Friday, April 21, 2017

BOOK REVIEW: Bad Boy Neighbor by Maddie King

Bad Boy Neighbor by Maddie King
Published date: 21st April, 2017
Genres: Novella, Adult
Format: Ebook
Rating: 3*
Synopsis:

My neighbor is an arrogant prick.
I’ve lived across the street from him for three years and I’m fed up with his constant partying. He’s the neighborhood bad boy and everyone is afraid to confront him - everyone but me.

When I go to put my foot down one night, I’m in for much more than I thought.
He’s going to show me who the boss of the neighborhood is and he doesn’t care if I like it or not.



REVIEW:



 I know this is just a short story/book/novella and full of hot and steamy moments but I would have loved to read more about Brook and Xander.

Xander's an arrogant prick but we sort of got a glimpse of his softer side.
Yes, Brooke has had enough of his douche bag's attitude but there's so much attraction between these two that it's impossible to not shred clothes & have some fun under the sheets or in the porch of someone's house if you know what I mean ahaha. 



It's a shame this wasn't a full length book because it had so damn much potential to be like a 350 page book filled with drama, more of their relationship and a lot more slutty/hot scenes.

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

BOOK REVIEW: The Gravity of Us by Brittainy C. Cherry


The Gravity of Us by Brittainy C. Cherry
Published date: 13th April, 2017
Genres: New Adult, Contemporary Romance
Format: Ebook
Pages: 270
Published by: Self-publishing
Rating: 5*
Synopsis:
Graham Russell and I weren’t made for one another.

I was driven by emotion; he was apathetic. I dreamed while he lived in nightmares. I cried when he had no tears to shed.

Despite his frozen heart and my readiness to run, we sometimes shared seconds. Seconds when our eyes locked and we saw each other’s secrets. Seconds when his lips tasted my fears, and I breathed in his pains. Seconds when we both imagined what it would be like to love one another.

Those seconds left us floating, but when reality knocked us sideways, gravity forced us to descend.

Graham Russell wasn’t a man who knew how to love, and I wasn’t a woman who knew how to either. Yet if I had the chance to fall again, I’d fall with him forever.

Even if we were destined to crash against solid ground.


REVIEW:
For those who don't know, this book is part of a series called Elements. There are four books in this series and this one's the last. They're all standalone so there's no particular order for reading them even though I read them all by their release order. 
The books available are:
  1. The Air He Breathes
  2. The Fire Between High and Lo
  3. Silent Waters
  4. The Gravity of Us

Besides The Gravity of Us the other book that I gave 5* was The Air He Breathes which is my favorite book of them all. Even though both I gave both books a 5* rating I think that the first one is wayyyyy better because feels. I don't know, I just connected too much with the book and I loved it to death and beyond.

So first of all:

Yup, I gave this book a five star rating and I regret nothing.



Now that that part is cleared out of the way let's get into the book review/talking/opinion whatever you want to call it.

So... the more I think about this book the more stars I want to give it. I finished reading it a day after its release, so I finished it on the 14th of April. It's been already five days since then and I'm only writing something now because I wanted to give it sometime so the story could settle down on my head, so I could process it and think exactly why I gave it five stars and not less.


SOME SPOILERS MAY BE WRITTEN DOWN ON THIS REVIEW. You were warned.

The beginning of the book was a bit difficult for me to read and enjoy but after three or four chapters I couldn't drop the book for a second. I was just hooked. I needed to know more and to see how it all would develop.

I freaking loved Lucy. She was all smiles and sunshines. Very expressive and emotional, you could read her so damn well (all of these are compliments). She had the biggest heart you could find and she was just so damn caring, it's impossible to not love her.

Graham... Well... you could say he was the opposite of Lucy but in a way he wasn't. He just closed up his emotion due to too many hurtful moments during his life and once you get to know his past and that every single person he cared for left him, you'll understand his present self and why he looks so bitter sometimes. He's not a bad person, not at all. When Graham his with Talon (his daughter), you get to see his true self. He loves his daughter so freaking much, she means the world to him and so does Lucy from some point in his life.

Both Graham and Lucy complement each other. She feels everything and he feels nothing and throughout the book you see them both balancing each other, creating a friendship and furthermore a love relationship that I freaking adored and respected the hell out of them.

I could spend the whole day talking about the book and everything that I loved and which character I hated (LYRIC/JANE... I HATE HER SO FREAKING MUCH) but just go freaking read the book, it's so darn perfect.

BOOK REVIEW: Existential by Max Henry

Existential by Max Henry
Published date: 18th April, 2017
Format: Ebook
Published by: Self-Publishing
Rating: 4*
Synopsis:
How much suffering can a man withstand before he finally breaks? A question I used to ask myself often. Now I know the answer.

