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saraive's review against another edition
3.0
3.5
Que beeen, me apetecía un montón ler un romance de instituto. Cliché de grupo de amigos populares sempre entra ben e a protagonista non me cae mal, que é un aspecto positivo.
Si é certo que igual o tema principal non está ben tratado pero ao final é un libro para entreter e moi fácil de ler.
Só digo: O PROTAGONISTA ESCRIBE CARTAS DE AMOR SE ME DERRITE O CORAZÓN
Que beeen, me apetecía un montón ler un romance de instituto. Cliché de grupo de amigos populares sempre entra ben e a protagonista non me cae mal, que é un aspecto positivo.
Si é certo que igual o tema principal non está ben tratado pero ao final é un libro para entreter e moi fácil de ler.
Só digo: O PROTAGONISTA ESCRIBE CARTAS DE AMOR SE ME DERRITE O CORAZÓN
mercedezrosebooks9's review against another edition
5.0
I swear I couldn’t get enough of Ava she was always so defined and confident even when she wasn’t. Knox is super protective and dark. This romance was unexpected but worth it.
lmrivas54's review against another edition
5.0
When I started to read this book, I was disconcerted because I immediately recognized the story, having read it before. So I looked up information and realized that this was a novella featured in Team Player 2, and the author revised it and extended into a full story. And all I want to say is, thank you! As a short story it was beautiful, now in long form, it’s even better.
Even though the story starts with a rape, there’s so much more. It’s the story of a girl who surpasses even the highest obstacles to go where she wants, a girl who has so much fire in her that not even the most horrible moment will defeat her. Ava comes from a Nun’s charity home, she attends school at Camden Prep as a scholarship student. She has stellar grades and a lot of ambition to study, have a career and take care of her little brother Tyler. As in all ritzy schools, there are the popular boys, the mean girls and the invisible ones. Ave tried, but she’s too beautiful and too powerful to be invisible. She intrigued the boys and alienated the girls. After her horrible event, she left for a few months and came back, stronger than ever, intent on winning, revenge, and showing all these a-holes that she was stronger than them and she would prevail.
Her days are horrible, the students are vile, and she only has two friends Wyatt and Piper. However, there’s one guy in the Sharks, the football team, who seems to blow hot and cold, and at times shows his real persona, vulnerable and as broken up as she is. I loved Knox! He was intriguing and intense, passionate and caring. His brother is also having a hard time so he’s torn between wanting to develop something with Ava or giving first priority to his brother who is in a downward spiral. Of course, Ava is poor and came from a drug-addict mother who abandoned her with her baby brother. Knox and his twin Dane are wealthy but equally broken, with a crappy absentee father, more intent on business than his sons. They seem to have it all but inside they are struggling. This author did such a good job in illustrating the agonies and struggles of YA’s during senior year.
Parts of the story are cruel, others are tender and just delightful. I loved Ava and Knox’s story, even though it was fraught with obstacles, an enemy that doesn’t want to be caught, friends who don’t want them together and their siblings who need attention and caring. This author writes such a fantastic story, so full of feelings and feisty girls, intense and brooding boys, and the drama of high school increased with violent intentions. It was delightful and so heartfelt, I loved reading it all over again, and enjoying the extra scenes.
Even though the story starts with a rape, there’s so much more. It’s the story of a girl who surpasses even the highest obstacles to go where she wants, a girl who has so much fire in her that not even the most horrible moment will defeat her. Ava comes from a Nun’s charity home, she attends school at Camden Prep as a scholarship student. She has stellar grades and a lot of ambition to study, have a career and take care of her little brother Tyler. As in all ritzy schools, there are the popular boys, the mean girls and the invisible ones. Ave tried, but she’s too beautiful and too powerful to be invisible. She intrigued the boys and alienated the girls. After her horrible event, she left for a few months and came back, stronger than ever, intent on winning, revenge, and showing all these a-holes that she was stronger than them and she would prevail.
