More than Jamie Baker (Jamie Baker Trilogy #2) By Kelly Oram

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Jamie Baker, the only girl in the world with superpowers, has now accepted who she is and learned to control her power. Not to mention she has the best boyfriend on the planet. Life is finally looking good. But the day she witnesses an accident and decides not to save the guy out of fear of being exposed, she realizes that simply being Jamie Baker isn't enough.

After seeing Jamie so wrecked with guilt, the ever-helpful Ryan Miller decides it's time to make all of his fantasies about turning his girlfriend into an honest-to-goodness superhero become a reality.

Of course, coming up with a decent Super Name and fending off all of Ryan's attempts to get her into spandex aren't the only problems Jamie faces. The more her alter ego starts to make headlines, the harder it becomes for Jamie to hide her extracurricular activities from her best friend, the government, radical scientists, and the mysterious new guy who is determined to steal her from her boyfriend.

Jamie has now moved to college with her new best friend and her boy friend. 
Here she meets Teddy, who from the start, I didn't particularly like. There was just something off about him. 
His quick obsession to Jamie just gave it away. 
But Jamie has more problems coming her way than little old Teddy. She has a radical bunch of scientists wanting to capture her, to experiment on her and she has to try and find a way to keep her powers hidden. 
She's also feeling guilt over not saving Ryan's best friend, the boy who raped her best friend. It's how she gets caught. By not doing anything, she gets caught. 

I can't give much away of the story since it will ruin it but it was more exciting than the first book and intrigued me a lot more. 
I found I wanted to know what was going to happen next and with Jamie, you never knew. 

4.5* 

Being Jamie Baker (Jamie Baker Trilogy #1) By Kelly Oram

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An accident that should end in tragedy instead gives seventeen-year-old Jamie Baker a slew of uncontrollable superhuman abilities.

To keep her secret safe Jamie socially exiles herself, earning the title of Rocklin High’s resident ice queen. But during a supercharged encounter with star quarterback Ryan Miller she literally kisses anonymity goodbye. Now the annoyingly irresistible Ryan will stop at nothing to melt the heart of the ice queen and find out what makes her so special.

Unfortunately, Ryan is not the only person on to her secret. Will Jamie learn to contain her unstable powers before being discovered by the media or turned into a government lab rat?

More importantly, can she throw Ryan Miller off her trail before falling in love with him?

Being Jamie Baker is the first book in the Trilogy. She has electrical powers which means anything electrical, she can gain power from it. She has super-hearing, super-sight and super-strength. 

Jamie was in a car accident that led her to being electrocuted and covered in a toxic substance. It's how she ended up with these powers. 

Since then she's suffered with a secret and the pain of knowing she could hurt anyone with a simple emotional break. Because her powers feed from them. So whenever she's upset, angry or temperamental, they explode everything around her. 
Her parents have his her powers knowing if she were found out, they'd want to experiment on her. 
But then Ryan, the school hottie and popular boy in school shows her interest. Granted, the first time he speaks to her is because of a bet. 
But keeping her secret when she's around him is hard. Her body reacts to him which in return, reacts to her powers. 
He finds everything about her intriguing and when he finds out about her powers, he goes out of his way to help her control him. I liked that about him. He didn't freak or run off telling people. He just wanted to help and Jamie, with all her faults and quirks, really does give the poor lad a hard time. 

The story was good and although it took me awhile to get in to, I enjoyed the story line. I couldn't wait to read the second novel. 

5* 

Untouchable Darkness (The Dark Ones Saga #2) By Rachel Van Dyken

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To love a Dark One is to invite death...

It is wrong to love her. 
It is worse to want her. 
It is sin to consume her. 
I desire all three. 

I've been given thirty days to prove my love to another immortal--as a human. Cursed to use nothing but the side of myself I've always despised to win her affection. I am Cassius, the King of the immortals, A Dark One.
And today I tasted fear for the first time. 
How can I win her when my human emotions over take every ounce of logic I possess? 
A darkness is brewing. 
One I cannot stop as a human. 
One that Stephanie, my loves visions, have shown, will be my end. 
Thirty days ago I was King of the immortals. 
Today I know fear. 
Today I know how I will die. 
By her hand. 
The woman I love.

Gah, everything is happening in this book. 

After Genesis changes their fate and future, Cassuis, the Dark one makes a deal with an angel, his father... Well, maybe devil because he's not exactly the nicest of people at times. 

Anyway, he makes the deal and is given 30 days as a human to get Stephanie to fall in love with him. 
But, as a human, he's vulnerable to everything and in his line of work, being vulnerable is a death wish. 
The demons are growing, making more and more demon's. stronger ones. ones that shouldn't walk the planet and being human, Cassius has to rely and trust Stephanie is up to the job. Only, Darkness, pure Darkness is suffocating Stephanie, taking her body and soul and Cassius is worried there's nothing he'll be able to do it. 
As Dark One's they are able to see the future of those they touch, or see and when he taps in to Stephanie's power, he sees her kill him.... 

But does she?

Find out in Cassius and Stephanie's novel. 

A Darkness is brewing, threatening war and to win, they have to become stronger. Will they succeed?

The Dark Ones (The Dark Ones Saga #1) By Rachel Van Dyken

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To touch a Dark One is death. 
To talk to an immortal is suicide. 
Yet, I've been marked by both. 
A Vampire. 
And the King of the immortals. 
My life is no longer my own. 
And now I know the truth, my life was never mine to begin with. 
It was theirs. 
It's always been theirs.

I've been sitting on this book for so long that I forgot about it. Yes, I forgot about it. 
But in my defense, I wasn't too keen on paranormal but then I fell in love with a few books that were and only came by this unread one the other day whilst on holiday. So I started it. 
I got to the first page before I was hooked. 
There's a deeper story than what the blurb tells us and it goes back thousands of years. 
It just happened to be that Genesis that was the councils game changer. She helped keep their race alive. 

You meet almost all of the characters in this book and already, Mason is my favourite. It's written in Ethan's and Genesis's POV but you can read the other characters minds too. All of the secondary characters were brilliant, even the Dark One. 

I'd love to ramble on all night about how good the story is, who everyone is but it will just ruin the story for you. 
This is defo one book to read this year and at 99p you can't lose. 

5*

Torn (A Wicked Trilogy #2) By Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Torn between duty and survival, nothing can be the same. 

Everything Ivy Morgan thought she knew has been turned on its head. After being betrayed and then nearly killed by the Prince of the Fae, she’s left bruised and devastated—and with an earth-shattering secret that she must keep at all costs. And if the Order finds out her secret, they’ll kill her. 

Then there’s Ren Owens, the sexy, tattooed Elite member of the Order who has been sharing Ivy’s bed and claiming her heart. Their chemistry is smoking hot, but Ivy knows that Ren has always valued his duty to the Order above all else—he could never touch her if he knew the truth. That is, if he let her live at all. Yet how can she live with herself if she lies to him? 

But as the Fae Prince begins to close in, intent on permanently opening the gates to the Otherworld, Ivy is running out of options. If she doesn’t figure out who she can trust—and fast—it’s not only her heart that will be torn apart, but civilization itself.

Tink in this book is comical. He's more than a brownie. So much more and plays a HUGE part in this book. 
With the gates been opened and the Prince running round, Ivy is torn between duty and keeping her secret safe. 

Only, it all blows up in her face. In a big way. Everything happens quickly and her life turns upside down. 

But one thing I can't wait to find out is how Ivy will cope with being addicted to a certain SOMETHING!!!
I don't want to touch on the story line anymore because if you've read the first one, you'll want to go in this one as a surprise. It's way better than the first and I loved that one. 
It's worth a read and I'm beginning to fall in love with JLA's paranormal series. 


5*

Wicked (A Wicked Trilogy #1) By Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Things are about to get Wicked in New Orleans.

Twenty-two year old Ivy Morgan isn’t your average college student. She, and others like her, know humans aren’t the only thing trolling the French Quarter for fun… and for food. Her duty to the Order is her life. After all, four years ago, she lost everything at the hands of the creatures she’d sworn to hunt, tearing her world and her heart apart.

Ren Owens is the last person Ivy expected to enter her rigidly controlled life. He’s six feet and three inches of temptation and swoon-inducing charm. With forest-green eyes and a smile that’s surely left a stream of broken hearts in its wake, he has an uncanny, almost unnatural ability to make her yearn for everything he has to offer. But letting him in is as dangerous as hunting the cold-blooded killers stalking the streets. Losing the boy she loved once before had nearly destroyed her, but the sparking tension that grows between them becomes impossible for Ivy to deny. Deep down, she wants… she needs more than what her duty demands of her, what her past has shaped for her.

But as Ivy grows closer to Ren, she realizes she’s not the only one carrying secrets that could shatter the frail bond between them. There’s something he’s not telling her, and one thing is for certain. She’s no longer sure what is more dangerous to her—the ancient beings threatening to take over the town or the man demanding to lay claim to her heart and her soul.

Ivy is actually a strong minded chick who I loved from the start. The only thing I disliked about her was her inability to OPEN her eyes. She didn't see what was going on. Everything was blind to her even though it slapped her in the face. 

She's shot at the beginning when she's hunting fae, the creatures she was born to kill. 
She's lost everyone in her life, literally. She's now on her own with only a best friend as company. So when Ren comes into her life and she's thrown in the deep end to show him around, she can't help but get close to him. Only, she gets closer than she expected to. 
She can't help it. 
Only, both of them are keeping secrets. Big secrets.