As president of the Fallen Aces MC Fort Worth chapter, I’m looked to for guidance in times of crisis. I’m expected to set personal grievances aside and lead by example. Yet how can I do that when those grievances robbed me of my family, my life? My reason to be at the head of the table?

My father: murdered. My baby sister: killed the same day. And my other sister? A mystery. I’m drowning in my desolation and yet nobody seems to care. Or maybe it’s the fact I won’t let them close enough to help? Either way, my losses are my own, and I’ll deal with them the only way I know how—by punishing myself.

I’ve got it all figured out, at least, I thought I did. Until one woman, a traveler passing by, unravels the master plan. I see it in her eyes, the same distance, the same feeling that she doesn’t belong—that her time here is wasted.

One woman who mirrors me in every way, and suddenly I find a reason to hold off the reaper a little longer. A reason to stay at the head of the table. A reason to show those who’ve hurt me that, although they brought the beast to its knees, I won’t lay down to die without a fight.



REVIEW:
This is the second Max Henry book that I read and once again she doesn't disappoint me. I freaking love her writing. She's able to grasp my attention right from the beginning so I give her extra point for that.

The too main characters are complete opposites but they're so right for each other that in their unhappiness and life difficulties they find peace and love withing each other. Their pull and chemistry is so darn good and even though they try to fight, the bigger that chemistry becomes.

This book is such an emotional roller coaster that my poor heart at some point didn't know how to even react because too many feels going around.

This book is a totally GAME ON, MUST READ.

I won't spoil a thing so just go read it.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

BOOK REVIEW: Heat by CA Harms


Heat by CA Harms
Published date: 10th April, 2017
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Adult
Format: Ebook
Pages: 194
Rating: 3*
Synopsis:

Beckett Montgomery is a well-known detective in the New York area. 



He takes his job seriously and has little time for anything else. 

During an investigation in to a series of break in’s of an apartment building on 32nd St., he finds himself getting a little too involved. What had always in the past been his job, now felt as if it was so much more. 


He can’t seem to let go of the image of the beautiful, scared blonde with a look of horror on her face. He found that protecting her became all he could think of. Whatever it took, not matter the cost, he would provide her the security she needed. 
He assured himself he would remain professional, he would dedicate himself fully to the task at hand and never would he mix business with pleasure. 

Yet with each passing second Beckett spent in the presence of Shanelle Kramer he found that the need for her only grew. Her beauty alone made him weak in the knees and that was only the beginning. 

He had never desired a woman more. 
Never felt the need to conquer, or claim, but she was different. 
Maybe just one taste would end his addiction for Shanelle? 

But one taste was just a tease…. 
And he needed more, so much more. 
Because the Heat between them was just too hot to resist.

REVIEW:
So, I started this book with high expectations and I ended it feeling a bit... not disappointed but not truly happy with the final result of the book.
There were a lot of things that I enjoyed but a lot that... well... I didn't clicked with them at all.


I had to skip the first book because I have a tight schedule but I'll eventually read it.
Let's go further into the review because I'm stalling a bit.

THE DRAMA... Way too predictable and way too soft. It didn't make my heart pound for a second and knowing right from the get go who the ''bad guy'' in the story was took away all the magic in the suspense the book was supposed to have. I was expecting for something else to happen even though the ''bad guy'' was out of the scene already. I needed more drama, more dangerous moments so my heart would pound with anticipation and fear what would happen next, something that would make me crave to turn the page around and find out what awaited me.

I'm not even going to talk too much about the characters. I liked Beckett but I hated his POV's unlike Elle's POV's  that I loved. I think that I didn't get to see much of their relationship building up and that was also one of the reasons I gave this book a 3 star rating.

Monday, April 17, 2017

EXCERPT: The Gravity of Us by Brittainy C. Cherry


The Gravity of Us, an all-new gripping and emotional standalone from Brittainy C. Cherry is available now!

The Gravity of Us by Brittainy C. Cherry
Release Date: April 13th, 2017
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Cover Designer: Quirkybird Designs


SYNOPSYS:
Graham Russell and I weren’t made for one another.

I was driven by emotion; he was apathetic. I dreamed while he lived in nightmares. I cried when he had no tears to shed.

Despite his frozen heart and my readiness to run, we sometimes shared seconds. Seconds when our eyes locked and we saw each other’s secrets. Seconds when his lips tasted my fears, and I breathed in his pains. Seconds when we both imagined what it would be like to love one another.

