OUT OF LOVE by JEWEL E ANN

‘My lover. My protector. My world. My monster…’
‘My heart? It leaped, free falling into Slade Wylder’s world.
Vulnerable.
Frightened.
Suicidal.
Stupid, crazy, impulsive heart.’

Jewel E. Ann wrote one of our favourite series in Jack and Jill, so we cannot tell you how excited we were to read this standalone spin-off, which features Jackson’s daughter, Livy.  This Author is a magnificent writer and this series is perfect proof of that. Jewel E. Ann manages to thread angst, heat, love and suspense into one hell of a fantastic story that has that underlying fierceness and sarcasm we love so much. Jack and Jill was an epic love story with Out of Love being the icing on top of an extremely emotionally layered cake of outstanding tastiness. We were gripped completely and emotionally invested from the first page ’till the last. Shedding so many tears, needing copious freezer time, and laughing out loud.

“I know you think I’m overprotective, but there is nothing I wouldn’t do to protect you.”
“I know. And I love you for it.”

Our hearts…they furiously beat to the tone of the words, in amidst the laughs and the tears. Such a beautiful, exciting and thrilling love story. To be back with Jessica and Jackson was just wonderful, we cannot begin to explain how much we love these epic characters. Jewel E. Ann managed something quite extraordinary in Out of Love, this lady truly has an incredible talent and we are in awe of how amazing Out of Love was and how it made us feel. We were immediately transported back into the Jack & Jill world and felt as if we never left, such was the impact of this Author’s words.

“Did you know he slept on her grave for days while you were with your aunt? I watched him. I fed off his suffering.”

The time has arrived for Livy Knight to move away to college and leave her overprotective dad behind. Whilst yes, Livy is excited and embracing life with clear goals, she’s also living like a free spirit in the waves, unconsciously looking for a man who’s just like her dad. With that, comes, danger, betrayal, violence and heartbreak. Does anything really phase her though? She may be feisty, slightly manic in behaviour and a complete free spirit, yet her heart is big and vulnerable, and in many respects, she reminded us of her aunt Jessica! So, when she meets the mysterious and menacing-looking Slade Wylder, she cannot stay away. She’s mesmerised, perhaps even a tad obsessed. She knows he harbours deep dark secrets, his disappearances haunts her, his whole persona is stand-off-ish. But she cannot look away, stay away or even ignore the depth of her connection with him. Is she scared of him -yes and no- is he an arsehole, a resounding yes, but the heart wants what it wants and we cannot blame Liv for that, ours wanted him too.

“Wylder…I have a feeling you’re not going to like this…but I’m not going to be able to stop myself from doing it anyway.”
“What’s that?”
“Loving you.”

We wanted -no needed- this story to never end. Never. We finished Out of Love and wanted to start from the beginning again. We fell in love, deep deep love with Livy and with Wylder. Their story is compelling, dark, funny, sweet, hot! and so addictive. We felt like we were coming home amongst friends with Jackson and Jessica, needing more, wanting to catch up and spend time with them. We could never be done with this series. We love when our emotions are pulled through the wringer, we love when we have no idea where a story is going, we love uncovering a character; layer by layer. And we love when we laugh out loud and cry big fat ugly tears in the same breath. Oh and we love dogs too, so Jerry –sorry Wylder– Jericho stole our hearts too!

“Feel it?”
“What, Liv?”
“Wanting something so much it hurts.”