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    Clash
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    Clash
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    Clash

    Written by Nicole Williams

    Narrated by Cassandra Campbell

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    The steamy sequel to Crash!

    Their Romeo-and-Juliet-level passion is the only thing Jude and Lucy agree on. That, and fighting all the time . . .

    Also not helping? Lucy's raging jealousy of the cheerleader who's wormed her way into Jude's life.

    While trying to hang on to her quintessential bad boy and also training to be the top ballet dancer in her class, Lucy knows something's going to give . . . soon.

    How can she live without the boy she loves? How can she live with herself if she gives up on her dreams? If Lucy doesn't make the right choice, she could lose everything.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateApr 30, 2013
    ISBN9780062287984
    Author

    Nicole Williams

    Nicole Williams, author of Crash, Clash, Crush, The Eden Trilogy, and The Patrick Chronicles, is a wife, a mom, and a writer who believes in true love, kindred spirits, and happy endings. Nicole currently lives with her family in Spokane, Washington.

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    • 3/5
      Watch out, Olive Branche! The new girl in class is coming after you in full Single White Female and Mean Girls mode! You gonna extend your namesake branch or flip it and put the business end to use?Mild but enjoyable middle school drama from a series that is pretty consistently good.
    • 5/5
      I LOVED IT SOOOOOO MUCH!!!
    • 4/5
      Clash is the eagerly awaited sequel to Crash, picking up where we left Jude and Lucy at college. Jude had followed Lucy to a college 5 hours away from Julliard, hoping that there was a chance that they could reunite their broken hearts.

      Clash changed direction a bit for me and it was Lucy this time that let all her issues cloud her better judgement and continually come between Jude and her relationship. She kept fighting against the rollercoaster that is their relationship. I had an ongoing dialogue with her while reading, rolling my eyes in frustration at some of her decisions and wanting to shake some sense into her.

      Throughout Clash she fights her feelings and is so conflicted about where she wants the relationship to go. All through it though, she couldn’t deny the attraction and love she felt for Jude.

      ”Baby”. I said, freeing the last button right before I tugged the shirt from his pants, “your words never fail to make me want to swoon and squirm at the same time.”

      She just couldn’t decide which way to turn (even though I was yelling at my reader, telling her exactly what she should be doing!)She frustrated me and she took me on that emotional roller coaster right to the end.

      Jude had really tried to turn his life around, settling in at his new college and football team, of which he was the star. He loves Lucy and wants her so bad, he will do anything to keep her. This task is made very difficult, however, when Adriana comes on the scene, Jude’s “spirit sister”. And so the rollercoaster is thrown into motion again.
      Can I just say now, that I did not like Adriana. How low can someone go? Well she went pretty low, the conniving, manipulative, little *%^&$. Well you get my drift.
      Adriana's presence causes some very difficult moments for Lucy and Jude and it tests their trust in each other and also their decision making. Lucy is jealous and it really clouds her judgement but Jude is still there reassuring her of his love.

      ”When I look at Adriana, or any other girl for that matter, that’s all I see. Some other girl who isn’t my girl. I don’t see them Luce, I see you,”he continued, his skin lining between his brows. “I’ve only ever seen you.”

      I really felt for Jude at these moments but could also totally put myself in Lucy’s shoes and understand her reactions, if not agreeing with them. Jude is so patient, well he has the patience of a saint where Lucy is concerned, especially considering how far he has come since first meeting Lucy.

      Sometimes, though, Jude would not make the best choices. He is so consumed with Lucy that he let a few things happen with Adriana, without thinking how Lucy could react. At times he would slip back into old habits and I wanted to give him a good talking to, but how could you not love his intensity, his devotion, his protectiveness and his passion. He really did make me swoon.
      "Tell me what to do. Luce. Tell me what you want from me. Because I'll dot it. I'd do anything."

      Overall I really liked this book, even though it was shorter than Crash. It really sucked me in to all the emotional angst, into the characters heads and into living each scene with them. I read it in one sitting, finishing at 2am.