Those seconds left us floating, but when reality knocked us sideways, gravity forced us to descend.

Graham Russell wasn’t a man who knew how to love, and I wasn’t a woman who knew how to either. Yet if I had the chance to fall again, I’d fall with him forever.

Even if we were destined to crash against solid ground.


EXCERPT:

Lucy

We didn’t know how to act with one another after our first kiss. Our situation wasn’t the norm when it came to building a relationship. We did everything backward. I fell in love with a boy before our first kiss, and he fell for a girl who he wasn’t allowed to have. Our connection, our heartbeats, matched one another in our fairytale world, but in reality, society deemed us as an awful accident.
Maybe we were an accident—a mistake.
Maybe we were never supposed to cross each other’s paths.
Maybe he was only meant to be a lesson in life and not a permanent mark.
But still, the way he kissed me…
Our kiss was as if heaven and hell collided together, and each choice was right and wrong at the same exact time. We kissed as if we were making a mistake and the best decision all at once. His lips made me float higher, yet somehow descend. His breaths somehow made my heart beat faster as it came to a complete halt.
Our love was everything good and bad wrapped in one kiss.
A part of me knew I should’ve regretted it, but the way his lips warmed up the cold shadows of my soul…the way he left his mark on me…
I’d never regret finding him, holding him, even if we only had those few seconds as one.
He’d always be worth those tiny seconds we shared.
He’d always be worth that soul-connecting feeling we created when our lips touched.
He’d always be the one I spent my nights dreaming of being near.
He’d always be worth it to me.
Sometimes when your heart wanted a full-length novel, the world only gave you a novella, and sometimes when you wanted forever you only had those few seconds of now.
And all I could do, all anyone could ever do, was make each moment count.
After we went home that night, we didn’t talk about it at all. Not the following week, either. I focused on Talon. Graham worked on his novel. I believed both of us were waiting for the right time to come up for us to speak about it, but that was the tricky thing about timing: it was never right.
Sometimes you just had to leap and hope you didn’t fall.



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The Gravity of Us (Elements #4) by Brittainy C. Cherry

Release Date: April 13th, 2017 Genre: Contemporary Romance

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Book Four in The Elements Series

By Brittainy C. Cherry

Graham Russell and I weren’t made for one another.
I was driven by emotion; he was apathetic. I dreamed while he lived in nightmares. I cried when he had no tears to shed.
Despite his frozen heart and my readiness to run, we sometimes shared seconds. Seconds when our eyes locked and we saw each other’s secrets. Seconds when his lips tasted my fears, and I breathed in his pains. Seconds when we both imagined what it would be like to love one another.
Those seconds left us floating, but when reality knocked us sideways, gravity forced us to descend.
Graham Russell wasn’t a man who knew how to love, and I wasn’t a woman who knew how to either. Yet if I had the chance to fall again, I’d fall with him forever.
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BOOK REVIEW: Game On by SC Daiko

Game On by SC Daiko
Published date: 11th March, 2017
Genres: Adult Fiction, Contemporary Romance
Format: Ebook
Rating: 2*
Synopsis:
A scorching hot student-teacher romance.

RYAN
There was only one thing I wanted in life: to play professional rugby.
I lived and breathed it until I met Beth.
She’s beautiful, sweet, and so incredibly sexy... but she’s out of bounds. Beth wants me, I know she does, and I want her.
If I wasn’t her student it would be game on.

BETH
There was only one thing I wanted in life: to be a good teacher.
And I was until I met Ryan.
He held me against his hard body on a sizzling Ibiza night, and I lost myself to him. Six months later, he’s in my Spanish class... what I feel for him is totally against the rules.
Soon rugby isn’t the only game Ryan is playing. But when his past catches up with him, and everything starts to go wrong...
will it be game over for the two of us?

REVIEW:
Before wanting to kill me for my rating, hear me out.

This book... it just didn't do it for me. I didn't 'click' with the author's writing.
I didn't like the description of scenes, action and even the love scenes. I was cringing throughout the whole book.
It's not that I HATED the book. I didn't hate it because it had potential but I think the author didn't grasp it well. My 2 star means I simply didn't enjoy the book. I didn't connect with any character whatsoever and the plot could have been worked on and studied way better. I'm pretty sure the author had an awesome sauce idea but kinda lost her touch while writing it.

For me one of the major problems here was SC Daiko's writing. I'll probably read another book of hers to see if her writing has any different from one book to the other and thus my opinion might change.

