Trashed Paperback – November 25, 2014

WOW, Jasinda has done it again, this women has some amazingly wicked talent as a writer. She has a talent so strong that you can place yourself right there with the characters in her stories. You feel what they are feeling and see what they are seeing just from the reading of her story. You cry, feel the pain, the love and anything that she wants you to when you read. From the very first book I pick up of Jasinda's I knew I would be hooked for life.Trashed is no different than any of her other books, she takes you in to the heart of the story and keeps you there. You fall in love with the love that Adam and Des seem to find in just a short time. Adam the Hollywood heart-throb that you would expect to be full of himself, turns out to be just the good looking everyday guy that wants to find the perfect someone. Des has some pretty dark spots in her past that keeps you wondering just what happened to her. She comes broken and full of fear. Will she get past her fears and move on, can Adam help her with this. You'll have to read to find out.Amazingly written book. Jasinda, you rock!!! You don't have to read the first to get the full effect of this one.

I don't often read books that have celebrity characters; I've just rarely care for them. Being that this book was written by Jasinda Wilder, I knew I had to read it anyway. I loved the first book in the Stripped series, so I hoped that this was no different. Luckily for me, it was just as great.First, we have Des. She's a sassy, opinionated, hard-working ball-buster. She's had a tough lot in life, but she's never once slowed down. She works, she goes to school, she is determined to make a difference in the world.Then walks in Adam. He's a rising star in Hollywood and he's learned to adapt to the paparazzi, the lies and the backstabbing, and the crazy fans. He's had his heart broken by another rising star and then the whole of the story drug through the mud and plastered on the front of every tabloid in the world. But he still loves what he does and he'd never changed it.When they meet up, it's truly explosive. Adam wants Des from the very moment he sees her; he recognizes something within her. She's resistant at first, but even she feels the pull between them.I feel like this story was written pretty darn accurate for how it would be in real life. The whole celebrity / average citizen thing has been done a million times, but this one seems more realistic than the others. Of course, everything that Jasinda writes is basically golden, so you're pretty much guaranteed to love it. I'm anxiously awaiting the next one.

This was a great story...I really liked Adam and Des both, I have only 1 problem at the end of this story...Ruth NEVER got to meet Dylan!!!Not even at the very end??? WTH give a girl a bone LOL...But seriously I am hoping that there are more books lined up in the world of Stripped. I love reading books that have setting in Michigan, being a Michigander myself it's great reading a book and knowing exactly where the author is talking about.Des has some deep emotional fears, and issues from her past that she needs to face, and when she meets Adam those fears and issues smack her in her face hard. She has some hard choices to make but fear wins out and she runs. There is a portion of the book that lands Des in New York, and I just want to say the things that happened in New York, and Florida...I was SO hoping that Adam would run into that photographer later on.Then there was Em...can we say overly self confident and NEEDED to be knocked off her high horse?!?! So happy at how Des handled THAT situation!I can honestly say Jasinda is by far one of my favorite authors, I don't think I have ever been disappointed in her books, and I can't wait until her next book drops.I highly recommend her books as she is not only an amazing person but an amazing author as well.

Des and Adam/ Destiny & AdamShe's trash collector during the summer and a janitor during the winter.He's a well known movie star who was in town for a charity gala.They met by accident but he followed her purposely. He knew something was different about this girl. Though breaking Des was not easy, Adam knew how to handle her.Defying all logic, Adam invited Des to the gala, capturing all the attendant's attention by her animosity and charm. A contemporary Cinderella fairytale. Where the prince charming find the poor girl and falls in love with her. And that's what happened with Des and Adam. After the gala each one of them went in a separate way, him back to acting and her to a new modeling career , only to meet again after a while.