    • 4/5
      Great follow up to Crash. Jude and Lucy make it through freshman year with lots of soul searching and success in their respective schools.
    • 4/5
      I love this series.. and love Jude!
    • 4/5
      This is a trilogy that is being marketed as YA, and in the first book, the two main characters, Lucy Larson and Jude Ryder, are in high school. By the third book they have graduated to college and the author has graduated to big time erotica. There are quite a few descriptions not only of sex but even of phone sex (using Facetime video interaction on smart phones). But it’s between two people in love and the language isn’t as explicit as it could be. The plot of this book can be summarized as:Clash: What sexy things will we do to each other when we get each other alone?Underlying themes for all three: fear of being hurt; jealousy; temper problems and impulse control; growing up.Side themes: Lucy loving to dance; Jude loving to play football.The series begins as if it is about a good girl mistaking a bad boy for a good boy, and vice versa, sort of along the lines of Pride and Prejudice. But once Lucy figures out what is what, or who is who, she admits her attraction to Jude, and they move on to the next theme: a hormonally challenged, stubborn, and often irritating girl trying to resist giving in to an intensely passionate and romantic boy who loves her to distraction.
    • 5/5
      If you know me by now, then you know that once I start a series and get hooked on it, there’s no turning back. And thank God that I had the second book in hand, which I quickly went to after finishing Crash. The plot of the book is one of those plots that you can’t help but fall in love with. A couple, in the midst of their college years facing drama with friends, careers as well as people coming into their relationship and trying to ruin it. Each chapter pulls the reader deeper into the lives of Lucy and Jude. Both have grown up since Crash, but still need the re-assurance of one another. The love interest is well…what can I say other than I love it! In the moments of peace or even when they fought, they were always on each other minds. They sought out one another unknowingly doing what they can to fix the situation any way that they can. I loved that once they got over their fears, their able to stand by one another and support each other. The ending of the book left me so giddy that I am literally jumping off my seat, ready to see how it will all end in the last book, Crush. Clash is an amazing exploration of life and love in college. Impressive with the world building of college and life decisions, Clash remains solid. Thrilling and brilliant, Clash is awesome!
    • 5/5
      I was so addicted to this book! I began reading it right before a dinner date with my boyfriend and had to struggle to put it down to go. Then all through dinner all I could think about was getting back home to continue on with my reading. Needless to say, I finished the entire thing in one sitting after the dinner.

      Nicole Williams is a fantastic writer who has no problem taking the reader through every emotion that they are supposed to go through. I felt everything Lucy was feeling as she was feeling it and I think that's a wonderful thing for a writer to be able to accomplish. When Lucy was heartbroken, so was I. When she was infuriated, so was I. This may have contributed to an unnecessary increase in blood pressure, but so be it. I can't get enough of Jude's and Lucy's story. Even though this was one of the most frustrating books I've read in a very long time.

      Jude's Spirit Sister, Adriana Vix, is a nasty, crappy person and just found herself on my most hated character list. Every scene with her was so frustrating and you just want to reach inside the book and pull her hair out. AHH! But anyway...