Friday, April 14, 2017

BOOK REVIEW: Rock My World by Lee Piper


Rock My World by Lee Piper
Published date: 10th April, 2017
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
Format: Ebook
Pages: 308
Rating: 4*
Synopsis: 
Grace Thompson didn’t want a student teacher. And she sure as hell didn’t want it to be Levi Mondez.


Let’s just say they got off to a rocky start.



To be fair, it wasn’t entirely her fault. How was she to know he was also the lead singer of local rock band, Mondez? How was she to know he got off on her short temper? And how was she to know her best friend, Riley would fall for him?



Hard.


If he wasn’t so damn gorgeous it might have made the whole mess easier for Grace to handle. If he didn’t transform her female parts into a blazing furnace, and if he hadn’t confused the hell out of her already bruised heart, life might have turned out a heck of a lot differently.


But he was, he did, and he had.
She was screwed.


REVIEW:

So, even though I didn't rated it 5* I freaking loved this book and couldn't even put it down.

I was in love with how epic Grace and Levi were together. Sparks flew everytime they were around each other and the attraction was so palpable that anyone could sense it through a 5 mile radium. 

This book was so extremely well written that I even had tears a few times which means I was quite engrossed in the story so congrats to Lee Piper for writting such an awesome sauce book.

It's quite difficult to not read this book in a one-sitting because there's always something happening, something new to know and more epic drama. You just want to know more and more and those sexy-time scenes... Oh hon, you must pic this book up and read it all.

This review will be this short because I really want to be extremely spoiler free so you can go without knowing a thing so the book is a surprise in every kind of aspect.

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

BOOK REVIEW: Take a Chance by Megs Pritchard

Take a Chance by Megs Pritchard
Published date: 7th April, 2017
Genres: Romance, Contemporary, M/M
Format: Ebook
Pages: 198
Rating: 4*
Synopsis
Tom Carter 

Kicked out at fifteen for being gay, Tom survived by selling his body on the streets. Four years later, Tom, now nineteen, doesn’t know how long he can continue living this life. 

One night while out working, Tom sees a face from his past, one he had long forgotten. One he had used to fantasise about. 

Seb Banks 
Afraid of the reaction he will receive, Tom runs away hoping never to see him again. But Seb had other ideas. 

Sebastian Banks 
At twenty-five, Seb’s life is going exactly the way he had wanted. Having worked hard at University, Seb has been offered a permanent contract at a local solicitor. 
While driving to a friend’s house to celebrate, Seb is shocked to find Tom, someone he hasn’t seen in years, on the streets, selling himself. 
Feeling an overwhelming need to help Tom, Seb tracks him down and offers him a way out. 
Is Tom willing to take a chance on Seb and accept his offer, or will his distrust of everyone from his past cause him to push Seb away? 
Includes a sneak peek of book two, New Beginnings, Ben and Geoff's story. 

REVIEW:
Pretty much impressed with the whole book. 
I've never read a book that includes prostitution. It broke my heart to see how much Tom and his friends suffered because of their sexual orientation. Being gay doesn't make you a worst person, it just makes you who you are and what matters is just your happiness and nothing else. 

Tom's parents reaction to him being gay was just from another world. What the hell did they have on their minds?? Throwing out a 15 year old kid on the streets is just completely insane!! It was their freaking son for gods sake.
For four years Tom had to do what he could so he could have some money to himself and even share a bit with the other four kids who lived with him in an abandoned house.

What amazes me more about Tom is that he isn't an addict. Even with all the problems he had to deal with he managed to no choose to succumb do addiction as a way of escaping his stresses, fears and difficulties. 

It was marvelous to see how Sebastian truly wanted to help Tom and be a part of his life once again. Seb never stopped looking and thinking about Tom and how his life was and that was major sweet.
I think that Sebastian and also his boss from work were the the two best characters in the book and between all the people who didn't give two sh*ts about if Tom could manage himself, these two were always worried and wanting to help and make Tom's and his friends lives better.

After reading the synopsys I really wanted to read this book and I finished it with a smile. I was quite pleased with how everything turned out (even though there was one part that broke my heart into a million pieces).

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

BOOK REVIEW: Beyond Love by C. J. Pinard

Beyond Love by C. J. Pinard
Published date: 11th April, 2017
Genres: Romance, Contemporary, New Adult
Format: Ebook
Rating: 4*
Publisher: Pinard House Publishing
Synopsis: He’s been broken, repaired, and has finally risen above his devastating injury.


She’s a cute, foul-mouthed nurse with an attitude as big as the ocean, but has a caring heart even bigger.

They once loved each other back when life was simple and being an adult wasn’t an issue. What was once a beautiful love turned into a devastating heartbreak. Are they brave enough to give it another try now that life is complicated and ugly? Because while their circumstances once tore them apart, love was never their problem.

