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4 "Strawberry Wine" "Hello." Kisses

You never forget your first love. The first person you give you heart to...the first person you share your dreams with...they will always hold a piece of your soul. That is what Wish I May made me remember. This book is e-freakin-motional to the 10th degree and I loved every agonizing second of it. After Unbreak Me , I was aching for Will to get his HEA and I'll be damned if that boy didn't earn it. Oh...and if you haven't read Unbreak Me ...I highly recommend it. Wish I May is the second book in the New Hope series, and a lot of the characters and story line might not make as much sense if you haven't read Unbreak Me.

Cally Fisher...every now and then I get hit with these agonizingly broken heroines that just make me want to scoop them up and save them. Because they need it. Badly. And Cally needs more than saving. She needs healing...she has spent her whole life not living for herself. Since she was 16 she hasn't been able to make one choice for herself. She is possibly one of the most selfless heroines I have ever read and my heart broke for her for every decision she had to make. She is brave, she is strong and she is an amazing big sister. Every choice she has ever made was for Drew and Gabby, her little sisters, and what she could do to make their lives better, to save them from going through what she has had to. And even when she is finally given the opportunity to do what she wants...with the boy she has always loved...she still struggles.

`"Look at you. You're all grown up." He grins, and my knees go a little weak. How could I have forgotten the effect this man's smile has on my knees?
"I could say the same for you." I bite my lip. Hopefully no drool has escaped.
That knee-killing grin grows wider. I'm toast.'

William Bailey...I fell in love with Will in Unbreak Me...so I was already swooning for him before he even said one word in Wish I May. My poor Will is just as broken as Cally, but in very different ways. He has never had a family and he wants so desperately to have one. He wants a life that he can share with someone, he wants a marriage and his forever...we saw that clearly with his actions in Unbreak Me. And now...against all logic, the girl that has always owned his heart comes back into his life. He shouldn't want her, he shouldn't still love her, she broke him seven years ago...everyone keeps telling him to move on. But you can't fight fate and there is nothing about Cally and Will that doesn't scream forever.

`I never though I'd see her again. I didn't think I wanted to.'

So Cally and Will have my kryptonite...history. They were each others first loves! GAH! I love that. Love Love Love! They have history...history so deep that even after seven years, countless secrets, unending heartbreak, they still cannot deny their feelings for each other. That's another thing that is amazing to me about Will...even after Cally broke his heart, he is willing to see past all of that. Why? Because he cares more about keeping her in his life than holding that against her. She means more to him than that...because he can see it written all over her face that what they had years ago is still there. An oh boy is it.

`I push myself out the door before I can change my mind and I'm greeted by a night of glittering stars. The stars in New Hope are brighter and more plentiful than anywhere else I've ever been. When I was a little girl, I'd would look out my bedroom window each night and pick my favorite one and only then would I make a wish. My father taught me to believe in the magic of wishes and destiny, and I was such an adoring daughter that his words were my scripture and the starry night sky became my temple.'

Cally and Will have some ah-freaking-mazing chemistry. Let's just say I would kill to have Will take me out to dinner! ;-) Of course he is swoony, he was swoony in Unbreak Me with Maggie and they weren't even together! Did you think I stood a chance in Wish I May? Nope...not even close. And it wasn't just the stuff he would say, which trust me...was pretty fantabulous - but it was the little things. How receptive he was to her...the little looks, the small actions, he did anything and everything he could for her, even if he knew he shouldn't. He is the quintessential nice guy - he went above and beyond to do whatever Cally might need and all because he loved her. Never stopped.

`He lowers his head and glides his lips over my neck in a movement so sweet, so simple, my breath leaves me in a rush. "I'm supposed to be pissed at you," he whispers. "You broke my heart."
"Then why aren't you?"
"When I saw you again, there was no room for my anger. I want you too much."'

