He's popular, she's not. He's everything she thought she would never have but boy had she never been so wrong in her in whole life.

Trust is a book filled with so many emotions that you will wonder if you're bipolar when you get done reading it. The ups and downs I experienced are like none other. I literally could not put this book down until the very end. It was the perfect combination of light and dark. Set in a world that I love to read in and only Kylie Scott can write it so it doesn't seem repetitive, old. She keeps it fresh and leaves you speechless just with a stroke of a key. I loved Kylie's books before but this one made me fall more in love with them.

Trust is something that is not given freely, it has to be earned in most cases and that takes time. But sometimes you have no choice but to trust a complete stranger. Especially in the middle of an armed hold up where people have already been killed by a brain fried, drugged up lunatic.

That is the situation that Edie finds herself in on a routine junk food buying outing. Now her life is in the hands of this crazy, paranoid man. However, she is not alone in her terrifying ordeal, another customer, John, is right there with her. A man who risks his own life to save hers.

After the harrowing ordeal is over, Edie really needs a fresh start away from her old school and friends so she can start anew. She is shocked to discover that the guy who saved her life now sits behind her in her English class at her new school.

Let’s talk a bit about John Cole…. not only did he save a stranger from a life threatening situation but he is one of the most popular guys in school. He just has this presence about him. He is gorgeous, has mad skate boarding skills and has no problem getting girls to meet his ‘needs.’

Both Edie and John are having their own individual struggles dealing with the post traumatic aftermath of what they went through together. Edie is having nightmares most nights with vivid memories of what happened. John has had a bit of an awakening, deciding to turn his life around distancing himself from people that are not headed in the same direction.

John and Edie’s friendship is at the forefront of school gossip. He is this cool, totally hot guy and Edie is the new girl who is not really his type – that is the word on the street anyway. However, connections are more than skin deep and these two seem to spend most of their spare time together. Only they can understand what it was like that day.

After nearly losing her life Edie decides she wants to try some things she hasn’t done yet, YOLO and all that. She has a number of ‘firsts’ she wants to achieve and John is a very willing participant in helping her get there. Edie realises that the connection she has with John is going way deeper than friendship but he is way above her league, looks wise anyway.

As these two keep trying to move forward with their ‘new’ lives, in the background there are other influences trying to drag them back down. If you once trusted someone with your life, would they be able to keep it safe forever?

This was a fantastic, gripping read from Kylie Scott, very different to her other books and it shows the breadth of her ability to write engaging stories that I simply open and inhale!

Trust by Kylie Scott opens when Edie is unknowingly caught in a convenience store during a robbery gone bad. John happens to be there also and he saves their lives because he happens to know the shooter, who is a friend of John's older brother Dillon. The shooter is a drug addict with erratic behavior and ends up shooting the store clerk and Isaac, a young man who was with John. Edie feels extreme gratitude for John's actions and lets the police know what he did. Edie changes schools after the robbery and enrolls in John's school without realizing it. She's surprised to see him in English class and he's just as surprised to see her. Edie learns about his background but she isn't deterred from being grateful to him. John and Edie become friends and rely on each other to cope with their experiences at the convenience store. Edie is cute and keeps to herself and John becomes protective of her. He's also turning his life around. They are funny together and they made me laugh several times throughout the book. Realistic fiction with some new adult content, Trust is a great story that I couldn't put down and I want to visit the characters again-5 stars.

What Kylie Scott manages to do in this book is deal with wider issues, it isn't just a story about boy meets girl and falls in love. Trust is about friendships and families. It is about how events in life can shape us, change us and make us adapt to what is thrown our way. It reveals how we can't always control what goes on around us and how people's actions affect us, showing how trustworthy they really are.

Even after reading the blurb this story turned up to be unexpected in the best way possible. The amount of emotions wrapped up in the pages had me feeling so much and if I'm honest I'd love to read more about all the characters, it would be great to get at least a novella for the secondary characters.

If you are a fan of the YA genre then you will love this one. Who knew being in the wrong place at the wrong time can turn out to be actually nothing but right in the end.

The main characters are very relatable and dealt with some tough issues together with some cut-throat teenage drama. The beginning kept me hooked and then in the upcoming chapters, the pace of the story was getting slow and then it was crazy and wild, and then it slowed down again.

