Built: A Saints of Denver Novel by Jay Crownover (Epub)

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Sayer Cole and Zeb Fuller couldn’t be more different. She’s country club and fine-dining, he’s cell-block and sawdust. Sayer spends her days in litigation while Zeb spends his working with his hands. But none of that has stopped Zeb from wanting the stunning blonde since the moment he laid eyes on her—even if the reserved lawyer seems determinedly oblivious to his interest.

Sayer is certain the rough, hard, hot-as-hell Zeb could never want someone as closed off and restrained as she is, which is a shame because something tells her he might be the guy to finally melt her icy exterior. When he shows up at Sayer’s door needing her professional help, she’s both disappointed and relieved that she won’t get the chance to find out just how good he could be.

But as they team up to right a wrong and save a family, the steam created when fire and ice collide cannot be ignored.

“Crownover weaves a tale that touches every emotion and keeps the pages turning.” —Liliana Hart, New York Times bestselling author

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Jay Crownover is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men and Welcome to the Point series. Like her characters, she is a big fan of tattoos. She loves music and wishes she could be a rock star, but since she has no aptitude for singing or instrument playing, she’ll settle for writing stories with interesting characters that make the reader feel something. She lives in Colorado with her three dogs. –This text refers to the audioCD edition. Review “Crownover weaves a tale that touches every emotion and keeps the pages turning.” (Liliana Hart, New York Times bestelling author of The MacKenzie series)“Sexy. Emotional. Engaging. Jay Crownover has done it again with BUILT.” (K. Bromberg, New York Times bestselling author) –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. From the Inside Flap Sometimes a real hero lets you save yourself . . .Sayer Cole and Zeb Fuller couldn’t be more different. She’s country club and fine-dining, he’s cell-block and sawdust. Sayer spends her days in litigation while Zeb spends his working with his hands. But none of that has stopped Zeb from wanting the stunning blonde since the moment he laid eyes on her–even if the reserved lawyer seems determinedly oblivious to his interest.Sayer is certain the rough, hard, hot-as-hell Zeb could never want someone as closed off and restrained as she is, which is a shame because something tells her he might be the guy to finally melt her icy exterior. When he shows up at Sayer’s door needing her professional help, she’s both disappointed and relieved that she won’t get the chance to find out just how good he could be.But as they team up to right a wrong and save a family, the steam created when fire and ice collide cannot be ignored.”Crownover weaves a tale that touches every emotion and keeps the pages turning.” –Liliana Hart, New York Times bestselling author–K. Bromberg, New York Times bestselling author –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. From the Back Cover Sometimes a real hero lets you save yourself . . .Sayer Cole and Zeb Fuller couldn’t be more different. She’s country club and fine-dining, he’s cell-block and sawdust. Sayer spends her days in litigation while Zeb spends his working with his hands. But none of that has stopped Zeb from wanting the stunning blonde since the moment he laid eyes on her—even if the reserved lawyer seems determinedly oblivious to his interest.Sayer is certain the rough, hard, hot-as-hell Zeb could never want someone as closed off and restrained as she is, which is a shame because something tells her he might be the guy to finally melt her icy exterior. When he shows up at Sayer’s door needing her professional help, she’s both disappointed and relieved that she won’t get the chance to find out just how good he could be.But as they team up to right a wrong and save a family, the steam created when fire and ice collide cannot be ignored.“Crownover weaves a tale that touches every emotion and keeps the pages turning.” —Liliana Hart, New York Times bestselling author –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. Read more

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⭐ This was my first book by this author. And I have to say, I struggled a bit getting through it.It was obvious that this is a spinoff to another series. It seemed the main characters Zeb and Sayer had met and were part of an earlier book. There were also lots of little hints dropped and tiny snippets about the secondary characters that leads you to believe they each have their own books. A nice selling point for the other books, but didn’t add much to this story.I struggled with Sayer. She was so cold and standoffish I didn’t understand what Zeb saw in her that had him fighting so hard to make her his. What the attraction was. Yes she was kind and motherly to others. And the way she was raised was awful. But she was quick to put up her walls and push Zeb away. I just didn’t get why someone as smart as she was, could not see there was a name for what she lived through. And that there are healthy ways to work through and heal the way her mind perceived things.I loved Zeb. He was honest and upfront with his past. Learning from his mistakes and making a life for himself. He was shaken when he learned of his son, but stepped up and fought to have him in his life. They were so cute together.My biggest issue with this book, is totally one of personal preference. I am not a big fan of books written in a narrative style. There were pages, and pages, and pages of long narrative passages where the reader is being told what had been said in conversations between the characters, where they had been, what they had seen. As a reader, I like to experience that along with the characters. Get to know them, as they get to know each other. I feel like I don’t really get to know the characters well with this writing style. I feel disconnected from the characters.I didn’t hate the book. I liked the story and the majority of the characters. I just struggled getting through the book because of the narrative style of writing.

