Overwhelmed by You Tour Stop! ~ Crystal's Many Reviewers

Love is ugly and secrets will destroy you.

KAT

I don’t beg.
I don’t cry.
And I don’t give second chances.

Ream, the lead guitarist of the rock band Tear Asunder, deserves a gold medal for best dick move ever when he ran the moment he discovered my secret after two days of hot sex. Then he brings some chick to my coming home party from the hospital—after being shot.
I hate him.

Until …

Ream’s six foot two frame unfolds out of the car after being gone on tour for eight months. I stared. And in my defense, any girl would stare. It would almost be rude not to because Ream was the type of guy who stood out. Not because he was loud and obnoxious. No, it was because he was the complete opposite. Subtle and dangerously quiet. If he spoke, you’d better hope he liked you because otherwise you’d be falling at his feet begging for mercy. Except me … I don’t beg—ever.
But when our eyes locked, it was Ream’s steady confidence that had my nerves shooting off like jet sprinklers.

Then…

Ream told me he didn’t need a second chance because he was still working on his first.

REAM

Sex is ugly. It’s using someone for your own narcissistic pleasure. I did it, but hated it—until her. She was unfuckinexpected. Then I had to wreck our beginning with my screwed up past. I don’t deserve her, but I’m selfish and I’m taking her anyway. This is who I am and it’s too late to change me.

*Warning contains violence, sexual content, and coarse language. Some scenes may be triggers. Mature audiences 18+

A contemporary romance with lots of angst.

Let me start by saying the while I have read With You, I have not yet read Torn from You (a situation I plan to rectify as soon as possible) so I wasn’t exactly what to expect. Fortunately, Overwhelmed by You can be read as a stand-alone without confusion; yes, there are references to things that happened in Torn from You, but nothing that left me feeling lost. I usually enjoy series in which the books can be read as a stand-alone but characters from previous books are present, and this was no exception – I thoroughly enjoyed Overwhelmed by You and devoured the book in a matter of hours.

Ream and Kat are the focus of this installment in the Tear Asunder series and theirs is a rocky journey full of twists and turns that will leave you with a sense of awe of everything they overcome as they attempt to move forward in their relationship … that is, when they finally agree to try to have one. Normally the number of plot twists that are found in this book leaves me feeling like the book is overly contrived; yet Ms. Rose succeeds in helping the reader navigate the couple’s conflicts in such a way that the incidents don’t feel forced. Ream and Kat’s relationship is explosive as they are both passionate people, which results in a lot of hurtful things being said as they fight the pull to one another. The nice thing about passionate characters is that it makes for some really hot sex scenes and Ms. Rose does not disappoint.

Overwhelmed by You is the story of two very broken people who shouldn’t work, yet do when they finally acknowledge that what they need in their lives is the other person. This is a very well-written book that can be read as a stand-alone, but I suspect the series will be more enjoyable when all of the books are read – something I hope to do sooner rather than later.

Nashoda Rose lives in Toronto with her assortment of pets. She writes contemporary romance with a splash of darkness, or maybe it’s a tidal wave. Her novella "With You" is the first in the Tear Asunder series, followed by the novel "Torn from You" and "Overwhelmed by You". When she isn’t writing, she can be found sitting in a field reading with her dog at her side while her horses graze nearby. She loves interacting with her readers on Facebook and chatting about her addiction—books.