Preppy: The Life & Death of Samuel Clearwater PART ONE (KING Book 5)
Samuel Clearwater, A.K.A Preppy, likes bowties, pancakes, suspenders, good friends, good times, good drugs, and a good f*ck.
He’s worked his way out from beneath a hellish childhood and is living the life he’s always imagined for himself. When he meets a girl, a junkie on the verge of ending it all, he’s torn between his feelings for her and the crippling fear that she could be the one to end the life he loves.
Andrea ‘Dre’ Capulet is strung out and tired.
Tired of living for her next fix. Tired of doing things that make her stomach turn. Tired of looking in the mirror at the reflection of the person she’s become. Just when she decides to end it all, she meets a man who will change the course of both their lives forever.
And their deaths.
For most people, death is the end of their story.
For Preppy and Dre, death was only the beginning.
This is the fifth book in the King Series and it's meant to be read after Soulless.
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This is a book you don’t want to miss!
The Evil Ginger has done it again. Only this time, she’s not so evil. Well, as reformed as a twisted soul can be. In The Life and Death of Samuel Clearwater, she still gives us a wickedly dark story but she also gives us our beloved Preppy back and douses his story with deep emotion. This is a book you don’t want to miss. Preppy is the 5th book in a series and you must read the four books before it (King, Tyrant, Lawless, & Soulless). Each one of these books is EPIC. The journey is one you will never forget. T.M. Frazier will have your jaw dropping, tears leaking, and hormones raging. I wasn’t 100 percent sure what to expect going into Preppy. He’s a dark character with a wild sense of humor and T.M. Frazier likes to pull the rug from underneath us. All I knew was it was something I was salivating to get my hands on. So, I went in not expecting anything (Plot wise). I had no idea where the story would go. I couldn’t have predicted anything about how T.M. would tackle such a complicated character or where she would take us but it couldn’t have been more perfect. She switches up her style a bit with this book and shows us more of her range, playing more with the emotions of the story. And doing it so damn well. Preppy is obviously a character that has been through a lot. Not only do we start to see the chain of events from the last couple of books revealed from his perspective but we learn more about his past and how he became the man he is today. You will feel the darkness from his world like his burdens are your own. Andrea ‘Dre’ Capulet couldn’t be more perfect to round out this story. She’s fighting demons of her own. She’s feisty yet broken. Strong yet vulnerable. She’s Preppy’s perfect match. Dre may even give Ray a run for her money as my favorite of T.M.’s leading ladies. There is a twist in the timing of when these two met that I didn’t see coming and it adds more intrigue into the entire series. I love this story. I love these characters. T.M. Frazier transports us to a dark and gritty world. The whole crew of characters have bonds that are unshakable. We see more of Bear and Preppy interacting one on one in the story and I absolutely loved that part too. You won’t be disappointed in this latest edition to the series. It deserves every bit of praise and hype that I’m sure it will get. I can’t wait to see where the rest of Preppy’s story goes. I’ll be waiting on pins and needles.
Oh Preppy im go happy your back!!
Samueal "Preppy" Clearwater is not you every day criminal. He is really not you every day man. There are a few things in this life that he likes. Bow ties, they are a must, Pancakes, they are the best, Suspenders, I mean come on they go with the bow tie. Add in his best friends and a little bit of drugs and you have a recipe for a good time. Dre is a broken junkie that really has nothing left. She has her ticket to go back to her dad and she is going to get her life back together. That is until she decided to steal from the wrong person who has the protection of the bow tie. I cant tell you how excited I was for this book. I waited ever so patiently for her to write this book. Preppy is fought over in frazierland and if you read her books you know why. This is book number 5 in the King series. Haven't started......go to search and get the first 4 books and start now!!! I love that this book not only it has Preppy and we really get into his mind but it starts when King first goes to Jail. King didn't even start there it started when he got out. I really wanted to know how a love interest was going to fit into his life. Well the best way is to find a girl that is strung out and trying to steal from one of his grannies. Did I just say grannies yes I did and oh and there is a pig as well. Preppy is trying to survive and get money while King is locked up and also try and get max out of foster care. Dre does more to him than he thought. Never has this happened. Dre is a interesting character. We have had doe that has lost her memory, Tia that has lost her parents and now Dre who is broken junkie that really is over it all. This is her chance and a better life and she is now going to take it serous this time. Blackmail and her grandmother are keeping her in Logan's Beach for now. This is not your typical beach love story. This books is going to make you swoon, it is going to make you anxious, this book is going to make you want to scream. (Mainly the ending) You will have a cliffhanger!!! That is one thing T.M. is really really and I mean really good at is cliffhangers. I think at the end of the book like all the others I wanted to scream. But its really in a good way. I cant wait for January and I thought there was only going to be 2 books and now 3 I'm pumped. Read this book if you like dark romance. Read this book is you like a tattooed man in a bowtie and suspenders. Read this book if you want to try something different than you have been reading. Just read this book!!
