With You Around

Drenaline Surf #4

by Nikki Chartier

Haley Sullivan has never been one to play the villain, but after learning who is blackmailing Drenaline Surf, that's exactly what she's asked to do. After alienating her friends and moving into Colby Taylor's house, she embraces the role of the prime suspect, hoping the real blackmailer will relax and slip up.

Keeping up her cover is tough, though, as dark secrets come into light and battle lines are drawn among friends. And the Brooks brothers? That's another matter of tangled heart strings all on its own.

In this final installment of the Drenaline Surf series, skeletons are unearthed, relationships are shattered, and lives are changed. The Drenaline Surf family will quickly learn exactly what 'family' means, and more so, who is and isn't part of that family.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Young Adult

240 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 15, 2017

About the author

​Nikki Chartier is a young adult/new adult author. She writes everything from beach reads about surfers to witchy reads for Halloween lovers. She is an avid surf fan (who always wants Gabriel Medina to win), a dream-chaser, and a collector of crystals. She lives in the southern USA with her family.

I do not hang out on Goodreads often, so please see my website (http://www.nikkichartierbooks.com) for all updates and true links to my backlist.

Reviews

[Devin Torres · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has taken forever to write, but for many reasons.
1) I had to revel in the Drenaline Surf series a little longer. It has been a huge thing for me. I started reading it when I broke my leg last year, and I fell in love with the characters, Drenaline Surf, and Nikki Godwin's writing.
2) I've actually read it twice. (Yeah, its that good)

I don't think I could have asked for a better ending to this series. I think the character development was thorough and believable. Although it may not have been exactly my OTP, I loved the way it was done. So many things get tied up in WYA, and I can say that it was done in a way that wasn't rushed, and didn't leave holes, which is easy to do when there is so much to cover. The author has been awesome throughout the release. And I want to mention that, too. I'm not a series person (other than Six of Crows--lol) and sometimes you can feel the author losing love for the characters and plot near the end. That was NOT the case with WYA at all. I feel that side characters I loved got just as much closer as the MCs. Overall, I wish I could rate this higher.

[Sam a.k.a Rory · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such a great conclusion to the series! I feel like everyone and everything is where they/it should be. Like it all makes sense again and that the family is whole. The plot is great even though, once again, it's very light on the romance... I didn't really mind it. BUT, if you're reading this, just be aware, this does not qualifiy as a romance series in my opinion. I really enjoyed all the revelations even though they weren't really surprising to me as I recently followed the author on instagram. I'm a bit sad about it but it didn't taint my reading experience too much. I was very emotional on several occasions; Colby's secret made me so sad. But I'm glad of where is at now.
Overall this was a good series, which evolves from book 1 to book 4, from a light summer read to gripping slices of life, with (maybe a bit too much?) drama in the middle. I love the idea of chasing down your forever ♡

[Wieske · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you haven't read these series and you are even a tiny bit into surfing, these are awesome books. I thoroughly enjoyed this series and applaud Nikki Godwin for writing about the surf scene. It is well put together with great references to the current surf world.
It may come across as a bit cheesy, especially this last book, but I really love well rounded endings :) So I am very happy with it, although at the same time sad that it has ended now.

Thank you Nikki Godwin! :)

[Ginna Moran · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fantastic ending to a great series! Nikki always creates such amazing characters who I'd be friends with in real life if I could. I laughed and teared up multiple times throughout the book and loved where the story went and ended. So many feels! This book if perfect for you if you love YA contemporary beach reads with amazing friendships, a touch of love, and an inspiring story line. I definitely need to chase my forever down now.

[Ines · Rating 4 out of 5]

I guess I liked this book better than nr 2 and 3. Luckily.

After the end of the series, some questions remain:
- how did Haley go from hating Colby to being soulmates?
- why did Vin have to vanish? (if it were a tvshow you'd think the actor had to go to rehab or something)
- was the love triangle really necessary?
- what happened to Linzi? to Haleys parents? anyone from her former life?
- how fast did they build the new hotel on the carneval grounds?!??

