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Bow to Me #2
As I Fall
Haunted by the memory of the monster posing as her father and by the sound of her mother’s pleading cries, Samantha Boward only wants one thing—to forget her past and to live a normal life. When she gets transferred to Murny Lake High School, Sam meets a young girl on a similar path who aims to teach her a thing or two about surviving this nightmare we call life. Rule number one? Don’t take crap from anyone and do whatever the hell you want.
Rule number two? Numb the pain. But what if obeying these rules means following directly in her father’s footsteps? At this point, however, Sam is willing to try just about anything to stop the pain, even if that means following the clouded judgement of a troubled girl. What she doesn’t know is that once she gets a taste for the high, she may never want to come down.
Rule number two? Numb the pain. But what if obeying these rules means following directly in her father’s footsteps? At this point, however, Sam is willing to try just about anything to stop the pain, even if that means following the clouded judgement of a troubled girl. What she doesn’t know is that once she gets a taste for the high, she may never want to come down.
- GenresYoung AdultFiction
307 pages, Paperback
First published March 4, 2015
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January 4, 2018
Absolutely awful!
Not one redeeming thing about this book. Very little plot. All of the horrors of addiction, alcoholism, violence, sexual abuse, bullying, and abandonment, without relent. Not even well written. Not recommended.
Not one redeeming thing about this book. Very little plot. All of the horrors of addiction, alcoholism, violence, sexual abuse, bullying, and abandonment, without relent. Not even well written. Not recommended.
April 2, 2018
Very powerful.
A little hard to read as it touched a bit close to home. I never did any drugs but weed, tried shrooms, twice, I'm straight, not much of a drinker, but the family, the parents were worse. My Twin brother did not survive it, took his own life at 25. I took the opposite route, stayed in school, joined the military. But what a powerful story. As she wrote, I read, I felt her pain, desperation, fears, frustration and grief. Excellent writing. As hard as it was to " relive" I absolutely must read the second book ( which was published first but hey, due me, I wanted to read them in order!!!!
A little hard to read as it touched a bit close to home. I never did any drugs but weed, tried shrooms, twice, I'm straight, not much of a drinker, but the family, the parents were worse. My Twin brother did not survive it, took his own life at 25. I took the opposite route, stayed in school, joined the military. But what a powerful story. As she wrote, I read, I felt her pain, desperation, fears, frustration and grief. Excellent writing. As hard as it was to " relive" I absolutely must read the second book ( which was published first but hey, due me, I wanted to read them in order!!!!
December 3, 2017
Great addition
I was very pleased to have my questions answered from book one... what led Sam to become who she was? Sam had issues & lots of secrets in book one. Thanks to this one many questions got their answers. Well all except one— were is she now?
I was very pleased to have my questions answered from book one... what led Sam to become who she was? Sam had issues & lots of secrets in book one. Thanks to this one many questions got their answers. Well all except one— were is she now?
December 24, 2017
If I didn't know better, I would've thought this was the authors debut novel. Not 'Bow to Me' which I loved.
April 3, 2015
FourStars
This is a very heartbreaking book. It's a sad reality that so many children really have to grow up this way. But the fact that she realizes it led her to where she was supposed to be is pretty incredible for someone so young.
I enjoyed this book. It was well written although the plot was a little confusing until the end I wasn't really sure what the book was even supposed to be about. I feel like it ended as soon as you figure out the point to it. With that being said, I can't wait to read the sequel and find out what actually happens. I hope in the next book there is a point to having all of this heartbreaking information about Sam.
I was given this in return for an honest review by Inked Rainbow Reads.
~Amber
This is a very heartbreaking book. It's a sad reality that so many children really have to grow up this way. But the fact that she realizes it led her to where she was supposed to be is pretty incredible for someone so young.
I enjoyed this book. It was well written although the plot was a little confusing until the end I wasn't really sure what the book was even supposed to be about. I feel like it ended as soon as you figure out the point to it. With that being said, I can't wait to read the sequel and find out what actually happens. I hope in the next book there is a point to having all of this heartbreaking information about Sam.
I was given this in return for an honest review by Inked Rainbow Reads.
~Amber
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