Shame by Rachel Van Dyken

Synopsis: Everything done in darkness will eventually be brought into the light. I ran, but all it did was keep me one step ahead of my past. I tried to start over; new name, new identity. But you can't change your soul. A fresh start at college was just what I needed. For a while, it worked. I was the party girl, the one who seemed confident, but it was a lie. When guys kissed me - I felt only pain. When they touched me - nothing but fear. Deep inside, every girl wants to be the beauty in the story, to find someone who will see you as their world. But the truth? I was the beast. And as much as I wanted redemption, I wasn't fool enough to think I'd ever get it.

Until he walked into my life. I wasn't prepared to fall for someone. My scars were too deep, the wounds too raw. But he offered me peace, he offered me security. I should have known it was just another lie - I should have known that falling in love with my professor was a bad idea. But I was powerless to stop myself from falling. And he was powerless to catch me. Because the darkness finally caught up to me, and as fate would have it, a cruel twist almost bled me dry. But I'm stronger than I knew. I'm stronger than you think. You think you know my story, but you don't - after all everyone has Shame in their lives - and I'm no longer afraid to show you mine.

Rating: ★★★★ 

Genre: New Adult, Contemporary Romance, Young Adult

Review:

      I really liked this book. I was so happy that Lisa got a happy ending because she really deserved it. She went through so much compared to the other two previous books. I understand completely why she changed her identity because she did not want to be followed or found.

Lisa is a very strong woman to have gone through all that and still be semi sane. She had some horrific things that happened to her and she never wanted to meet or fall for another man.

Enter Tristan; he is a professor for one semester. Therefore, he can plot out revenge. That is the main plan that is in place; it is to make Lisa’s life hell and make her pay. That ends up changing really fast once he starts to see that she is not who he had in mind.  I wanted Tristan to go back to where he came from at first. I thought that Lisa did not need another psycho in her life, but he ended being good for her. 

There are some parts of the book where I thought that Lisa deserved a break, let her be happy at least a little. There were also parts in the book that were twists and one I thought was a little obvious, but it was still so good.

This series is really good, they start out with a little sad and tragic but they end great and that is perfect.