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A review by bookishzoe
Where Good Girls Go To Die by Holly Renee
5.0
“I may have been a good girl then, but you destroyed every piece of her. I actually feel bad for Emily, because you, Parker James, are where good girls go to die.”
People come into our lives for a multitude of reasons. Some come for fleeting moments, some are there for a lifetime, and then there are those, the ones who it doesn’t matter how long they are a part of your life. They make such an impact that a moment with them is more poignant than a lifetime with someone else.
“I’m done missing out on things with you, so I’m dancing with you now.”
“So why now?” I teased, feeling overwhelmed by the way he was looking at me. “I think the better question is what took me so long.”
But a broken heart was the worst listener in the world, and all that bitch could see was him. She didn’t care about anything else. It is easy to swallow down the lies when your heart is hungry.
“Don’t say that shit again, Livy.” His voice was stern, and I didn’t push him. “I have never wanted something so bad in my life.”
his mouth was next to my ear and he was whispering words that I never thought I’d hear. “I love you, Olivia.” “Parker.” His name was a cry on my lips. “I do. I fucking love you.”
She was chaos and madness, her heart never sitting still for long, and when I was with her, everything else crumbled away and I felt like I was home.
Emily was safe. She was the exact opposite from Livy, but in that moment, being safe terrified me more. I needed to know that I would taste the chaos again, and even though Livy’s fire scared the shit out of me, I had more fear of never again feeling her burn.
“You’re not supposed to marry someone because you’re scared of hurting them, Parker. You’re supposed to marry someone who sets you on fire. Someone who you can’t stop thinking about and who thinks about you more than they do themselves.”
it was impossible to tell your heart not to care when it had done nothing but care for so long.
“But my biggest regret, something I will live with for the rest of my life, is that you didn’t know how much I have loved you since I was sixteen years old. Every day, every single day, I have loved you. As much as I tried,” he cupped my chin in his hand. “I have never figured out how to not be madly in love with everything you do.”
I wanted him to dig his fingers into my soul and make love to the storm inside me. I wanted him to remind me how to breathe by taking my breath away, to love me recklessly.
What I needed was to feel his fire and know that I wasn’t burning alone.
I would take being bad with Parker James a million times over being good with anyone else.
People come into our lives for a multitude of reasons. Some come for fleeting moments, some are there for a lifetime, and then there are those, the ones who it doesn’t matter how long they are a part of your life. They make such an impact that a moment with them is more poignant than a lifetime with someone else.
“I’m done missing out on things with you, so I’m dancing with you now.”
“So why now?” I teased, feeling overwhelmed by the way he was looking at me. “I think the better question is what took me so long.”
But a broken heart was the worst listener in the world, and all that bitch could see was him. She didn’t care about anything else. It is easy to swallow down the lies when your heart is hungry.
“Don’t say that shit again, Livy.” His voice was stern, and I didn’t push him. “I have never wanted something so bad in my life.”
his mouth was next to my ear and he was whispering words that I never thought I’d hear. “I love you, Olivia.” “Parker.” His name was a cry on my lips. “I do. I fucking love you.”
She was chaos and madness, her heart never sitting still for long, and when I was with her, everything else crumbled away and I felt like I was home.
Emily was safe. She was the exact opposite from Livy, but in that moment, being safe terrified me more. I needed to know that I would taste the chaos again, and even though Livy’s fire scared the shit out of me, I had more fear of never again feeling her burn.
“You’re not supposed to marry someone because you’re scared of hurting them, Parker. You’re supposed to marry someone who sets you on fire. Someone who you can’t stop thinking about and who thinks about you more than they do themselves.”
it was impossible to tell your heart not to care when it had done nothing but care for so long.
“But my biggest regret, something I will live with for the rest of my life, is that you didn’t know how much I have loved you since I was sixteen years old. Every day, every single day, I have loved you. As much as I tried,” he cupped my chin in his hand. “I have never figured out how to not be madly in love with everything you do.”
I wanted him to dig his fingers into my soul and make love to the storm inside me. I wanted him to remind me how to breathe by taking my breath away, to love me recklessly.
What I needed was to feel his fire and know that I wasn’t burning alone.
I would take being bad with Parker James a million times over being good with anyone else.