Her days are horrible, the students are vile, and she only has two friends Wyatt and Piper. However, there’s one guy in the Sharks, the football team, who seems to blow hot and cold, and at times shows his real persona, vulnerable and as broken up as she is. I loved Knox! He was intriguing and intense, passionate and caring. His brother is also having a hard time so he’s torn between wanting to develop something with Ava or giving first priority to his brother who is in a downward spiral. Of course, Ava is poor and came from a drug-addict mother who abandoned her with her baby brother. Knox and his twin Dane are wealthy but equally broken, with a crappy absentee father, more intent on business than his sons. They seem to have it all but inside they are struggling. This author did such a good job in illustrating the agonies and struggles of YA’s during senior year.
Parts of the story are cruel, others are tender and just delightful. I loved Ava and Knox’s story, even though it was fraught with obstacles, an enemy that doesn’t want to be caught, friends who don’t want them together and their siblings who need attention and caring. This author writes such a fantastic story, so full of feelings and feisty girls, intense and brooding boys, and the drama of high school increased with violent intentions. It was delightful and so heartfelt, I loved reading it all over again, and enjoying the extra scenes.
booksrlush_'s review against another edition
5.0
This book surprised me so much, so much to talk about full thoughts coming just know I’m SWOONING
raplam's review against another edition
2.0
As I read the blurb I thought "Hell yes!"
But in chapter 3 (I think) the secret admirer was revealed.. it was a veeeery slow read, I nearly dnf
Triggers: drug abuse, rape, violence, alcoholism
But in chapter 3 (I think) the secret admirer was revealed.. it was a veeeery slow read, I nearly dnf
Triggers: drug abuse, rape, violence, alcoholism
taniamg's review against another edition
5.0
Ava and Knox, ❤️. These two started out rough but it was a lot to it. She experienced a terrible thing and unbeknown to her Knox made it his business to find out who hurt her. At first they had a love hate relationship that slowly started developing into more. The way he pursued her and won her over was very romantic. Their love story had some sadness and so much emotion in it. You can’t help but root for them. They were so many characters that were likeable that in one way or another contributed to the development and growth of Ava and Knox relationship. I can’t say much because this is one that you need to read without spoilers and see how everything comes together. I must say that the last chapters and epilogues are downright beautiful and swoony.
heatherb528's review against another edition
5.0
Amazing book!! Ilsa Madden-Mills knows how to pull at ALL of your heart strings and give you all the feels with Knox and Ava.
booknerd_1107's review against another edition
5.0
Dear Ava
**received an ARC in exchange for an honest review**
5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
I am absolutely in love with this book! Ilsa Madden-Mills tells a story about two lost individuals who have been through some devastating times, but if they could open up to their feelings for one another they could maybe heal one another. Ilsa doesn’t hold back in this book and while you are rooting for Ava and Knox you can’t help but feel everything they are feeling. Each one has their own demons to fight and conquer and I love just the strength they both have. They don’t shy away from the challenges they face and they also realize that there are sacrifices they have to make first before they can truly heal. This is definitely a must read.
Ava doesn’t know what really happened that night. She knows she was raped and whoever did it was someone she knew from the football team, but she doesn’t know who did it. And now she is back at school ready to fight for her memory of what happened and doesn’t care what those at school have to say about her, she is ready to fight for herself.
Knox is stunned that Ava has come back to school after what happens, and can’t help but feel admiration for her. He has always been intrigued by her, and has wanted her, but she belonged to Chance and he knows his best friend still feels something for her even though after that night Chance and Ava have been over. Can he keep his feelings to himself while looking out for her and trying to figure out who hurt her?
As the weeks go on, Ava and Knox are forced together for a class and as they spend more time with one another, their walls begin to come down. But will they be able to let they all the way down and let one another in? Or are the secrets, the truth, and their feelings too much from them to overcome?
**received an ARC in exchange for an honest review**
5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
I am absolutely in love with this book! Ilsa Madden-Mills tells a story about two lost individuals who have been through some devastating times, but if they could open up to their feelings for one another they could maybe heal one another. Ilsa doesn’t hold back in this book and while you are rooting for Ava and Knox you can’t help but feel everything they are feeling. Each one has their own demons to fight and conquer and I love just the strength they both have. They don’t shy away from the challenges they face and they also realize that there are sacrifices they have to make first before they can truly heal. This is definitely a must read.
