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Wrecked by Lauren Asher

57 reviews

adeela_books's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

4.3 stars ⭐️

"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖." 
- 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒂 

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I haven't read the others in this series but true to the statement it can very well be read as a standalone. This is my first F1 book and Lauren does play into the premise well. 

I enjoyed Wrecked and reading about Jax & Elena's love story as well as their personal healing journeys. The fact that these two were both broken souls that came together and found the beauty within each other made my heart MELT 🥺🥹 Its the kind of relationship anyone would want where the other cares,supports and believes in you when you never could. It came for my heart yall and I love these two together.

Elena was the perfect fmc and she made a great partner to Jax. I love how she never give up on him and how he was ready to give it all up for her.
Now our boy did his fair share at being a good boyfriend to her as well. They equally paired and matched together. 
That starting had my heart breaking for little Elena honestly and I kept waiting for the time both Elena and Jax would tell each other about their demons. Jax harboring self-hatred,anxiety and self destruction is something that hits hard to us that have anxiety and my heart went out to him. Initially I liked Elena more but as we read more into Jax's pov I started to like them both maybe Elena just a tiny bit more, coz she was so strong yet so sweet. 

Overall it was a beautiful relationship with realness about the ugly side of life. It wasn't just rainbows and unicorns like in a general romance. This dealt with heavy themes and Lauren did it so beautifully. I'm glad I got to read their story. 
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• GIFTED COPY FROM: Jonathan Ball Publishers, thank you! •

- @𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐚_𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧 
𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐚/𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐭𝐨𝐤 - 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, and Alcohol

mariaig's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness and Mental illness

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, and Alcohol

laurahollis's review against another edition

sad

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug use, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

saretta02's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Abandonment

kylasmv15's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Blood, Vomit, and Pregnancy

hjb_128's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism and Classism

witcheep's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy and Abandonment

karlapardo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Ok this book surprised me. Not my favorite of the series but it was a good book. It had some dark and heavy subjects but I think they were handled in a good way. Mental health was a big thing in this book and I think that Lauren was able to represent chronic anxiety very well. Chronic illness was also a main topic in this book and it surprised me, I didn’t expect this but I think it was a great thing plot wise. I think that it brought good conversations about therapy and medication management. I think that Jax was struggling a lot and it is very clear his development throughout the story. I struggled a bit with connecting with him, he was very annoying at some points but at the end of the day I liked his character, just not in the way I was expecting, and definitely not like Noah, Santiago and Liam. The way he handled some things was questionable and I think that’s why I struggled with his character. Elena was for me the best part of the book. She is such a strong MMC and such a great character overall. She had a very rough childhood and we can see how much she struggled with that but also was able to heal throughout the book. Something I didn’t not like about the book was the stereotypes that were placed in Elena and her family, it just didn’t fit with me and it pissed me off at some times. I do think not everyone would like this book, but there’s not much I could say about it. It’s just a book that you have to read and discover yourself and not based it off only on reviews. I would read it again if I were to read the whole series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, and Racism

demy_summer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

somebodys_fool's review against another edition

sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol