Review | Full Tilt (Full Tilt #1) by Emma Scott --> 4.5 Stars
TITLE: Full Tilt
SERIES: Full Tilt #1
AUTHOR: Emma Scott
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
RELEASE DATE: June 28th, 2016
"I would love you forever, if I only had the chance..." Kacey Dawson has always lived life on the edge--impulsively, sometimes recklessly. And now, as lead guitarist for a hot up-and-coming band, she is poised at the brink of fame and fortune. But she is torn between wanting to be a serious musician, and the demons that lure her down the glittering, but alcohol-soaked path of rock stardom. A wrecked concert in Las Vegas threatens to ruin her career entirely. She wakes up with the hangover from hell and no memory of the night before, or how she ended up on her limo driver’s couch... Jonah Fletcher is running out of time. He knows his situation is hopeless, and he's vowed to make the most of the handful of months he has left to him. His plans include seeing the opening of his glass installation at a prestigious art gallery…they do not include falling in love with a wild, tempestuous rock musician who wound up passed out on his couch. Jonah sees that Kacey is on a path to self-destruction. He lets her crash with him for a few days to dry out and get her head on straight. But neither of them expected the deep connection they felt, or how that connection could grow so fast from friendship into something more. Something deep and pure and life-changing…something as fragile as glass, that they both know will shatter in the end no matter how hard they try to hold on to it. --- Full Tilt is a story about what it means to love with your whole heart, to sacrifice, to experience terrible grief and soaring joy. To live life with all its beauty, and all its pain, and in the end to be able to smile through tears and know you wouldn’t have changed a thing.
Wow! This book was so touching, heart-breaking and powerful. Full Tilt was my first read by Emma Scott and definitely not the last. Every line of this story was beautifully written and intensely felt.
I loved Jonah and Kacey’s relationship so much. It’s like they need each other at that moment in their life and meet by fate. Jonah is in the last miles of his short life and Kacey in a wild period of searching; they’re both looking for something mysterious that’s missing and ultimately finding it with each other.
They couldn’t be more different, but they complete each other so well. I appreciated how their relationship gradually evolved from friends to lovers. In the short amount of time they spend together, they still learn so much from the other. I felt myself chocked and fighting sobs through some sequences of this heartfelt story and by the end I was a complete mess of tears.
Jonah and Kacey’s story affected me deeply. You know from the start that their love story is doomed, but can’t help diving deeper into this poignant romance and feel everything.
Emma Scott created the perfect mix of sweet, beautiful, hopeful and sad with Full Tilt. This story will stay with me for the profound emotions it delivers and the stunning way it was told.
** Review copy received via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review **
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