and did and she believed in them.
Emma grow up in Iowa, she wasn´t poor but she couldn't afford many treats and she always dreamed to go to college to California, but didn´t get the scholarships fortunatelly her folks win the lottery so now she was rich and free to do all the shit that she did.
So she went to Hollywood enter a sorority and everything went to hell. Do girls like her really exist? and if reality surpasses fiction then WOW!!!
So Skylar was the bright star in this book he was so funny, he was the only one thinking there. On the other side Emma was... ok I guess she had some serious issues: need for acceptance, she wanted to fit in her new status as a rich girl, a college girl and to leave behind her past in simple Iowa, so her new rule to do all that was: follow to the letter all of what her sorority sisters said.
Anyway sometimes the banter between Skylar (what a name) and Emma seemed a bit robotic, like they read it from a script and some of their actions feel so fake, it was a bit too much, too much drugs, too much description and exposure of the facts and the thinking of Emma, just too much insanity.
Emma grow up in Iowa, she wasn´t poor but she couldn't afford many treats and she always dreamed to go to college to California, but didn´t get the scholarships fortunatelly her folks win the lottery so now she was rich and free to do all the shit that she did.
So she went to Hollywood enter a sorority and everything went to hell. Do girls like her really exist? and if reality surpasses fiction then WOW!!!
So Skylar was the bright star in this book he was so funny, he was the only one thinking there. On the other side Emma was... ok I guess she had some serious issues: need for acceptance, she wanted to fit in her new status as a rich girl, a college girl and to leave behind her past in simple Iowa, so her new rule to do all that was: follow to the letter all of what her sorority sisters said.
Anyway sometimes the banter between Skylar (what a name) and Emma seemed a bit robotic, like they read it from a script and some of their actions feel so fake, it was a bit too much, too much drugs, too much description and exposure of the facts and the thinking of Emma, just too much insanity.
October 11, 2013
I wanted to give this book a 1.5 but had a hard time because the idea of the story was brilliant. The execution and the hashtags were a lot worse.
The good
- I actually liked the characters.
- Emma, although she was a spoiled little (i used to be poor) but, now I am rich kid.
-Skylar - was great.. Sexy and just plain desirable.
-The plot -- I love the difficult situations and seeing them as if they are real life was pretty awesome.
The bad
-Oh my goodness the editing mistakes were horrific. There were times that three people were in a cab but, then they were driving.
-The fact that book needed someone serious to review some of the information drove me batty.
-#the#hashtags#uneeded#crazy#annoying.
-There was one too many runown sentences. I felt like I had run a mile before I could take a break.
-There was a story inside this mess somewhere it just bothered me that I could not get into it.
My message to the readers. #YOLO -- don't waste your time!
The good
- I actually liked the characters.
- Emma, although she was a spoiled little (i used to be poor) but, now I am rich kid.
-Skylar - was great.. Sexy and just plain desirable.
-The plot -- I love the difficult situations and seeing them as if they are real life was pretty awesome.
The bad
-Oh my goodness the editing mistakes were horrific. There were times that three people were in a cab but, then they were driving.
-The fact that book needed someone serious to review some of the information drove me batty.
-#the#hashtags#uneeded#crazy#annoying.
-There was one too many runown sentences. I felt like I had run a mile before I could take a break.
-There was a story inside this mess somewhere it just bothered me that I could not get into it.
My message to the readers. #YOLO -- don't waste your time!
August 28, 2013
I hate not even being able to finish a book - unfortunately that was the case with this one. Also, I feel like there were a lot of errors that would have been avoided with a re-read:
"I'm neither. I'm Emma. And you're Skylar." Unfortunately it's Skylar that is saying this not Emma...
"'You're not only bad at holding your liquor, you're a f**king idiot Anna.' At least he'd used my name this time. At least he'd remembered it." Ummm what? Isn't the name of the girl thinking this Emma? (See above.).
"I've lied for you, but I'm not about to become your girlfriend." This is said by the male lead - Skylar.
"Web of lies? What the f**k? If you haven't guesses,..."
"'I expected a five page report from all of you, by the time I get back from Club Grit,...'"
'"I haven't see all our movies, you know.'"
This book gave sorority girls a bad name - made them all seem like they are spoiled drug users that are only out to just get laid. It was very disappointing, but at least it was free...
"I'm neither. I'm Emma. And you're Skylar." Unfortunately it's Skylar that is saying this not Emma...
"'You're not only bad at holding your liquor, you're a f**king idiot Anna.' At least he'd used my name this time. At least he'd remembered it." Ummm what? Isn't the name of the girl thinking this Emma? (See above.).
"I've lied for you, but I'm not about to become your girlfriend." This is said by the male lead - Skylar.
"Web of lies? What the f**k? If you haven't guesses,..."
"'I expected a five page report from all of you, by the time I get back from Club Grit,...'"
'"I haven't see all our movies, you know.'"
This book gave sorority girls a bad name - made them all seem like they are spoiled drug users that are only out to just get laid. It was very disappointing, but at least it was free...