      By the end though I was completely satisfied and content with the way the story was heading and now I'm way too anxious for the third installment. If you haven't read Crash yet and if you love intense contemporary love stories, please pick it up! Very worth it.
    • 4/5
      Review courtesy of Dark Faerie Tales.Quick & Dirty: A sweet contemporary book with lots of romance and drama.Opening Sentence: You know how they say it’s always darkest before the dawn?Excerpt: YesThe Review:Lucy couldn’t be happier because she got into her number 1 choice for dance school and against all odds she is together with Jude. Jude is attending Syracuse University and is their star quarterback. They live about five hours apart, but they try to get together every weekend. Lucy and Jude are doing great but doubt and jealousy start to tear apart their relationship. A gorgeous cheerleader has her eye set on Jude and she will do anything to get him. Lucy is insecure and starts to doubt Jude and how he feels about her. Then she starts to doubt their whole relationship. She knows that she loves Jude, but is that enough. They have so many ups and downs and they fight all the time. Is there enough good to outweigh all the bad? Lucy really just doesn’t know, but if she doesn’t figure it out soon she could lose the only boy she will ever love.Lucy was interesting in this book. I totally adored her in the first book and I fell in love with her spunk and attitude. I felt a little disconnected to Lucy at times in this book which made me sad. Lucy was very indecisive in this book, which I understand adds drama to the story, but I just thought it was a little overdone. I can understand that she needed space but she kept going back and forth and she put Jude through more pain than he deserved. I mean that poor boy has already been through a lot in his life and now the girl of his dreams keeps breaking his heart over and over again. That being said, by the end I felt that Lucy finally figured things out and I still did really love her as a character.Jude Ryder is still the sexy bad boy that I fell in love with in book one. He is charming, beautiful, and has a mean temper. He grew so much through the series and I love seeing the man he has become. Yes, he is still an emotional basket case at times, but I felt that he was always trying to improve himself. He loves Lucy more than anything and he always puts her first. He respects Lucy which I really love about him. When she asks for space — he gives it, and he stays very constant with his feelings for her. I loved Jude and Lucy together they are so perfect for each other even though their relationship is not perfect.This was a fast easy read for me. The flow was great and the writing was very well done. Yes, some of the things Lucy did annoyed me a times but overall the characters were great. I will have to admit that the plot was very predictable, but I still really enjoyed it. This book really hits on the point that Love isn’t always enough, and there are different levels of love. If you are willing to fight for a relationship you can work through pretty much anything, you just have to want it bad enough. The ending to this book was so sweet and I can’t wait for the final book to come out. I would highly recommend this series to any fans of YA/NA contemporary — it will not disappoint.Notable Scene:Another sound slid up his throat, this one so loud it caused his chest to vibrate against mine. “Hell with it,” he said no hesitation or uncertainty in his voice. It was as firm and resolute as his body thrumming beneath mine.With one flick of his fingers, my bra snapped open, sliding down my arms until it landed on the floor beside Jude’s feet. His mouth covered mine again, hot and unyielding. I couldn’t breathe. I didn’t want to if it meant not being able to kiss Jude like he was kissing me right now. How he could make me feel his passion, his love, and his possession in one kiss was inexplicable. But he could. Jude’s body expressed his feelings better than his words did.FTC Advisory: Harper Collins provided me with a copy of Clash. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.
    • 3/5
      Clash moves Lucy and Jude from the Highschool to the College scene. They are separated by a five hour drive and a canyon of relationship problems. All of the issues these two had in Crash, lack of trust, lots of temper, major jealousy...all still in effect and somewhat magnified in Clash.Jude is playing out his full ride football scholarship, hanging with fellow players and overly interested cheerleaders. While Lucy is balancing studies and dance and hoping to keep Jude's anger issues in check. When Jude is assigned a 'spirit sister' to make his campus life easier, it's Lucy who loses her cool and her trust in Jude.I've seen many comments from others about how unreasonably Lucy reacts to the things happening in Jude's life. She jumps to conclusions and does not put blind faith in Jude. I understand those points but Jude never really trusts Lucy either. If he did, he would have been more forthcoming and honest with her. I love Jude as a character, though he really needs to chill the hell out, but he's not without some pretty major faults in this edition of the Jude/ Lucy love saga. I love that he feels fiercely, be it love or anger. Lucy really is just a wreck. She has some fairly large life events happening and Jude complicates all of them for her. I thought many of her decisions were somewhat childish and based solely on fear. But other decisions she made were not without a healthy dose of thought. I can't fault her for those.Clash is another roller coaster ride, exactly what you would expect from these two love birds. You'll experience tears, anger, hate, love, sorrow...you name it. Clash is a heart-breaker of a novel. I enjoyed it and will continue with the series but am hoping for a big injection of maturity in the third installment.My Rating: 3.5/5 Stars
    • 4/5
      Hey Jude....I love him! But boy Lucy irritated me on one too many occasions. I understand being insecure and whatnot, but jeez girl get a grip! Thank Beatles that Jude was as yummy as he was. I love me a bad boy :)
    • 5/5
      Nicole Williams made me a instant fan with her debut novel Crash. Just when I believed that there was no way to repeat the twist and turn my emotions so deeply; she goes and pulls the rug from under my feet. AGAIN!Lucy and Jude are everything intense, passionate, addictive, and loving. The absolutely explosive relationship between these two characters will blow your mind. With something so powerful is it only natural to be waiting for the bottom to drop which is exactly what this novel is. After the intense struggle that we endured with book one I was hoping for a bit of happiness. While she does offer this it is only after and emotional rollercoaster that took me through the emotional wringer in the process. To follow a story of Lucy and Jude’s capacity readers must be able to survive the blissful highs and the dismal lows. The reality of this story is that it is the honest truth. Two completely devoted passionate individuals would have such an incredible heart pounding story such as this. To add on top of that the devoted and gifted aspect of their character, not to mention beautiful, they will have a constant struggle not only between their personality, but also all of the outside influences wrapped up in life. The trust that would be imperative for their relationship is hard to come by. Combine this with Williams lack of fearing the shock factor she creates scenarios that will slap readers in the face. It is impossible not to feel the reaction through the character, and be positively overcome by feelings. Stories such as this one ruins readers, because not all authors are able to create such captivating and inspiring stories. Something of such perfection will leaves readers desperate for another. I am not sure where this author has been hiding, but now that she is here she MUST STAY. This being the sequel for Crash I am not sure if there will be another book. The ending does not tie everything off leaving it impossible, but rather is was a wonderful ending even if there would be no more to the story. I can not wait to see what more will come from Nicole Williams, and it is guaranteed that her books will be a wonderful addition to my library.BookWhisperer Favorites!! ~BookWhisperer Reviewer JO~