KYLE
Eighteen years old when she broke my heart. Eighteen years old when I left to join the Marine Corps, knowing when I got back, she would not be there waiting for me. I never expected to see her ten years later, all heartbroken and humbled. I just don’t know if I can go there again with Adria Green. She’s short, sassy, and even more stubborn than she was when we were kids – and painfully more beautiful. So why do I find myself completely and inexplicably drawn to her? Because what drew me to her back then has been reignited without my permission, and there doesn’t seem to be a way to douse the old flame. I’ve already lost half a leg. I can’t lose my heart, too.

ADRIA
Am I to blame for my actions when I was just a kid and starting out at life? I was stupid back then, but I’m not stupid anymore. I’m educated, confident, and after my ex-fiancé cheated on me and left, I’m even more careful with who’s going to get my heart. Seeing Kyle Adams after all these years made my heart stop and then almost drop out of my chest. He’s even more gorgeous and considerably more built than he was when we were in high school – despite the injury. I feel myself being pulled toward him like nothing I’ve ever felt, not even back then. But can we go there again? Can you really and truly go back? No, I don’t believe you can. I’m just not sure I can go forward now, either.

REVIEW:
I'm so so so darn happy that I got to read this book.
I just fell in love with Ky and Adria's relationship and how well the story developed.
The transitions between scenes and plot holes was so well written that I felt as if I was living that story myself.

We get to see a story about second chances and confronting the past. About cleansing the mind and soul and accepting the mistakes we made but the most important thing here was that the past isn't always bad and that we should forget it. Ky and Adria were highschool sweethearts and even though their relationship came to an end, they got to find each other once again and eventually reconnect their feeling for each other. They never stopped loving one another and that made my whole heart melt into a puddle.

I don't to spoil more than I think I've already have so please pleaseeee read it!

Monday, April 3, 2017

BOOK REVIEW: Year of the Scorpio (Part 2) by Stacy Gail


Year of the Scorpio (PART 2) by Stacy Gail
Published date: 17th February, 2017
Genres: Adult, Romance, Contemporary
Format: 
Ebook
Rating: 4*
Synopsis:


My name is Dash.

The Vitaliev
Bratva had always been a part of my life, but I was never a part of it. My father built it from the ground up, and while he never hid what the family business was, he never wanted my life to be tainted by it.

But my father forgot one thing.

I’m also a Vitaliev.

Everything I hold dear has been targeted since my father’s death—my business, my friends, and the peaceful world I’ve built for myself. But it wasn’t until the love of my life, Polo Scorpeone, was struck down by a sniper’s bullet that I realized being a Vitaliev isn’t a curse. It’s a strength.

I will face my hidden enemy with the Vitaliev fire of old, and I’ll do it with the most powerful lethal weapon Chicago’s underworld has ever known by my side.

Come to find out, the legendary Scorpio is hard to kill.



REVIEW:


Holy lord the first couple of chapters were so hard to read because they were extremely painful. Seeing Dash suffer the way she did just killed me and then BAM! Polo's here and holy molly those sexy times between the two of them.

The fire between them doesn't seem to be going down anytime soon.

This was also a book full of more action and juicy drama. The only thing that pissed the hell of out of me was the lack of communication between Dash and Polo. I mean, Polo was so blind with the need to protect Dash at any cost that he didn’t thought what was the best for Dash, he just made sure she was kept alive and thus making her suffer in a way.
Thank god that after some time Polo decided to hear Dash out and after that the book regained it’s fantastic pace and badassery.
Let’s just talk for a bit about Knives. Crazy doesn’t describe it because the guy has no brains and heart at all. This piece of sh*t was born after Nizhy died at age 15 basically which is heartbreakin
g because Dash lost her lovely brother and gained a maniac who was her brother only by blood because to her he was no longer anything important. Of course it hurt losing him in the end but the guy freaking wanted her dead and I think it was for the best that he died the way he did. Actually, that he died, it doesn’t matter how, just that he died and he won’t hurt anyone anymore because so many lives were lost thanks to this bastard, including my baby boy Konstantin. Still not over his death obviously.
I loved how in the end everything wraped up and we got to see Polo having a clean life like he wanted since he was a boy and after he gained his freedom from Boryshko. He’s happy and living next to the love of his life, Dash.
The cherry on top was obviously when Polo suggested that they name their son Konstantin, that me cry like a huge baby and I had a smile so huge on my face that I can’t even describe the stupid expression that I had.
Such an awesome book with badass characters, action packed, juicy drama and a lot of sexy times.