[Carly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Talk about coming full circle. From the time Winterini was confirmed and that series on permanent hiatus, I was hoping for another ship to go down with. The whole idea of Colby and Jake was (in my mind) brilliant and gave the characters more depth. While I am sad that the series is over (as who ever wants these things to end) I feel it ended well and I hope for more books (as I always do) soon.

[Amber Ballard · Rating 5 out of 5]

With You Around (Drenaline Surf #4) by Nikki Godwin

This and the first book are my absolute favorite! I love Vin being back and him and Haley finally getting there time together even with all the drama and craziness! I have to know what happens to Kale and Taylor's parents it can't end this way there has to be more so much more!!!! I love these characters!!!

5 Stars

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible. (full review soon!)

[Potato · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nikki Godwin just OWNS this book. She wrapped everything up nicely.

[Ashley Tomlinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great way to end a great series!

[Dewi · Rating 4 out of 5]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Yiyi · Rating 5 out of 5]

great conclusion to the series. vin + haley supremacy. also love the idea of kate-and-leo-type soulmates.

edit: just found out that another book's coming out this year? yayy

[Mariana · Rating 5 out of 5]

muita reviravolta mas amei

[Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m hooked on this never ending soap opera. On to book 5.

[Lavincia Pfister · Rating 5 out of 5]

I THOUGHT THAT THIS BOOK WAS GREAT. I LIKE THAT VIN CAME BACK AND GOT BACK TOGETHER WITH HAILEY.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was really nice to go back to Crescent Cove and see what was going on with the Drenaline Surf gang so yeah, I really enjoyed this. A.J. remains my favorite character and I just really liked the characters as a whole. It's a good summer read. However, I did go back and read the entire series again after reading this the first time (because, yes, I did read it twice) and found myself with some questions...


-After the big Colby/Shark reveal, I sat there going "...but didn't Colby tell Haley that she would date Shark if he were still alive? Why would he even say that if they had been in love when Shark died?" This is what prompted the series reread.
-Where did Liquid Spirit go? Did Solomon and Shark drag the wave pool into the ocean to sink and die? Seriously though, those jerks just disappeared and it was weird because they were one of the antagonists of the last book. You would think there would be some mention of them.
-Less a question and more of a vent: Topher...ugh, Topher...I've had a problem with this kid since he became one of the main characters in the second book completely out of nowhere. The more I can ignore him, the better my book experience is. He's always been the bratty I'm-the-victim type (and honestly, I thought he was like 15 maybe 16 tops in the first book because I felt he acted way younger than everybody else). I didn't understand why Haley was willing to date him in the first place but his brattiness just took a huge turn for the worse in this one.
-My big question: Am I the ONLY person who had a problem with Haley showering and then wrapping herself in a presumably very dirty (see: condoms on the table) sheet (unless the cleaning fairy stopped by and changed the sheets for them while Haley was in the bathroom)? Do people really do that? I understand that Nikki may have wanted to kind of shove things into Topher's face for a reaction but does Vin only have one extra towel or something? I don't get it...but (even though they're fictional characters) it grossed me out.
-There were also words missing in quite a few of the books. It didn't happen a lot but it could be rather jarring when it did happen. I noticed it the most in this book.

I should add...a lot of my questions would probably have been addressed by an editor had this been published by a real publishing house. This is one of the downsides of independent publishing but maybe Nikki can find somebody to edit her books (even if it's a friend who isn't afraid to point out problems - it's great to have friends to pat your back and point out how awesome your books are and they are lovely but, yeah, sometimes you need somebody with sharp eyes to tell you to fix things).

[Kristina]

I've been following this series since the beginning and I absolutely loved every minute of it.
Nikki brings us on a journey of not only romance, but fun mixed in with drama and mystery-- there's truly a bit of everything to accommodate your tastes.
With You Around was the perfect ending to a series that I personally loved. It made me cry, it made me laugh, it made me scream and it made me so proud to call myself one of Nikki's readers.