“ no one falls in love anymore, cas. we just think we’re in love with the person we’re supposed to be in love with. there’s no falling, there’s no butterflies and denial and suspense and there’s no unknown. there’s just acceptance and a false pretense. ”
Castiela lives in a society where soul mates are tied to each other by an unbreakable bond. They’re connected, and when one feels pain, the other knows it. The closer their soul mate is, the more intense the pain gets. And lately, her soul mate has been in a lot of pain.
And he’s getting closer.
Skylar is running from his old life. He's trying to reach somewhere safe, somewhere to settle down, but he didn't plan to run into his soul-mate. But he hits her with his motorbike, tells her that he doesn't believe in love, and then disappears, seemingly forever.
For some reason, he comes back into Castiela's life, mainly to sleep in her house, date the girls in her school, and eat her food, but they both agree not to fall for each other, even though they're supposed to. They promise each other to defy society's expectations.
But for the bad boy and the girl he calls princess, some promises have to be broken..
We are not the broken clichés you want us to be anymore. We have transcended beyond the "Good Girl ~ Bad Boy" boxes they tried to put us in. We are so far beyond all that now, that we are finally free of all those stereotypes.
The story of us is not the usual cliche "good girl" meets "bad boy" that instantly fall in love. Oh, and after a few almost funny mishaps everything works out perfectly story. Or the other one where the brooding bad boy with a tragic past gets a second chance to become a happy, well-adjusted person again. All thanks to the love of an awesomely perfect popularity princess with a pure heart of gold. Who sees "something special" inside him, that no one else can see ...and sets him on a straight path. All that once in a lifetime fairy dust love, that only exists for perfect pretty popularity princesses in the happily ever after.
No, this is the other kind of love story ...the messy kind, that messes peoples lives up irrevocably, for all time. The real kind of love story, that comes hand in hand with hopes and fears, and all that real hurt that burns at your heart. So while our Crazy love might not be as bright and shiny as that fairy dust love is ...our love will kick your loves ass any day of the week, and twice on Sunday.
Because our love knows the secret truth about itself. That it's not about how perfectly you fall in love, it's how you get the back up after love kicks your ass sideways, and you come back looking for more. Because our love is that Crazy kind of love, that is so forever you have to fight for it 'till the bitter end ...or die trying.
The kind of love that comes with beer, pizza, football and a hell of a lot of laughs ...but mostly at everyone else's expense.
~First Place Chicklit - 2017 Blue Rose Award~
~ Second Place for Teen Fiction - The Star Blazer Awards 2018~
~ Honorable Mention for Best Plot - 2017 Royalty Awards ~