Ren... Now Ren I wasn't so sure about. Sometimes you can get sidetracked by someone's good looks and charm to know what they're really up to. And although he's still holding back, he trusts Ivy with the truth. 

I LOVED Tink. Tink is a Troll. Tink isn't his real name and he can't reveal it because then that person can control him and although he's smaller than a barbie, he's more powerful than Ivy realises.

There's enough angst and drama to keep you hooked and enough smut between the two main characters to have you rooting for them. 

Great start to a new series. 

5*

The Power (The Titan Series #2) By Jennifer L. Armentrout

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The Covenant University has become the frontline for the escalating violence between pure-bloods and half-bloods. War between the races seems inevitable, and it couldn't come at a worse time. Seth must prepare Josie for battle, which means teaching her how to control her newfound demigod abilities...and they need to find and rescue the other demigods before their enemies - the Titans - find them first.

Only one thing is more dangerous than a bunch of starved Titans, and that's an out-of-control Apollyon in the form of Seth. The aether in Josie is drawing Seth in deeper, and when lust mixes with love and gives way to power, he knows being close to her is becoming explosively dangerous. But letting her go requires a level of selflessness that just isn't Seth's style.

When the danger from the Titans erupts with devastating consequences, the dark allure of power calls to Seth again - but this time, Josie may not be able to pull him back from the brink...

So much drama going on in this book. 
When Alex made her bargain in the last series, the God's promised her equality between Half's and Pure's. Only, it's not going so well for some of the pures. They don't like the Half's are seen as equal and there is no slavery. I have a few choice words over that. 
But in the middle of all the fighting going on at the university, Seth has to teach Josie to protect herself and it's hard when she's just a human at the moment. 

Also, there's a big problem for Seth happening. He's falling for Josie, in a big way and as much as he tries to push her away, to protect her, it doesn't happen. He feeds off her unintentionally and comes addicted to her aether. 

As they go across the states to find other demi Gods, the worse it becomes for Seth. The allure of power is calling to him and it all becomes too much for him when a devastating loss happens for him. Breaking him. 

I loved this story line and found it better than the series before. I loved that Alex and Aiden come back too and we get to see how they are doing and how Deacon is handling their absence. I think he handles it better because of Luke. 
Oh, and I'm still in shock over finding out about Deacon and a certain God. WOW! Knew something happened but WOW! 

This book ends on a major cliffhanger and I can't wait to read the next in the series. 

5*

The Return (The Titan Series #1) By Jennifer L. Armentrout

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A year ago, Seth made a deal with the gods - and pledged his life to them. Now, Apollo has a task for Seth: one which sees him playing protector over a beautiful, feisty girl who's strictly off-limits. And for someone who has a problem with restraint, this assignment might be Seth's most challenging yet.

Josie has no idea what this crazy hot guy's deal is, but he arrives in her life just as everything she's ever known is turned upside down. Either she's going insane, or a nightmare straight out of ancient myth is heading her way.

Josie can't decide which is more dangerous: an angry Titan seeking vengeance? Or the golden-eyed, secretive Seth - and the white-hot attraction developing between them...

When Seth pledged his life, his soul to the Gods, he did it because he owed it to Alex, the other Apollyon.

But to be honest, after reading this book, I think he did it to punish himself. I don't hate him anymore. I guess I've been fifty-fifty through the other series but now seeing this side to him, I actually really like him. For me, he redeemed himself in the last series. 

He's asked to protect Josie, who has no idea who she is or why she's so affected by the new, mysterious guy. She's actually really awkward and accident prone and when you find out what she is, that should be impossible. 
Josie is in two minds about her world. Her mom is treated for being crazy- or so everyone thinks. (There's more to the story.) So anytime she has one of her weird episodes or thinks she's seeing things, she thinks she's turning into her mom, but she's not.
Only, there's more to Josie than meets the eye. She's more than a demi God. It's who her father is that will shock the ever lovin crap out of you. But to be fair, it made me love this God more. I really wish he'd get his own book because I love him. Though, I do hate it when he talks in riddles. She also shares a lot of traits with Alex... I'll let that hang there for you. 
Anyway, Seth trying to convince her of who she is, is hilarious. Oh, and one of the fury sisters is in this one and I actually really like her. 

Anyway, Seth is ordered to protect her, to take her to the school where there is enough God magic to keep her safe from the Titan's. 
Yes, Titan's. 
When they released the titan in the last book, they thought it would be easy. The thought they could just pop him back to Hades and be done. But when they kill the God in the last one, they weaken and in the process, the magic keeping the titan's a sleep weakens. So the little Titan releases some of them. And to survive, they need to feed off Demi Gods, much like Deamon feed off Pures and halfs. 

Great start to the series and I love the fact they have brought in some of my favourite characters. 

4.5*

Sentinel ( A Covenant Novel #5) By Jennifer L. Armentrout

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As the mortal world slowly slips into chaos, Alexandria Andros must overcome a devastating defeat that has left her shaken and in doubt that the war against the gods will ever come to an end.

