Blog Tour Stop: Euphoria by Erin Noelle: Review, Excerpt, and Giveaway

Blurb

After a series of catastrophic misunderstandings and impulsively poor decision-making, Scarlett MacGregor finds herself once again torn between two loves, as different as they may be. Lacking proper closure with their relationship, accompanied by the overwhelming guilt for her role in his devastating downfall, Scarlett resolves to help Mason recover and reclaim his life as a budding rock star. However, now that he has finally claimed her as his, Ash Walker is bound and determined to keep her by his side, and he will go to any lengths necessary to do just that.

Mason Templeton has hit rock bottom. He’s in love with a girl whose heart and soul belong to another and he’s partied his way off of an international music tour that was supposed to be his big break. Returning home for rehab sounds like the worst possible way to start a new year, but when an unexpected friendship emerges, he begins to realize that maybe everything does happen for a reason.

Euphoria is the third and final installment of Scarlett, Ash, and Mason’s self-discovering journeys to happiness and understanding the meaning of true love ~ the kind that begs for complete surrender

Recommended for readers 17+ due to sexual content and harsh language.

Review

**Arc was provided in exchange for an honest review**

“One of the most important things I realized was that most everyone was searching for their happily ever after, in books and in real life, but that conclusion was always judged on if the girl got the guy in the end.”

Scarlett’s statement towards the end of Euphoria epitomizes a lot of romantic readers’ viewpoints, and in my opinion, why some readers of this series have a problem with this book. But life is messy and picture perfect endings only happen in fairy tales, and even if this is a fictional world, Erin Noelle stays true to life’s reality and provides her readers with a conclusion that proves that life never really turns out how anyone expects.

Butterfly…Angel…two enduring names for the same person, Scarlett, from the two men who own her heart, Ash and Mase. Throughout the series, I didn’t really choose a team. Both men brought out different parts of Scarlett; she is so young and has very little experience with life and love, and both Ash and Mase help her to grow into the woman she is at the end of book three. The journey to get Scarlett to love herself and realize her own needs and wants is not pretty. Secrets and betrayals occur that drastically alter the relationships amongst the main characters as well as their lives. No one will be the same due to the events that transpire, but at the end, when everything is all said and done, Scarlet is left with a life that may not have been anything she would have planned for herself, but it’s a life that comes from everything she experienced and learned from, and one she wouldn’t want to change despite all of the loss and devastation that was endured.

Any book that elicits such high emotional reactions as Euphoria does, in my opinion, is a well written story because it has all the components that draw readers in and allow them to connect with the characters to the point that they feel the same desolation as Scarlett, Ash, and Mase do. No matter what happened in the main characters’ relationships or who Scarlett ended up with, half of the readers would not be satisfied. But what it comes down to is the author’s vision…it is Erin Noelle’s story to tell, and she told it and ended it the way that she had envisioned it, and readers are just along for the ride – it is a bumpy, emotional one, but it is a journey I’m glad I experienced.

4 poison apple stars!

Excerpt

Embracing her one last time, I whispered in her ear, “I love you, butterfly… ‘your curves and all your edges, and all your perfect imperfections.’ I’ll see you tomorrow night.”

“I love you, too, Ash. ‘You’re my end and my beginning; even when I lose, I’m winning,’” she whispered back. Then she grabbed her bag and headed for the security check point. Right before turning the corner where I couldn’t see her anymore, she looked back at me and blew me a kiss and made hand hearts. Damn, she was beautiful. I stood there for several minutes with a goofy ass grin on my face. I wasn’t expecting her to sing the next lyrics of the song to me, but it filled me with an indescribable feeling of warmth and love. ~Ash

Buy Links for Euphoria

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Euphoria-Book-Boyfriend-Series-Noelle-ebook/dp/B00HCMZZQ8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388678041&sr=8-1&keywords=euphoria+erin+noelle

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/euphoria-erin-noelle/1117790254?ean=2940149055159&itm=1&usri=euphoria

Other Books in the Book Boyfriend Series

Metamorphosis

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Metamorphosis-Book-Boyfriend-Series-ebook/dp/B00B3KPBSW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371505461&sr=1-1&keywords=metamorphosis+by+erin+noelle

 

 

Erin Noelle is a Texas native, where she lives with her husband and two young daughters. While earning her degree in History, she rediscovered her love for reading that was first instilled by her grandmother when she was a young child. A lover of happily-ever-afters, both historical and current, Erin is an avid reader of all romance novels. In 2013, she published the Book Boyfriend Series, which included books Metamorphosis, Ambrosia, and Euphoria. Her books have been a part of the USA Today Bestselling list and/ or the Amazon and Barnes & Noble overall Top 100. Most nights you can find her cuddled up in bed with her husband, her Kindle in hand and a sporting event of some sorts on television. You can follow her on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/erin.noelle.98, her blog @ www.erinoelle.wordpress.com, and on Twitter @authorenoelle.

Grand Prize Giveaway

Kindle Paperwhite as the grand prize – please note this is US only.

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/share-code/MDVlNjQ4M2Y0M2Q2NzVmZDc1MjZmMGMzYWQ2Y2EwOjg2/