Publisher: Booktrope Editions
Pub Date: March 18, 2014
ISBN: 9781620152195
Genre: New Adult
Bar Harbor Series #1
Paperback, 244 pages
Bar Harbor Series #1
Paperback, 244 pages
My Rating: 5.0/5.0
My Review:
I was definitely pulled into Pulled Beneath from the very first page and I was held captivated until the last. I like how this series pretty much ties up one couples' story with each book, or I assume that is the way it will be. I know from reading the sneak peak at the end that Pulled Within will be Rae's story. Yet it's still very much new adult with the struggles the characters face and the inherit darkness to the book. I like having an ending yet knowing there is more to the story of the characters of Bar Harbor.
Pulled Beneath is the story of Drew and Saint (Justin). It's a very interesting storyline that brings a Florida girl who loses her parents to her recently deceased grandparents' home in Bar Harbor, Maine. The trick is she thought her grandparents were long dead and there are a lot of secrets that she hasn't learned yet. With every turn in Bar Harbor she seems to be becoming more attached to her surrounding and finding more and more secrets. It's fascinating and the premise really worked for me and kept me reading.
Drew, Saint, Brady, Rae, Gianni, and Shane were all great characters. Since this was about Drew and Saint, I will focus on them. Drew was broken before her parents' death and it leaves her even more in a downward spiral. It doesn't seem like it as much through her eyes, except for the fact she trudges through each day. But when we see her through what Saint sees as well, we see that things are much worse than we thought. Not that Saint doesn't have his own demons, which are revealed in time. Saint is the town man-whore or at least he appears to be. But he and Drew are drawn together. Both characters came to life for me. I felt their pain, their numbness, their joy and their concern. I loved them. Their attraction is electric and it comes through on the pages loud and clear. The struggles, the love, the attraction and the secrets all make both characters really interesting and this story very intriguing.
If you are looking for a slightly more intriguing New Adult novel and series, then Pulled Beneath is just for you. There are secrets galore, wonderful friendships, tentative new love, lots of struggles and anything else you expect in a great New Adult novel. I could not put it down. I had to know what would happen next and I was sad at the end because I have to wait for the next one. As I mentioned before, this one pretty much ties itself up at the end, but I am now invested in these characters and can't wait to know more of the secondary characters when they become primary characters! Great job Ms. Mann on crafting a wonderful heartfelt book!
Summary
What happens when you uncover years of secrets and find out everything you thought to be true was a lie?
Drew
Stevens finds her world turned upside down when her parents are
brutally murdered. Soon after, she learns she inherited a property in
Bar Harbor, Maine from recently deceased grandparents that she believed
had died when she was a baby.
Drew
travels north to settle her grandparents’ estate, but finds more
questions than answers as the truth starts unraveling. What she didn’t
expect to find was Saint, whose reputation was as tumultuous as his
past. But the very thing that brought them together was the same thing
that kept them emotionally caged.
With
Saint’s scars so deep and Drew’s so fresh, can the pair heal from their
painful wounds or will they be pulled beneath the darkness of their
pasts?
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