*****5 Stars*****
I have been looking forward to this book so much since reading the amazing Carnage series and the author did not disappoint. This is another emotion charged read that certainly requires tissues to hand but also hilarious in parts and at times I was crying and laughing at Marley. A brilliantly executed book and I loved the style in which Marley’s story was delivered as a book within a book.
I am just in love with Marley after reading his story, from the start you learn how much he loves his family with a passion and though we learnt in the Carnage books that he made some bad judgements as a youngster he has worked hard at correcting his mistakes. I loved how within Marley’s story we also got Maca’s story and how he was faring after the fallout of the devastation of his relationship with Georgia.
Marley certainly lived up to the rockstar lifestyle and I loved reading of his exploits around the world as he lived up to the Carnage name of his band, mainly by himself, and pulling a heartbroken Maca along with him. His guilt at his involvement in Maca’s situation was obvious and left him torn between his family and friend which I hadn’t understood before but really seemed to define Marley as a character. The fallouts from his antics that had Len his brother and band manager picking up the pieces after him until he met his match in Ashley had me chuckling. I love Ashley, she was no pushover from the start.
It was great catching up with all the characters from the Carnage series and seeing how life was treating them too. I could carry on telling you the numerous aspects of Marley’s story as I loved everything about this book. A brilliant addition to the Carnage series.
I am just in love with Marley after reading his story, from the start you learn how much he loves his family with a passion and though we learnt in the Carnage books that he made some bad judgements as a youngster he has worked hard at correcting his mistakes. I loved how within Marley’s story we also got Maca’s story and how he was faring after the fallout of the devastation of his relationship with Georgia.
Marley certainly lived up to the rockstar lifestyle and I loved reading of his exploits around the world as he lived up to the Carnage name of his band, mainly by himself, and pulling a heartbroken Maca along with him. His guilt at his involvement in Maca’s situation was obvious and left him torn between his family and friend which I hadn’t understood before but really seemed to define Marley as a character. The fallouts from his antics that had Len his brother and band manager picking up the pieces after him until he met his match in Ashley had me chuckling. I love Ashley, she was no pushover from the start.
It was great catching up with all the characters from the Carnage series and seeing how life was treating them too. I could carry on telling you the numerous aspects of Marley’s story as I loved everything about this book. A brilliant addition to the Carnage series.
Reviewed by Vikki Ryan
From the author of Carnage 1&2, comes this follow up novel. Marley tells the story of Carnage from Marley Layton’s POV. It will give you the missing years. Marley is a companion novel to Carnage 1&2 and both of those books should be read first.
Want to know what really happened in that hotel room in Paris?
Want to know if the rumours of Marley, Sean and their sexploits were true?
We got to watch Georgia fall apart but what was Sean going through in those four years they were separated?
Marley will give you the answers but he might just break your heart along the way.
"‘So, they want me to write a book? They want to know about my band, my life, my loves and my losses. But they have no idea what they’re asking for. If I give them what they want, they’ll get so much more than the sex and drugs and the rock and roll they’re expecting. They’ll get the secrets that I’ve kept for so long, they’ll get an insight into the person I really am, or at least was. They think they know my story, they know nothing.
If I do this, if I write honestly and give them the ugly truth, people will get hurt. People that I love, people that have already suffered in the worst possible ways.
Do I do this, or do I walk away? Taking my secrets to the grave."
Marley is an adult contemporary romance. It contains content suitable only for grownups with an open mind. There are scenes of group sex which include m/f/m a little bit of f/m/m and even some f/f/f/m/m/f/f/f. There is drinking and drug taking involved. A lot of swearing, some Essex slang and some very high emotion. Please don’t complain after reading this book that you weren't warned.
And yes, of course you’ll need tissues.
Want to know what really happened in that hotel room in Paris?
Want to know if the rumours of Marley, Sean and their sexploits were true?
We got to watch Georgia fall apart but what was Sean going through in those four years they were separated?
Marley will give you the answers but he might just break your heart along the way.
"‘So, they want me to write a book? They want to know about my band, my life, my loves and my losses. But they have no idea what they’re asking for. If I give them what they want, they’ll get so much more than the sex and drugs and the rock and roll they’re expecting. They’ll get the secrets that I’ve kept for so long, they’ll get an insight into the person I really am, or at least was. They think they know my story, they know nothing.
If I do this, if I write honestly and give them the ugly truth, people will get hurt. People that I love, people that have already suffered in the worst possible ways.
Do I do this, or do I walk away? Taking my secrets to the grave."
Marley is an adult contemporary romance. It contains content suitable only for grownups with an open mind. There are scenes of group sex which include m/f/m a little bit of f/m/m and even some f/f/f/m/m/f/f/f. There is drinking and drug taking involved. A lot of swearing, some Essex slang and some very high emotion. Please don’t complain after reading this book that you weren't warned.
And yes, of course you’ll need tissues.
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