⭐ 4.5 StarsI loved Zeb from the first moment he was introduced. What a great guy! I didn’t care that he had been to prison. The fact that it was because Zeb went after the guy who beat his sister made me admire him even more. He was a protective brother who loved his sister whether the law saw it that way or not.I liked Sayer’s character as well. I read the author’s note at the end, so I understand why she wrote her character as not being warm and fuzzy. It still drove me crazy and I wanted to ring Sayer’s neck on more than one occasion. But it all worked out in the end and I was happy.Hyde was a cutie and I loved how his character was written. Such a sweetheart.Built is the first book in the Saints of Denver series and features characters that we met in the Marked Men series. In my opinion, this book can be read as a standalone. I say this because I personally have not finished reading all of the books in the Marked Men series. I believe that if I had, those books would have provided me more background on a number of issues that are mentioned here. Luckily since I haven’t read them yet, this didn’t cause any confusion. I didn’t feel lost nor did it affect my enjoyment of this book. I could just tell there was information and/or scenes I missed out on. If anything, it gave me incentive to go back and finish reading the Marked Men.

⭐ 4.5 stars!“After everything the past has tried to bury us under, we owe it to ourselves to be brave, to do more than float.”We caught a glimpse of Zeb and Sayer in the Marked Men series, and now we have their full story in a new series! Zeb Fuller has made some mistakes in his life, leading to him doing a turn in jail. Zeb has reformed himself, building up a successful construction business, but it’s hard for people to look past his rough, tattooed exterior.Sayer Cole is Rowdy’s half-sister who moved to Colorado the second she found out she had a brother. Sayer hires Zeb to renovate her house, and the two seem to spark an attraction. But every move Zeb makes is shut down until he gives up hope of ever wooing the pretty lawyer. Now, the house is complete and Zeb has no concrete reason to stay in Sayer’s life, until he finds himself in a situation where he needs a lawyer. Now the two are working together, and soon Sayer gives into Zeb’s attention. But inside her head is a myriad of issues holding her back, and it’s up to Sayer to overcome them.I think my favorite part of all of Jay Crownover’s books is that they make me think. After finishing them, I often find myself reflecting back on them instead of powering on to the next book. Built was no exception, I found my head filled with thoughts of Sayer and Zeb. I was totally enraptured by these two characters, together and as individuals. Sayer is a more complicated heroine with insecurities (which I LOVE), and Zeb has his own insecurities as well. I love stories where the man has to break through the woman’s walls instead of the woman chasing the bad boy.I loved going through Sayer’s personal journey, seeing the reasons why she was so closed off and how hard she worked to overcome them. I wouldn’t say Zeb helped her get over them but more so was the reason why she fought to overcome her insecurities and issues. Sayer in return helped Zeb realize his worth, that he was a good man deserving of love without judgement. Despite their physical differences, the two were perfect for each other. Crownover’s books contain an excellent theme on how appearance has nothing to do with who someone is on the inside, and not to make snap judgements about someone based on their appearance and to look deeper. And I love how the old series mixed with this new one, it was like visiting with old friends.I would have liked to see more dialogue and action than inner monologue with the writing. There were times when a character would have an inner monologue and it interrupted a scene, leading me to forgot what was going on or I skimmed ahead to continue the scene and then returned back to read the inner monologue. I would have liked to see more of Sayer and Zeb outside the bedroom, but I can also understand how plot wise that wouldn’t have worked.Overall I think this is an amazing start to the series and I am dying to read the next one. No really, Quaid and Avett gave me massive chills in the small amount they were shown together in this book. I can only hope it’ll be explosive in the next book.“I choose you, Sayer. Lover, lawyer, and all the s*** you are in between that, I choose it. I choose us. When you’re ready to accept that, you come find me.”

