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Saturday 29 August 2015

Player By Joanna Blake



JOCK, SPORT, MEATHEAD, PLAYER. I hate them all. Especially this one. He's rude, he's crude and he thinks he is God's gift to women. 

James Fitzpatrick might have started out on the wrong side of the tracks, but his skills on the football field have brought him fame and glory. Now he's forgotten where he came from. 

Hell, he's even forgotten me, the snot nosed brat from next door. So much so that he hits on me when he comes in to eat at the barbecue place I work at to pay my way through school. But the jokes on him when I turn him down in front of all his meathead buddies. No one has ever turned down James. There's a reason he's got a rep as being talented on and off the forty yard line. And now he's determined to make me pay with a pound of flesh. 

Thing is, I've got some moves he hasn't seen yet. It's going to be a long, hot season. 



Player has the potential to be an amazing book, but for me, it was a let down. The story was there, but it was badly written. I didn't feel any of that emotion from it, or that chemistry. Everything seemed to be happening far too quickly. 


I also didn't find Jame's behavior towards a girl he's supposedly loves all that bright either. It just put the icing on the cake. 
He's was a complete jackass and forceful. He doesn't really give her a choice when he sleeps with her. I know in the end she wants it, but for me, it felt like she didn't have a choice. He didn't stop, he just kept distracting her, then all of a sudden the deed was already done. 

I won't be reading it again, and others may enjoy it, so I will be putting it out on my recommendations list. 

Wednesday 13 May 2015

Dearest Clementine (Dearest series #1) By Lex Martin



Twenty-year-old Clementine Avery doesn't mind being called bitchy and closed off. It's safe, and after being burned by her high school sweetheart and stalked by a professor her freshman year of college, safe sounds pretty damn good. 

Her number one rule for survival? No dating. That is until she accidentally signs up for a romance writing class and needs material for her latest assignment. Sexy RA Gavin Murphy is more than happy to play the part of book boyfriend to help Clem find some inspiration, even if that means making out...in the name of research, of course. 

As Gavin and Clem grow closer, they get entangled in the mystery surrounding a missing Boston University student, and Clem unwittingly becomes a possible target. Gavin tries to show Clem she can handle falling in love again, but she knows she has to be careful because her heart’s at stake…and maybe even her life. 



Ahhhhh, this book just made me swoon all the way through. I couldn't get enough. I just wanted Gavin in my life and I still do. 

It misses out a major part in the story, I think if we had known what happened between Clementine and her professor than I would have felt more excitement and felt more towards her in that aspect of the story line. But because we never, I never really connected to that part. I never really understood. You see, she's an English Major and asked her English professor to edit her first novel. When he becomes to close she backs off asking him to leave her alone, but then he attacks her one night,nearly raping her. We don't read about this, but we hear it from her when she's telling someone what happened to her. I think the book should have began with this happening to her and moved on from there. 

It didn't ruin the book for me though, I loved it start to finish and fell so in love with the two main characters I could have kept reading about them. 

Clementine is back for a new semester and is taking a new class, one she chose by accident. With her romance writing class, and her bills stocking up, she struggles to write a new novel. So when Gavin offers to be her book boyfriend, for him to give her the inspiration she needs, she agrees, loving the way she feels when she's around him. because of her last relationship ending the way it did, she only knows about heartbreak, so he teaches her something new, but she still finds it hard to trust.
I found them so cute together. I loved them together. 

She doesn't have much interaction with her old professor but the times that she does they aren't pleasant. Apart from those two interactions he stays pretty much out of the book. 

I loved the story line that is going on behind the romance part, the mystery of the missing girl on campus. I think that kept me intrigued, and although I guessed pretty early on, the ending still surprised the hell out of me. I never expected it. 
I'm so glad I took a chance on this novel, especially as it was up for FREE and I will be reading the next two books in the series.

5*

Friday 1 May 2015

Elements of chemistry: Attraction (Hypothesis series #1) By Penny Reid



One week. 
Private beach. 
Invisible girl. 
Jerk-faced bully. 
What’s the worst that could happen? 
Kaitlyn Parker has no problem being the invisible girl, which is why she finds herself hiding in various cabinets and closets all over her college campus. Despite her best efforts, she can’t escape the notice of Martin Sandeke—bad boy, jerkface bully, and the universe’s hottest, wealthiest, and most unobtainable bachelor—who also happens to be Kaitlyn’s chemistry lab partner. 
Kaitlyn might be the only girl who isn’t interested in exploiting his stunning rower’s build, chiseled features, and family's billionaire fortune. Kaitlyn wants Martin for his brain, specifically to tabulate findings of trace elements in surface water. 
When Kaitlyn saves Martin from a nefarious plot, Martin uses the opportunity to push Kaitlyn out of her comfort zone: spring break, one week, house parties, bathing suits, and suntan lotion. Can she overcome her aversion to being noticed? Will he be able grow beyond his self-centered nature? Or, despite their obvious chemistry, will Martin be the one to drive Kaitlyn into the science cabinet of obscurity for good? 