So my poor sweet Cally...so many ways I hurt for her. She comes back to New Hope to bring her sisters to live with their dad...and in doing that, she brings back all the history of her past. Or really...her mom's past...a stigma that she is now plagued with and never wants to live up to. She is her own worst enemy in this book...which is partly due to the ghosts of her mother and also her past that haunts her and why she won't allow herself to be free. Not only is she plagued with her decisions but she's also hiding behind them. It was a little frustrating because up until the end of the book, you do not know the entire truth. You are fed bits and pieces but it was a good kind of frustrating...you want to pull your hair out, but you're enjoying it the entire time.

`He presses his mouth against mine as his hand returns between my legs. It's not a gentle kiss. It's hard-- punishing and demanding-- and I need it. I could lose myself here, in this kiss that is equal parts desire, anger, and regret. I could forget who I am, what I've done, and become the stroke of tongue against tongue, become the pleasure of his hand working between my legs as I moan into his mouth.
He breaks the kiss and leans his forehead against mine. "You feel so damn good." His hand moves slowly, smoothly.
How can he affect me so much more than any other man I've ever been with? He's always been the standard by which all other men have been measured and come up short.'

I felt bad for Cally though...she carries the weight of her entire family on her shoulders...and oh boy, her family. I already said it, but I cannot stress it enough, Cally is hands down the best big sister in the world. Her mother recently passed away from a drug over dose (and there is a huge twist with that - can't spoil but I did not see that coming!), her dad hasn't really been in their lives since they left New Hope...Cally has had to be the adult! Making sure her sisters ate and went to school, taking care of them, dropping out of high school to get a job - oh wait, make that two jobs. Worrying about everything that she shouldn't have had to. See what I mean about the pressure?

"I don't need my memories to be head over heels in love with you, Cally. All I have to do is know you."

There was a lot that I didn't see coming with this book...I was very pleasantly surprised. It was similar to Unbreak Me with the alternating POV's, except this time we were only in Cally's and Will's. Every now and then we got a flashback to seven years ago...different points in time...like before she moved, their last night and strawberry wine and Will telling her hello instead of goodbye *sigh* (you have to read to understand)...or when Will's heart was breaking because Cally was pulling away....or when Cally had to make some very hard decisions...I know I keep eluding to them, but like I said, some you don't even find out the full weight of until the very end and I can't spoil it.

"I want your heart. I have no interest in buying it or controlling it. I want you to give it to me freely. Because you already own mine. You always have. You always will."

I am so into the New Hope series - which is another thing I loved about this book, it's a series! Seeing Maggie (and a little bit of Asher), hearing about what's going on with them and loving it. I have so many thoughts about who could be next...I am hoping it's Hannah, but for some reason I think she might be last...maybe it'll be Lizzy (they're both Maggie's sisters). I am also hoping that down the road we might get a Drew book (Cally's sister)...Drew is a little spitfire! This series is beautiful combination of emotional writing, loveably heartbreaking characters, over coming secrets and the power of forgiveness and has quickly become one of the best series I've ever read.


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Wish I May Splintered Hearts Book 3 eBook Lexi Ryan Reviews

4.5/5 stars

When I heard William was getting his own book, I was so happy! I was heartsick for the man in Unbreak Me and I just wanted him to find his happiness. It was hard to figure out William in the first book. He was clearly in love with Maggie Thompson, but after she left, he became engaged to her sister Krystal, but still clearly in love with her. Yet, Maggie had her own emotional baggage and while she cared for Will, she couldn't love him the way he really needed.