All in all I enjoyed the book. Its like a rollercoaster ride it was fast and then slow and then before you know it ... you are done reading the book, but you'll keep wanting more. I just wish that this book is a dual POV. There are a couple of intimate sex scenes in this book (but not too much), therefore I would still recommend it for 16+ readers.

I rate it 3.75 stars!

I don’t know why, but I had such a mental block about this book prior to reading it. Don’t get me wrong, it sounded awesome. And I love Kylie Scott’s books. But something kept me from jumping into it the way I wanted. Maybe it was because this was my first book by her that wasn’t adults? I don’t know, but I’m not kicking myself for not jumping in sooner. I absolutely loved this book. It captured my attention from page one, and I literally had a hard time putting the book down.

One of my favorite tropes is friends to lovers, and I loved that after going through what John and Edie went through, they developed a strong friendship. I loved their friendship. I loved watching them hang out and talk. I loved watching them heal together.

I’ll admit, I loved when John got all alpha and protective over Edie when she was looking to hook up with Duncan at a party. I loved seeing them fall for each other. I loved seeing Edie start to make new (and better friends).

Actually, I have no complaints about this book. I loved every moment of it. Even when Edie’s life was in danger, and my heart was in my throat, the book was amazing. I can’t recommend this book enough!

I love Kylie's books and this book is no different. I don't read a lot of young adult books but cause this was Kylie's book I had to read it. Love how out of tragedy you can still find love. Thanks for letters Ng me read such a good book. Thanks.

This is my favorite so far by Kylie! That's saying a lot because I've rated all of her books 5 stars. I almost wish I hadn't read it early so that I wouldn't have to wait so long for her next release. I loved the storyline, and the swoony love interest, and the fact that the main character was overweight. I can't wait to get my hands on a finished copy of this one!

Trust by Kylie Scott was definitely different than previous books written by her but I actually really enjoyed it. It is her first published YA book if I remember correctly and I'm hoping it won't be her last.

Edie, our heroine, is just an average teenage girl with insecurities and life doubts but one night and one event change her life forever. One person changes her life as well, John. The events that happened on that fateful night thrust Edie and John together. Edie feels this drawn to him and she's not sure if it's real or because of circumstance.

What I enjoyed most about this book was the emotions. Edie already has to deal with every day teenage girl emotions but the emotions she feels after the event, they felt raw and real to me. I loved that about Edie, her attitude without a care about being real and expressing herself. She wasn't scared to say life's too short and take from it what she wanted. Especially when it came to John.

This book touched on hard topics as well. I think it showed that life is fragile. Life can change and be altered in the blink of an eye. Never to take it for granted.

I'm hoping this isn't it for Kylie Scott with YA. But either way I can't wait to see what this amazing and diverse author brings to us next.

First off, can we discuss how gorgeous this cover is? When I look at it, I don't think YA at all, which makes it so intriguing. I've only read Lick by Kylie and couldn't wait to jump into her newest release.

Edie thought she had her whole life ahead of her, spending nights at slumber parties with her best friend and just trying to survive the mean girls in high school. Until one night changes everything. After surviving a drugstore hold-up and robbery, Edie looks at life differently and finds herself fed up with the bullies, so she enrolls in the public school. Edie doesn't expect to run into John, the very boy who saved her during the robbery and the only other person who could possibly understand what she's going through. Edie and John start a friendship as Edie becomes more wild and John finds himself taming down and helping Edie do the same.

Wow, did this book suck me in. From the first page of this book, I was hooked and shocked by the situation Edie had found herself in. While I hadn't read the synopsis before going into this book, it was pretty obvious she was going to meet John again when she transferred schools. I loved how relatable Edie was and how she wasn't this gorgeous, confident girl. It was so refreshing how she was actually just friends with John for a majority of this book, but of course couldn't help but crush on him. With a guy like John, especially when he started to straighten up his act after the robbery, who wouldn't have a crush??

With the shocking beginning of this book, it was easy to forget that this was a YA, but as Edie went to a new school and found new friends, I was quickly reminded how young they actually were. You still had the petty popular girls who would tried to bully Edie and the cliche girls who threw themselves at John because he was the hot bad boy in school. This, though, made it so much more apparent how much Edie was changing and I loved watching her grow and change, in both good and bad ways.

Overall, this was definitely a raw, emotional book about two people who go through a tragedy and only have each other to lean on in the aftermath. I was pleasantly surprised at Kylie Scott's dip into YA and the addicting and real story she gave us.

