Every Hidden Truth

Far from Ruined, Book 2

By: Nikole Knight

Narrated by: Nick Newport

Two young men haunted by their pasts. One bond that can save them both.

Sarcastic loud-mouth, Silas Brigs is used to taking care of himself. He's done it for years, after all. But the too-perfect Ben Adams has other plans. Against all odds, the California diver has worked his way under Silas's prickly exterior, and Silas is left to wrestle with the simmering attraction building between them.

When their feelings can no longer be ignored, Silas and Ben must work together to navigate their insecurities and trauma, or risk the delicate relationship they've come to rely on. But Silas's life is filled with more than simple high school drama, and being his friend—let alone more—puts Ben in danger. Monsters from Silas's past refuse to sleep, and the secrets are piling up. Unfortunately for Silas, some truths don't stay hidden.

Trigger Warnings: Homophobia (including but not limited to: bullying, dialogue, insults/slurs, physical abuse/assault, etc.), aftermath and trauma of attempted sexual assault, stalking, mentions of self-destructive behavior, depression, and suicide.

©2020 Covey Publishing LLC, Nikole Knight (P)2024 Nikole Knight

Silas and Ben's story continues......

Every Hidden Truth is Book 2 in the Far From Ruined series and should be enjoyed in order. This is the continuing emotional story about Ben and Silas. Two young men navigating high school, a building relationship, and past traumas. I enjoy Ben and Silas together and this book gets a little spicy as Ben and Silas become closer. But secrets can't stay hidden forever and the truth starts to come out. I recommend this book and series.
Narrator Nick Newport does another fabulous job in bringing these characters to life. I'm really enjoying his narration of this series.

Rips your heart out, but you want it

Oh heavens to Betsy. This is part 2 of the Far From Ruined series and holy cannoli it will put you through IT. I mean, all the feels. As a continuation of book one this is not a standalone and does end on a cliffhanger basically. Well, I mean, it ends with your heart being ripped out and you’re just hoping that it will get put back together in book 3. Please please please heed any trigger warnings this is not a light read. High angst, sexual assault, teenagers - but you already knew that because you read book one and, I mean, we already knew it was a continuation of that. One note about the audio on this one - it does NOT parallel the book. It seems that perhaps there was some re-writing/editing particularly around the chapters 19, 20, 21 ish chapters (could be more, I’m not sure, that’s where I definitely noticed it). I do sometimes like to read where the audio left off (sometimes I can’t sleep in the middle of the night, it happens) and in this case it was extremely confusing in that area. That being said, none of the changes, so far as I could tell, changed the overarching story or lead us to a different cliffhanger, but a heads up is warranted. I cannot wait for book three as I’m going to need these boys to find some sort of HEA.

Ben and Silas grow together

Ben and Silas’s story is complex. Even with the books ending in cliffhangers it is still worth listening so you can witness the evolution of their relationship. I’m looking forward to the third and final book.

Intense!!

We were given so much more within this continuation. Ben and Silas were chef’s kiss together, even throughout all their rocky hills thrown their way. I can only sympathize with Silas’ mindframe of keeping silent for so long, and poor Ben just wants the best for him. The issues of this story are unfortunately real, happening more than anyone wants to admit. Nikole is doing a great job of helping to bring the truth out, letting the victims know all their options.

As with the first story, I was not excited to hear the narrator was the same. Even though the majority of the story is told from Silas’ POV, the similarities between the two characters were too much. If Nikole’s writing style was not able to capture my attention, I would have thrown the towel in with the first narrative.

Either way, I cannot wait for the ending. Nikole is killing me with these cliffhangers with no line to hang onto so I don’t drown with their story’s ending.

Great continuation

I am really enjoying this story it's a great continuation from the first and things move along a little bit quicker with this one. There are some changes from the e-book to the audio there are entire sections omitted and some reworked and there are pieces that were added. Now the additions I think were great and some of the reworking was good as well but there is a huge chunk omitted between chs 19 and 20 I think that is omitted and reworked and I really think it should have been left in. Also if you like to alternate between reading and listening or follow along then it's a little jarring. That being said this is a great story a bit heartbreaking and does end on a little cliffhanger but I'm looking forward to what comes next. Narration was done well and it was a pleasant listen.