There are many obstacles standing between Alex and her happily-ever-after with Aiden St. Delphi, and now Alex and Aiden face their greatest challenge yet: they must trust a deadly foe as they travel deep into the Underworld to release one of the most dangerous gods of all time.

In the shattering, action-packed climax to the series, Alex must make a terrible choice: the destruction of everything and everyone she holds dear... or the end of her own life.

I think this has to be the best one out of the entire series. I've never been so emotionally invested in a book before. But I really wanted to know what was going to happen, how it was going to all end. 

I have to admit, the ending surprised me so much so that I wasn't sure whether I liked the ending or not. It just didn't seem fair how Alex ended up, especially after everything she did for them. 

I also loved the way they ended the series for Seth. Does he get redemption in the end? You'll have to read to find out. But I do think this is a great book to the series and I did find it humorous. I can't wait to read Seth's now. 

5*

Apollyon (A Covenant Novel #4) By Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Fate isn't something to mess with and now, neither is Alex. Alex has always feared two things: losing herself in the Awakening and being placed on the Elixir. But love has always been stronger than Fate, and Aiden St. Delphi is willing to make war on the gods-and Alex herself-to bring her back. The gods have killed thousands and could destroy entire cities in their quest to stop Seth from taking Alex's power and becoming the all-powerful God Killer. But breaking Alex's connection to Seth isn't the only problem. There are a few pesky little loopholes in the whole an Apollyon can't be killed theory, and the only person who might know how to stop the destruction has been dead for centuries. Finding their way past the barriers that guard the Underworld, searching for one soul among countless millions, and then somehow returning will be hard enough. Alex might be able to keep Seth from becoming the God Killer or she might become the God Killer herself.

I'm so annoyed with myself. I didn't read Elixir and didn't know about it until the beginning of the book but I'd already started and just needed to read LOL
Alex is like a caged animal in the beginning of this book so I'm glad in a way that I didn't read Elixir. I didn't want my view on her to change. 
She was completely obsessed with Seth and turned against everyone around her, people she loved. 

We do learn a little more about Seth since his connection to Alex is strong. But nothing is stronger than Alex's love for Aiden and I do think their love blossoms to an actual relationship in this book. It was really good to see. 

It also has it heartbreaking moments where I did struggle to keep it together. But Alex, ever Alex, was still a little selfish in her grief I found. Instead of mourning the person, I felt she mourned herself more. It was difficult to like her at time because she could be annoying as hell. But I do think the story got good during this book and I couldn't put it down. 

Some bits were a little obvious during the book and I found I knew who the bad guys were before Alex did. They basically screamed at her but she was blind to it. 

I am excited to see if Seth can be redeemed and if he someone will love the boy desperate for love. 

5*

Deity (A Covenant Novel #3) By Jennifer L. Armentrout

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History is on repeat, and things didn't go so well the last time.

Alexandria isn’t sure she’s going to make it to her eighteenth birthday--to her Awakening. A long-forgotten, fanatical order is out to kill her, and if the Council ever discovers what she did in the Catskills, she’s a goner... and so is Aiden.

If that’s not freaky enough, whenever Alex and Seth spend time "training"--which really is just Seth's code word for some up-close and personal one-on-one time--she ends up with another mark of the Apollyon, which brings her one step closer to Awakening ahead of schedule. Awesome.

But as her birthday draws near, her entire world shatters with a startling revelation and she’s caught between love and Fate. One will do anything to protect her. One has been lying to her since the beginning. Once the gods have revealed themselves, unleashing their wrath, lives will be irrevocably changed… and destroyed. Those left standing will discover if love is truly greater than Fate...

Holy crap, everything seems to be happening in this book. 
I have to start with Seth because I want to scream a big fat, 'I TOLD YOU SO' LOL!! 
God, I knew, I freaking knew and he had everyone fooled with his easy charm and boyish attitude. What he does... my God, shocked the hell out of me. Even with all my doubt I didn't feel it would be this bad but it is and my God, I didn't even know what to think. 
Poor Alex, she didn't know what to do because although there is a bond between her and Seth, she also does truly care for him. She wanted to believe in him. Aiden and Appolo warned her what was going to happen and that they needed to hide her but she wouldn't listen, as usual, and ended up being taken.

Although, I do feel kind of sad for Seth. All he wanted was to be loved and cared for and as much as Alex cared for him I have to admit, she cared about herself above anyone else, including Aiden. It was always about her. 

How the book ends on this one is worse than all the other cliffhangers. I couldn't wait to read the next one. It killed me not knowing what was happening. 

