BOOK REVIEW: Eternal Darkness by J. F. Johns

Eternal Darkness by J. F. Johns

Published date: 11 January, 2016
Published by: JFJohns

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult 

Pages: 342

Format: Paperback

Rating: 5*

Synopsis:

The world is divided between humans and cyborgs. 

Scarlet Lock is neither. 
She is a soldier created to kill on command. But her memory has been erased and when she awakens in a government facility she soon discovers that this new world is a dangerous place, full of government secrets and cruel experiments performed in the name of progress. 
With the help of a group of cyborgs, Scarlet will fight to uncover the truth and transform the future of the new world she now lives in. 
Eternal Darkness is full of suspense, action and romance and will make readers question what it means to be human.

REVIEW:

I think this was the hardest review to write because I still have no words to describe how much I LOVED this story. 

From page one until the last one I was impressed with what I was reading. Jazmin (J. F. Johns) has amazing writing skills and the way she wrote this, I could feel myself as if I was the main character, Scarlet Lock. 

I'm not into science fiction, cyborgs and all that jazz but oh boy did I LOVE this book!

A thing that I usually do when I read is to put some sticky tabs marking some parts that I quite enjoyed, some funny or inspirational quote. Well... The book looks like it was eaten up by a gazillion sticky tabs. I just fell in love with every single character in here and how each and every one interacted with each other.

Scarlet Lock is our main character and she doesn't remember the last 20 years of her life. Every time she gets a glimpse of her past I just crave for more. I want more memories, they helps to understand her, to see what she had to go through all those years since she's neither human nor cyborg. What is she? You ask. Ain't gonna spoil that! Pick you and book and go through all the feels I had to in order to learn her true nature.

With every memorie she recovered, the more I cared for Scarlet, the more I felt sorry for everything that it was done to her.

Who wouldn't feel lost if they couldn't remember part of their life? Everyone, duh. But Scarlet, even though she was feeling like part of her was missing, even though she was somehow disoriented, she was determined to find out about her, about what was done to her. 

''My name is Scarlet Lock, I was born with this name and i shall die with it.''

This was absolutely one of my favorite quotes by Scarlet and I won't freaking forget it because it just shows that no matter what no one can take away her real identity. Try messing with her and she'll just fire back ten times more.

But now it's time to talk about my baby, Eric Thorn. Just the name is enough to melt my heart and break the rest of my body into tiny pieces that could be easily picked up by the wind. This boy is just complete perfection, book-boyfriend material obviously. If someone says that he's otherwise... I will find you and I will rip your organs out and feed them to the hounds. Eric is totally full of himself BUT he's just the sweetest person ever. Yes, he has a messed up past and an even messier present but he doesn't hide who he was and is. Some feelings he keeps them to himself but he still shows what he truly feels do Scarlet. He's always there for here even if he thinks that she doesn't feel the same (dumbass, of course she likes you, idiot). 

Every time Eric opens is mouth is to say some snarky retort or to say the most beautiful thing ever. Either I was laughing my lungs or I was crying my eyes out. This boy breaks me, I'm telling you, he destroys me.

There are a lot more characters that I want to talk about but if I do so I won't stop writing and then this would be a novella about what I thought of every single little aspect of the book and I ain't got time to write a book. 

But be sure that I freaking loved this. I know I've said that already but hey, I'm just trying to make you guys sure that this story is brilliant, the writing amazing and I need the others books as soon as possible or else I'll die in a pile of tears because the ending of this book just made my soul cease to exist. 

Good luck with surviving this book because it's a ride. But the best ride ever. Your mind will just enter this world so easily that you'll like you're living all of that, as if you actually know that universe, as if what is happening is happening around you. That is what I want a book to do to me... To transport me into another world and Jazmin had and has that power and for that I congratulate her because she deserves that recognition.

Also, I'm going to thank her once again for sending me the book and giving me opportunity to enjoy such an amazing story.

BOOK REVIEW: Full Package by Lauren Blakely

Total Package by Lauren Blakely

Published date: 9 January, 2017
Published by: Lauren Blakely Books

Genres: Contemporary Romance 

Pages: 300

Format: Ebook

Rating: 4.5*

Synopsis:
I’ve been told I have quite a gift.

Hey, I don’t just mean in my pants. I’ve got a big brain too, and a huge heart of gold. And I like to use all my gifts to the fullest, the package included. Life is smooth sailing....

Until I find myself stuck between a rock and a sexy roommate, which makes for one very hard… place.

Because scoring an apartment in this city is harder than finding true love. So even if I have to shack up with my buddy’s smoking hot and incredibly amazing little sister, a man’s got to do what a man’s got to do.

I can resist Josie. I’m disciplined, I’m focused, and I keep my hands to myself, even in the mere five-hundred square feet we share. Until the one night, she insists on sliding under the covers with me. It’ll help her sleep after what happened that day, she says.

Surprise—neither one of us sleeps.

