Personal Experiences (Personal #1) by Tracy Lee
Series:
Personal #1
Genres: Contemporary Romance, New Adult
Publication Date: Feb 25, 2014
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥
Elleny Barker and Trevor
McHale have loved each other since the second grade. Growing up in a
small Georgia town, they had the same group of friends and they all had
dreams of leaving Richland. Elle’s life was perfect; going to the
perfect college, had the perfect life plan of becoming a doctor and had
the perfect boyfriend going to college on a full ride football
scholarship. Until the day Elle’s life was turned upside down; making a
decision that she thought would be the best for both her and Trevor, she
turned to the one man she thought would be willing to help her,
Trevor’s best friend, Willie “Bear” Jackson. Seventeen years later;
Elleny ,is a changed woman,and it's not a good change. She has locked
her heart away and refuses to give it to anyone. Then it happened, a
millionaire, whose company just bought out the local plant where Elle’s
husband is a foreman moves into town; or should I say BACK into town;
turns out that it’s Trevor McHale. Secrets have kept them apart for
seventeen years; will they end up keeping them apart for the rest of
their lives? Life teaches us harsh lessons; Personal Experiences teach
us life’s true meaning.
WARNING
This e-book contains sexually
explicit scenes and adult language and may be considered offensive to
some readers. And are intended for sale to adults ONLY, as defined by
the laws of the country in which you made your purchase. Please store
your files wisely, where they cannot be accessed by under-aged readers.
Please
be advised as part of this story the main character endures spousal
abuse before escaping and setting off into a new life and grows to
overcomes her past. Some scenes contain some graphic, dark scenes that
are not for the light-hearted; including rape. Readers discretion
advised.
(Contains: Adult language, sexual MF participation, some violence and explicit scenes of arousal).
My Thoughts
"Baby, I will be anchored to you forever and always."
Wow this was a roller coaster ride! I was hooked from
the first page! I'm a sucker for childhood romance or second chance love
story so I was really looking forward to this book!
I loved the
premise of the book but Elleny pissed the shit out of me! I have mixed
feelings towards the heroine.. I don't know if I want to hug Elleny or
help Bear beat the sh*t out of her! She started off as a strong heroine-
sassy and confident but throughout the story she became weak and
stupiiiiid! I really wanted to like Elleny, I loved reading
helpless-abused heroine but her decisions, unnecessary dramas and the
way she handled everything was too much for me. She was stupid, weak and
selfish (and yes, I put SELFISH!) I had to put my kindle down and calm
myself coz seriously, she gave me a headache! The abused was well
written, it triggered so many emotions on me but it also made me hate
her. I wanted to strangle her for being once again,
stupid for putting up with that shit for years!!
Some might think that she's an amazing mother for sacrificing and protecting...
yadayada! I know she has some reasons
WHY, WHEN, WHERE, WHO, HOW ...
but to exposed your children from all these? Soooo not worth it woman!
"Babe, you're not broken your just damaged. Remember… bendable…not breakable"
I guess the only good thing about this book was TJ! He
knew since second grade that Elleny was the one. He's awesome and once
again, I felt like straggling Elleny for this! I just really wished we
could get in his head too. I wanted to know why it took him YEARS to
come back! What happened to him in those years? There was a small
glimpse that he had a gf (seems serious) but he ended it all of a
sudden.. WHY? There were so many unanswered questions. :(
Bear on
the other hand is.. er.. BEAR. I actually liked him from the beginning
and it kinda broke my heart that he became like a monster. I know he's
the villain in this book but I couldn't help but feel something for this
man.
Other than the heroine, I also didn't like the flashbacks
and sex scenes.. It was good to see their past but the flashbacks were
too many and slow. I wanted to just move forward and focus on the
present.
Now the sex scenes...
Don't get me wrong, I felt their love from one another but the sex
scenes felt so forced and scripted. I love me some passionate humping
but all the yelling "TJ!! Ahhhhhh!" was awkward and just didn't feel right.
Sorry for my mini rant... I just finished the book and I have so many emotions running through me right now but despite everything, I honestly enjoyed this book! lol. I know right?
Doesn't make sense with all my bitching up there. But Elleny and TJ's
love story was painful yet beautiful. I loved reading something that
would make me
feel.. and god I felt everything!! Yes, I didn't
like the heroine but I wanted to see her HEA. After all the crap they
have been through, TJ and Elleny deserved it! I was totally emotionally
drained but in a good contentment way. The epilogue killed me.. it was
so perfect!
I highly recommend this to anyone who's looking for
some gripping love story. Just grab some tissue and prepare yourself
emotionally and mentally... Lol!
Personal Series
About the Author
Tracy lives with her husband
and 4 children in a small town just outside Tulsa, Ok. Originally from
Brandon, Florida she was a city girl at heart. Wanting a change of
scenery, she packed her kids up and moved to Oklahoma where now she’s
seen snow, touched farm animals and has cows in her back yard.
Being a
stay at home mom, an avid reader and part-time blogger; she decided to
put the three of them together and try her hand at writing and fell in
love. In between running kids from band practice to PTO meetings, she
enjoys her “me time” working on a little bit of her next book. She
thoroughly enjoys head-banging heavy metal and a kickass game of Black
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