Title:  The Lost and the Scarred

Series:  Kingston City Limits

Author:  T. Marie Alexander

Genre:  YA / NA Contemporary Romance

ROX
When I was six, Wran Belmont found me buried in snow and gave me a place to live.

He became my best friend.

When I was fifteen, I gave him all of me—only for him to abandon me.

Now, he’s back and expecting the lost, scarred girl he’s left behind. I’m not that girl anymore. And while I may still have secrets, it will not be as easy for him to retrieve them this time around.

WRAN
When I was eleven, my father lost his job and became a pathetic excuse for a father. A few months later I found Roxanna Raine buried in snow, barely hanging on to life.

Her father was the reason mine was an alcoholic, and I thought about letting her freeze to death.

One look in her eyes and she became my kryptonite. I swore I would get my revenge, though, even if it was on the fair-skinned beauty.

When I was nineteen, I left Rox without an explanation—broken-hearted and even more lost.

Now, I’m back and I’ll do anything to make up for the stolen time.

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47147360-the-lost-and-the-scarred

Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VBPGH7P

The Lost and Scarred is a tough book to rate for me. While I was immediately pulled into the story, there are also quite a few things that I had issues with.

Ms. Alexander truly knows how to grip her readers attention and keep them glued to the story; there is no denying that. I was quickly devouring this book from start to finish because I had to know what would happen next and the suspense of it all was very gripping.

It’s within that gripping plot where I had problems with the dynamics of the characters. I have no problems with the push and pull of the main characters. It always adds another element of suspense to the story, however with this book, it was too much. These characters frustrated me to no end with their back and forth. While Roxy would forgive or look the other way for something that Wran did, she couldn’t see past something so juvenile that Caden does. And that’s just one thing that irked me. I won’t say anything else in fear of giving parts of the story away, but it’s the characters and their personalities that really hurt this story for me.

Overall, yes it is very enticing and gripping story. As much as the characters frustrated me, I was still hooked on the story and had to know where things ended. I am definitely going to read the next book as the author has left the ending wide open for further development and many things unanswered.

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