{REVIEW} MIRAGE by Ashley Suzanne
Mirage and Inception are BOTH on sale for only $.99. You won't want to miss this. I see a book hangover. :)
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Title: Mirage
Author: Ashley Suzanne
Genre: New Adult/ Contemporary Romance
Series: Destined #1
Published Date: August 25, 2013
Pages: 206
~ Synopsis ~
Mira and Kylee meet Danny and Skylar during freshman orientation, their first week of college. Two sets of best friends embark on a new adventure together, forming life long bonds.
Mira and Danny are looking forward to their future as husband and wife. Everything was going according to plan. That was until tragedy struck them on graduation night leaving three broken people to pick up the pieces.Skylar has always stood in the background, watching his best friend begin a life with the woman he fell in love with until he can no longer keep a distance.
Right when Mira thinks her life is back on track it spirals out of control. What if everything you thought you knew was nothing more than a mirage?
~ My Review ~
" You're it for me Pea," Danny said. " I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you. We're going to be so disgustingly happy, our friends are going to hate us," he joked."
This book has been on my TBR list for quite some time now. I FINALLY got around to reading it. I can't believe I waited this long. I wish I read it sooner. I was blown away. From the very beginning I was drawn in. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Ashley certainly gets a standing ovation and a round of applause from me. I was FLOORED.
I cried and had my heart beating out of my chest. Seriously love when a book sucks me in and feeds off of my emotions. (Ha sounded better in my head...hopefully makes sense.) I have heard nothing but great things about Mirage. I now know why. I will probably have a book hangover!!!! No worries, i'll just add to the fire by reading Inception. Yes! I walk on the wild side like that.
" Why can't I remember the things that helped mold me into the woman I wanted to become with Danny by my side? Why am I only able to remember the day that turned me into the woman I am now?"
Mira is at freshman orientation with her bestie Kylee when they meet Danny and Skylar. From that moment they were hooked and became the best of friends, all four of them. Mira fell in love with Danny and Skylar fell in love with Mira. Mira and Danny get engaged after four years and are planning their future together...when the night of graduation they get in a horrible motorcycle accident. Danny dies which changes their lives. Mira is left wondering what the fuck to do with her life now... I mean she planned everything around their future together; now he's gone. Skylar and Kylee are there to help her. 6 months of not really living at all Kylee recommends Mira go to a support group meeting. In the meeting is Skylar. After that day their friendship grows to what it use to be, however Mira is seeing him in a different light. She sees him and all his sexiness. Rawr!
When reading PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep an open mind. Yes, it didn't take long for something to happen between Skylar and Mira. In my opinion something was bound to go down anyway. A person has every right to move on. It takes others longer than others and we all move on in our own way. Mira and Skylar move on TOGETHER! It's not all roses and rainbows. There is Angst and lots of it.
"It was bound to happen, Mi. Don't freak out on me and if you'd stop staring at my package, it might make this situation a little less awkward," Skylar says with a sly look in his face. "
There is a part in Mirage that had me bawling like a newborn baby. There is talk of a miscarriage. I won't lie, I broke down. It hit me like a ton of bricks and my heart broke. May 8, 2007 I had a miscarriage. It was a time in my life that at that time rocked me to the core. I was 18 and scared to death, I was pregnant and I didn't want to be. After telling my mother, who of course was disappointed and upset with me...I was already all those things myself. Torn really. I came to terms with it and knew from that day on my life would change. I was going to be responsible and step up and be a great mother. We were in the process of getting an appointment set up. (Had to do the pregnancy test first) I woke up one morning and felt like something was wrong. Everything seemed okay, but I just had this gut feeling something wasn't right. I went about my day and while getting ready for work I used the restroom and there was blood. I was terrified. I called my mom who rushed home and took me to the ER. The doctors examined me and the baby. Did a vaginal ultrasound and the doctor told me my levels were high, but the baby didn't have a heartbeat and at 7.5 weeks the baby should have a heartbeat. She sent me home and told me to rest. The next day I woke up with horrible stomach pains. My mom rushed me back to the ER. They did an IV and gave me pain meds. They drew my blood and when the doctor came in with "that look" I knew it wasn't good news. Her words " The pain your having is your bodies way of getting rid of the baby. Your aborting the baby. Your levels are dropping" I looked at the doctor and said, "Could my levels go up?" She looked at me like I was stupid and said, "NO!" Then walked out. I was bawling. My mom was bawling and didn't know what to do, so she called her sister saying, " I don't know what to do, how can I comfort her?"
I went home and had to deal with passing all the gigantic blood clots. Every one I passed made me break even more. The moment I passed one that contained the little baby that's when I completely broke. I wouldn't wish that feeling on my worst enemy. So for a little over a month after I lost the baby I was depressed. My boss at work understood and let me take as long as I needed before returning. I had to deal with the wrath of my family which wasn't something I needed at that time. I just wanted support in a sense yet to be left alone. For almost 2 months I just went about my life barely living. To this day I still get upset when that day of the year comes. Since then though I've been blessed with 3 other children.
For me to read that part in the book, that's why it broke me. I couldn't imagine how Mira felt going at it alone.
" I know honey. Don't worry. Everything happens for a reason. If you want me to chop his dick off and throw it in the river, you know I will."
Mirage is a book of love, loss, grief, and finding yourself after all of that has happened. It's a truly moving story. Everything isn't as it seems though. I swear when I got to the end I was staring at my kindle for about 15 minutes trying to turn the pages when there weren't anymore to turn. Ashley did an AMAZING job at throwing a HUGE curveball. I couldn't believe it, hell I still don't. I loved this book, and I can't wait to read more of their story.
I highly recommend you read this book!!!!
I rate Mirage 5 stars.
I didn't want to get too much into the plot because I don't want to spoil anything. I hope you decide to pick up this book and read it for yourself. Keep an open mind, and see where this story will take you. I sure as hell enjoyed the ride.
" As I'm about to open the Instagram app on my phone to see what my friends are eating today, you know, because all people do is post duck faced pictures and food on Instagram, my phone rings."
" The best thing about dreams is that fleeing moment, when you are between asleep and wake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and I..."
~ About Ashley Suzanne ~
Ashley Suzanne is a married mother of three little boys as well as a daughter, aunt, sister, best friend, birth mother, blogger, book whore and author. Ashley is a native to the suburbs of Detroit, with most of her family living in Kentucky and New York. You can usually find Ashley sitting in bed, with her laptop, playing on Facebook, pretending to write, entering giveaways (she’s also a swag whore) or on a football field with her oldest son, Tyler. Yep, not only is she a football fan, she’s a football mom! When she’s reading, it’s typically something to do with romance, erotica being her favorite genre. Ashley co-owns a blog, 2 Chicks and a Blog, with her GBFF Manda. She’s a total fan-girl over a few authors, Pamela Ann, Madeline Sheehan, SE Hall, Hilary Storm, Jasinda Wilder, Angela Graham, CM Stunich and Riley Rhea to name a few. Ashley has no pets, unless you count her children and she is a little OCD. Her favorite color is pink. Her favorite drink is cherry vodka and coke and double chocolate brownies are a must.
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