Attraction is a short novella and I had been dying to read it for ages due to the blurb. It sounded so intriguing. 

Starting the book we are introduced to Kaitlyn in a cupboard, doing what in there I have no clue because she doesn't seem anything like a timid, scared, shy girl. From the blurb I had presumed she hid in closest because of him, Martin, but it's not. Why she does it is anyone's guess. 
The book was so funny at first, the things she said and the way she said them made me laugh, but then, 11% in the book it got old. It got so annoying having to keep looking up certain words to see what they meant it annoyed me. 

Also, Kaitlyn's character was a puzzle. For someone so Clever, she was thick at the same time. I just didn't get it. She comes off this strong independent woman, but then there are times when I think, did she really just fall for that or say that!!! 

The blurb tells us that the book ends on a cliffhanger, but all it felt like was it finishing mid-sentence. I won't be reading the next one. I didn't connect well enough and I hated the characters because they all seemed so alike. Even a jock, play boy player seems to have swallowed a dictionary. 
Another reason I won't be continuing is because there was nothing there. Nothing that stood out to say...'ohhhh I want to know how that ends.' There was no build up or anything. 

2*

Wednesday 29 April 2015

Aflame (Falling away Novella) By Penelope Douglas



The tables have turned. Now I have the power-and it's his turn to beg...

Everyone wants to be me.
Maybe it's the sway of my skirt or the way I flip my hair, but I don't care. Even though their attention is the last thing I crave, I just can't stop. I dominate the track, the speed rattles my bones, and the wind and the crowd screams my name.
I'm her. The girl driver. The queen of the race. And I'm surviving - something he thought I'd never do.
They all talk about him. Did you see Jared Trent on T.V? What did you think of his last race, Tate? When is he coming back to town, Tate?
But I refuse to care too much. Because when Jared does come home, I won't be here.
Tatum Brandt is gone. I'm someone new.


OH MY GOD!!!
I loved this book.....

It didn't feel like a novella at all. It felt like a normal novel it had everything you wanted in it. 
I didn't want Jared to move away, I honestly still believe his reasons were selfish, and I can understand why Tate retaliated the way she did by trying to move on. She was angry, she was hurt and heart broken and she just wanted it to go away. 
What woman doesn't feel like that after a break up? 
He expected too much from her. He never gave her a time limit to how long he'd be gone, or where he was going. He didn't promise her anything which is why I was so angry about him going and coming back and thinking he could pick up the pieces the way he did. 

As a woman myself I would never have forgiven him, as a reader and reading their previous story, I was so glad she forgave him and they worked through it. Yes it wasn't easy, but what love story is. 
Penelope did a great job bringing out the emotions the characters portrayed, it made you feel what they were and I sympathized with Tate so much. I could understand her need to hurt him, to feel indifferent to him, when deep down she was breaking just as much on the inside. 

The story progressed nicely, and we didn't just get a story out of Jared and Tate, but out of all the other couples. I loved seeing them as their sixthsome. They worked together nicely. Tate didn't give in to Jared easily and I loved that about her. She's always been a strong character, especially with everything she has been through, but to see it play out the way it did was truly heartwarming and heartbreaking both at the same time.

I will also mention that Penelope has left the series with the chance that she can still write with the new generation of the Falling away series, by leaving it open. I think this is a brilliant idea and would really love it if she did. Who wouldn't want to see what they're kids turned out like? 
Aurora Rose Reynolds has done the same for her Until series and it's worked out brilliantly. Let's hope there is enough Falling away fans to persuade her too continue on :)


5*Amazing well earned stars.  

Monday 20 April 2015

The Nines By Dakota Madison



Vengeance is mine not the Lord's. It's what I breathe for. It's what I'm still living for. I live for the moment when I will literally have his eye for mine. It's been two years. Two long and difficult years, but my plan is nearly complete. When I'm not in a hospital having doctors try to repair my ravaged body I spend my time on the computer, doing hacking jobs for large corporations and governments who don't want to get their hands dirty or be associated with a job if things go sideways. But they don't have any reason to worry. I'm meticulous, so I'll never get caught. Just one thing stands in my way: The mysterious young woman without a past who desperately wants to be part of my future. I just need to figure out why...




This book was so different to anything I've ever read. Yes I've read about rich SOB that think they can get away with murder, but not the way this was written. 
Although I didn't really connect to the main two characters as a couple, as I thought it happened rather awkwardly and far too quickly when they knew nothing about one another, I just didn't feel it, but that doesn't mean to say I didn't love them together, because I did.

Basically, she moves away from her home town where her brother did the unthinkable. Destroying and killing most of her school. 
So when she has her knew identity, she doesn't expect to bump into her past. When Roxie goes out with her roommate and her boyfriend and his friend she doesn't expect to be intrigued by the going-on's around the school campus. Not only is there a bunch of girls queuing to be taken to a band frat party, that can only be taken if they are picked by one of the frat brothers passing in one of their cars, but there's also a stranger who lives alone, only comes out in the dark and where's a mask. 

Are you intrigued???

You should be, because this is where it gets really interesting. 

Worlds collide, tear apart and lives are destroyed. 

I honestly didn't think I'd enjoy the book or rate it a five star when I read it was to do with rape, a sore subject for most people. Although some parts still made me really sick to my stomach, the story still had me gripped, wanting to know how it all ends. 

I can't wait to read the rest of the books. I'm unsure whether it's a series, or what, or if it's going to be based on the rape fraternity. 

When Roxie's roommate doesn't come home one night, Roxie can't understand the why or the how. It's not like her. So, going to the only other person she knows for help, she finds herself in the middle of something bigger than she ever imagined. 

The book to me shows that no matter where in the world you escape, evil will always be there. This book shows some of the true meanings of evil and I was glad some of the victims got some justice. 
There is one story I cannot wait to read and I hope there will be a story to and that's to one of Roxie's online friends that she talks to in an online chatroom. or whatever it's called.
Anyway, when you get to that part and know who the mystery girl (chatroom friend) is then you'll know why I want her to have a story. 

5* it was written to give you the best experience with such a powerful story line, one that must have been really hard for the author to write. So I give Dakota a pat on the back because it was hard reading at times, let alone reaching somewhere inside you to try and get the story line perfect the way she did.  

Wednesday 18 March 2015

Angels MC: Guardian Angel (Angels Halo MC #3) By Terri Anne Browning



Things in Creswell Springs have been quiet lately. Or so it appears. 

Appearances can be deceiving. 


The night I met Gracie Morgan was the night that my life changed forever. I saved her that night, but it feels like she’s been the one saving me ever since. 
--Hawk 
Hawk didn’t just save me that night. He took me home with him and his family made me one of their own. I felt safe with them and quickly began to fall for the man that was my Guardian Angel. 
--Gracie 


The events of that night have not faded from anyone’s memory. The Angel’s Halo MC delivered their own vengeance against the guys that had hurt Gracie, and the ones that just stood by and did nothing. But they didn’t realize they were dealing with a sociopath like Kevin Samson. Now no one was safe… 


I can't believe I didn't know this was released. A book as good as this is usually plastered all over Facebook or other blogs, but I didn't see this until it came up on Amazon. I was extremely annoyed I didn't see it, so I could read it sooner. 
I've been waiting for this novel to be released for what feels like forever. 
And I wasn't disappointed. 

I've been waiting for Gracie and Hawk's from the very first time we meet them. He's so cute with her. 
I have to admit this book has a lot more going on and I found myself enjoying it more. I also didn't get confused on who was talking as it was labelled this time. which made it easier to follow. 

I love how more secrets are coming out, more twists and more books. I really enjoy reading about this group of characters and can't wait for the next one. Hopefully next time I'm not out of the loop on the release day LOL

Best Angel's Halo book so far....

3.5*

Monday 26 January 2015

Winter (Four seasons Book One) By Frankie Rose



N.B. This book was previously released under the pen name Nikita Rae. There have been significant changes to the storyline and voices of the characters. The book has also been re-edited. Please make sure the original book is not already in your kindle library before purchasing! 

A girl with a dark history… 

Avery Bresllin took a leap of faith when she changed her name. As Avery Patterson, she is no longer the daughter of a serial killer. No longer the girl who was bullied and abused through high school. A fresh name and a fresh start at Columbia University means Avery can leave all that behind. There’s only one thing marring her dream of a clean slate…. 

A boy with a past of his own… 

Luke Reid has a lot going for him: sex appeal, badass tattoos and insane musical talent. Despite his guitar skills, his calling in life has always been to serve and protect. A NYPD cop by day, singer in rock band D.M.F by night, from the outside Luke seems like he’s got it made. But falling for a girl whose father was accused of deeply sinister acts—a man whom Luke shared a devastating history with, himself—only serves to complicated things. 

Pieces of a puzzle…. Four symbols, four methods of destruction. A trade. Borrowed wings. Dark secrets that threaten to destroy.



What a book....... 

I'm going to start off with Luke, seriously LOVED him. Not only is he a cop, but he's in a freaking rock band. Not only does he play guitar, but the hunk sings. SINGS!!! 

He's insanely hot. He could have any girl he wanted, sleep with whoever, but the only one as far as I can tell is his ex girlfriend, who I dislike. When he sleeps with Avery it means something to him. It made me want him a whole lot more. Luke is every girl's dream bloke, I'm telling you. 

Avery is a lovely character, a bit hard at times to understand. Like the way she know's her friend is bringing shit up to bring her down but never calls her out on it, but then when she's with Luke, she does the same thing to him. She constantly bitched at him. But I understood why. She wasn't nasty to him. She was defensive always having her guard up, it was nice to see when Luke would turn it down. 

I knew how the story line was going to go, all through the book I kept guessing on who it could have been etc. But wham bam, the author completely surprised me. The only thing that bothered me was the ending.... it didn't explain WHY people got killed.

Then there's the whole Noah situation. Nothing came of it and as there isn't any information given on BOOK two then I'm a little annoyed that it didn't get resolved. 


ALL IN ALL .... I really loved the book and found it hard to put down once I picked it up. 

4*

Tuesday 20 January 2015

Stay with me (Wait for me Book Three) By J. Lynn



Not all scars are visible on the surface
Calla Fritz is used to hiding. Hiding the scar that she believes mars her beautiful face. Hiding the burns that cover so much of the rest of her body. Hiding her past and her family secrets from her new college friends.
But when her mother clears out her bank account and disappears, Calla is forced to return home and face up to a life she’d rather forget about. What she didn’t count on was meeting the one guy who seems to be able to see past her defences. Jackson James, known as Jax, is beyond smokin’ hot – and Calla can’t quite hide her feelings for a man who knows that beauty isn’t only skin deep.
But with some dangerous characters looking for her mother – men who are perfectly happy to punish Calla for her mother’s sins if she doesn’t turn up soon – Calla and Jax have more troubling things to think about than the searing heat between them…


Book three is with Calla. 
We meet her in Book two and I have to say, it's like reading a totally new character. 
In Book two she is quite vocal, especially when it comes to boys. Then, in this one she's the shy virgin, who looks on from the outside, never being on the in. I found it hard to believe this was the same girl. Not that it bothered me, it's just that I went from one deception of her, to another. 

Anyway, after her mom clears her out she heads back home to sort it out. Only, it's a bigger mess than she realized when she gets back home. 
There were certain things I guessed straight off, even before it happened, and kind of annoyed Calla didn't figure those out. 
Calla ends up working at her mothers bar for tips, to try pay back the money her mom has taken out in her name, but I hate to break this to you Calla, but you'll be saving for the rest of your life. How she thought she could even put a dent in 100,000 was beyond me. I felt so sorry for her. She had gotten out of her dump of a house, and moved miles away to get away from her toxic mom. Only for her mom to have shit on her. 

Then we have Jax, my god I fell in love with him. He's seriously hot. I loved he didn't take any crap from Calla, or let her hide. She has scars all over her body and the one people see is the one on her face, but Jax doesn't see that when he looks at her. It's soooo sweet. I loved him more for it. Seeing past her imperfections. 
In this one we're introduced to a few new characters, but my favorite was Katie. She used to be the schools quiet nerd, but now she's a stripper, loud and loving it. I can't even explain how hard I laughed when she's first introduced. She was hilarious. I wanted to see her more in the book. 

The only problem I had with the book, not a problem as such, but one I could never figure out was the drugs. They were in the house and from what Jax said it was worth a lot more than a million bucks. So why is her mom on the run if the drugs are there for her to return? I know they get taken, but they were there before and why wasn't the guy who had taken them mentioned to Isiah??? It drove me mad LOL 
I also have to admit, I'd love to read his story. i don't know, there was just something about him that made him come across interesting. There's also the other barmaids and coppers story I'd love to read. I know for sure there's something there.