After being held hostage during a robbery at the local convenience store, Edie's and John's lives change. Edie becomes more reckless and wild, while John quits his partying and drug selling lifestyle. When their paths cross again, they become friends. But soon their feelings develop and their relationship changes. But it seems that the robbery isn't the only dangerous situation they find themselves in.

I loved Trust! The story hooked me from the first page and I couldn't stop reading. This coming of age book took me in a rollercoaster ride of emotions and I don't regret one bit. It made me laugh and cry, and kept me on the edge with all the angst and surprises.
I loved the relationship between Edie and Hang. They made me laugh a lot.

Edie was a good girl, but the robbery changed her. Now she knows how short life is and wants to live it. But sometimes she can be a little bit reckless and wild. She also develops trust issues after being betrayed by her best friend. I loved how she started to stand up against her bullies.
John life also changed after the robbery. He decided to quit selling drugs and partying all the time. Now he wants to do something with his life. He feels very protective of Edie and I loved how sweet he was with her.

Kylie Scott gives us an amazing story and incredible characters with Trust. It is the perfect coming of age book, full of emotion, that'll take you on a crazy ride. It's really easy to connect with the characters and what they're going through. I can't wait to read more from Kylie!

Kylie Scott's first YA novel is perfection. She's got the realistic characters, the chubby main character girl, the bad boy, who really is a bad boy, the bullies, the old best friend who doesn't get it, and the new best friends who are extremely wonderfully written diverse characters. This is one that I was barely able to put down. I took it on vacation to Disneyworld with me and I couldn't wait to get back to my hotel room to continue reading. I totally connected to the main character, Edie, within the first part of the book when she was at the gas station and could barely make eye contact with the cute sales clerk. I have the same issues with talking to the "pretty people" as she puts it, and this is a problem quite often for me when I'm working the cash registers at my part time job and a hot guy comes up. I can't seem to make eye contact or do much more than say exactly the basic sales things I need to say. I really loved all of this, especially Edie's new friends, including John's best friend. I hate that this is a standalone book since I would love to go back and visit all of these characters again! I do think maybe the cover is a little bit risque or adult for a YA book, that's probably the only downfall I can see at all.

I'm not sure why but I thought Kylie Scott's latest release, Trust was part of her Dive Bar series (I might just automatically purchase her books without reading their blurbs). So it came as a complete shock when I started reading to find a story completely different than I anticipated but sweet Jesus... for one afternoon Edie and John's world became my everything and their book exceeded all of my expectations.  Their story blew me away.

Trust is Edie and John's journey about learning to heal after their faith in humanity is rocked. A tragedy not only puts them into one another's lives but it also changed who they are to their core. As they struggle through the aftermath, they discover a friendship and later a love that further bonds them to one another.

It's a fierce and powerful story that left me raw and emotional. I was completely enthralled by the heartache and passion that the author injected into these two characters lives.  I was completely consumed by every moment in their story.

Trust was an excellent reading experience and one that I believe everyone should one-click themselves into.  I absolutely adored this book and I'm glad it was on my summer reading list.

Kylie Scott is a must read author for me, and it is books like this one that keep me anticipating her novels. I loved this one! I really liked and felt for the main characters, Edie and John. For ones so young, they had been through a great deal. I enjoyed their dialogue and interactions. I liked watching their relationship develop.

The storyline was a captivating one and it really held my interest throughout the book. Another great one by this author!

Edie is the good girl going to private schools and John is just the opposite being the bad boy who got into trouble. All it took was one incident to have Edie and John doing an about face on how they view and want to run their lives now. John had become Edie’s hero in the blink of an eye. Now we have Edie wanting to live her life to the fullest and give up her “good girl” status and John is trying to put his bad boy imagine to rest and be a better person.

If you never have read Kylie Scott’s work you are missing out. This is another book of hers that is just as thought provoking and always ready to take on tough subjects.

I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley for a free and honest review.

The fact that Trust is Kylie Scott's turn at YA contemporary shouldn't discourage you in any way from reading it, especially if you're a fan of her new adult and adult works. Because all the elements that make her books the amazing reads that they are are present - the characters just happen to be teenagers in high school. There's humor and snark and depth and a lot of emotion packed into this powerful story.

At its core, Trust is a pretty heavy book. The first two chapters will make you gnaw off all your fingernails. After the convenience store that she is shopping in is held up and she is taken hostage, high school senior Edie comes away a changed girl. Likewise, the boy who was also in the store with her, John, can point to this event as a game changer in his life.

