I Saw You First

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Following a devastating childhood trauma, Jude Applegate has spent years picking up the pieces of his life and gluing them back together Now, as an adult, his life is solid enough to begin taking some risks So when an intriguing and handsome man asks him on a date, he says yes.But then he s forced to contend with the man s brother, whose presence creates conflict, chaos, and confusion that threatens to upend the careful peace Jude s spent years building. Free Download I Saw You First [ Author ] Darien Cox [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr 4.5You re my biggest regretNote to self Readbooks by this Author.I read Victim of Love years ago and really liked it so I don t know what took me so long.Book titles don t normally grab my attention but this one definitely did.I mean,I Saw You First and then the blurb.two brothers wanting the same man,I honestly couldn t wait to get my hands on this.After a traumatic incident in his childhood Jude is finally getting his life back on track but things are abo...3.75 StarsI m so glad I went into this blind Because the blurb with that title screams love triangle and I hate love triangles But it s not, not at all At least, I didn t feel that way The other thing is Darien Cox s books usually don t work for me But this one was good It s well written, angsty and slow burn but towards the end, it was a bit rushed Told in single POV, 1st person It s a standalone, second chance, enemy to lovers novel All in all, I had a good time reading this and hope 3.75 StarsI m so glad I went into this blind Because the blurb with that title screams love triangle and I hate love triangles But it s not, not at all At least, I didn t feel that way The other thing is Darien Cox s books usually don t work for me But this one was good It s well written, angsty and slow burn but towards the end, it was a bit rushed Told in single POV, 1st person It s a standalone, second chance, enemy to lovers nove...This story is dramatic, angsty, intense It s sinfully sexy and rough in all the right places Walt and Jude are only boys when things fall apart Fifteen years later, they meet again, but nothing is simple Life rarely is.Walt reacts like a wounded animal He hisses and spits, but he s determined to make Jude his But first Jude must forgive and decide which of the Cook brothers he wants to date.There s Walt a force of nature, an untamed spirit Walt is the wild storm to Shea s calm beauty No This story is dramatic, angsty, intense It s sinfully sexy and rough in all the right places Walt and Jude are only boys when things fall apart Fifteen years later, they me...Darien Cox has written about inadvertently seeing one s college professor at a sex party falling for a guy while babysitting one of the most hellish teenagers in existence meeting an intriguing person who one finds out is actually undercover falling for the guy who stole one s phone and made one chase him up a sand dune to retrieve it falling for the upstairs neighbor who is in a relationshipSo I took a g...I absolutely ADORED this book I m so happy I gave this book a chance, because it became one of my favorites From the beginning there was palpable chemistry between Jude and Walt and I wasn t expecting that to happen after what happened in the prologue when they were kids There was something there too, but what happens effectively ends anything that could have possibly happened with them as kids.We get a little back story in the prologue, that Walt is from a wealthy family in the town over f I absolutely ADORED this book I m so happy I gave this book a chance, because it became one of my favorites From the beginning there was palpable chemistry between Jude and Walt and I wasn t expecting that to happen after what happened in the prologue when they were kids There was something there too, but what happens effectively ends anything that could have possibly happened with them as kids.We get a little back story in the prologue, that Walt is from a wealthy family in the town over from Jude s, but Walt has been going to the public school Jude goes to for the whole last year of middle school, and they became friends And at the end of the school year, it s Walt s fourteenth birthday and at the end of it he asks if Jude wants to sleep over Of course Jude, who has a major crush on Walt, says yes But things don t go well when one of Walt s brothers walk in on him and Jude doing something, and because of Walt s abusive father, he sells Jude out an...DNF at 60%I m in the mood for something sweet and fluffy and for some reason I keep picking angsty books Perhaps I should read the blurbs before I startThis was way too dramatic for me And I thought I d l...4.5 stars So much talent Such an underrated author Darien Cox is one of the best authors in this genre His books always include what I m looking for in a book tension, angst, banter, smexy times, romance RecommendedI love romantic stories which doesn t follow a predictable route, and dare to create characters who might not always act according to the norm for a romance novel hero I ve found those elements in all of the Darien Cox books I ve read so far, to my utter delight I was glued to I Saw You First right from the very beginning what an opening and enjoyed to see what happened to them all as their life paths crossed again several years later The chemistry was there, the dialogue entertaining, I love romantic stories which doesn t follow a predictable route, and dare to create characters who might not always act according to the norm for a romance novel hero I ve found those elements in all of the Darien Cox books I ve read so far, to my utter delight I was glued to I Saw You First right from the very beginning what an opening and enjoyed to see what happened to them all as their life paths crossed again several years later The chemistry was there, the dialogue entertaining, the inner thoughts of the individuals made sense and felt real.There s both anger from past hurts and angst in this story, but handled in a way so that it didn t become overly dark On the ...4 stars2.5 stars I didn t like this one as much I didn t really care for Walter and Jude felt kind of doormat ish I get that a long time had passed since the incident from Jude s childhood but the speed at which everything was resolved just seemed a bit unrealistic I didn t trust Walt even at ...

I Saw You First
  • English
  • 14 March 2017
  • ebook
  • Darien Cox
  • I Saw You First