5*

Be with me (wait for you Book Two) By J.Lynn



There are a lot of reasons why Teresa and Jase should steer clear of each other…
Firstly, Teresa is Jase’s best friend’s little sister – and Jase has a pretty good idea of how Cam will feel about anyone messing her around.
Secondly, Teresa’s dreams of being a dancer have just been put on hold – maybe permanently. The last thing she needs is a player like Jase distracting her when she needs to find direction.
Thirdly, Jase has a secret. A big one. And he’s not ready to risk sharing it with anyone apart from the people closest to his heart.
But there is one electric reason why they can’t stay away from each other…

Be with me is the second book in the wait for you series. Teresa is Cam's little sister, who we meet in the first book when Cam takes Avery back home for thanksgiving. Here is where we find out Teresa was in an abusive relationship with her ex. Cam had found the bruises on her body and attacked Jeremy her ex nearly to death. 
Years later Teresa is still handling what happened with her. She's not broken over it, but she's also not moved on as such. It's always there in her head. 

Bring in Jase, the boy who Teresa has crushed on for years, shared a kiss with and is now going to the same college as him. He's also her brothers best friend. Although we didn't really see Jase in the first book, it always seemed Ollie, Cam's roommate was the bestfriend, but it seems Jase and Cam do go way back. 

He's attracted to Teresa, but it's not just the fact her brother is his bestfriend but because of something else, because of his past. I had guessed the story really early on in the book. It seemed too obvious to me what he was keeping. It didn't ruin the story for me though. It doesn't take long into the book for it to be revealed anyway, so it had no part in the big ending. 
Which by the way is freaking awesome. 

As Teresa has had to take time away from dancing to recover a fall where she damaged her knee, she was late for dorms. In the end she had to get a suite where she meets Debbie, her roommate. With Debbie comes Eric, another abusive boyfriend. Teresa wants to help Debbie, but it seems there's never a right time to talk to her. Eric is always there. 

Anyway, the story continues with Jase and Teresa finally together after certain events happen. Only, not a day into their relationship publicly does Jase break it off running scared. 

Now, the rest is up to you to find out. I loved this book and loved the characters in it. 

5*

Wait for you By J.Lynn



Some things are worth waiting for…
Travelling thousands of miles from home to enter college is the only way nineteen-year-old Avery Morgansten can escape an event that changed her life forever. All she needs to do is keep her head down – the one thing she didn’t plan on was capturing the attention of the only guy who could shatter her defences.
Cameron Hamilton is six feet and three inches of swoon-worthy hotness. She knows she needs to stay away from him, but Cam is everywhere, with his charm, his banter, and that dimple that's just so… so lickable. Getting involved with him is dangerous, but ignoring their simmering tension is impossible…
When Avery starts receiving threatening emails and phone calls, she realises that someone from her past is refusing to let her go. When the devastating truth comes out, will Cam be there to help her or will he be dragged down with her?


I read this a while ago and recently came across the third installment. For the life of me I couldn't remember the story, so I went back and read this one to jog my memory and ended up reading the whole series. 

Avery moved away to escape her home town and the horrible whispers that follow her. Her story is one about moving forward, letting the past go, but Avery can't do that. 
It isn't until she meets Cam that she realizes how much she's suffered by not being able to move on. In a way he shows her how to live, how to have fun and to feel safe.

There are funny moments in this book, the first one is involving Raphael the tortoise. 

I like how the relationship between Cam and Avery progresses, it's not one of those thrown at you that expect you to deal with how quickly they've gotten together, especially with her past experience.

4.5* 

To the author, 

you dealt what is a serious subject with care and wrote it beautifully. Writing about this certain subject must be horrible and I bow down to you for writing this story because you handled it well. You made sure we knew her pain without going into description, but we felt it, then the aftermath of her pain, it was all written perfectly. So well done. xx  

Saturday 17 January 2015

All about me (Love hate series #2) By Joanna Mazurjiewicz



I’m the monster, a bloody human incapable of emotion 

I soon realise that my revenge didn’t make me feel any fucking better about myself, instead it pissed me off to realise that I’m in love with her. 

Two days later the letter addressed to me arrives in the post and the ground moves beneath my feet, because the whole truth about India is out in the open and the pain punches me so hard that I can’t breathe, darkness crawls through me, sparking all the insecurities and fears about my dead brother back to ugly reality. 

Then off I go with my apology, trying to fix this fucked up situation but she doesn’t want to listen. Every time I do something the guilt is burning my gut, pushing her further and further away from me. 

She even goes an extra mile making me feel like a prick and she gets involved with someone else just to get back at me. She pretends that the event in the restaurant didn’t mean anything to her, like she is immune to my actions. 