October 20, 2013
This book had a good story line with great potential yet it was spoiled due to the huge number of errors and extraneous, annoying things (like all of the hashtags). It looks as though no one proofread this book before it was put out to the public. There were some phrases that were just so obviously off that I became frustrated. I kept notes of the worst mistakes to illustrate how ridiculously obvious they were but accidentally deleted them. I was able to find 1 example that was not as bad as others which was, ".....the edge of orgasm cliff and get ready to push me off the image". "Image"??? Brooke, you get pushed off a cliff's, "edge"! Things like that were very distracting to me, devaluing the story. In the same paragraph as the example just mentioned was the following ridiculous line, "as we entered the nether...of our nether regions". The author did have some good metaphors but phrases like this one felt like the author was trying too hard (and failing). I think this story could be good IF there was a lot of editing and proof reading.
August 30, 2013
This story was interesting and can show you just what can happen when you try to be someone you are not and fall into peer pressure. But the hash tags and some of the lingo drove me crazy which is why I didn't rate this book to high in the star department. Also, there were some parts that I didn't quite understand what was going on. The text that Skyler sent saying he just couldn't do this anymore, that pushed her over the edge and back into her old ways. It didn't fit in the story line. If that is how he felt then why did he help her when her sorority sisters told her she was welcomed back into the house. It just seemed out of place when he sent that text. If it wasn't for the hash tags and lingo I would say that this is a really good book, but that just drove me crazy and made it hard to read.
December 29, 2013
Wow Skylar a** much? "listen, lady, I'm just trying to do my job. I'm a bouncer, if you want the kind of guy that'll give you his number out of obligation, try the bartender or better yet, another club. There's a strip club down the street, I'm sure many guys there would oblige your request." Skylar has this way about him where he speaks you listen, "great, should we go dance more, babe? I can fit in one more song on my break," asked Sylar, looking me straight in the eyes in a way that to the girls, probably looked like the gaze of a lover, but to me, was a commanding glare." Also he's just so romantic in the bedroom, "shorts off. Get this di** inside of you, and fast, Emma."
August 25, 2013
This book had so much potential. The plot was really good but the execution just kills it. I like dialogue between characters when reading a book and this really didn't have much. I tended to skim through quite a bit just because it was mostly the female character thinking in her head.
The male lead lacked depth. We really don't learn much about him and I just didn't feel the connect with either character. I really wanted to like this book because it was right up my alley with the genre I like to read but it just fell flat.
The male lead lacked depth. We really don't learn much about him and I just didn't feel the connect with either character. I really wanted to like this book because it was right up my alley with the genre I like to read but it just fell flat.
August 30, 2013
Drugs, drinking, clubs, hashtags, and stupid girls. That pretty sums this book up.
I just couldn't finish it because all the main character did was drugs and drinking. I don't even know her name.
I'd gotten Pulse as a freebie on Amazon and I didn't even look at any of the ratings or reviews. If I had, I would have known this book sucked. I just thought the cover was neat.
Plot, concept, characters, all of it was bad.
November 13, 2014
I had several issues with this book starting with the fact its supposed to be in the New Adult genre yet deals with some very Adult topics. I don't agree with how the author handles them despite the fact that I give her props for stepping into such a delicate area.
The book overall has great potential for development to be a great book with a lot of editing and corrections as well as fleshing out character personality and plot lines.
The book overall has great potential for development to be a great book with a lot of editing and corrections as well as fleshing out character personality and plot lines.
August 26, 2013
I just did not connect with the characters in this book whatsoever. The connection between the two leads did not seem natural or real, and felt like they were just put together randomly just because. The book did not show how the two grew to have a connection just that she pursued and he caved. Sadly, not feeling this one but that's just my opinion!
October 7, 2013
She's in a typical fraternity where some awful things are going on, he's a Bouncer and she wants him; but she can't have him. This is a fab romance with lots of ups and downs, things that you don't expect to happen- do!!! I paid 77p for this and didnt expect much- I was wrong, it was a bargain price and an it's an awesome read!!
January 1, 2014
Maybe it is my age, but I really did not care for this book. This is a story about a spoiled, drug addicted sex addict lifestyle. The character did get out of this life but it made it sound like this choice was a normal and to be expected. Not for me.
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August 24, 2013Amazon freebie \0/ 24/8/13 thankies, lili x
August 25, 2013
More like 3.5 stars
August 26, 2013
This book was beyond bad. I only read 9% of the book. I wish I never started it. Only saving grace was that it was free. Wish you could give a book no stars.
August 31, 2013
une histoire prenante meme si je trouve que le sujet aurais pu etre plus approfondi. l'auteur nous décrit trop les pensées d'Emma. quelques fautes d'ortographes aussi.
October 1, 2013
I couldn't make it through this book either.. Why is he trying to save her? Who cares..
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May 29, 2014Found it difficult to relate to the female protagonist.
February 13, 2016
This is the worst book I've ever read, couldn't even finish it
September 14, 2013
Really enjoyed this book.
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