4*

Pure (A Covenant novel #2) By Jennifer L. Armentrout

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There is need. And then there is Fate. Being destined to become some kind of supernatural electrical outlet isn't exactly awesome--especially when Alexandria's other half is everywhere she goes. Seth's in her training room, outside her classes, and keeps showing up in her bedroom--so not cool. Their connection does have some benefits, like staving off her nightmares of the tragic showdown with her mother, but it has no effect on what Alex feels for the forbidden, pure-blooded Aiden. Or what he will do--and sacrifice--for her. When daimons infiltrate the Covenants and attack students, the gods send furies--lesser gods determined to eradicate any threat to the Covenants and to the gods, and that includes the Apollyon--and Alex. And if that and hordes of aether-sucking monsters didn't blow bad enough, a mysterious threat seems willing to do anything to neutralize Seth, even if that means forcing Alex into servitude--or killing her. When the gods are involved, some decisions can never, ever be undone.

First off, I hate what happens to Caleb. Why? One, because it sucked and he was my favourite character but the other reason is because of something Aiden says to Alex. He tells her that she is in control of her own fate, that the Oracle isn't in control and gets to say what happens in her life. But, so far, everything the Oracle has said has come true. I don't know, I guess I wanted that to be true for Alex because of everything she and her kind has to go through. 

In this book we get to see the real power pure's hold over the half-bloods. What I don't get is why. The half-bloods are stronger, they belong their more if you ask me yet, no one cares. 
When there's a war at the council the servants who are half-bloods drugged up and made into slaves (There is only two choices for half-bloods. You either become a sentinel/guard or you become a slave) they are left for dead, literally. They have no way of protecting themselves because they are controlled by their masters. I hated it. Knowing they were completely defenseless and no one even gave them a second thought. It drove me mad, especially since they are the people who serve them and protect the pure's. You'd think they'd have more consideration. If I was a half-blood, I'd refuse to protect them, because hell, they don't deserve it. I think that's the one thing I DISLIKE about this book the most. I don't get WHY they have to make a choice. I wouldn't protect their pompus asses. 

Next, Seth takes Alex to the council meeting, only one, and they sneak in the top balcony, looking down, when they bring up the pure blood and the half-blood that were mentioned in the first book getting caught in a relationship. The pure tried his hardest to protect this girl and they killed him. I think Seth did this not to protect Alex but to get her more dependent on him. Their bond is meant to get stronger the more time they spend together and it is, slowly. She gets her first awakening mark because of this. I think he's sly and I don't trust him. I honestly think he knows everything that is going to happen to Alex after she awakens and that he's using her for her powers. It's obvious she's more powerful, she just hasn't come into those powers yet. He also pushes all his time on her. 

I still don't know what to think about the story line. Sometimes it can be so interesting, especially since I actually understood the God mythology in this one, but then there are times I wish Alex would stop moping, leave Seth and punch him in the face and desperately wish she'd stop forgetting the things she should be questioning. It annoyed me to no end. 

The other thing that come up, which I guessed straight off, is Alex's dad being alive. I knew right away that this was going to happen from the minute she lays her eyes on him. I even guessed he was a half-blood, her mother being a pure blood and that's why she's an apollyon. I think that's why the Pure's don't want the half's fraternizing with the pures, because they know they'll make a new, stronger breed that will overrule them and the Gods. Most of the pure's at the council are stuck in their old ways and won't accept change, only more division between the two... 

I did enjoy this one a little more, but only because of the war that breaks out at the end. I loved the action and the fact she wasn't with Seth. He's beginning to drive me nuts LOL I also don't trust her Uncle or step father either, both have alternative motives as to why they want Alex to stay with them. I have few guesses but none that I want to mention just yet. 

I wish I did this one as a group read, so that I could talk about this book with other readers as we finish each book, see what they think. It would be good to know what their thoughts are on this. 

3.5*

Half-Blood (A Covenant novel #1) By Jennifer L. Armentrout

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The Hematoi descend from the unions of gods and mortals, and the children of two Hematoi-pure-bloods-have godlike powers. Children of Hematoi and mortals-well, not so much. Half-bloods only have two options: become trained Sentinels who hunt and kill daimons or become servants in the homes of the pures.Seventeen-year-old Alexandria would rather risk her life fighting than waste it scrubbing toilets, but she may end up slumming it anyway. There are several rules that students at the Covenant must follow. Alex has problems with them all, but especially rule #1:Relationships between pures and halfs are forbidden.Unfortunately, she's crushing hard on the totally hot pure-blood Aiden. But falling for Aiden isn't her biggest problem--staying alive long enough to graduate the Covenant and become a Sentinel is. If she fails in her duty, she faces a future worse than death or slavery: being turned into a daimon, and being hunted by Aiden. And that would kind of suck.

This book kind of reminds me of the Starcrossed trilogy I read not to long ago. It's pretty much the same story line... kinda. 
It has the Gods, the forbidden love triangle, where she can't be with one but can with the other. 