India’s pain is raw, deep and whenever I lay my eyes on her I remember the cruel things I’ve done. 

The next couple of months I focus on getting her back. This is the only thing that matters to me now. I must redeem myself; forget about anger, other birds and parties. 

India is the only person that I want, I love her and only her but the problem is that she hates my guts, so I’m the last person that she wants. 

I must prove to India that I’m worthy of her love,


The book begins where the first left off. With India running away from the restaurant away from Oliver and his laughing friends. 
Could the story get anymore complicated??? Yes, she runs to one of Oliver's football team mates, the one he hates and the one she had a go at in the first thinking he'd hurt Oliver out of jealously. Not only does she run to him for support, but she starts a relationship with him. 

Messed up? YES!!!

I wanted to really bang their heads together. 

Now that Oliver really wants to talk about their past, to give her his side of the story, it's her not listening. Them not listening to each other is what caused their problems in the first place. 
I still don't know whether or not I would have acted how she did if Oliver did that to me. Breaking up with me while his friends recorded it. I'd like to think I'd just walk out and move on. But to India she acted like he violated her. Which in a way I can see why. She trusted him and felt he had forgiven her for her mistakes. She bullied him pretty badly in high school. 

I'm still confused on their ages because it says Malik is two years ahead, but he's only a year ahead in college. Then there's the whole older brother malarky. We know they aren't twins because his mother confesses to why she was so mean to him in this book. So why the confusion on the age? I didn't get it. The way I saw it Oliver was younger than her, but he's not. Hell, I don't even know. 
Anyway, he writes a letter back to her, for it to be returned. At first I wondered why because clearly the letter had been read. A LOT. Then I thought is this the part where it's going to be her new boyfriend sending it back after reading it. That she didn't see it, but it wasn't. 
I honestly thought he'd turn out bad or something, but in the end he was actually just genuinely nice and liked her.

After everything in the past book and in this one, it ended abruptly. Like wham bam it's was finished. 

The book had dragged for me. Repeating the same things over and over so I couldn't get into it. It's the only reason why my review is low. I felt like this book wasn't really needed or something. Or something more should have happened, instead of it just been him saying he was sorry every page. 

2*

All by you (Love and hate series #1) By Joanna Mazurkeiwcz



I start hating Oliver just after his older brother Christian’s death. I drag him down a road of humiliation and pain to try to cope with what his brother did to me. 
A few months after Christian’s passing, Oliver leaves town, and for the next two years, he is absent from my life. The demons claw their way back in, and I must learn to live with the secret that has destroyed me. 
Now I’m starting a new life, away from Gargle and away from my past, but everything crashes when I see Oliver the first day at university. It’s clear that many things have changed since we’ve been apart. Now he is captain of the rugby team and the most popular bloke on campus. 
Then he makes a bet and gives me an ultimatum: I leave Braxton forever and start somewhere else, or I stay and play his game… because he’s never forgotten that it was me who ruined his life two years ago.

The first part of this book I got on okay with. The pranks were a little bit too much for me. I dunno, I didn't see Oliver as that sort of person. 

Anyway, some of the book dragged for me and towards the end when they start to have a relationship it's over before we know it and the book ended. 

I desperately wanted to see how they were together. To talk through their past and for India to finally fess up to what happened to her all those years ago. It was pretty obvious what had happened but she neither confirmed it or denied it and it really started to grate my nerves. She had her chance with Oliver to tell him, but she never. I kind of gave up with the book, but then it ended with a cliff hanger. 

I hate reading a book that doesn't end well. Even though I didn't enjoy the book I needed to see where the story was going. Don't get me wrong, the book isn't boring or anything, I just didn't feel like it was for me. 

3* 

Tuesday 6 January 2015

Jaden (Jaded series Book Three) By Tijan



Being framed for murder sucks. Being framed for the murder of your old friend-turned-enemy-turned-maybe-friend-again sucks even worse. The old Sheldon would’ve raised hell, but no, I’ve been nice. I’ve been quiet. I’ve not said a word while the headlines rip me to shreds, but now? All bets are off. I’m going to find out who did this to me and I’m going to make them pay. I don’t care who will get hurt in the process.


Oh My God!!!!

This has to be one of the best endings to a series EVER. I couldn't put the book down. 
From the start I honestly thought I had it all figured out. Then reading it I started to realize how wrong I really was. It didn't bother me though, it just kept me up until wee hours of the morning finishing it :) 

I will admit, I did predict certain things, but I don't think it's because they were easily guessed, I think it's because I'd got lucky. It didn't bother me though as there were things I didn't see coming in the novel which I really loved. 