⭐ I’m kind of a romantic soul, so I do believe in a fact that for every one of us, there is a person that completes us in every way. And for every block of ice, there’s a heat that would melt it. That’s how I saw the matching of Sayer and Zeb. A block of perfect, polished ice and the fire that was burning hot and bright too close to that ice.Even though at first glance Sayer has been through much less than other Jay Crownover’s heroines, it gets clear pretty soon that she suffered a lot of emotional abuse through her life, and then some. And she was still trying to break from the reigns of that abuse.”She looked like silk, but if my guess was right about her, it was silk wrapped around steel.”Than there’s Zeb, a handyman, a tough and dangerous looking guy, a man with a criminal past, but in the end… a guy who was only too passionate about those he loved: trying to protect them the best he could. The fire in this guy… it’s the passion with which he loves. When he loves, he loves relentlessly. Completely. He loves with fire.”I wanted to feel her to see if she felt as smooth and polished as she looked. I wanted to leave streaks of dirt on her perfect face to mark the fact that I had touched her, that she let me touch her.”The two of them, the most unlikely of all couples, and still the one that feels the rightest.”He was the reason she was here. In that split second that I laid my eyes on her I wanted to be the reason she stayed.”Contemporary romance at its best; Jay Crownover kills it once again.If you love romance, you’ll love the book. Simple as that. Recommended.

⭐ 3.5 stars!The story is about Sayer and Zeb as they try to figure out if opposites really attract and if they do, could they ever make a relationship work between two very different people? Not only do these two live two completely different lives: Zeb gets down and dirty in construction while Sayer lives a life of dressing to the nines and fighting in court rooms, they also react to feelings different ways. Zeb lets himself feel everything, embrace and live life, while Sayer runs from feelings. She hides behind a cold exterior, to afraid to let real emotions in after being raised not to show any.This was one of my most anticipated releases by one of my favorite authors. While I loved the story and Jay Crownover’s writing, I didn’t find myself as engaged as I wanted to be in this tale. When I found out we were getting a new series from this author I was super giddy. When I found out it was going to be about Rowdy’s long lost sister, who we meet in his book, Sayer, I was ecstatic. When I found out her love interest was Zeb? I was over the moon.The main thing I want to emphasize about this book was that the story and writing are amazing. I loved the relationship between all the characters and how badass they all could be in their own ways.As much as I was excited to read this book, I found myself having trouble connecting to the characters completely. I connected more with Zeb then Sayer, I will say. It just seemed Sayer had a hard time letting me in just like she did with Zeb. She had an icy exterior that conveyed even reached through her POV, at points I just found myself thinking what is her personality really like? Being in Sayer’s head was sometimes boring and perhaps that was the real reason I struggled with finishing this book.While I did enjoy reading this book at times, I found the pacing to be rather slow for what I was in the mood for at the time. However, the writing in this book is probably Jay Crowner’s best so far in her writing career. So, if you are wanting to try Crownover’s new series, give it a shot!

⭐ My Review:Overall…. 4.0Performance… 4.25Story…. 4.0This was an enjoyable story about two people who have taken a few knocks in life. Zeb went to prison for attacking his sister’s abusive ex. Unfortunately that happened in front of his niece so he was also charged with child endangerment. Since then he’s turned around his life and now owns a successful construction company. But when he finds out he has a five year old son caught up in the foster system, he knows it’s going to be a battle to get custody so he goes to Sayer for help.Sayer has her own demons. She’s a successful family lawyer who finds joy in helping families find their strength through adversity. But that’s because she’s had her own adversity. Her mother abandoned her to her mentally abusive father. He constantly tore down Sayer which was devastating. She’s learned how to turn off her emotions. That’s the only way she knows how to survive.Zeb and Sayer have amazing chemistry and a great friendship, but as they work together things get deeper and more serious. This terrifies Sayer. Zeb is fighting for his son. She can’t do anything that might endanger that and getting involved is bound to end in disaster.The book is told in alternating points of view and the audiobook is narrated by corresponding male/female narrators. I thought both narrators did a fabulous job with the story. Usually when there is two narrators, I prefer one over the other. That wasn’t the case in this book. They were both absolutely fabulous.This is just a great book and I would recommend it in either reading or audio. It’s a good story, filled with tons of emotion, and all the feels. Zeb and Sayer have incredible chemistry. The book was smart and fun and highly entertaining.

