Frayed

Willow Springs Series, Book 1

De: Laura Pavlov

Narrado por: Virginia Rose, Lee Samuels

Bad boy football star. Innocent girl next door. Two different worlds. One small town. A million reasons why they should have stayed away from one another.

My name is Adelaide Edington, and my life was mapped out for me before I even entered the world: who I'd date, where I’d attend college, what I'd be when I grew up.

But there comes a time in everyone's life when they face a fork in the road. Should I go left, or should I go right? It didn't matter as long as I didn't remain stagnant any longer.

Jett Stone opened me up to a whole new world, reminding me that it was okay to find my own way. I could have roots in Willow Springs and still spread my wings and fly. What I didn't expect was to fall in love with the broody football player.

The boy I’d known since kindergarten. The boy who I wasn’t supposed to be with—but had somehow become my everything.

This is book one in the Willow Springs series, but it can be listened to as a complete standalone. HEA is guaranteed!

©2021 Laura Pavlov (P)2022 Podium Audio

Enjoyable YA romance.

Frayed, book one in the Willow Creek series is a YA story with interesting characters trying to figure their way through their high school years. I normally don’t run to stories with younger characters but I love Laura Pavlov and her books, so I dove in. I was definitely not disappointed.
Adelaide and Jett are from completely different backgrounds even though they have grown up in the same small town. They have known each other for years and have always had a special connection, but navigating those younger years always comes with challenges whether it is from other kids or family or simply academic pressures but somehow these two find that it is their friendship that bonds them together as they deal with all that is thrown at them and now it’s their time to take the leap towards their futures together.
I also had the added benefit of listening to this book and the narrators did a wonderful job that definitely added to my enjoyment of this story.

Great story. Real life experience

Well written and love the readers. Definitely a great purchase. Going to do next in this series.

So good story

The voices were so good and the story too. The difference in tones to identify who was talking give more to it.

Laura Pavlov can do no wrong!

Normally I do not like high school romance books but this one is different. I actually listened to this series out of order and read this one last. The love story in this one is sweet and wholesome. But you will get angry at some parents in this book. Overall great book!

Solid 4.6/5

Bro this book! The friends were amazing ride or dies and side characters. Ren was a God send. And above all Jett and Adelaide were a beautiful couple. He pushed her to become and step into who she wanted to be. She always saw the best in others and if I’m being honest that is what I’d suspect her demise to be. The dude physically assaulted her and would’ve took it further if Jett hadn’t been there to stop him yet she turned around and stood beside him while recovering. Alec never had to take responsibility for his actions and I HATE that she made it okay by forgiving him for everything when he did absolutely nothing to prove charged behavior.

Next. Her mother ain’t 💩 and her father wasn’t too much better. The scene in the hospital room and days that followed made em feel like the story went from a 5 to a 4.6 🌟

Initially I was torn between liking Ellis and being confused with his lack of having his own voice (which annoyingly bled into his daughter) but that scene had me shutting down all thoughts of empathy towards him. The father not realizing his own child isn’t happy is weird energy to me. Your kid is VALEDICTORIAN and you thought state school was the furthest she could get? Or want to go? Seriously? Then he’s like Adelaide stayed at Alec’s bedside because it’s her decision to be, well yes the boys mother threatened her and you AND her mother stood there “looking at your feet” are you kidding me??? By the end when Adelaide over heard her mother with Alec’s mom is when she felt “allowed” to tell him how she felt. That’s sad.

Idc how Laura tried to dress up the dad’s actions (or lack thereof) at the end he and the mother both disgust me. I wish the ending would’ve pushed children to stop accepting the bare minimum from their parents on the strength of “but that’s my mom” or “but that’s my dad.” Many parents hardly deserve the title, we need to start encouraging healthy ways to set boundaries from our friends but even more importantly our parents.

LOVED

I went into this book completely blind. While I knew that based on the cover this was a small town romance, I was surprised to see it be YA. I was even more surprised with how GOOD it was. I had been in a bit of a funk lately with books. Nothing was really sticking with me, captivating me. Until this one.

I LOVED Jett and Addy!!! Both characters were SO GOOD individually and together. I loved how they supported and truly complimented each other. They were just what they each needed. And their group of friends??? LOVE LOVE LOVE them allllll too!!!

Never in my life have I felt so aggravated with a character like I did Addy's mom. Well, and Alec's mom too. Good grief!! Towards the end of the book, I was seeing RED, but the author did a phenomenal job wrapping everything up beautifully.


I got the audiobook for free from the audible plus program and truly devoured it. All I wanted to do was listen all day long. The narrators, Virginia Rose and Lee Samuels, did a great job with all the characters. I don't think I had listened to books narrated by them before but I enjoyed it!

I cannot wait to dive into the other books in the series.

A must read/listen!

Young Love

Jet, poor, football star and son of a single mother feels he isn’t worthy of Addy, the long time girlfriend throw together with her boyfriend
Jet and Addy slowly reawaken a friendship which leads to love.
My first Laura Pavlov and she has another new reader.
Great narration

Hello Laura’s Backlist😍

One thing I love about audiobooks is the fact that they give me the opportunity to dive into an author’s backlist when I may not have the time to eyeball read a story. This one was no different! I would definitely say Frayed is a different vibe than Laura’s most recent works, seeing as these characters are in high school, but I really enjoyed the message it was putting across (no matter how frustrating it was to get to the end result lol!). The narrators did a great job with this one and definitely kept me invested in the story! Can’t wait to read more!

Young adult

I was surprised when I started this. It was Laura Pavlov, so I just one clicked and didn’t read the synopsis. I’m not usually into this genre but I was surprised I enjoyed it.

high-school romance you always wanted

beautiful story about making your own decisions as you grow up. ✨️ 💕 I loved it. I identified alot.