Alex is a ballsy character. She doesn't take any shit and seems to rush in too quickly into certain situations. She doesn't think first. 
One thing that Alex is truly afraid of, that all half-bloods are afraid of and that is becoming a slave/servant. 

She falls for Aiden pretty quickly, without too much chemistry between them. I felt like something was missing, that connection that would drive them to break the one rule that is engraved to them since birth. Half-bloods can't have a relationship with pures. 

Although I felt like the story was a slow start it was interesting to read. I loved her friendship with Caleb. I really liked his character. 


Then we have Seth, the Apollyon, the arrogant, self absorbed, reckless and so used to getting his way. I don't trust Seth, and I don't particularly like him but there is just something that makes you laugh when he opens his mouth. 

I do love Aiden though and I can see this up coming love triangle driving me mad. I HATE love triangles, people who can't make their minds up make me want to bang their head up a wall. It's like the feeling you get when you ask someone what they want to eat and they say you choose. So you choose but then they say 'no, I don't fancy that' it's frustrating as hell and all I wanted to do was groan all the way through it. 

Aiden is incredibly sweet though so he does have my vote. 

3.5*  

Tall, Dark, and Heartless (Pyte / Sentinel #3) By R.L.Mathewson

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He should have left her and never looked back….... 

That's not how things played out for Caine, a nearly one thousand year old Pyte, who should have known better. Instead of walking away years ago, he has been watching over the only human who has touched his heart. He stays to protect her, at least that is what he tells himself. When trouble finds her, he knows that he should just cut his losses and walk away, but there is no fighting the hold the child, who has become a woman, has on him. Now they are both paying the price. 

Danni knows that she isn’t technically a Sentinel and is putting her life in danger every time she goes out on patrol. She isn't worried, she has a job to do. It is the only thing that matters to her anymore and she isn’t going to let it go without a fight. Unfortunately for her, she didn’t foresee her ex-boyfriend selling her out to a Master, being captured, getting locked up and stuck in a room with the cranky Pyte. The same Pyte that broke her heart years ago and wont stop glaring at her as if their little predicament is all her fault.

I'm still not sure about this one... I don't know. Do you know when you really love a set of characters and then a new bunch of characters take you away from them??? That's what I felt like with Caine and Danni. 

I did love the story line though, I can't fault that. It did have a few errors mind you but nothing major, it didn't ruin the story at all. 

Danni is such a strong character. She's determined to fight with the Sentinel's, wanting to fight the evil of their world and it's admirable. I loved how feisty she was and how brave. God, the things she went through and she did it all with a secret, a life threatening secret. 

In my last review I mentioned about wanting to read about Joshua's story and Kales. We get to see them more in this book as well as the other vampire they captured, the one who has taken a liking to Madison's sister Jill. 

The stories just entwined and for some reason, I can see there being a reason these two characters were brought in. I'll be reading the rest in the series, I can't not read them, but I will be having a little break so I can review other novels. 

Caine, I didn't like much at the beginning. He falls asleep when they are threatening to torture Danni unless he does as they say. He didn't know what they were going to do when he said, pin her down, they could have raped her or anything but he just fell asleep. Not even in his deepest mind, where his feelings are kept private does he care about her. Then something happens, yes its major and I can see why he saw her in a different light, but the sudden 'he loves her' moment? Kind of annoying. She should have let him work harder. After all, he made her suffer. 

Towards the end Caine, I loved him. He was like a new character. 

There's also a part I'd like to address to other readers who have read this novel, and that is, did any of you get why Kale walked in Joshua's sell and asked him if he was in control of it???? I thought it meant something, especially when Joshua spoke for the first time and said yes. 
If anyone knows or has a theory, please contact me, comment, anything. I'd really like to know your thoughts. 

Next thing... Anyone else love how protective Kale is over Jessica and Izzy? I really like him. I can't wait to see if he gets a book. 

I also loved the pack that both Caine and Danni meet up with. Their alpha is funny, hot and incredibly alpha male lol I really liked him. 

4*

Without Regret (Pyte / Sentinel #2) By R.L.Mathewson

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Chris Williams is used to making sacrifices. For years he's done his duty by his family and his calling as he awaited the one person that was meant for him. When she finally came into his life she was nothing like the woman he'd expected. Instead of being the warrior ready to help him protect his family and the humans under his care he got..... 

A computer geek named Isabella, who somehow managed to get her name on every Master's hit list. One minute she admits that she'd made a foolish mistake and the next she's kidnapped, held hostage by a crazy cult who steals her chocolate and she's sure is after her program, a program she has no plans on giving up anytime soon. As she tries to keep her wits about her the sexiest man she's ever seen claims her, only he doesn't seem to happy about it. It's clear that he doesn't want her, but the stubborn man just won't let her go even when it's clear that he may not have a choice.

