Frayed

Willow Springs Series, Book 1

By: Laura Pavlov

Narrated by: Virginia Rose, Lee Samuels

Bad boy football star. Innocent girl next door. Two different worlds. One small town. A million reasons why they should have stayed away from one another.

My name is Adelaide Edington, and my life was mapped out for me before I even entered the world: who I'd date, where I’d attend college, what I'd be when I grew up.

But there comes a time in everyone's life when they face a fork in the road. Should I go left, or should I go right? It didn't matter as long as I didn't remain stagnant any longer.

Jett Stone opened me up to a whole new world, reminding me that it was okay to find my own way. I could have roots in Willow Springs and still spread my wings and fly. What I didn't expect was to fall in love with the broody football player.

The boy I’d known since kindergarten. The boy who I wasn’t supposed to be with—but had somehow become my everything.

This is book one in the Willow Springs series, but it can be listened to as a complete standalone. HEA is guaranteed!

©2022 Laura Pavlov (P)2022 Podium Audio

LOVED

I went into this book completely blind. While I knew that based on the cover this was a small town romance, I was surprised to see it be YA. I was even more surprised with how GOOD it was. I had been in a bit of a funk lately with books. Nothing was really sticking with me, captivating me. Until this one.

I LOVED Jett and Addy!!! Both characters were SO GOOD individually and together. I loved how they supported and truly complimented each other. They were just what they each needed. And their group of friends??? LOVE LOVE LOVE them allllll too!!!

Never in my life have I felt so aggravated with a character like I did Addy's mom. Well, and Alec's mom too. Good grief!! Towards the end of the book, I was seeing RED, but the author did a phenomenal job wrapping everything up beautifully.


I got the audiobook for free from the audible plus program and truly devoured it. All I wanted to do was listen all day long. The narrators, Virginia Rose and Lee Samuels, did a great job with all the characters. I don't think I had listened to books narrated by them before but I enjoyed it!

I cannot wait to dive into the other books in the series.

A must read/listen!

Solid 4.6/5

Bro this book! The friends were amazing ride or dies and side characters. Ren was a God send. And above all Jett and Adelaide were a beautiful couple. He pushed her to become and step into who she wanted to be. She always saw the best in others and if I’m being honest that is what I’d suspect her demise to be. The dude physically assaulted her and would’ve took it further if Jett hadn’t been there to stop him yet she turned around and stood beside him while recovering. Alec never had to take responsibility for his actions and I HATE that she made it okay by forgiving him for everything when he did absolutely nothing to prove charged behavior.

Next. Her mother ain’t 💩 and her father wasn’t too much better. The scene in the hospital room and days that followed made em feel like the story went from a 5 to a 4.6 🌟

Initially I was torn between liking Ellis and being confused with his lack of having his own voice (which annoyingly bled into his daughter) but that scene had me shutting down all thoughts of empathy towards him. The father not realizing his own child isn’t happy is weird energy to me. Your kid is VALEDICTORIAN and you thought state school was the furthest she could get? Or want to go? Seriously? Then he’s like Adelaide stayed at Alec’s bedside because it’s her decision to be, well yes the boys mother threatened her and you AND her mother stood there “looking at your feet” are you kidding me??? By the end when Adelaide over heard her mother with Alec’s mom is when she felt “allowed” to tell him how she felt. That’s sad.

Idc how Laura tried to dress up the dad’s actions (or lack thereof) at the end he and the mother both disgust me. I wish the ending would’ve pushed children to stop accepting the bare minimum from their parents on the strength of “but that’s my mom” or “but that’s my dad.” Many parents hardly deserve the title, we need to start encouraging healthy ways to set boundaries from our friends but even more importantly our parents.

Laura Pavlov can do no wrong!

Normally I do not like high school romance books but this one is different. I actually listened to this series out of order and read this one last. The love story in this one is sweet and wholesome. But you will get angry at some parents in this book. Overall great book!

Addy & Jett - High School Romance

Virginia Rose: A
Lee Samuels: A

Jett isn't really a bad boy, but he has the persona - except you know from the start that he's smart and talented and clawing his way up from nothing while doing everything in his power to help his family.

Addy is a good girl, through and through. She's lived her entire life to her mother's expectations. But now that she's looking toward graduation, she knows that she isn't living up to her own dreams.

Low drama, even around the illegal fight club activity. Low spice, but they're just 18, so that's fine too. I don't ordinarily bother with college romance, and high school romance is even less likely for me. But I did enjoy the book and if I was anywhere between 18 and 28, I'd have picked this on purpose instead of by chance.

Sweet Scale: 4/5
Spicy Scale: 2/5

Nice story

Narrators did a good job. It was a really Nice story. I would Recommend for a light weekend read or listen.