Tied (All Torn Up Book 2) Kindle Edition

4.5 stars! Carian Cole has rapidly become one of my favourite authors for beautiful and heart breaking stories! She has an innate ability to pen unforgettable stories and characters and TIED was no exception. From the onset, I was thrown into Tyler and Holly’s tragic pasts which lead to their meeting. And OMG, I loved watching these two characters build trust and love in the other. This story is low on steam but I was totally OK with this as I didn’t think that the story needed the steam factor. Highly recommended, though stock up on the tissues!

I don't think I could ever not re read this book, it's difficult and frustrating but oh so real.
It's not smutty and full of sex.
The tension is there but it's the love that blossoms between two broken and lost souls that sucks you in. You can't stop reading even if you've read the book before.
I would love to read more of these two

Carian writes with depth, soul, love this is a beautiful love story, 2 people finding each other not knowing they have already met, this story makes you look beyond the physical. I have now read all Carian's books and I have loved them all. Incredible story teller. 😍👏🐶🎄🏍✨🔥♾

I have been waiting for this story since meeting Ty in Torn! Both Ty and Holly have been through so much and I loved this story of two broken souls, finding each other, healing as only they can together. Ty is just beautiful although still having the mysterious side. Yet another great Carian Cole read!

An all encompassing love story: Tyler and Holly were so well matched, not truly broken, but certainly bruised. I need time to dwell eon the intensity of them.
Carian Cole has a gift that brings her characters to life...

WOW! I absolutely loved this story between Ty and Holly. Two broken souls who's past, present and future are miraculously entwined together. Ty makes an appearance in the previous book, Torn, he is Toren's younger brother and I did not like him, but I was intrigued to find out his story!
After a series of events that happens in Ty's and his family's lives, he totally retreats from society and lives hidden away in a shack in the woods, only venturing out at night on his bike & checking animal traps for his brother. It's there he has his first encounter with Holly and it's life changing for both of them.
The book is another slow burn that deals with some incredibly heart breaking & devastating issues. I am so impressed with Carian's writing, the story is told with duel POV's and some reflection of events in Ty's life & to a lesser degree, Holly's. How Carian was able to get inside Holly's head and tell her story of abuse is just amazing, I think she must have done a lot of research to write the character of Holly, she was very real and believable to me. I think her character is one of the most beautiful, innocent, pure & strong souls I've ever read about. Slowly, but surely Holly and Ty create a friendship & bond and together, they simply heal one another and it's an absolutely beautiful thing to read. Once again, this second book is all about the journey not the end, but Carian does mention she may write more about this couple, I REALLY hope she does!! There is a short bonus scene at the end of the book, which I wasn't quite ready for, I don't want to spoil, but it brought tears to my eyes. Definitely worth reading & I look forward to the next book.

Reviewed by Klaire Sutherland on behalf of KFF

Wow! I’m not sure where to start with Tied in all honesty, I guess if you haven’t read Torn, the first of The Devil Wolves book then you really should. It’s not imperative that you do in order to understand Tied, as both can be read as standalones, but Torn is so good you’d be doing yourself a disservice by skipping it. Tied left me wondering how on earth this author was going to manage to write a story about the “savage” in the woods.

“We’re kinda made of the same ripped-up cloth.”

And that is the essence of Tied – two absolutely messed up people meeting in the middle and finding their own way. This book is less to do with The Devil Wolves MC and concentrates on Holly and Tyler. One hides, and one was hidden. Watching both come together and building something is quite a wonder.

On first meeting Holly; it’s unpleasant. She’s an 18-year-old child who is dragged from a hole in the woods. I use the word child in the most literal of senses. Carian Cole wrote Holly beautifully, portraying a young woman who saw the world through the eyes of a child. The writing was perfect, hauntingly sad in all the right places, emotion simply pouring and weaving throughout most of the book. I felt Holly’s journey from start to finish. Many authors build on the emotion and then pummel the reader hard and fast, all at once. Tied isn’t like that, it comes at you from all angles, sometimes with surprise and sometimes not. It’s a constant drip feed of intensity and sadness interspersed with some beautiful moments. Yet the story written doesn’t smother or drown the reader, it propels…the emotion finely balanced.

“She’s like the star on top of the Christmas tree – that final glittering touch that brings it all together.”

Both Holly and Tyler tell their stories yet somehow Tyler becomes and remains the most instrumental character throughout the whole book. He tells a lot of Holly’s tale, which I found quite surprising, but immensely clever. I loved the way Carian Cole wrote this and how she gets under your skin for most of the book. And just when you think you’ve read the worst…well, you haven’t. Tied is not graphically detailed however I don’t think it needed to be. You can piece together both histories without the grit and gore that obviously happened, to have written so descriptively of those scenes would have sullied the beauty of Holly and Tyler, it didn’t belong in Tied.

A convoluted fairy tale style of story is the base of Tied, a little Beauty and the Beast. I didn’t feel like I was reading a re-cap of an old fairy tale though no matter how many connotations there were. Some delicious and unseen twists often stopped me in my tracks, supporting characters played their part well however difficult or mean they seemed. Everyone had a reason. Both Holly and Tyler were easy to fall in love with too. Holly should have been a snivelling mess due to her ordeal and Tyler should have been meaner in retrospect. Neither gave me cause to dislike them, both strong characters, very appealing.

“We have so many f’ed-up gray areas between us we’re practically a black and white movie.”

My only “gripe” about this whole book is the ending. Being the practical person I am I found it a tad ridiculous, a little too much but you know what – it was perfect for them and for that I can’t really grumble about it so I’m not going to. Highly recommended, I can’t punt this author enough. Every time she writes something she bowls me over, sweeps me off my feet. Personally, Tied has surpassed Torn for me, a stellar five star read that you’d be a fool to miss. Keep your eyes peeled for Boomer, the little guy is something else!