Will desperately wants to be in love and start a family and while his love life is far from ideal, we finally see where it all stems from in this novel. And she goes by the name of Cally Fisher. Cally was William's first love and after promising him a long distance relationship, she suddenly drops out of his life, not to return until years later. He is shattered upon the realization that she doesn't want to continue their relationship. William seems to be filling voids after Cally with Maggie and Krystal, and being reunited with her after so many years brings everything back to the surface for him. The heartache, the attraction, and the love he has for her really makes you feel for the guy. Most men wouldn't think twice about casting her aside after that kind of heartbreak, but that is just not William's character. He is forgiving and loving and he will swallow his pride for a chance to make things right. William is a 'saver'. He sees the brokenness in Maggie and instantly wanted to help her. Now that Cally is back to settle in her two younger sisters with their father after her mother's death, he sees her going through a difficult time and wants to do whatever he can to help her. He knows he should guard his heart, yet he can't. He never could when it came to Cally.

Oh, Cally. She has had to grow up entirely too fast. She comes from a rough past- William was the bright spot in her life while living in New Hope and he was able to see past her mother's scandalous reputation as a massage therapist and see her for her. After her mother decides to leave her father, she moves her daughters to Las Vegas on a whim for a boyfriend. I had zero respect for Cally's mom. By her inability to care for her children, she pushed her eldest daughter to a place no girl should ever have to go. Breaking things off with William is the absolute last thing she wants to do because she loves him, yet she feels she has no choice. She pushes him away and now that she is back in New Hope, she knows she can't let her attraction for him cloud her judgment. She's there for a purpose and plans to go back to Nevada as soon as her sisters are settled in. Cally definitely didn't plan on things with her father to be so difficult. It took me a bit to warm up to Cally's dad because he knows nothing about taking care of his daughters. Drew is a bit of a prima donna and Gabby doesn't speak. I loved both Drew and Gabby, though. Drew, while a moody teenager, has a fire to her and she just needs the right environment to nurture her. Gabby, the youngest, is the sweetest and when her first word came out of her mouth in the book, oh. my. heart! Cally realizes it would be wrong to dump her sisters with a father who needs some help and decides to stay on awhile longer. Yet, she can't escape William Bailey. The man is determined to have her back and he won't stop until he gets her.

I loved Cally and William's relationship. She is so stubborn and proud, but after discovering what she went through- I don't blame her for acting the way she did. She has been controlled, manipulated, and taken advantage of for too long now and I love how fiercely William will fight to show her just how much she means not only to him, but to the people around her also. These two have CRAZY sexual tension, as its so easy to remember how things were before with them. Yet, Cally keeps reminding William that they are two different people now and that he is in love with a girl that doesn't exist anymore. Watching him break down her walls is probably my second favorite thing in this book (his sexy dirty talking mouth is by far my numero uno! Hehe.)

For fans of Unbreak Me, we do get to see Maggie, Asher, and her sisters Hanna and Lizzy. In fact, Hanna and Lizzy were good friends of Cally's while she lived in New Hope, and without hesitation offer their hands in friendship again to her. Maggie is a bit protective of William. They work at the gallery together and she has been there to witness firsthand how much William has gone through. She does not want to see him hurt again and I admire that about her. While the two don't exactly get off on the best foot, they realize they have a bit more common than they originally thought.

The two characters I couldn't stand? Meredith and Brandon. Ugh. Meredith is an evil, manipulative bitch. She tries to play the sweet, innocent girl that wants nothing but William's happiness, but we know better. She wants him and she will do and say whatever is necessary to get him. Brandon, on the other hand, is ten times worse. I won't say who he has a connection to, but trust me. He's sleazy, slimy, controlling, and I wanted to castrate him.

I loved the direction Lexi took her story and I loved watching her develop her characters. I really enjoyed Unbreak Me, but I was over the moon about Wish I May. Cally and William were amazing protagonists and I was really sad to see their story come to an end. But man, that ending? Perfection!
Callie and William were high school sweet hearts until Callie’s parents end their marriage and her mom whisks them away to Las Vegas. That all happens in the first book which I loved, but this one does beat it.

Callie’s mom has passed away and now she was back in town to get her sisters situated with their father. She has a job and an apartment back home (Las Vegas) because she is all grown up now and out on her own. The only person that she doesn’t want to run into is the one person that she will always love, because she did the most despicable thing to him after moving away.