Ava doesn’t know what really happened that night. She knows she was raped and whoever did it was someone she knew from the football team, but she doesn’t know who did it. And now she is back at school ready to fight for her memory of what happened and doesn’t care what those at school have to say about her, she is ready to fight for herself.
Knox is stunned that Ava has come back to school after what happens, and can’t help but feel admiration for her. He has always been intrigued by her, and has wanted her, but she belonged to Chance and he knows his best friend still feels something for her even though after that night Chance and Ava have been over. Can he keep his feelings to himself while looking out for her and trying to figure out who hurt her?
As the weeks go on, Ava and Knox are forced together for a class and as they spend more time with one another, their walls begin to come down. But will they be able to let they all the way down and let one another in? Or are the secrets, the truth, and their feelings too much from them to overcome?
razmitaz's review against another edition
5.0
“Scars serve as medals of honor, and the strongest hearts have the most. I like your scars. Share them”
Without sounding so dramatic this book made me feel something. It feels so rare to find characters that you connect with and this book made me root for them. Even though Ava has a pretty intense back story it does builds up your support of her and wanting to see her succeed and find a trustworthy person to have in her corner and is the reason why Knox deserves ample rewards for being her hero
Like other reviews mentioned please be warned of the TWs
Without sounding so dramatic this book made me feel something. It feels so rare to find characters that you connect with and this book made me root for them. Even though Ava has a pretty intense back story it does builds up your support of her and wanting to see her succeed and find a trustworthy person to have in her corner and is the reason why Knox deserves ample rewards for being her hero
Like other reviews mentioned please be warned of the TWs
hayleysnextpage's review against another edition
4.25
- high school romance
- high angst (check TWs)
- hate to love
- best friend's ex
- football player
- opposites attract: "charity case" x rich guy
- 🌶️/5 (two scenes, minor detail)
- dual pov
- narrated by Savannah Peachwood & Zachary Webber
She finally listened to Dear Ava and gets the hype! This book is for my fellow angst lovers, as it's not a light and fluffy YA romance. Ava and Knox are both dealing with a lot, including Ava returning to school after snitching about being sexually assaulted at a football party and then being targeted. Meanwhile, Knox is trying to care for his twin brother.
"But you can't take a beautiful, soft flower and crush it under your cleats, not when she's halfway to broken already."
Knox and Ava's relationship is a roller coaster. They hate each other, tolerate each other, give in to their feelings for each other, and then she pushes him away. These two are the definition of right person, wrong time, but this makes the ending much sweeter.
"Lee Knox Grayson, I love you till the end of time. I never stopped. I never gave up. You're my destiny. I'm yours. The universe fucking owes me, you feel me?"
I highly recommend the audiobook, as these are two of my favourite narrators.
- high angst (check TWs)
- hate to love
- best friend's ex
- football player
- opposites attract: "charity case" x rich guy
- 🌶️/5 (two scenes, minor detail)
- dual pov
- narrated by Savannah Peachwood & Zachary Webber
She finally listened to Dear Ava and gets the hype! This book is for my fellow angst lovers, as it's not a light and fluffy YA romance. Ava and Knox are both dealing with a lot, including Ava returning to school after snitching about being sexually assaulted at a football party and then being targeted. Meanwhile, Knox is trying to care for his twin brother.
"But you can't take a beautiful, soft flower and crush it under your cleats, not when she's halfway to broken already."
Knox and Ava's relationship is a roller coaster. They hate each other, tolerate each other, give in to their feelings for each other, and then she pushes him away. These two are the definition of right person, wrong time, but this makes the ending much sweeter.
"Lee Knox Grayson, I love you till the end of time. I never stopped. I never gave up. You're my destiny. I'm yours. The universe fucking owes me, you feel me?"
I highly recommend the audiobook, as these are two of my favourite narrators.