MY REVIEW
This book picks up right before the first book left off. With Cameron and Olivia in love, blissfully happy! Until the knock on Cam's door to end all knocks... his first girlfriend, who was a bigger bully to Olivia than Cam. With Cameron being busy with football, classes, and scouts, he has little time for Olivia. She is upset, but supportive, and hangs out with her new best friends Alexa and Sebastian (Bash). They know that they will never take the place of The Fab Five, and they understand that, as they start hanging out more and more. The bullying from Alison is getting worse and Cam just blows Liv off about it. Even Alexa is sick of the way her brother is behaving and treating Liv, and she's the one who tells Bash. With everything going on and still some free time to herself, Liv starts to rethink everything! Past, Present, and Future... Her friends, boyfriends, and starts doubting everything, even whether Danny and/or Cam and herself know what/how to love, and her own ways she's been working hard to find herself. She decides that it's time for a break, but Cam pleads with her, that he can learn to manage his time better. She agrees, with the condition that he starts taking her seriously about the threats from Alison and if he needs a break, to tell her. Bash is upset when he finds out, but accepts her decision. After all is said and done, Liv, Alexa, and Bash go to a huge football game! In a surprise twist of events...when she wonders how much more she can take. Who will be there? What path will she take? I once again highly recommend a box of tissues! This author, Anne Mercier, rips my heart out with this book and series! If she can pull me in and make me feel like I'm Olivia, then she's doing an amazing job with her writing! I will somewhat repeat what I said before, this is an amazingly beautiful heartbreaking journey of discovery! However, my review doesn't even come close to giving this book the justice it deserves! On a side note, to readers who love books that have PlayLists, Anne Mercier has a playlist for her books on Spotify. You can find the link to her website at the bottom of this page.
As stated above I give this book & series 5 STARS!!!!! Since there are two books that makes is 10 STARS!!!!!!!!!
Title: The Way With You
Series: The Way #2
Author: Anne Mercier
Genre: Coming of Age/New Adult Romance
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Finding a "happily ever after" was hard enough.
Keeping it is even harder.
Olivia Brennan and Cameron Stone have both gone through Hell and back to finally find their way to each other. With obstacles set against them, the struggle to stay connected is harder than ever. Between their academic schedules, Olivia's newfound campus infamy, and a conniving ex stirring up trouble, Liv and Cam begin to struggle to keep what they've worked so hard for.
But when something unexpected fractures their trust, they must decide if they can repair what's left of their fragile love or will they discover that "happily ever after" is just for fairytales?
I'm walking back to the dorm after class when someone bumps into me—hard. I look over, biting back a curse, and when I see it's Alison, I wish I'd let it out.
"What's your problem?" I bark.
"You. You're my problem," she sneers.
I roll my eyes. "Why is that? Because you want to screw Cam but he's with me? Because Cam made me his girlfriend when all you were to him was a piece of ass? Both of you," I correct when I see Brittany standing beside her.
"You little bitch. I'm going to ruin you," Brittany shouts.
I'm so afraid right now. I know what Alison is capable of—but with Brittany by her side? I can't even imagine. I swallow that fear and pretend. I'm good at that—pretending I'm okay.
"Could you be any more dramatic?"
Alison steps closer. "Watch yourself, Muppet. You're overstepping."
"No. I'm not. I'm minding my own business, living my life, and you nut jobs start with your threatening and bullying. What are you—twelve?" I mock.
Alison's nostrils flare. It reminds me of a bull in a Bugs Bunny cartoon. You know the one? Where the steam comes out of the bull's nostrils because Bugs keeps taunting it? That's the one. I smirk at the thought and Alison's hand comes flying at my face before I can even think.
She slaps me and she slaps me hard—not just once, but twice. The burn, the sting of the slaps hurts like a mofo. I won't cry, but I can't stop the tears that fill my eyes. Damn it. I hate showing her any signs of weakness.
"Feel better now?" I ask, lifting my chin.
She hides the shock well, but I still get a glimpse. I am not the same girl I once was. I'm not sure who I am, exactly, but I'm no longer weak.
She cocks out a hip. "A little. But Muppet? There's a lot worse coming."
The Way Back to Me (The Way #1) – Released Feb 23, 2016
She was perky, fun, and full of life—everything I hated about girls and their bullshit exterior. People called her bubbly; I called her “fake-as-hell.”
The edgy, dark, lonely girl in front of me was not the Olivia Brennan I knew from high school—far from it, actually. I knew the story—the whole town knew the story, we witnessed it all. It happened in the blink of an eye and the girl we knew was gone.
But I refuse to watch it anymore—I can’t stand it. I’m going to fix it—fix her. It’s time I showed Olivia Brennan her way back…
Back to the girl she used to be.
I was born and raised in Wisconsin and still live here today with my two sons and puppy. (Though one day soon I hope to move to southern California!)
I’m an avid reader who gets inspired by reading the stories from my favorite authors as well as listening to various types of music. I am a huge fan of music, chocolate, fruit, desserts, autumn, M. Shadows, Avenged Sevenfold, and Milo Ventimiglia. Through my books, I am proudly creating new Avenged Sevenfold and Milo Ventimiglia fans one reader at a time.
“The best part of being an author, to me, is being able to take the reader to that one place they long to go when they need to escape reality. Knowing I can do that, for even one reader, makes what I do worthwhile.” ~ Anne Mercier
Hugs and love,
Anne xoxo
I’m an avid reader who gets inspired by reading the stories from my favorite authors as well as listening to various types of music. I am a huge fan of music, chocolate, fruit, desserts, autumn, M. Shadows, Avenged Sevenfold, and Milo Ventimiglia. Through my books, I am proudly creating new Avenged Sevenfold and Milo Ventimiglia fans one reader at a time.
“The best part of being an author, to me, is being able to take the reader to that one place they long to go when they need to escape reality. Knowing I can do that, for even one reader, makes what I do worthwhile.” ~ Anne Mercier
Hugs and love,
Anne xoxo
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