Tied (All Torn Up #2)

Author: Carian Cole
Title: Tied
Publisher: Forever Publishing
Date Published: 04/30/2024

Read Dates: 03/16/2024/- 03/17/2024
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

 📖 I received a gifted e-book ARC. The following is my honest review✍🏻

Tied is a dual POV slow-burn age-gap romance. The story focuses on Holly, a young woman who was kidnapped as a child and held in the woods for years, and Tyler, the scarred reclusive man who saved her. They reconnect when she is a young adult and form an unlikely friendship that becomes more.

Some of the themes are darker, but the story itself is beautifully done! Holly is naive and lacking in real-world experiences but she’s tough and determined to heal and create a life for herself. Tyler has his own issues to work through, but he’s really good for her and to her.

⚠️ CW/TW ⚠️

Discussion of past physical and sexual abuse, drug use, and serious injury

Tyler Grace was many things.
A myth. An outcast. A hero.
My prince.


My childhood and innocence were stolen when I was kidnapped at five years old. For eleven years I clung to my childhood fairytale books, waiting for the prince I hoped would someday save me and carry me off to a happily ever after.

I had no idea my savior would come in the form of a scarred recluse, covered in tattoos, who can't--or won't--speak a word.

But the moment our eyes met I knew he was the one. My prince.

Tyler Grace is haunted by his tragic past and he's sentenced himself to a lifetime of solitude in the woods. He's as lost in society as I am; scarred just as much on the inside as the outside. Just like me.

He saved my life that day he found me and killed my captor with his bare hands. I was warned to stay away from him. But I can't stop thinking about him. I ache to hear his voice and see him smile. And I want nothing more than to be the one to break through his walls.

I think he's the only one who can break through mine, too.

Together we can have love, happiness, and a closeness that once felt impossible to have. But can we overcome the horrible twisted past that ties us together?