PREPPY!!
Title: Preppy The Life and Death of Samuel Clearwater Part One Author: T.M. Frazier Rating: Every Possible Star!! Synopsis: He's back!! Samuel Clearwater, Preppy to his friends, is back from the dead and he is ready to give us part of his story we have never heard. To really tell it though we have to go back, about three years back, to a time when King was locked up, Bear was on a long run for the Beach Bastards and Preppy was just trying to hold his little makeshift family together all on his own. Enter Andrea Capulet, Dre to her friends, a strung out junkie ready to rob her own grandma for her next fix...literally. However what Dre didn’t know and what she was about to find out was that granny had herself a white knight in the form of pure evil a bow tie and he wasn't about to take that crap sitting down...it might wrinkle his khakis. Imagine his surprise when he finds the object of his fury ready to fling herself off his favorite water tower. Preppy may have saved Dre from ending it all that night but she has no clue what kind of mess she's just landed herself in at the mercy of this man who is as handsome and hilarious as he is truly terrifying. Review: I knew this book would be good, I thought it was even probable that it would be great.... I never imagined it would be hands down my favorite read of the year thus far!! As a fan of the series I knew going in that Preppy was hilarious, sexy and intense and the first part of his story did not hold back on any of those aspects. From the very beginning I was hooked by his crazy inner monologue and I could not put this book down. Dre was a wonderful counterpart to Preppy's crazy hilarity. She was strong and vulnerable all at the same time, she was smart enough to keep up but naïve enough to buy in to what he was selling. Once again T.M proves that she can keep me on the edge of my seat with a plot while still making me fall more and more in love with her kooky cast of characters on every page. In some ways Preppy's story was the lightest and funniest of the King series and in some ways it was the most gritty and intense....kind of like Preppy himself actually. Sitting her now, I'm sure this book hangover will be one of the most intense of my life and I can’t even bring myself to be mad about it. I am so incredibly high from the emotional roller coaster of this book and I absolutely cannot wait to get my hands on Part two.
“A bullet with a side of bow tie.”
To say this book is “dark” or has “dark elements” would be an understatement of epic proportions. This story is filled with the deepest levels of evil and carnal perversion. My heart completely broke for the tragic hell that both Preppy and Dre had to live through. I don’t blame them for turning to different vices just to survive the mental scarring and anguish. I am in awe of the way the mind works and how it compensates for the tragedies thrust upon it and the body and soul. Preppy is a sick SOB and a good man. I loved and revered his personality and desire to fight for a life worth living. His connection with Dre is beautiful and broken and perfect. I have loved Preppy from the very beginning and I will continue to love him in all his corruption. I don’t think I would ever recommend this book series because of the deep darkness it distinguishes, but I have felt honored to be brought into this world and the horrors of the world truly opened to my eyes.
"I never knew true fear until I met pure evil. He wore a smile and a bow tie."
