{BLOG TOUR REVIEW} Trials by Sarah Biermann
Title: Trials (Rock Bottom #3)
Author: Sarah Biermann
Genre: New Adult
Goodreads Link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17909631-trials
BOOK DESCRIPTION
"They think Jeremy murdered her."
Drugs pushed them away...will murder bring them together?
Since losing the rock star love of her life, Harvard Law student Dylan Ackhart is doing the best she can to move on. Now in her third and final year, she's doing well in school and just landed her dream internship in Boston's District Attorney's office. She keeps away from the news so she doesn't hear about Jeremy Mason- about his frequent parties, new women, and apparent drug use.
But when the body of a young girl is found in his home, suddenly Dylan and Jeremy are thrust together in the most difficult and awkward of circumstances. Dylan is forced to choose between the only man she ever loved and the only dream she ever wanted. Will she leave everything behind and be with Jeremy? Or will Jeremy find himself in more trouble than she can help him out of?
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MY REVIEW
" I'm feeding into him again, letting myself be drawn into his cyclone life. Look what happens when I allow that."
The book hangover continues! First off, this is the sequel to "Tracks" so You MUST read "Tracks" first! If you don't you will be lost. I read this book in a few hours, YES I was that intrigued by it. I don't know what it is about Dark Emotional reads that I love so much. Call me twisted. Lol. Trials starts up about a year and a half after Tracks ends. Give or take. Dylan is now starting her third year at Harvard Law.
Dylan has been working very hard since the break up with Jeremy to make it well for a better word worth it. She still has a 4.0 GPA and is hoping to be picked for the Internship. I honestly can't say much about the plot or I'll SPOIL everything. Once you read it, you'll understand why I say this. Plus, you'll be grateful I didn't spill any of the beans.
" I left for the good of us. I cut you out because you wouldn't have understood. I did it for us. Everything I've done since I met you has been for us, Dylan. I fucking love you. I love you more now than I ever have..."
- Jeremy
Sarah had me HOOKED, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. I was on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to become of Jeremy. What Dylan was going to do, and how Scott was going to handle everything. When you think things are going one way BAM the plot thickens. Seriously, there are scenes in this book that grab at my heartstrings. I don't know how you will feel, but I was Shattered! Completely Shattered. It will rock you to your core with how heart wrenching it is.
" I don't want to be Jeremy Mason anymore. Jeremy Mason has hit rock bottom."
I truly LOVED this book. I did, but I won't lie...I am having a Love/Hate relationship with Dylan. I love Jeremy even through all the fucked up shit he's done, I can't help but love him. We all have a past, and his was BRUTAL. Some things seemed a little rushed, and I wish I knew more...but overall it's really an Amazing read. Through all the stress and drama the ending was THE BEST! No lie, I smiled and was okay with ending their story. I was beginning to get worried I was going to be hating how things ended, but of course Sarah ended things perfectly.
Swooning was def. involved the last chapter and in the epilogue. When reading a series you want something that captivates you and makes you think about things you normally wouldn't. Feel things you normally wouldn't. I laughed, cried, got pissed and wanted to throw my kindle, smiled, sighed. Trials will consume you in all the right ways.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU READ
I rate Trials 5 Stars! *****
"My mind, my heart, my soul... it's all yours."
EXCERPT
I finally reach his big, wooden door at the top of the steps. With my heart pounding, I reach quickly for the doorknob. I’m planning to just bust my way in there. But when I lay my hand on the knob, I pause. Because above the pounding in my ears I can hear guitar chords…a melody playing softly through the thick door. Not just any melody, but the most beautiful and heartbreaking melody I’ve ever heard. It’s a simple song, slow and beautiful, a ballad. The sound makes my heart hum and my mind clear. My blood pressure returns to normal again instantly.
The melody continues and it’s so beautiful that I’m compelled to stand in silence and listen. I desperately need to hear it more clearly. I’m scared to go in; afraid the melody will stop when he sees me. I carefully and quietly turn the doorknob, cracking the door just a slight bit. I stop breathing for a moment, praying he hasn’t noticed. When the melody continues, I put my ear up to the crack.
The song fills my head like a dream, each note breaking my heart with the emotion it coveys. Tears spring to my eyes, and I’m not even sure why other than that the haunting tune.
“In my heart’s sequestered chambers lies truth stripped of poets gloss…” I hear Jeremy’s voice begin with the melody. His voice, yet not his voice. His voice because it’s still bluesy and rock and roll, but soft and extremely sad. Devastatingly sad. Beautiful…
“Words alone are vain and vacant and my heart is mute…” His voice breaks on the end of the sentence, but the song continues. “In response to aching silence memory summons half heard voices. And my soul finds primal eloquence and wraps me in song…” Tears fall down my cheeks, his singing changing and warming as if he is actually wrapping me in the music he plays. His voice becomes more beautiful as he continues, pained and tortured.
“Wraps me…in song…If you would comfort me, sing me a lullaby. If you would win my heart, sing me a love song. If you would mourn me and bring me to God, sing me a requiem. Sing me to heaven!” His voice crescendos as he sings the lyrics, ending in a wounded plea, as if he’s begging for relief from pain.
I’m sobbing loudly now, and I can’t wait anymore to be in his presence. I push the door open and see his shocked expression from the couch in the living room where he sits. He’s holding his glimmering silver guitar in his hand, and I spot where my name is written in green cursive along the bottom of it.
He looks surprised at first, his eyes wide and breathing rapid. We lock eyes with each other and tears roll down both our cheeks. His fingers move along the neck of the guitar again, not looking away from me. “Sing me a lullaby. A love song. A requiem. Love me, comfort me. Bring me to God.”
I put a hand up to my mouth. He takes a shaky breath and continues. “Sing me a love song. Sing me to Heaven…” He finishes, the last note lingering in the air, soft and sweet and agonizing.
My knees give out under the weight of my stress and pain. My emotions have been all over the place. Here I was, coming to scream at him and tell him that I thought he was a piece of shit. Now I find myself sobbing on the floor of his apartment because of the crushing way that I love him. That I can’t live without him. That he needs to tell me it’s not true.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sarah Biermann, RN, BSN was born Wilmington, Delaware and grew up in Claymont. She attended Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Wilmington for high school, majoring in creative writing. She went on to Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, PA for her Associates Degree in Nursing. She recently graduated Drexel University with her BSN in nursing and is currently in their Masters program for nursing education. Sarah's nursing specialty is in drugs and alcohol detox and rehab.
Sarah has been married to her husband, Jon, for 8 years. She has two beautiful daughters: Anna, age 7, and Quinn, age 2. They live in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
She enjoys reading, singing, art, music, television, going to the movies, Hershey Park, and writing. "Tracks"- the first book in the "Rock Bottom" series- is her first book.
Sarah is currently working on the second book in the "Rock Bottom" series- titled "Trials"- coming soon.
AUTHOR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS
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Goodreads Author Page: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7085933.Sarah_Biermann
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Biermann/e/B00
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