BLOG TOUR STOP: Twisted Ties by K.A. Robinson: Review, Excerpts, and Giveaway

Two years ago, Emma Preston walked away from Jesse Daniels. It is a decision she has regretted ever since. Plagued with the knowledge that Ally’s lies tore them apart, Emma enlists Jesse’s former best friend, Andy, to help her search for him.
When he left California, Jesse was determined to start over in West Virginia with his mother. Now, the past is determined to catch up with him—first, with the appearance of Ally, and when Emma and Andy come back into his life.
Just when Emma thinks she’s found Jesse, a dark secret and misunderstandings force them apart before they can even reconnect. Jesse is torn between his love for Emma and protecting his childhood friend, Ally. Ally has an agenda of her own, and she’s not about to let Emma get in her way—even if that means getting rid of her…permanently.
Can Emma and Jesse’s relationship survive all of their twisted ties?

Review

***ARC was provided by author in exchange for an honest review***

WOW! I did not expect this book to go in the direction it did! Holy Twisted! The second half of the book had me on the edge of my seat, begging my eyes to read faster. I needed to know what was going to happen, and when it happened, I was floored…I didn’t see it coming…I wasn’t ready for it to come, but man am I glad I experienced every fucked up minute of it!

Twisted Ties starts two years after the ending of Shattered Ties. Even two years later, both Emma and Jesse are STILL trying to move on from what happened…from the love they feel for one another, but they can’t. When all hell broke loose at the end of Book 1, Jesse left California and moved to West Virginia with his mom and her boyfriend, and Ally, the she-bitch, took off to lick her wounds. Emma never felt more alone, so she sought out Jesse’s ex best-friend and Ally’s brother, Andy, to help her work through everything that happened. Along the way, Emma and Andy became best friends and left California together to find Jesse and try to make things right. To say that things don’t go as planned is an understatement. Lies, manipulation, and miscommunication stand in Emma and Jesse’s way of reuniting, and if Ally has anything to do with it, they will never be together again. I don’t want to go any further into the storyline because it will give too much away, and this is a twisted ride that every reader needs to experience on his/her own. Fair warning, though, this is probably K.A. Robinson’s darkest story yet.

There are tons of twists and turns in this story that readers might not see coming. The truth and relationships get twisted at multiple points in the story, so much so, that I never thought the reality of the situation would come out. K.A. Robinson created one hell of a psycho bitch in Ally. I knew she had issues, but holy man she takes fatal attraction to a whole nother level. If you want to read a gripping and twisted story, pick up Twisted Ties and see for yourself if Emma and Jesse can reunite when there is someone hell bent of making sure that never happens.

4 poison apples – which I’d gladly give to Ally!

Excerpts:

I knew Andy had to work tonight, but I hoped he was at home by now.

There was no way that I could go back to my dorm room and sit alone

while all of this was going through my head. I was hanging on to my sanity

by a thread, and I knew that if I was by myself while dealing with this, I’d

lose it.

I nearly cried in relief when I pulled into his apartment complex

parking lot, and I saw his car sitting there. I didn’t have to be alone. He

would help me. I ran across the lot, and in too much of a hurry to use the

elevator, I sprinted up the stairs to his floor.

Tears were streaming down my cheeks as I beat on his door. I prayed

that he hadn’t fallen asleep yet. I had a key to his apartment, but I hated to

use it this late at night. I didn’t want him to think someone was trying to

break in.

The door opened, and Andy was standing there. He took one look at

me and pulled me into his arms.

“Emma, what’s wrong?” he asked.

I was crying too hard to speak, so I shook my head.

“Who’s that?” an unfamiliar female voice asked.

Excerpt 2

“So, what are you going to do?”

“I need to talk to Ally first and tell her that you know. She’ll be angry

with me, but once she figures out that you’re not going to go out and do

something stupid, I think she’ll be okay. After that, I’m going to talk with

Emma. I said some really horrible shit to her tonight. I accused her of

sleeping with you since that’s what Ally told me.”

“Shit. Jesse, I need to talk to you about something.”

I was instantly on alert as I felt him tense beside me. “What?”

“I…okay, first off, it wasn’t something that either of us meant to do.”

“Andy, just tell me what the hell you’re talking about.”

He looked up at me, his eyes filled with remorse. “I slept with Emma.”

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