Title: Black Box
Author: Cassia Leo
Release Date: March 10th 2014
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♥ Two heart-breaking tragedies....
♥ One last chance to get it right.
From New York Times best selling author Cassia Leo, comes an epic love
story about rewriting destiny.
Over the course of five years, Mikki and Crush cross paths on three separate
occasions. Their first encounter changes Mikki's life forever, but their second
meeting leaves them both buried beneath the emotional wreckage of a violent
attack. Mikki is left with more questions and grief than she can handle, while
Crush is forced to forget the girl who saved his life.
Now nineteen years old, Mikki Gladstone has decided she's tired of the
mind-numbing meds. She books a flight to Los Angeles to end her life far away
from her loving, though often distant, family.
Twenty-one-year-old Crush has always channeled his blackest thoughts into his
music, but he's never had great aspirations. He decides to fly to Los Angeles
to record a demo of the only song he's never performed in public; a song he
wrote for a girl he doesn't even know: Black Box. He has no expectations of
fame and he's never felt like his life had any purpose... until he meets Mikki
in Terminal B.
When Mikki and Crush cross paths for the third time in Terminal B, neither has
any idea who the other person is; until they slowly piece together their
history and realize that fate has more in store for them than just another love
story.
Let me go on the record with a big WOW! This book was
amazing. WOW! I was blown away. I finished this book late last night and I
can’t stop thinking about the emotional, heart wrenching story Cassio Leo
handed us.
This is a story of saving someone’s life and the power of
fate. Mikki saving Crush and Crush saving Mikki. These two characters are
beyond damaged. They both have been through horrible traumatic situations and
really don’t want to carry on with life at one point or another. But fate brought them together and from there
we have their amazing story.
Mikki suffers from bi-polar disorder and wants to end her
life. On her way to LA to do just that a huge snow storm hits and all planes
are grounded for days. Crush is headed to LA to record a song he has been
writing since one fateful night. Mikki and Crush decide to go for coffee
together to wait out the storm. Coffee leads to drinks and drinks lead to a
hotel room.
Black Box is a book that Mikki and Crush have in common and
if I tell you any more about the book, this story would be ruined for you and I
will not do that.
“I think the thought
of never having met you is worse than what happened to me that night.” I take
his hand and close my eyes as I lay it over my heart. “The black box is yours
to keep.”
I really fell in love with these characters. Cassio Leo
really did a fantastic job putting us in Mikki and Crush’s heads. I felt every
emotion that they felt. I was deeply invested in them and their happiness. I
think I was weepy for a good portion of this book. There were also times my
breathe was taken away.
I STRONGLY urge you to grab this book. It really was a
beautiful story. Their love was truly awe inspiring.
“I think I’ve loved
you for longer than I care to admit and I’m just starting to understand why.”
Staring
into Mikki’s green eyes, I swear I’m looking into my own. She’s hiding
something from me that I haven’t quite figured out yet, but I’m positive it has
to do with her trip to L.A. There has to be a reason someone as skittish as her
decided to have coffee with me rather than go home when her flight was
canceled. And there’s definitely a reason greater than curiosity for the
question she just asked me.
If it
weren’t her asking, this would be the point in our conversation where I begin
to suspect her of being an undercover cop or journalist. But it is Mikki. And
something about this girl tells me she’s not here to find out what happened in
a dark parking lot three years ago.
“That’s
a trick question,” I reply. “If I tell you I’ve never killed anyone, then
you’ll think I’m a good guy and you’ll stay, because even though it’s not a
very exciting answer, it means you’re safe. But if I tell you I’ve killed
someone, you may find it intriguing or frightening. Either way, intrigued or
scared, you’ll probably try to get the fuck away from me, and I don’t think I’m
ready for that.”
She
smiles as she looks down at her fingers, which she’s tapping on the surface of
the bar. “That’s a real suave way to dodge the question. It also sounds like
something a murderer would say.”
“Really?”
She
looks up and meets my gaze again. “Who did you kill?”
I pause
for a moment as I try to figure out where she’s going with this conversation.
Then it hits me. “Do you want to die?”
“What?”
she asks, shaking her head far too adamantly. “That’s … that’s a stupid
question.”
“Why is
it a stupid question?”
“Because,”
she snaps at me. “It’s just stupid. I don’t want to die.”
She
continues to look down at her hands, which are still trembling as she fidgets
with her silver thumb-ring. I get an urge to grab her hand again, to stop the
trembling and fidgeting, but I don’t.
“I’m
sorry. I guess that was kind of a stupid question. I was just wondering why a
pretty girl like you would hang out with me when you could be at home in your
warm bed with your pjs on. Or out with your friends … or your boyfriend.”
She
finally chuckles. “So, accusing me of wanting to die is your way of avoiding my
question or is it just a really messed-up way of asking me if I have a
boyfriend?”
“It’s
just me being a total dick. And … do you have a boyfriend?”
“No.”
She looks up and fixes me with a steely glare. “Most guys don’t appreciate a
girl who’s crazy and also doesn’t put out.”
I’m not quite sure how to respond to this statement. It’s probably best
to change the subject or reach for a joke. “Yeah, I know how you feel. Most
girls don’t appreciate a guy who can cite Shakespeare and won’t put out.
Actually, I think that’s a line from Macbeth.”
Her
glare melts into a reluctant smile. “You’re not a total dick.”
“Still
not putting out.”
Crush
Mikki
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cassia Leo grew up in California and
has lived in three different countries. She loves to travel and her dream is to
one day score a record deal based on her awesome shower singing skills. She is
the author of the Shattered Hearts series (Relentless,
Pieces of You, Bring Me Home, Abandon) and the Luke and Chase series.
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