I won't give away who she ends up with because I think everyone has their own idea. I will say I am happy who she does end up with, even though I couldn't choose, this one is the right one. You feel it during the book. I just wish we could have had a book between this one and still Jaded as to how her Bryse and Corrigan got into a love triangle. I think that would have made this series perfect. 
I had loved the first, felt lost in the second, and the third blew my mind. But it really did need that much more added for us all to get where the triangle came from. 

5* Well done Tijan. Can't wait to read more from you x

Tuesday 23 December 2014

Seeking Karma By Melanie J Cole




Trent Evers has spent the past eight years of his life, dreaming about the same girl. He doesn’t even know her name. What he does know, is that she was there for him, on the toughest night of his life. She stayed with him, holding his hand, humming to him, until the police showed up. 
Desperate for a distraction, he drowns himself in alcohol and random girls. It’s not enough, though. When he sees her again – at a McDonalds of all places – he’s determined to make her his. He doesn’t care that she’s dating one of his frat brothers. No one is good enough for her, especially not Aaron Jones. He’s on a mission. Now, he has a new distraction! Make her remember him, and make her his. 
Unlike Trent, Karma Davis had a perfect childhood. She grew up in a loving home with her parents, and sister. 
Her life begins spiraling out of her control, three months into her relationship with Aaron Jones. He’s not the person she originally thought him to be. He’s controlling and abusive to her – both physically and mentally. 
Fearing for her life, Karma makes a plan to break it off with Aaron – once and for all. But Aaron is not the type of person who can take no for an answer. 
Karma’s terrified of what Aaron will do, if he finds her. Desperate for freedom, she moves off of campus, and rearranges her entire schedule. Will all of her efforts, be enough to get rid of Aaron? She hopes so. 
When she meets her new neighbor Trent, she knows he looks familiar, but she cannot place where she knows him from. She reluctantly forms a friendship with him, but soon realizes that friendship with Trent is not enough. She wants more, but can she trust any guy after Aaron? She’s determined to try. 


Seeking Karma grabbed my attention after finishing Melanie's novel Finding you in me. I'm not very keen on the cover, I think the girl in it is perfect for Karma, but the lad in the cover??? Not so much, so please don't let that put you off the book. 
I'd read the book in one sitting and really enjoyed it.... 
As you know the blurb says a lot about the book, so I won't repeat what that tells you. Just know that Trent is such a fantastic male boyfriend that I had a hard time liking Karma LOL I wanted him for myself. 
There are a few little twists that I don't think everyone will see coming. It depends how much of a book nerd you are heehee. 
The ending for me was perfect, I loved it. There was so much guessing, so much going on, and excitement that I got really engrossed into the book. I also liked the fact Melanie ironed everything out about Aaron and didn't leave us guessing or questioning anything.

Only one flaw and it's not with the story as such or with the writing, although I did have the same problem with paragraphs as I did with her other novel Finding you in me. But with Aaron and his friends. They all saw how he cheated on her, so why would they think HE deserved to speak to her???? Do they really have no morals???? Also the same with the interfering girl, she knew what the fucker was like yet did what she did. I didn't like that part at all. 

4*


NOTE TO READERS: Please, if you are a victim of domestic abuse then please get in touch with Woman's aid, or a charity near you that helps with these types of situations. Know, that you are not alone, and that there will always be someone, whether you think there is or not, that will help pull you through it. Never learn to live with abuse, but to walk away from it, no matter how hard it is. 
I did have a list of UK, US, CA numbers for different woman's refuges, but I can't find them. So please, google it for the information near you xx 

Finding myself in you By Melanie Cole




Eighteen year old Taylor has had a crush on her brother’s best friend, Ryan, for five years. When she finally manages to get him, he’s not what she’d hoped he’d be. He’s a total player, using her for sex. When she begins failing her classes, she decides that school is more important. She convinces her professor to give her a second chance. He recommends one of his prior students to tutor her. She can tell that her tutor, Matt, has some serious issues by his cool surly attitude. There’s something about him, that makes her want to help him, but he refuses to let her in. 
Matt has vowed to never let anyone ever hurt him again. Not after Crystal and Cooper’s betrayal, shattered his heart into a million pieces. So, when he meets Taylor, he’s determined to keep her at arm’s length. She’s beautiful and has the potential to do some major damage. She’s like a hot summer storm forcing her way into his life. 
When he begins lowering his defenses, he soon realizes that there’s a lot more to Taylor than just her beauty. She’s emotional and caring. He slowly begins to open up to her, realizing that they have a lot in common. Both of them have been hurt by people that they care about. They forge a special bond. The more they learn about each other, the more they learn about themselves. 
Will their deep connection be enough to keep them together, or will they forever be stuck in their pasts, never allowing themselves to move forward? 


