Review: Destroy Me by Shana Vanterpool

Posted February 28, 2016 by Shannon in Reviews, Shannon / 0 Comments

Review:  Destroy Me by Shana VanterpoolDestroy Me by Shana Vanterpool
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Published by Macmillan/Swoon Romance Publication Date: March 8th 2016
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DESTROY ME is book one in the New Adult romance Crystal Gulf Series.
Bach lives his life with honesty and without restraints, happy to be known as a sexy as all hell, unapologetic asshole.
When he drinks, he drinks hard.
When he wants a woman, he makes sure she knows it.
When he opens his mouth, it’s either to piss someone off or to turn someone on.
You can normally find him with one hand on a bottle and one hand on a woman, trying to forget his past.
Harley Evans is a twenty-one-year-old year old college student. She's a good girl who fell hard for Dylan, who’d promised her forever. But Dylan, Bach’s best buddy, lied.
He enlisted in the Army, crushing Harley with equal parts anger and sadness. She’d already lost her father to that choice. Heartbroken, she falls back into depression.
Stuck in Crystal Gulf all summer with little to do, Harley needs a distraction. Enter Bach, sexy as f*#ck distraction, ready and willing.
Dylan’s not all bad though. Before he left, he asked Bach to watch out for Harley, knowing she’d never go for a guy like Bach. She’s too good for him. Too good for anyone.
But Dylan was wrong. He never should have left them together. Bach is there to pick up the pieces Dylan left behind. Soon pieces aren't enough. He wants more, needs more Harley.
DESTROY ME is dark, sexy, heartbreaking, and intoxicating.

Cocktails and Books received this book for free from Provided by Author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect our opinion of the book or the content of our review.

This book was one hot mess because of our hero, Bach Bachman.  Despite his boatload of issues, including his drinking, drug use and womanizing, there was something about Bach that made it hard to discount him.  Despite everything he did, it was easy to forgive him, just like Harley.

Harley and Bach seem like an unlikely duo.  As he calls her, she’s a square and he’s Bach.  Being with Harley calms the demons inside of Bach, which was something only Dylan (Bach’s best friend and Harley’s ex could do).  So begins the ugly push/pull of Bach and Harley.  He pulls her in when he’s beaten down by his demons and then pushes her away when he thinks they only way to fix him is through booze, drugs and women.

Harley has her own issues, mainly being able to trust people, but with Bach she’s willing for forgive his lies each and every time.  It’s almost as if she can see what everyone else ignores and hopes by constantly welcoming Bach to her, he’ll eventually let her in.  Of course, it’s not easy and he does break her heart more than he fills it, but she’s committed to the fight and refuses to abandon the man so many already have.

This isn’t a hard book to get through.  Bach is Bach for a very good, very horrifying reason.  He doesn’t deal with his demons well, which makes him into a huge douchebag you want to scream at.  But, like Harley, I found myself soldiering through.  I had a hard time putting this book down, when I knew I should.

This was my first Shana Vanterpool book and I’ll definitely be looking for me.  She gave me that angsty, sometimes cringe-worthy read, that I’d been looking for.

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I am a lover of alpha males with dirty mouths, strong heroines putting alpha males in their place, and the Chicago Blackhawks. I'm a proud hockey mom who can often be found at the hockey rink cheering on my favorite forward, with my kindle close by.