GIVE ME YOU by Caisey Quinn-Review and Book Tour
GIVE ME YOU
By Caisey Quinn
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Genre: New Adult, contemporary, romance
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 8, 2016
Corin Connelly left her past far behind her in New York City. Along with her mother and an ex-boyfriend who had no plans to let her go. Starting over in college in California seemed like a vacation in paradise compared to her old life, and if anyone needs a fresh start, it’s her. But her new roommate has a life-threatening secret, and soon paradise becomes even more intense than New York. When she loses a bet to the university soccer team’s star goalie, Skylar Martin, he claims a prize she didn’t ever plan to give him.
A weekend in her hometown.
Skylar Martin is used to getting what he wants. Growing up in a world of privilege has made his life easy, which is exactly how he likes his women. But when a feisty redhead tells him no, he becomes determined to figure out what makes her tick. And what she’s hiding.
Spending a weekend together will change everything they think they know about each other. The closer they become, the harder it is to hide the mistakes they thought they’d left behind–mistakes that will stand in the way of what they both want.
Corin and Skylar will have to stop hiding from the darkness in their pasts if they want a bright future together. But how can you love someone if you can’t forgive them?
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REVIEW: GIVE ME YOU is a contemporary, new adult, spin off from Caisey Quinn’s KEEP ME STILL series. This is soccer player Skylar Martin, and college student Corin Connelly’s story line. You do not have to have read the previous series to understand the current story line.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Corin and Skylar) GIVE ME YOU is an emotional and heartbreaking tale that covers several years (from first year of college to approximately eight years later) in the life of Corin Connelly and Skylar Martin. At eighteen years of age, with her past mired in abuse and neglect, New York native Corin Connelly heads to California and a chance at freedom without having to face the sins of her past. Meeting and falling in love with rich boy Skylar Martin was never on the agenda, especially when it meant getting her heart broken on more than one occasion. Skylar was a bit of a player, completely out of her league, but a man who worshipped Corin from both near and far. An offer to play professional soccer will send Skylar half way around the world leaving Corin heartbroken and wondering where everything went wrong.
GIVE ME YOU takes an intimate look at two people who could not have been more different. Corin’s life long struggle to make something of herself will be rewarded with years of hard work; Skylar Martin has had everything handed to him, a rich boy with even wealthier connections, but a young man who will succeed at the very thing he likes to do best. The relationship between our couple begins as friends to lovers-there is quite a bit of sexual innuendo, and back and forth between Skylar and Corin. The sexual chemistry is palpable-their relationship dynamic is familiar and passionate. The $ex scenes are intimate without the over the top graphic sexual text and imagery.
Layla and Landen from Quinn’s KEEP ME STILL series play secondary and supporting characters including several chapters wherein the author refreshes the readers about what happened in the early weeks of first year college.
GIVE ME YOU is a passionate story line. The premise is imaginative; the characters are inspiring, colorful and profound; the romance is both heartbreaking and fated. There are moments of drama and revelations; love and loss; looking back and going forward. Caisey Quinn continues to write with passion and sympathy.
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Reviewed by Sandy
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Skylar makes his pouty face at me. “What is it with you and Mortal Combat? You know the 90’s have passed, right?”
“It’s the only one I can beat you at,” I admit. “So it’s my favorite.”
“For now, right?”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
He sighs and hands me my controller. “Well, last week that fucking annoying ass Justin Bieber song was your favorite. Then yesterday you changed the channel when it came on—said you were sick of it. Not that I’m complaining.”
I open my mouth to argue but he rushes on.
“Those shoes, the red ones you bought when we went to the mall last week? You kicked them into the back of your closet after wearing them once.”
Geez. Why the sudden interest in my shoes?
“I’m sorry, Sky. Did you want to borrow them?” I smirk, but he levels me with a hard glare. I have no idea why he’s so uptight about footwear.
“You’re missing the point.”