"I never knew true fear until I met pure evil. He wore a smile and a bow tie." Samuel Clearwater (Preppy to his friends), wears an easy smile and provides comic relief in the most messed up of situations. He does what he has to do to protect his business and get the job done. Andrea (Dre) is a heroin junkie at the absolute lowest point in her life. Making bad decisions one after another, she is out of options. Until the least likely of saviors shows up... These two people, who have their own individual darkness swirling inside of them find an unlikely friendship. When coupled with an intense sexual relationship, will they open up and heal with each other, or will their past and the darkness win... This book was fantastic!! I loved Preppy. His one liners and quirky personality were a welcome lightness brought into some dark situations in the book. Preppy is almost always wearing a mask, which fools just about everybody... until he meets Dre. Dre is a junkie, who has done some horrible things while addicted to heroin. When Preppy 'saves' her she fears him more than anything she has faced before... until she starts seeing behind his façade. Featuring some hot and filthy sex, two highly damaged people and a story that is building up to be epic... part one may end on a cliffhanger, but it will not leave you wanting. This book is #5 in the King Series, but starts a new trilogy just about Preppy and Dre.
My boyfriends back!
Preppy....*sigh*.... Seriously it has taken me nearly a week to gather myself to write this review. preppy has been probably my all time favorite character throughout this entire series. I loved his humor and quick wit in King's books and I cried like a freaking baby and read with a gulp the size of Texas in my throat all thru Bear's books. Never had I grieved a character so much in all my reading as I did Preppy. Then...Preppy got his own books!! (Celebrate good times, come on!) Now, I'm not gonna rehash the whole blurb for you because I'm sure that's been done one thousand times, but let me tell you why I loved this book If you've read any of the other books in the series , we all know Preppy is hilariously funny and has the fashion sense of your most feminine boy best friend. But I don't think we really knew just how completely soft and kind hearted Preppy can be. We knew he was kind, when it worked for him and we knew he could be quite the ladies man. But in this installment of the series , we get a look at Preppy's heart like never before. His character becomes so much more polished off! And if I thought I loved him before, well know he's just totally cemented himself in my heart for one of my most favorite book characters ever! I love Preppy because even though he's fought from the flames of his childhood, he didn't come out with a speck left on him. If anything he's learned what NOT to do. I love Preppy because he's funny and he never fails to make me laugh but who knew he had the heart of a lion with so much ferocious compassion and loyalty! I love Preppy because he may be bad boy and might even appear somewhat dispicable to the wrong person, but this is all based on very good reasons he has behind those actions. His loyalty and integrity justify his actions. TM Frazier, I just don't think the woman can write a bad book! Sheesh! She always continues to amaze me and blow me away with every new book she releases. And I'm honest when I say, I'm usually left shaking my head at her tales. She has an eye for detail and does a phenomenal job of incorporating little things or tying her stories together in so many genius and clever ways. Frazier has an uncanny ability to take her readers deep into the trenches of her darkest thoughts but she does it so easily and fluidly that you don't even realize you've gotten lost until 3 hours have gone by! Someday, when I pass away, I hope TM Frazier writes my eulogy. I'm gonna pencil it into my last will and testament so my husband knows for sure who to contact
A fantastic story that will stick with you long after you finish and scrambling for the next one
Preppy - the comical guy that always has something to say and said it he did - no matter how much louder and cruder. When he ran across Dre, the broken girl strung out on heroine teetering on the edge of the water tower, he felt something for her he had never felt before. He rescued her, not realizing that she was rescuing him as well. She was running from the demons of her past, drowning them in heroine. Preppy was just living, but not truly living, dealing with memories of his horrible childhood until King rescued him. In this first book, you hop back and forth between the past (the beginning of him and Dre) and the present (being held prisoner by Chop) - this book caused all the feels. Yes it is dark, but you see two souls that are completely shattered start to heal. But when Preppy pushes Dre away, will he be able to survive the loss that she causes and will Dre be able to get over the man that broke her heart. Preppy is my favorite of the guys out of the King series and with this first book you get to meet all the sides of him. It's so complex, yet so simple and the story will draw you in and stay with you long after you finish. TM still amazes me with how she created a world such as this and I find myself returning to this series over and over never getting enough.