⭐ I received a copy of Built for an honest review.I am such a MONUMENTAL fan of Jay Crownovers books since Rule the very first book in the Marked Men series. I knew Built was going to be fantastical, but I had no idea how much of an understatement that was.Most of the characters we meet in this story are carried over from the Marked Men series. Sayer is Rowdy’s older sister and Zeb is one of Rowdy’s best friends. I absolutely loved Built for more than just the fantastical writing. Since Saints of Denver is a new spin-off series, I was happier not hearing about some of my favorite characters than I was in the Marked Men series. The Saints of Denver was a fresh start and a whole new look at the amazing characters.Sayer has had a hard life living with her father who gave her no love and constant rejection. Her mother hasn’t been in the picture for a long time and all Sayer knows is to push people away and shut down. When Zeb needs her help with…something I won’t share since that would ruin the surprise, Sayer wants their relationship to stay professional, but Zeb is very persistent and isn’t taking no for an answer (not in a terrible way, but in a very HOT way). Zeb’s whole life changed when he was sent to jail for protecting his sister and her daughter. He’s learned his lesson that every action has a consequence and all he wants now is for Sayer to be apart of his life.I LOVE Sayer and Zeb, they are absolutely amazing are right up there on my favorites list with Rule and Shaw. I haven’t loved characters this much in a long time. Sayer’s is such a strong woman who despite her terrible past overcomes her fears and is able to become a stronger woman despite all of the hurt she’s gone through. Zeb is an ubber sexy lumberjack who seriously has me rethinking my thoughts on beards. Zeb while a total bad bottom is one of the most caring men ever. He just wants to protect his family and Sayer and would do anything to do that. I liked that Zeb was strong enough to help Sayer realize who she was by pushing her, but also being the best guy ever. I seriously have a mega crush on Zeb for he is the bomb diggidy.Built was a fantastic story with so many surprises and heart wrenching moments I was physically unable to put this story down for even a moment. I read Built in one sitting. Built is one of the best stories I have ever read and one the best by Jay Crownover ever. It’s completely magnificent.If you love hot guys with beards, stories with strong women, sexy sexy sexy hot times, and great writing you will want to get in on this story. The pacing is fantastic, I never felt like the story dragged in any areas.I cannot thank the publishers enough for sending me a copy of Built early! I will love you for always.And to Jay Crownover: Keep being awesome.

⭐ Jay has knocked it out of the park with Built. When she announced that she was writing this series and the fist book was going to be about Zeb and Sayer, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. Let me tell you, Jay did not disappoint with this story.First you have Zeb, and come on, who couldn’t fall in love with Mr. Fixit himself?! He is rough and tough but what lies at the center of him is a heart of gold. Zeb has a past and he isn’t shy about it. When he meets Sayer and she doesn’t blink an eye at the fact that he has a past, he cannot help but to find himself even more intrigued by this lawyer who is so put together. He is determined to get to know her better, but quickly sees that Sayer has some walls that will need to be broke down and built back up. The question is, will Sayer let him help restore her to that person that she keeps locked deep inside?Sayer is always put together and hides behind beige and neutral. She grew up with a father that she could never do anything right by and when moving to Colorado, she soon finds that perhaps that wall she has built up, will come crumbling down, especially when she meets Zeb who test her restrain.As a reader I couldn’t help but to root that Sayer would see that she could truly be who she was around Zeb. I loved that he loved all the layers of her and would gladly stand by and wait until she came to see how great life could be if you would let the walls down.I loved that we got to see glimpses of the Marked Men and that we saw more of Poppy’s story. If you love Jay’s writing, you will love everything about this book.