The most interesting thing about Trust is exactly HOW each of these kids' lives were changed by this traumatic event. While Edie was always the quiet good girl, her new lease on life has given her a YOLO outlook, and she starts to run wild. John has a reputation as his school's resident hot bad boy, and after the hold up, he starts to reevaluate the direction in which his life is going and makes steps to get back on the right path.

As Edie and John deal with the aftermath of the hold up in their own ways, they are also drawn to one another because there's no one else who can understand what they went through better. At first, they are friends - they text when they have nightmares and need to talk, they study together and they give each other rides when needed. But, eventually their feelings for each other change.

I love that Kylie Scott made Edie an atypical heroine. She was quiet, overweight and marched to the beat of her own drum. Although under normal circumstances, one would think that a hottie like John wouldn't normally be drawn to a girl like Edie, I think their shared traumatic experience allowed them both to cut through any preconceived notions and societal bullshit so that they could see each other's hearts. And that's what they fell in love with.

Trust is most definitely in the "mature YA" category. It has its share of bad language and yes, Edie loses her virginity to John, and their times together are not exactly fade-to-black moments. But, honestly, I think this was a pretty realistic look at life as an 18-year-old senior in high school. There's f-bombs and bad language and sex with your boyfriend and mean girls. And Kylie captured all this perfectly and wrapped it up in a story about how one pivotal event can change the course of your life.

Over the last year or so we've enjoyed having some of our favorite contemporary romance writers venturing into the YA world which is the world you'll enter in Trust--a mature YA world. It starts off in tragedy involving our heroine, Edie, and follows her as she tries to work through all of the trauma and stress of that night. Edie's reactions--from closing herself off from the people who hurt her, lashing out and standing up for herself, to finding friends who could be worthy and protective of her, and feeling both apathy, restlessness, stress, and a desire to explore and push boundaries--seemed exactly how many teenagers and adults would cycle after such an event. What makes this novel so readable, though, is that those harder emotional moments are balanced out with a lot of humor and vulnerability and awkwardness and I think that, especially, is something that teens will relate to. It's that jumble of all sorts of emotions that may not always seem to go together (and they way she expresses them) that makes Edie so fun to read.
The secondary characters--Hang, Anders, and especially John--also provide great comic relief and a way for Edie to learn how to live and trust after living through such a horrific event. I loved the friend group Kylie Scott created for Edie and all of the parties and places she invented; they had this great blend of reality and fiction that gave it a John Hughes film quality to the story arc and now that I'm thinking about it, this would make a great teen film: tons of humor, sarcasm, angst, and trauma with an underlying pathos that makes it so relatable. Trust is a book I would love to add to my classroom bookshelf; I know I'd have a lot of students who'd love it.

“Now I know how much there is to be afraid of and it terrifies me. But at the same time, I feel like if I could live through that, what happened to us, then I can survive anything. Like, what is there really to be afraid of?"

This book has SO much going for it! A Bittersweet, friends-to-lovers story; a feisty and relatable heroine; AND a bad-boy hero. Kylie Scott is one of my favorite authors and 'Lick' remains one of my top favorite contemporary romance books. For those reasons, I stuck with this story and I'm so glad that I did. Edie is VERY different from most fictional heroines and for that, I applaud Ms. Scott. For once, the ordinary girl gets the guy!

"Kissing John was everything. Well, not everything everything. I wouldn’t die without him. But all of me wanted him, my heart and my head and all of the rest. Without a doubt, he made life better.”

John and Edie experienced a life-changing trauma and it pretty much bonds them together. No one else can understand what they went through that fateful night at the convenience story and they have a tough time relating to their teachers, families and friends. They end up attending the same high school and I loved what the author had to say about bullying, fat-shaming and teenage angst. There are some light-hearted moments in this story as well and if Ms. Scott writes more YA novels, I will be first in line! With that said, there were some minor inconsistencies that took me out of the story a bit (there seemed to be some Aussie-speak thrown in - no American teenager uses some of the language that the author used) but all in all this was a sweet, funny and sexy romance that kept me turning the pages until the very end.

Trust was such a great read. The opening alone will have you totally enthralled with these characters and their story. I was literally on the edge of my seat and when I wasn't I was captivated by the strength these young adults showed and how it shaped who they were and who they were becoming.

Trust is a YA romance about strangers who become survivors and then friends and then so much more. This story is well written and I recommend reading.