“I didn’t realize there was one.” My mouth is suddenly dry. I thought we were going to hang out and play games like the other night. Clearly something is on his mind.
“You toss everything aside when it stops holding your interest, when the new wears off. You get bored easily.”
“And this is a problem because…”
He smiles, but it doesn’t feel real. “Ever had a bad break up, Corin? Ever been so upset that a relationship ended that you cried yourself to sleep?”
More like I cried because I was in a relationship. “God no. Every break up I ever had was like ‘good riddance.’ You know?”
He nods as if he does in fact know and I can’t put my finger on exactly why, but the arrogance dancing across his face pisses me off.
I narrow my eyes as he returns his attention to the animated players facing off on the screen. “You trying to say something? If you are, go ahead and say it.”
He’s judging me, I think. That really fucking sucks. He was the one person that I never felt like that with, the one that never seemed to judge me. Aside from Layla, and even I see how her eyes go wide sometimes when I say something she finds shocking or appalling. But never Skylar. And now he is.
“Skylar.” I put my controller down because like hell I am hanging out with him if he’s going to be a judgmental prick.
He turns to me with raised brows.
“So I like new stuff, so I don’t wear the same old stuff over and over. Maybe I had to do that my whole life and I hated it. So yeah, I work hard so I can buy red stilettos I’ll only wear once. I don’t need your fucking approval.” My voice breaks, damn him to hell.
I don’t know why his few words feel like needle sticks to my soul but they do. Shoving up off the floor, I snatch my black flats up and prepare to leave. Layla and Landen are in the dorm so I don’t know where I’ll go, but I’ll figure something out.
“Hey,” he says evenly, grabbing my wrist and pulling me down awkwardly into his lap. “Calm down.”
I swallow and resist the urge to bolt. Breathing heavily, I look into his eyes. “What’s with the psychoanalysis, Sky? I do something to make you mad?”
He shakes his head no. “No, babe. You didn’t. I didn’t mean to be an ass about it. I just thought I should warn you.”
I lean back a bit because sitting on top of him like this is doing things to me. I’m tingling everywhere our bodies are touching while he remains perfectly calm and collected. “Warn me about what?”
His lips curl slowly upward and he leans his forehead in until it rests on mine. “I see you, how you are. How things catch your eye briefly before you move on to the next shiny thing before you get too attached.” I wiggle in frustration, but his hands hold me to his lap. “It’s not going to be that easy with me. I just thought you should know.”
“I’ve never had trouble moving on…from anyone.” Not even my own mother, not that he needs to know about her.
“Because you never met anyone worth missing. Until now.”
I huff out a breath, because for some majorly messed up reason, I think he might be right. “Can we just play the damn game, Skylar?” I gesture to the television and he nods.
His lips flatten a bit before he smirks again. “Sure, sweetheart. We can play the game. If that’s what you want.”
Something tells me we aren’t talking about Mortal Combat anymore. My heart is pounding as I slide off of his lap over into my spot. I wipe my sweat slick palms on my jeans and face the screen. Why am I so worked up over this weird ass conversation?
Because you never met anyone worth missing.
Until now.
Caisey Quinn lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her vivacious six-year-old daughter. She is the bestselling author of the Neon Dreams series (Avon/William Morrow) and the Kylie Ryans series as well as several New Adult and Contemporary Romance novels. You can find her online at www.caiseyquinnwrites.com and Tweeting entirely too often as @CaiseyQuinn.
She is represented by Kevan Lyon of the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
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Wonderful review Sandy. I love the New Adult story lines. Congratulations to Caisey
Great review, Sandy. This book sounds very good.
Very nice review, Sandy. Looks like a good NA story.
Wonderful review Sandy. Congrats to Caisey on the new release.
Terrific review, Sandy. Sounds good.
Another great review Sandy, thanks. Congratulations to Caisey on the new release.
Sounds great Sandy, thanks. I didn’t read the original series but I do have one or two of the books on my Kindle…lol
Wonderful review Sandy, thanks.