⭐ I discovered Jay Crownover last summer and listened to all her books on audiobook in quick succession. I loved them, I thought they were absolutely sensational, and I was sooo excited for Zeb and Sayer’s story! But Built is the first of her books I’ve read in print form, and never before did I realize was a jarring transition it could be.As for the story itself, it was fantastic! A very interesting, heartwarming tale that would have been truly phenomenal if stylized differently. Sayer Cole, an attorney specializing in family law, grew up with a cold, emotionally abusive father whose high standards she’d never been able to meet. Even after his death and she moved to Denver to connect with her long-lost half-brother, her behavior and self-esteem is haunted by those standards and the echoes of his scolds. They mess with her head and seriously hamper the relationship she yearns to develop with Zeb Fuller. It’s easier to deal with if she just freezes him and her feelings for him out…but when he unexpectedly needs the help of a top-rate family lawyer, and she immediately goes to his aid, the sparks she tried so hard to tamp out flare to life, and she can’t resist him anymore. But she can’t fully love him, either, because she doesn’t love herself. She needs to exorcise her father’s sneering ghost in order to discover her own personality and claim her individuality, so she can love Zeb to the best of her ability, because he deserves nothing less.I found Sayer entirely realistic and relatable–familiar, even, because I have personal experience with some of her issues. Zeb seemed a little less complex, had a little less internal conflict, in my opinion, but he had his fair share of struggles and I fell in love with him more and more as I read. Crownover’s characters always have such an impressive level of maturity, responsibility, and self-affirmation that I can’t help but admire them.But as for the writing, I cannot remember reading a novel with so much exposition (which is writing primarily intended to convey information or explanation). Most of it was written in active voice, but after a while it didn’t matter–it sounded like passive nevertheless. I don’t know if her other books were like this; hearing a book read as an audiobook makes it all sound like dialogue, you know? Because you hear someone saying it and don’t have to imagine it being said. There was so much exposition that I seriously–no joke–skipped page after page of block text and started reading again as soon as I spotted a line of dialogue. I never felt like I was in the scene with the characters, more like I was at a bonfire with them and being told their story. My hand itched to get a red pen and mark parts that would be so much more engaging and entertaining if brought to life with dialogue and action.Also, her paragraphs could be huge, some of them almost as long as an entire page (and the print was pretty small). It was daunting, and I’d get bored halfway through and just skip to the next one. It’s easier to swallow smaller pieces, like when chewing your food ;). Maybe she has somewhat of a literary-type writing style that I’d never noticed before. There were also quite a few typos that threw me off. A missing “I,” a missing “I’ve,” a “has” that should have been a “had,” and a verb phrase comprised of “can beginning,” to name a few. I understand typos happen, but usually they’re just the rare missing period or end quote. These errors tripped me up as I read, and in some subconscious way I lost trust in the quality of the work. If that makes sense. I’m sure it’s not Ms. Crownover’s fault, but it’s unfortunate.Also, I loved Sayer’s unique name, I love all of Crownover’s unusual character names, but for the life of me I could not stop saying Sawyer in my head. :)Overall, I highly, HIGHLY recommend Jay Crownover’s books, including this one. Her characters are so deep and somehow her fiction always feels strongly rooted in fact. Her characters have real-world problems and real-world emotions and real-world personalities without crossing the line of being too heavy, burdening, or boring to enjoy. She’s seriously talented in her ability to walk that line.

⭐ This book was a lovely but frustrating read but one that was totally worth it.When Zeb and Sayer meet, sparks fly but each has baggage that stops them for taking it to the next level. It is only when a surprise hits Zeb and he turns to Sayer to help him through it, that their relationship begins. This story is about love, family, discovery, and redemption.Zeb was a dream-worthy hero. He was possessive, sweet, loyal and 100% protective to those he cared about. The love he has for his family and the lengths he will go to protect and nurture them is downright heartwarming. I got say that for me, Zeb made this story and for him alone, it makes this a five star read. (IMO, I could totally see the title of the book being Zeb). He is the kind of guy that isn’t afraid to admit he loves the girl and he fights and pushes to get past her shields because he sees the girl that she is and not the girl she had to become. He loves every part that makes up the woman she is. But at the same time, I liked that he understood that sometimes it isn’t the boy who saves the girl but the girl who save herself. Zeb was the character I loved from beginning to end. He was pretty much the perfect character.Sayer was a harder character for me. What she went through as a child is completely traumatic and caused her to feel wary and unworthy of love but it is also the one thing she craves above all. My heart truly broke for her but at the same time she frustrated me with the hot-and-cold attitude she had. I think the fact that Zeb was such a great character made me want to shake her and say accept it already! But once she does accept, I love the way she works to show and convince him of her love and just doesn’t expect him to believe her. In the end she won me over.This author hasn’t disappointed me yet and Built was a great addition.I cannot wait to see what is next!

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