So, most of you know from my last review that I freaking loved this book and Chris as a character. He was a hero in his own way, saving girls at school when their boyfriends beat them up and even went as far as befriending the new teacher. Yes, it worked out for him in the end, since they took him in and adopted him. First his dad, then Madison. 

The last book ended with Chris coding, basically killing my favourite actor, but this book picks up from years later, all the human characters grown up and living their own lives. 
So why did I have a problem with this??????? Well, mainly because the writer went into too much detail of what went on in between, what happened to Chris and his recovery and even went too far into their background story and how they all met etc. It got a tad boring for me since I just wanted to read the story in the NOW!!!I felt most of it was thoughts, thoughts that kept going off track. 

The other major let down for me was Chris. He was such a freaking asshole in this book, nothing like the character we come to know and love. It really annoyed me. I understood his reasons and his fears, and the writer did a very good job detailing them in a way that lets us understand. The only thing that set it apart was the fact he was a complete dickhead to Izzy. He was so nasty at times that it made my heart sink and I was genuinely angry that she stayed and let him keep using her.

Izzy, now I loved her character. She knew nothing about Sentinels or the dangers of their world. So when she's attacked by vampires, it's just an illusion, when she's kidnapped and attracted to one of the people keeping her... she's been drugged. When they tell her she's married to said kidnapper, that he's her mate... she thinks they're a cult. When they take her to a nest of werewolves for her to find her powers... It was a play, a set up, all acting.
But it's the nearly getting eaten by a werewolf that makes Izzy finally realise that the world she lives in isn't black and white. It also didn't help that she watched Ephraim save her life, getting his hand bitten off in the process. 

Anyway, she just doesn't know about their world, she also doesn't have the strength. Whenever she's been in trouble in the past, she's laid down and curled up in a ball, not able to do anything else since her body freezes. 
Instead of protecting her, or showing her how to protect herself, he calls her a coward, a weakling... amongst other vile things. 

Then, if things couldn't get any worse for the lovable Izzy, she's taken away, threatened to be taken to an excluded island where she'll live for the foreseeable future. Only, she doesn't like feeling trapped and tries everything to run away. 
I thought once they 'mated' they'd be okay, he'd fall in love and live happily ever after. Nope. He turned into a bigger asshole. One I freaking disliked with a passion. 

Although, he did some admirable things in the end to gain some respect back, he ruined it at the end with the whole, 'you'll have your legs spread when I get home, a dinner on the table and other than that, we're nothing, you're nothing' speech. (There's more to this but you'll have to read it. It's the reason why the above being said made me so freaking angry.) 

Anyway, the story concluded and more characters are added into the book. I then proceeded to buy book three, to find out it's not about these characters. I looked at book four and five, and still, none of the characters. I'm dying to read Kale's book, Joshua's book and the group leaders whose name I've forgotten (whoops) 

All in all, it was an engaging story and I loved seeing the new characters and how it all came together. 

4* 

Tall, Dark & Lonely (Pyte/ Sentinel #1) By R.L.Mathewson

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When the mother that abandoned them years ago suddenly shows up and moves them to New Hampshire, Madison has no choice but to go or lose her family. Shoving her dreams aside yet again, she tries to make a life for her siblings only to discover that nothing is going the way that it should. It's really cold. Her fifteen year old sister acts like a hooker in training. Men act funny around her. Her boss is a real jerk. She feels like an outsider. Her best friend turns out to be a mouthy sixteen year old kid and the incredibly handsome guy renting the room adjoining hers not only hogs the bathroom, taking three showers a day and leaving her with cold water, but he also has a secret. A secret that she becomes a bit obsessed with and can't let go no matter how many times she's warned off. 

Detective Ephraim Williams learned long ago not to show any emotion or allow himself to get attached to humans. What was the point? They came and went and he remained. This time wouldn't be any different or so he thought. When his landlady told him that her grandchildren were moving in he didn't expect much, well other than to be left alone. What he didn't expect was to have to fight bloodlust every time he so much as caught the scent of his delectable neighbor's blood or her bombarding him with questions every time she cornered him. If that's not bad enough, a Master from his past has found him once again and is demanding his blood and is willing to do anything to get it, even using the beautiful, irritating, neighbor that makes him feel more than pain for the first time in centuries to get it.

As you can tell I've been reading a lot of paranormal novels as of late. I've got a huge love for them. I can't seem to put them down. 
This is another book that has made me love them stronger. 

Maddison is a strong character. She comes from a broken home with an absent mother. Her mother, Candy, always run off with any man who wanted her, leaving Maddison to take care of her two younger siblings. Still, Maddison managed to put herself through school, learning to become a teacher and she succeeded. 
But when her mom comes back, refusing to sign custody of the kids over because she needs the welfare she'll get for them, Maddison is made to move to their Grandma's, a woman they've grown up not knowing. 
The only good thing to come out of it was that her Grandma was like Maddison, she wasn't like Candy who didn't care about anyone but herself. 
After her mom turns her little sister into something she's not, Maddison is thankful that she'll finally have help. Her grandma had made a deal with their mom, saying she would let them stay if Candy signed over custody to her. Maddison only followed because she didn't want to part with the kids, always having seen them as hers since she raised them both. 

