She's in love with him.
He's trying not to love her.
One night changes everything.
Aston Banks never meant to get close to Megan Harper - not even for that one night. Haunted by a childhood he refuses to face, he knew she could break through every wall he'd ever built and tear them down without even realizing she was doing it.
Betraying Braden by starting a relationship with Aston wasn't on Megan's to-do list, but the second she sees a glimpse of someone other than the arrogant ass she's come to know, she can't walk away.
Aston's childhood is worse than Megan ever guessed, but as he tries and fails to push her away, it's clear her love is stronger than the demons that cling to him every day. And now, because of it, he finally has to deal with what he's buried deep down.
What he doesn't want to face. What he's fought against for so long.
And they have to do it all without Braden finding out.
Keeping a relationship secret has never been harder.
He's trying not to love her.
One night changes everything.
Aston Banks never meant to get close to Megan Harper - not even for that one night. Haunted by a childhood he refuses to face, he knew she could break through every wall he'd ever built and tear them down without even realizing she was doing it.
Betraying Braden by starting a relationship with Aston wasn't on Megan's to-do list, but the second she sees a glimpse of someone other than the arrogant ass she's come to know, she can't walk away.
Aston's childhood is worse than Megan ever guessed, but as he tries and fails to push her away, it's clear her love is stronger than the demons that cling to him every day. And now, because of it, he finally has to deal with what he's buried deep down.
What he doesn't want to face. What he's fought against for so long.
And they have to do it all without Braden finding out.
Keeping a relationship secret has never been harder.
Playing for keeps is the second novel in the game series by Emma Hart. I hadn't heard of this until someone on my blog page recommended it to and i'm so glad they did. I loved it.
I found a few faults with the book and it did drag on in places but it never took me from wanting to rush the book, in fact, I was stuck between wanting to absorb it and devour it. I love a young adult romance. I love the first in the series so I was glad Emma kept on with the characters. I had loved Ashton in the first one, so I'm glad we got a inside to him.
His story reminds me a lot of Baby P's story, but with a better outcome. It completely broke me reading the things that Ashton went through. It's hard to stomach anyone being hurt, but for a defenseless child being beaten, their protectors, their guardians, not doing a thing to stop it, prevent it or protect is just sickening.
He has dealt with what happened better than I would have let's put it that way. The only thing that confused me during the whole book was his need for sex. In the book he says to Megan that they told him numerous of times he'd end up like his mom. Sex, drugs and countless men, selling herself etc. In stead of proving them wrong in an extent, he went out and slept with anything with a pulse and somewhere to get off. Kind of not the point.
I think Emma did a fantastic job writing his feelings, how she made them come across made them that much real.
Then we have Megan, his knight-in-shining-armor, she comes into his darkness bringing her light. She doesn't let him push her away when things get dark for him and he finally lets someone in. Megan.
She's such a lovable character and when they have their banter arguments I was in stitches. Even when they were secretly together they still had banter moments that had an inside meaning to just them too. Kind of cute now I think about it.
There were a few parts in the book that didn't make sense to me. Here is an example.
"Honestly though, I thought he was gonna kill his mom the amount of times she embarrassed him.'' she giggles and we sink into the armchairs. "I've never seen a guy before.''
"I've never seen a guy before'' ????? um?? I'm pretty sure she was talking to a guy. There were a few more like this. I never highlighted them all, but this is one that had me re-reading over to see if I missed something.
All in all I rated the book a 3* and I'll be reading the next one for sure, I just hope the writing is better mapped out. It did ruin the book, but not the actual story. It was just as sweet, romantic, and cute as it should have been. Loved it.
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