You for Her

The Edge of Retaliation, Book 2

By: Bella Jewel

Narrated by: Chelsea Hatfield

Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

The second in the thrilling Edge of Retaliation Series is now here!

Dear Celia,

Your family are a bunch of....
Wait. No. It isn’t your fault.
None of this is your fault.
I’m sorry. I wish you knew how sorry I was.

Dear Andrea,

Your family and you are a bunch of....
Nope.
Still not it.
It’s not you I hate.

Dear Tanner,

You’re a monster.
A cold, broken monster.
I think they have a name for you, oh right, a sociopath.
A gorgeous, strong, incredible sociopath.
How could you do this to me?
So easily?
So effortlessly?
How?
Please, for the love of god, tell me how?
I trusted you. But you knew that, didn’t you?
It’s exactly what you wanted.
Where will it end?
Will it end?
I don’t want to have to hate you, can’t you see that?
I don’t want to have to seek my own revenge....
But you’ve left me no choice.

Dear Ethan,

Screw you.
You were my best friend.
How could you?
I have nothing else to say to you.
Nothing.

Dear Fate,

Well done. You won.
You won.

©2019 Bella Jewel (P)2019 Audible, Inc.

Edge of seat good

Such a good story line filled with twists. Great, strong and hate to love characters. Oh, the cliffhangers...

😢

This one hurt 😢 there's soooo much to unpack in this one and it's not what you hoped for.

Delve in to the madness

This is one h*!! of a twisted story that gets better with each page. The love, anguish, and revenge that you come across is beyond compare. It's something that you can picture playing out in real time.
I love the different views you can see and feel. They are all legitimate which makes each one hard to bare. Who is the bad guy? Is there one? Is anyone innocent? Can you love someone like that?
The ultimate questions though are how do you come to terms with all of it? how do you forgive? Is there a way to go on?

wow what a cliff

i loved this book even more than the first! Definite page turner and that ending had me shook

Definately an "in between" book

This book went by quickly. It did not feel like a idependent work, but a filler between book 1 and book 3. I still enjoyed following the story. Unfortunately, the writing lost the mystery almost entirely. Narration performance was still excellent. Story took some turns that didn't make sense to me. Decisions made by characters that didn't fit the way they were described.

Justice for Celia

The mission if you chose to accept it is to get justice for Celia Yates by Exposing the truth and Getting revenge. The story follows the friendships between Callie, Tanner, Jo, Tatum, and Ethan. These friendships test loyalty with secrets and lies stacked up against them.
After Callie returns from prison she goes head to head with the Yates. She’s back living in the same town as the Yates. It’s not the warm welcome she hoped to find.
Told in the first person from the voice of Callie. Callie plays couch detective searching for answers about Celia Yates. Callie spent six years in prison for a crime she didn’t commit. Reading like a junior detective this character driven story reveals many secrets.

It’s a wordy story. Bella Jewel expresses Callie’s feeling openly and honestly. The reader knows exactly how she feels at every moment. She also shares what she views from interacting with each of the minor characters. Bella puts every thought down on paper leaving very little to the imagination of the reader. Without the audiobook I most certainly would skim read this one.

Bella breaks her characters with pain, hurt, and anger. Then she pieces them back together with honesty. This was a dark subject. The topic of Celia’s death could trigger some readers.

This is the second book in The Edge of Retaliation. I’m so disappointed this series didn’t live up to what I’ve grown to expect from Bella Jewel’s writing voice. I just wasn’t hook by the storyline or the characters. The plot was unrealistic and convoluted. I find with Bella Jewel it’s a hit or miss for me. This series certainly was a miss. It just didn’t live up to what I’ve read of her previous work.

Number Thirteen, 72 Hours, Fleeting Moments, Life After Taylah, and Wingman were my top five reads by Bella Jewel. She’s got a good writing voice. Sometimes I connect with the story and other times I don’t.

Narrator:
Chelsea Hatfield was the solo female performer of this audiobook. I listened at 2X the speed using the audible app. This reduced listening from 6 hours to about 3 hours. This was an unabridged version allowing easy access to follow along with ebook. I enjoy investing in both the audiobook and ebook letting the narrator do all the work. Thanks Chelsea for doing the impossible by bringing life to this story and the characters. I would’ve skim read this one, but the audiobook saved me from doing that. It takes a great performer to voice both male and female characters. Chelsea is a skilled voice actor.

Emotional rollercoaster. Not in a good way.

This book took me through so many emotions. Annoyance, incredulity, irritation, impatience for the ending, relief. Book 1 had a great premise this is just stupid. You dont give someone a pass for trying to destroy you because they give you tingles. This is what a future abused wife looks like. And to put your friends life at risk for a dude? This girl is trash.