*~~*ARC kindly provided by the author to me in exchange for an honest review *~~* 
 It is really hard to describe my feelings about the book in quite a nutshell. I was - right from the start - hooked, enchained and simply blown away. 
 We already knew a character with a social anxiety disorder, Kai from Strong Signal is one character you totally feel with. 
 With Ian - aka Cherry or Cerise - one of the mods of Kai's Twitch channel, together with sunnyboy Garvy there is another kind of guy who is enchained and haunted by his social phobia, but other than Kai he creates walls around him, is hiding behind other identities. 
 Some people might not be pleasant around Ian, some maybe think he is a difficult character and true, his first behaviour is troublesome. The way he interacts with Garvy first isn't the perfect start and also Garvy/ Jesse makes mistakes. And not less to be honest. 
 I don't know why but I liked Ian a tiny bit much than Jesse, Jesse sometimes had aspects and behaved not really prudent, sometimes quite childish. Things he'd done were a bit... I won't say unrealistic because they weren't but they hit a nerve. 
 If you are - as me - more into Ian and his struggles those actions by Jesse are a bit difficult, though both made - in their context sense. You can understand Jesse but you also understand Ian. 
 Undeniable is the chemistry between those guys even when they meet the first time in real life and don't know (or in better words: nobody really confess) who they both are. 
 Which leads to the aspect, Ian is building up walls around him. Those walls are the major angst parts of the book, I won't tell too much because it should be read individually but I can say it's more than understandable why he is doing this, and my heart broke several times while reading the book. 
 Of course Hard Wired comes along with the great humor you are well aware if you follow the other books in the series or by Santino Hassell and Megan Erickson in general. The sarcastic voice is loud and clear around Ian, it's no wonder he is most written by Santino. If you know him (as an author) these comments aren't that surprising. Quite the contrary is Jesse, he seems bright. And this is not to read in a drug addicted way. xD He is the lighter guy of the both, where Ian constantly being surrounded by dark clouds, Jesse is - and in his appearance - the typical sunnyboy. Curly waves of blond hair, tanned, right out of any beach scene. Ian is the contrast with all the tattoos and his build, the pale skin. 
 It is really amazing how many (small) easter eggs this book contains, people who love this are in heaven. Other may - or maybe not - be annoyed. :) But maybe are also intrigued to get to know the other bo0ks. ;) 
 What I also enjoyed was the insight of the community. You read about and be in a group full of nerdy, geeky but lovely character. Truth, some aspects are maybe confusing if you aren't fan of all the mentioned series or have knowledge about, about conventions and fandoms. I for myself was very pleased and I recognised a lot of fandoms. :3 My heart was bursting in joy and the great combination of the character's problems and the community issues, the thing which made the book so realistic, were expertly executed by Megan and Santino. 
 Megan and Santino created magic (again) with realness every damn line. :3 
 This book totally deserves 5 out of 5 stars. It's different than Strong Signal and Fast Connection but in the whole series it's not so much different. There are still comparable parts. And the fact that we have the awesome connection to the events of Fast Connection, when Luke and Dominic attend the FallenCon is one icing of the cake. You can look up at Fast Connection and find the scene - word for word - so there is your link and you know where to put the book, in which timeline. 
 I really adore those kind of links, because it makes the books more real, more palpable, more authentic. 
 Gimme more, it's all I can say and I am so excited to read the last book about Jesse's cousin and best friend Beau. And if you were really attentive while reading you got a clue who his love may be. :3 
 Review originally posted on my blog with added content Mikku-chan / A world full of words 
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