We’re introduced to the Stone twins first, Colt and Creed.

Even though this is the first book, less than three-hundred pages, you still get a good feeling for the brothers. It means so much, more than words can describe.īeing introduced to the brothers was a whole entire experience in itself. I just have a lot of appreciation for Shiloh and the author creating this character. Shiloh constantly internally battles herself and we really get to see the highs and lows of the good and bad moments. That aside, Shiloh felt like such a realistic character.

To read about a character who has gone through so much, survived so much, and to watch that character keep fighting just fills my heart with so many emotions and makes my heart melt into a puddle. I can’t begin to express what it truly means to read about a character who has PTSD/trauma and it be so accurately done, to see the portrayal be handled so beautifully. When Shiloh’s night terrors begin to impact her neighbors, soon the four handsome brothers begin crawling their way into Shiloh’s life and little does she know that the loneliness that’s eating away at her will slowly start to edge away. Picking up the pieces from a dark past, Shiloh wants to start anew, to live a normal life and finally graduate high school, to do as much as possible with this second chance at life. Shiloh has just relocated to Arizona, where she’s about to start life all over again.

This won’t be a series for everyone because of all the content/trigger warnings and I just want to emphasize being in a good head space when picking this book, and series, up! I was completely sucked in and I ended up reading the next two books in the series, immediately after! There’s so much to unpack with this book, but I just want to say that please, please look at content and trigger warnings for this book and series as a whole. Let me be frank, this was a lot, but oh, I was hooked and I couldn’t set this book down. RostekĬontent/Trigger Warnings: Violence, depictions of blood, death/murder recounted, loss of loved ones, grief, PTSD/trauma, graphic night terrors and flashbacks, underage drinking/alcoholism, smoking, bullying, depictions of panic & anxiety attacks, scenes of emesis, stalking, slut shaming, sexual assault, rape, scene of drugging, scene with a spider

Free Me by Ashley N. Rostek