William can’t believe his eyes or the pounding of his heart. He wants to hate her, he should hate her, but she once said “If it’s meant to be our paths will cross again.” She had been the dreamer of all things possible, but now it didn’t seem that she had dreams at all.

Callie needed to resist William at all cost because what he didn’t know about her would soon surface and she’d have to leave again. Everything about him edged its way back into her heart. So when her husband shows up she can do nothing but promise to leave with him after getting her sisters settled in.

The broken William reappears as her life unfolds into a controlled abusive mess. As if time could erase what would come for her, she explains everything to William and how everything is different not because she chose this, it’s because she had to do what she did to take care of her family.

When her sister calls her crying from her husband’s hotel room she has only one thing to do.

A little darkness all wrapped up in a heavy romance of what could have been. Read the story because my review just does not give it justice.
4 "Strawberry Wine" "Hello." Kisses

You never forget your first love. The first person you give you heart to...the first person you share your dreams with...they will always hold a piece of your soul. That is what Wish I May made me remember. This book is e-freakin-motional to the 10th degree and I loved every agonizing second of it. After Unbreak Me , I was aching for Will to get his HEA and I'll be damned if that boy didn't earn it. Oh...and if you haven't read Unbreak Me ...I highly recommend it. Wish I May is the second book in the New Hope series, and a lot of the characters and story line might not make as much sense if you haven't read Unbreak Me.

Cally Fisher...every now and then I get hit with these agonizingly broken heroines that just make me want to scoop them up and save them. Because they need it. Badly. And Cally needs more than saving. She needs healing...she has spent her whole life not living for herself. Since she was 16 she hasn't been able to make one choice for herself. She is possibly one of the most selfless heroines I have ever read and my heart broke for her for every decision she had to make. She is brave, she is strong and she is an amazing big sister. Every choice she has ever made was for Drew and Gabby, her little sisters, and what she could do to make their lives better, to save them from going through what she has had to. And even when she is finally given the opportunity to do what she wants...with the boy she has always loved...she still struggles.

`"Look at you. You're all grown up." He grins, and my knees go a little weak. How could I have forgotten the effect this man's smile has on my knees?
"I could say the same for you." I bite my lip. Hopefully no drool has escaped.
That knee-killing grin grows wider. I'm toast.'

William Bailey...I fell in love with Will in Unbreak Me...so I was already swooning for him before he even said one word in Wish I May. My poor Will is just as broken as Cally, but in very different ways. He has never had a family and he wants so desperately to have one. He wants a life that he can share with someone, he wants a marriage and his forever...we saw that clearly with his actions in Unbreak Me. And now...against all logic, the girl that has always owned his heart comes back into his life. He shouldn't want her, he shouldn't still love her, she broke him seven years ago...everyone keeps telling him to move on. But you can't fight fate and there is nothing about Cally and Will that doesn't scream forever.

`I never though I'd see her again. I didn't think I wanted to.'

So Cally and Will have my kryptonite...history. They were each others first loves! GAH! I love that. Love Love Love! They have history...history so deep that even after seven years, countless secrets, unending heartbreak, they still cannot deny their feelings for each other. That's another thing that is amazing to me about Will...even after Cally broke his heart, he is willing to see past all of that. Why? Because he cares more about keeping her in his life than holding that against her. She means more to him than that...because he can see it written all over her face that what they had years ago is still there. An oh boy is it.

`I push myself out the door before I can change my mind and I'm greeted by a night of glittering stars. The stars in New Hope are brighter and more plentiful than anywhere else I've ever been. When I was a little girl, I'd would look out my bedroom window each night and pick my favorite one and only then would I make a wish. My father taught me to believe in the magic of wishes and destiny, and I was such an adoring daughter that his words were my scripture and the starry night sky became my temple.'