And even though we agree to return to roomies-without-benefits, I quickly realise I want more than someone to split the utilities with. Now all I want is to spend every night—and every day—with my gorgeous roommate.

Did I mention she’s also one of my best friends? That she’s brilliant, beautiful and a total firecracker? Guess that makes her the full package too.

What’s a man stuck in a hard place to do? 

REVIEW:
The book itself is a Full package!
It has a bit of everything:
- Friendship

- Love

- Humor

- Sexual spark

- Mutual respect

- Adoration for each other

It was impossible to not love this book. The story is told through Chase's eyes but sometimes we have small chapters that are some of Josie's recipe pages that may or may not compare the making of the sweet to the way she feels towards Chase.

I devoured this book in a couple of hours and I simply couldn't let it go. From page 1 I loved reading about Chase, also known as Doctor McHottie, the first problems he encountered in the beginning of the book and how that was the thing that pushed him even more into Josie's life. Even though both were already best friends and pretty much everyone thought the had feelings for each other already, both Chase and Josie were kinda blind to those feelings. They existed but they just didn't know it was love LOVE and not just that love you have for your best friend. 

Chase stole every single particle of my heart. The title of this book completely belongs to his - he has the body, the brains but most importantly, he has a heart full of heart and has no problems showing his affection and he truly respects Josie so I couldn't I love him and melt every time he said something nice? In his eyes Josie was his entire world, the embodiment of the word perfection. 

Something that Chase sometimes does without taking knowledge of it is that he flirts with Josie. He flirts a lot. But in a sweet way even if sometimes he can be real dirty. But other times he just bluntly flirts because he likes to do it and his dirty innuendos make the interactions between him and Josie way funnier and enjoyable.

Also, how couldn't I also love Josie? She's just the sweetest person ever and I mean that in two different ways. She's a baker so the adjective works and she's just so nice and lovable towards Chase. Oh! And the lady i«has no shyness at all in regards of sex. She's all claws and has no problems showing that do Doctor McHottie, also know as her guinea pig in regards of her cooking creations. It's not as if Chase doesn't LOVE tasting everything that Josie gives him. And yes, I mean everything *wink...wink* 

 Overall, you should pick this book up because it's a sweet and lovable reading filled with hottie hot moments and a lot of cocky moments from our Doctor McHottie.

BOOK REVIEW: Crave (Bonds #1) by Sierra Cartwright

Crave by Sierra Cartwright

Published date: 30 May, 2014
Published by: Totally Bound

Genres: Romance, BDSM, Erotica, Contemporary

Pages: 197

Format: Ebook

Rating: 4*

Synopsis:

She still craved him… The sight of a collar in her boyfriend’s drawer had stunned Sarah. Panicking, she had fled. But no other man has ever been his equal.

Two years ago, the woman he’d hoped to collar and marry disappeared. So Reece McRae is stunned to find his former girlfriend on her knees, behaving as the submissive he’d always wanted.

Is it too late? He should refuse her, but an undeniable sexual attraction consumes him.

Sarah had been under Reece’s spell from the moment she met him. When she found a steel collar in his drawer, she panicked. The idea of a lifetime of his relentless demands, sensual and otherwise, suffocated her.

In the years they’ve been apart, she hasn’t met his equal. Now, convinced one last night will vanquish his memory, she sets out to seduce him.

The Reece she returns to is even more determined to have his way. Is she now strong enough, brave enough, to surrender to his love?

Review:

This is the first Sierra Cartwright book I read and I must say I was quite impressed and became a fan of her with just reading one work of her.

Crave is the story of Sarah and Reece. How both loved, suffered and got together once again. How both made mistakes and where blinded by their fears. 

People always say: Don't judge one person without hearing their side of the story. Well, it suits this book completely.

You shouldn't condemn Sarah nor Reece but instead listen to both of them. I must admit that in the beginning I did judge Sarah for her actions and how she broke Reece's heart two years prior but once I kept reading the book and understanding Sarah's mind, I knew why she did what she did.

The main word (or problem, you could say) here is: miscommunication. Sarah needed to grow up a bit more so she could really be prepared for the BDSM world that Reece introduced her into. He was always gentle, calm and understanding towards her but she wasn't ready, she needed more time and after finding that specific object (no spoilers, go read the book) it was normal for her to panic. Yes, she shouldn't have run away, she should've talked to Reece but Reece also should've talked to her instead of assuming she was prepared for something she obviously wasn't. 

In the end... I think that both decisions weren't mistakes at all. Why? Well, it made both Sarah and Reece grow and learn. Made them both learn more about themselves and each other and that's why when they eventually restart their relationship it actually works out and evolves into something more.   

They both love each other and that much is quite obvious from page one but one broke the other's heart so there's some work to be done so they can reconnect once again. The love, the desire, the connection never left nor did the spark died between them. 

I enjoyed every single thing in this book because it wasn't just a stupid thing that was the catalyst of the story. Every thing happened for an understandable reason and in the end both characters understood that.