Bruised

Wrecked & Wrong, Book 1

De: Ally Avery

Narrado por: Devon Ryder, Silas Hart

I thought this summer would be all lazy mornings, late-night gaming, and zero drama at my best friend's house.

Then his ex-con big brother comes home on parole.

I'm told to stay away from him.

I'm told he's dangerous.

That he'll only bring me pain.

I like a little danger in my life, though. I like a little pain, too, and from the moment he lays eyes on me, it's clear he'll give me both.

Maybe everyone is right about him.

Maybe his heart is as black as his fists are bloody.

But I don't know if I can stay away. And I don't know if he'll let me.

Bruised is a best friend's brother MM romance about a flustered goth boy who just wants to stay out of trouble and the tempting ex-con who keeps pulling him back in. It's the first book in Wrecked & Wrong, a series of interconnected standalones set in Portland, Oregon.

Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.

©2025 Ally Avery (P)2026 Podium Audio

so good!

new to me author but loved it! so much good sex and a great story....ending was a bit rushed but I really liked it!

Perfection!!

This story, so perfect.... Best friends brother. The hero that ended up in jail. Definitely, instant attraction. The narration although not duet is also outstanding!! these narrators really brought life to this book. Hopefully, more to come from this Author and these narrators.👏❤🔥

Minimal Plot

I wanted to like this because it was intriguing based on the summary, but it fell completely flat. There is essentially no plot. The characters spend the majority of their time in the house sneaking around to be together. Neither of the main characters is fleshed out or likable. They don't know anything about each other and don't have any substantive conversations. It's mostly steamy scenes and even those aren't that interesting. All of this made it very hard to get invested in their relationship. Their deep feelings for each other came out of nowhere. The author wanted me to believe that these guys needed each other on a deeper level, but did none of the work to build up to those feelings. Unfortunately, I would not recommend.

Sex Sex

If you want a book about dirty sex your good. If you want a book with a plot and a story, skip it. I would highly not recommend this book.

I wanted to like it

I really wanted to like this book, I like both narrators. However, the boys were awful, honestly the childishness was over the top. So angry because your friend is bettering their life, so worried about being alone. It’s so petty and selfish. I literally have to FF through chapters because I was so annoyed Listening to one of the mmc whine about being alone when his friend was just on the phone . Blew me away, I think the story had a good premise but for me these characters were just a flop. Whiney over emotional men just don’t make a good page turner for me