Cally and Will have some ah-freaking-mazing chemistry. Let's just say I would kill to have Will take me out to dinner! ;-) Of course he is swoony, he was swoony in Unbreak Me with Maggie and they weren't even together! Did you think I stood a chance in Wish I May? Nope...not even close. And it wasn't just the stuff he would say, which trust me...was pretty fantabulous - but it was the little things. How receptive he was to her...the little looks, the small actions, he did anything and everything he could for her, even if he knew he shouldn't. He is the quintessential nice guy - he went above and beyond to do whatever Cally might need and all because he loved her. Never stopped.

`He lowers his head and glides his lips over my neck in a movement so sweet, so simple, my breath leaves me in a rush. "I'm supposed to be pissed at you," he whispers. "You broke my heart."
"Then why aren't you?"
"When I saw you again, there was no room for my anger. I want you too much."'

So my poor sweet Cally...so many ways I hurt for her. She comes back to New Hope to bring her sisters to live with their dad...and in doing that, she brings back all the history of her past. Or really...her mom's past...a stigma that she is now plagued with and never wants to live up to. She is her own worst enemy in this book...which is partly due to the ghosts of her mother and also her past that haunts her and why she won't allow herself to be free. Not only is she plagued with her decisions but she's also hiding behind them. It was a little frustrating because up until the end of the book, you do not know the entire truth. You are fed bits and pieces but it was a good kind of frustrating...you want to pull your hair out, but you're enjoying it the entire time.

`He presses his mouth against mine as his hand returns between my legs. It's not a gentle kiss. It's hard-- punishing and demanding-- and I need it. I could lose myself here, in this kiss that is equal parts desire, anger, and regret. I could forget who I am, what I've done, and become the stroke of tongue against tongue, become the pleasure of his hand working between my legs as I moan into his mouth.
He breaks the kiss and leans his forehead against mine. "You feel so damn good." His hand moves slowly, smoothly.
How can he affect me so much more than any other man I've ever been with? He's always been the standard by which all other men have been measured and come up short.'

I felt bad for Cally though...she carries the weight of her entire family on her shoulders...and oh boy, her family. I already said it, but I cannot stress it enough, Cally is hands down the best big sister in the world. Her mother recently passed away from a drug over dose (and there is a huge twist with that - can't spoil but I did not see that coming!), her dad hasn't really been in their lives since they left New Hope...Cally has had to be the adult! Making sure her sisters ate and went to school, taking care of them, dropping out of high school to get a job - oh wait, make that two jobs. Worrying about everything that she shouldn't have had to. See what I mean about the pressure?

"I don't need my memories to be head over heels in love with you, Cally. All I have to do is know you."

There was a lot that I didn't see coming with this book...I was very pleasantly surprised. It was similar to Unbreak Me with the alternating POV's, except this time we were only in Cally's and Will's. Every now and then we got a flashback to seven years ago...different points in time...like before she moved, their last night and strawberry wine and Will telling her hello instead of goodbye *sigh* (you have to read to understand)...or when Will's heart was breaking because Cally was pulling away....or when Cally had to make some very hard decisions...I know I keep eluding to them, but like I said, some you don't even find out the full weight of until the very end and I can't spoil it.

"I want your heart. I have no interest in buying it or controlling it. I want you to give it to me freely. Because you already own mine. You always have. You always will."

I am so into the New Hope series - which is another thing I loved about this book, it's a series! Seeing Maggie (and a little bit of Asher), hearing about what's going on with them and loving it. I have so many thoughts about who could be next...I am hoping it's Hannah, but for some reason I think she might be last...maybe it'll be Lizzy (they're both Maggie's sisters). I am also hoping that down the road we might get a Drew book (Cally's sister)...Drew is a little spitfire! This series is beautiful combination of emotional writing, loveably heartbreaking characters, over coming secrets and the power of forgiveness and has quickly become one of the best series I've ever read.