Okay, I was unsure about this book from the beginning as it's the first time reading a book from this author. I'm not sure if this is her first or millionth book, but I'm glad I came across it. 
I'm still a little uncertain about Taylor. One minute I thought she was selfish and contradicted herself a  LOT!! but then, there were times I wished she'd grow a back bone. I loved Matt from the beginning. Even when I read he was a hot nerd. My kind of guy. I think it's every girls dream man. A good man, in a bad boy's body. Everyone wants of those ;) I really liked him. 
Both had a LOT in common and when I mean in common I mean the same thing happen to them. Which I did find really odd, but then I suppose the title wouldn't be finding myself in you if they hadn't gone through same experiences.

The story progresses nicely and the ending is sweet. The only downfall to the book was the writing. One minute they'd be kissing, then they would be in the cafeteria.  There was never any warning, or paragraphs to show it had moved on from a certain scene. At first I ignored it, but then it just got on my nerves towards the ending because I had to keep rereading things so I understood what the hell was going on. 

3.5*

Wednesday 17 December 2014

Off Limits By JM Paul



What was I supposed to do? 
I desperately wanted to take that summer art class – one that would count toward my college credits come fall. 
But it was far from home and the only option I really had was to stay with Jackson, my stepbrother – the very stepbrother who detested me and my mother. 
Surly and sullen, he was still the sexiest man I’d ever seen. He wasn’t thrilled to have me invade his home or his life, either. 
Slowly, though, he warmed toward me. Was it because of the electricity that crackled between us? The irresistible pull we both felt? Or maybe it was the searing kiss we’d shared that night… 
Whatever it was, he was teaching me things that I’d never learned in art class – things I wasn’t allowed to tell anyone. 
What would our parents say? 

Off Limits kind of reminds me of step brother just not as good. Sorry JL Paul. I just didn't feel the connection like I do in other books. All it felt like was a honey bloke and horny girl. I honestly found nothing as to why they would want each other. I will admit though, when Jackson is nice he is really nice and kind of hot. I loved the nice side to him, but most of the time he was being a jerk. An unnecessary jerk at that.
I didn't like her mom, but then I hate all parents who are like that with their children. 

The story didn't bore me, or make me skim through pages but it didn't get my heart skipping either. I loved the ending though. 

There isn't really much more to say as it will ruin it. It's a light easy read which I did enjoy and have recommended it to other readers 

3*

Roomie's By Lindy Zart



Graham Malone is my roommate, my personal eye candy, the reason I get up in the morning smiling (that could be from the illicit dreams I have about him too, I suppose. Let's move on.). He's also beautiful to look at, but his heart is where his true beauty lies. Take away the exterior and the interior still shines. 

I love him. I mean, I'm pretty sure I do, having never been in love before. Anyway, it seems legit. 

And now his brother Blake is here, and, well, he's the complete opposite of Graham. Sarcastic, brooding, and totally available. But he's leaving soon, and Graham's the one I want. I shouldn't have to remind myself of this, right? I wouldn't have to if Blake would quit looking at me like I'm something yummy and he's starving. 

Here's a toast to roomies; the ones you should never fall in love with. Or something.


This book had some fantastic reviews given, so I was like, I'm so reading this. It started out okay, the brother came bla bla bla and the story seemed okay. Some stuff was funny I will admit, it had me laughing, but some I just stared like HUH? What the hell LOL. 
Then about 33% in I started to get bored, so went to another book to get a break. Later when I went back to it, I realized I knew where the book was heading and who she was going to end up with etc. I honestly didn't want to read after 53% cause it dragged loads and I got really bored at the same things being done or said. The going back forth with who likes who, or admitting it etc. I just wanted to bang their heads together and I would you know, if I could and they were real LOL that's how much it annoyed me. As for the big secret as sorts between the brothers I was expecting more. Loads more, but there wasn't anything really. Yeah it's bad, but not as bad as it's made out to be. 

Anyway, I gave up so close to the end,.... why? I was bored to tears and just wanted to get to another book. I hate reading a book, whether I like it or not and not finish it. I hate it. This time, I didn't seem to mind as I was pretty much at the end anyway. 

2* for me.