Release Date: August 25, 2014Publisher: Self-Published
259 Pages
Standalone sequel to Before He Was Famous (#1 in Coming of Age, FREE Kindle Books) Sometimes, you have to get lost to find yourself...
When her rock star boyfriend breaks things off out of the blue, Alyssa applies to hit reality TV show Deserted and to her shock she gets through. Abandoned on a remote island with a bunch of strangers and none of the luxuries she’s become accustomed to, it’s not long before an undeniable attraction to the mysterious Joshua starts complicating things even further.
Joshua's different to everyone she's ever known - a traveller, a man with no plan, a world away from the celebrity life she's left behind. As a series of challenges test their wits and weaknesses, things start heating up in paradise, but in a game designed to break people down, it soon becomes clear that Joshua is hiding a painful secret - one he won’t risk anyone finding out.
Struggling to know where she belongs, Alyssa will have to choose - a life she once loved that wants her back, or a brand new reality that heartbreakingly may just have its limits.
˃˃˃ "Becky does it again, delivering a searingly hot, emotionally intense and brilliantly written book. I loved it." - Sarah Alderson (author of Hunting Lila, Fated, The Sound)
***Warning: this book contains graphic language, sex, and mature situations. Not intended for young adult readers.***
Sometimes, you have to get
lost to find yourself...
Well, how about putting yourself on a remote island with
strangers competing for a grand prize? Is that lost enough? For Alyssa, it was
the perfect escape. Recently dumped by her superstar boyfriend, she was tired
of being known as ‘that girl’, she was tired of her dead-end job. She just
wanted to get away. When she finds out that Deserted,
a hit reality show, is looking for contestants for their next season, she jumps
at the chance to audition. What does she have to lose?
It’s on this island where she meets Joshua, another
contestant. Joshua is the resident drifter. He never stays in one place for too
long and he doesn’t have long-term relationships. Basically anything that will
hold him to one place, he discards it. But he’s on the island with one goal in
mind – to win. He needs the prize money desperately – although for what, we don’t
find out until the end.
The Survivor-esque
type background definitely fueled this book. We all know that reality TV is
mostly staged and competition ones don’t always show things as they happen, but
instead focus on what will get the most ratings. Before He Was Gone showed us what happens behind the scenes, what
the cameras don’t show us. The island was a beautiful backdrop to watch Alyssa
and Joshua get closer together.
I adored Alyssa. She knew what people thought about her –
that she was the spoiled celebrity girlfriend. But boy did she prove everyone
wrong. She was smart, a quick thinker, and willing to learn everything she
could to survive there. Then there’s Joshua who was such a mystery. He never
quite says what’s going on with him but instead his internal dialogue (mixed
with other people’s observations) hinted at something big. I loved reading his
scenes, he was very at one with the Island.
The side characters – aka the other contestants – rounded out
this book nicely. Along with the challenges, the vote-offs and tribunal
meetings, I felt like I was partaking in a reality show. You definitely do not
need to read Before He Was Famous
prior to reading this, what you need to know are mentioned in the story. And in
my opinion, this book surpasses the first.
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