Anyway, Grandma ends up setting up a job for Maddison at the local high school and giving her a room on the other side of the house so she could have some privacy. The only person Maddison had to be near really was her mysterious neighbour who she shared a bathroom with. 
He's also a detective. Ephraim has a secret, one he likes to keep a secret. But when Maddison starts fishing, asking questions and sees what he is, he can't fight his attraction for her. 

It was funny to see how the two would have a relationship. Maddison is a virgin, not wanting to be like her mother, always falling for the bad bloke. But when it comes to finally wanting to lose her virginity, she can't... as such. Because her boyfriend is a pyte, a vampire. Any sign of her blood will send him into a bloodlust and he'll crave her enough to drink her dry. 
What she does is just... LOL and OUCH come to mind ahaha 

I loved all the secondary characters. It's a fun light read that you can enjoy without it getting to deep, although, I only think this book touched the surface. 
I can't wait to read Chris' book as I fell in love with his character straight off. 

I also loved how they all reacted to Empraim to being what he is. Personally? I thought the grandma would have a heart attack, the little boy would be scared shitless and get nightmares and the Jill the other kid, would run away. I never expected what happened. 

I really enjoyed this book and have already one clicked the next which I've just found out is Chris' book. 

4.5*

Goddess (Starcrossed #3) By Josephine Angelini

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She must rise, or they will fall . . .

Helen's powers are increasing—and so is the distance between her and her mortal friends. To make matters worse, the Oracle reveals that a dangerous traitor is lurking among them, and all fingers point to Orion. Still unsure whether she loves him or Lucas, Helen is forced to make a terrifying decision, or risk all-out war.

Helen's powers are becoming more powerful, with all families linked, emerged, Helen is really their only hope. 
I don't get the bit where the Oracle reveal a dangerous traitor lurking among them, I can only remember them not liking Orion because he has the power to make them stay away. Just being around them helps Cassandra. She can finally feel when she's around them. 

I was shocked about Matt. I loved him and his character and knowing he went that far, shocked me. 
I knew the thing that they were all worried about would turn out to be Helen, it was plainly obvious, I didn't believe for one second it would be Orion. There is just something about him that draws you to him. 

I was glad when the secret of Helen was finally out, even if it was too late. I also loved Hades and the dream catcher who she meets desending. I loved them. 

The story came to a great conclusion and I loved how it all played out. I was upset to see certain people leave and certain choices that were made but it all added to the intensity of the story. 

5*

Dreamless (Starcrossed #2) By Josephine Angelini

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Tasked with descending to the underworld and killing the Furies, Helen must endure hellish torture whenever she goes to sleep – she wanders around the various levels of hell with no idea how to complete her task, and she’s beginning to suffer from extreme exhaustion. Although she still trains with the Delos clan, Helen and Lucas are coming to terms with the fact that they cannot be together. Lucas believes that the only way Helen will complete her quest is if he leaves her alone completely, so he tells her he doesn’t want to see her again and that he never loved her. Distraught, Helen carries on with her mission, and for the first time meets another person down in the shadowy underworld: Orion, descended from Adonis and with the power to control desire, he is the heir to the house of Rome and an outcast. He’s also kind of hot. Confused by her conflicting emotions but glad to have an ally in hell, Helen begins to realize the enormity of her task . . .

Knowing her background Helen still struggles with certain aspects of her powers and who she is still. 
When she starts descending into the underworld with a mission to kill the furies so she can free her new family, she never realised how hard it would be or how alone she would feel. 
She's still trying to cope with losing Lucas, knowing she still loves him even after finding out he's her cousin. The two are being pulled away but fate has other plans for the two of them. I hated seeing the two apart. I got used to seeing how cute they were together and if it wasn't the curse of bringing the families together than it was the fact they were cousins. It seemed everything was against the two even though they couldn't be more perfect together. 

When she meets Orin, who I adored but didn't trust fully at the beginning, going into the underworld didn't seem so bad. She had something to look forward to once she found Orin and finally managed to control everything around her instead of going to sleep at night and being tortured and killed in the underworld. 

Orin turns out to be another outcast, one that should have been killed at birth because of his abilities. He's too powerful and any earth shaker is left as a newborn to die but instead, his father took him away. 
He grew up on his own alone until Helen's mother Daphne helped him. This was the reason I didn't trust him. I didn't like Daphne, her motives were against the others and she was very sly about her actions. 

This book has more drama, more heartbreak and yet again, the information on the gods and their families confused me to know end. It drove me mad. I actually asked a few other readers if they had the same problem and they all agreed. It needed knocking down for us, bit by bit. 

4*