Perfectly damaged..my Preppy
So, you know that when an author has left you speechless after you’re done with reading their book that means they have done an excellent job at telling a wonderful story. That’s exactly what TM Frazier did when she wrote “Preppy,” I couldn’t wait to read Samuel “Preppy” Clearwater’s story. Out of all three of them I knew his story had a hurt and damage that goes with it and I love me a good damage man story and TM knows how to write on hell of a story. We get a look into Preppy’s past, a past that I didn’t even realize exist with such extent. I was surprise to realize that it even involved a woman, one who we got know as Dre. They were both broken, Preppy more so than her, but what he didn’t realize was that they needed each other in order to make themselves whole. For some reason Preppy kind of remind me of the comic book character Dead Pool, both are sarcastic with this sick kind of humor. We need the humor in this and I knew TM would deliver because that’s how we know Preppy, even though he’s hurt and damaged you can count on him to make you smile. There was this one part in the book that made me cry, I don’t want to say what it is but all I have to say is that all you want to do is hug him and tell him everything will be ok. Thank heavens he had Dre, even though he thought that he could keep her as his boy was he wrong. They were meant to be together in more ways than one, and what about that ending, holy cannoli. TM Frazier knows how to keep her readers on the edge of our seats and keep us there. I cannot wait the read part two man, after that ending I am sure a lot of folks are sitting waiting.
LOVED!!!! The Evil Ginger strikes again!!! Amazing!!
I can't even right now...just WOW I have anxiously been waiting for Preppy's story since I found out he was alive! He was my favorite secondary character in a book ever and I mourned his death as if he were real! No lie!! TM Frazier does NOT disappoint with his resurrection and this may be my favorite book of hers yet! As in classic Preppy style we have a lot of laughs and OMG moments, but she also shows us a deeper side to Samuel Clearwater, and I loved that! He has a very dark and sad past that is revealed which helps you to understand the man he has become better. And Dre, she was just fierce and strong and a perfect match for Preppy. Their relationship is so dysfunctionally perfect, I can't get enough! We get all of the twisty goodness that is Preppy and his hilarious personality plus the dark moments that make TM's books so delicious! Oh and did I mention Preppy and Dre are HOT together, like off the charts sexy!! There is nothing I did not love about this book!! Oh and that ending...WTF!!! I should have expected the jaw dropping cliffhanger that is classic Evil Ginger! Brilliant!!! 5+++++ Stars!!! I wish I could give it 10 stars!! *Reviewed by Crystal for DD's Book Room
Preppy and T.M. Forever!
There is a lot of build up and expectation for Preppy. He is not a stand-alone and if you haven't read the other books in the King/Bear/Preppy Series, you might be lost. That said, Preppy is one of my top 4 most anticipated books of 2016. One of the others being Bear's 2nd book, Soulless from earlier this year! Preppy is a beloved character in this series and it's super hard for me to write a review because this series is so near and dear to my heart. I have books that I love from Jane Austen to Stephanie Meyer, and in the past 5 years I've fallen in love with many series from some amazing indie authors. It's in no way an exaggeration to say that with Preppy, T.M. Frazier has catapulted this series to be my favorite book series right next to the two authors I mentioned earlier. I loved King and Tyrant; Bear has always been my favorite though, so Lawless and Soulless were another world beyond my love of the first two. Because of my love for Bear, I never thought I would love Preppy's books as much. But yet again, the #EvilGinger has pulled some compassion for this tortured soul from my black heart, more than I though was possible! Preppy is such an original character, it's hard to describe him and put him in a box. He's funny, no hilarious; he's sweet, he's sarcastic and hot and has the quirkiest sense of style in a criminal that you will ever see. What you don't expect is for him to be so strong and make you feel so vulnerable and hurt for him one minute and be scared of him the next. Dre is equally as tormented as Preppy and truly is his equal in all ways. Getting the background story for Preppy and seeing the "Because Pancakes" beginnings makes my heart swoon!! The fact that his counterpart in book one is a Capulet (*sigh*) is not lost on me and makes even the name choice of T.M.'s characters just another reason to worship her writing! If you've read any of T.M. Frazier's books before, you know she loves a cliffie.....this book is no different. If you can't handle a stone cold, mouth on the floor cliffhanger; you're going to want to wait until Preppy Book 2 comes out next year! But for me, there was never a choice, my psyche craves this story and having another "chapter" of it to re-read endlessly until Book 2 comes out is just fine with me. side note: I was really really really scared to read this book. Like I literally was shaking when I opened the prologue. Many people had said, you'll be happy or they are good tears......well they were right. Nobody tears me apart and makes me smile about it like Mrs. Frazier and love her all the more for it!
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