EXCERPT: The Gravity of Us by Brittainy C. Cherry

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The Gravity of Us by Brittainy C. Cherry

Release Date: April 13th, 2017

Genre: Contemporary Romance

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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

Cover Designer: Quirkybird Designs

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.

Even if we were destined to crash against solid ground.

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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.

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.

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).

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!

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.

BOOK REVIEW: Year of the Scorpio (Part 1) by Stacy Gail

Year of the Scorpio (PART 1) by Stacy Gail

Published date: 9th October, 2016

Genres: Adult, Romance, Contemporary

Pages: 311
Format: Ebook

Rating: 5*
Synopsis:

They call me Dash. Sixteen years ago my brother and I were kidnapped. The Scorpeones believed our father, boss of the Vitaliev Bratva, could be pressured into relinquishing his hold on Chicago’s underworld.

They were dead wrong.

Ultimately the Scorpeones made the youngest of their family pay for their sins. I tried not to care. Marco Polo Scorpeone, the hostage whose life was forfeit if his family moved on the Vitalievs, was the enemy. Why should I care if he was tortured worse than a prisoner of war?

Except I did care.

For sixteen years I’ve cared, more than I can say.

They call me Scorpio.

There was no light in my world. Then I saw Dash smile.

No voice could pierce my darkness. Then I heard Dash speak.

I’ve killed to survive. Killed to please my handler. Hell, I’ve killed to please myself. Killing is what I do.

I know I’m not good enough for Dash, but it doesn’t matter. What matters is that she’s mine, from now until the end of time. But that time might be nearer than I think, because someone deadlier than me is closing in…

Scorpeones believed our father, boss of the Vitaliev Bratva, could be pressured into relinquishing his hold on Chicago’s underworld.

REVIEW:

HOOKED. ON. THE. FIRST. PAGE.

Jesus, Stacy Gail knows how to grab you right at the beginning of a book. The freaking prologue was so genius and it gave me a major case of goosebumps.
I loved, loved, loved her writing throughout the whole book. The way she described everything, the cocky responses Polo or even Dash gave, my lovely Konstantin and his huge heart towards all his lovers but mostly the way he cared for Dash, he was genuinely her best friend.

Yup, I had to talk about Konstantin, he was one of my favorite characters and I think he made a great impact in both Part One and Two.

Now let’s talk about Polo and Dash. Not the usual couple we see in a book. Dash is gloriously badass and will cut your tongue out if you mess with her. She has some crazy lady balls and dear lord if someone tells her what to do instead of letting her decide said thing by herself.

Polo… Polo… Polo… Where can I find one but buy 30?! I loved him right from the get go. Even with all the suffering and torture he went through we see him as a better man than most people. Yup, he killed people for a living but that’s what he was made into. A killing machine. It doesn’t mean that it was something he liked or even wanted to do from the beginning. It’s clear all he wanted was to have a clean and legal life but even though that was taken away from him he still tried to pursue that life but with Dash by his side. You can totally see the freaking attraction between them both and it’s something not recent but with years’ worth of sexual tension and shared feelings.

I loved the whole story and character development. The whole drama and the danger lurking through every chapter. This book was just sooooo freaking juicy, I couldn’t put it down thus why I gave it five stars.
Also… that freaking ending! My heart barely lived through that for crying out loud!!!

This is a must read for you all.

BOOK REVIEW: Malaise by Max Henry

Malaise by Max Henry

Published date: 11th October, 2016

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, New Adult

Pages: 468

Format: Ebook

Rating: 5*

Synopsis: Final exams and end of year parties don’t seem so important at your brother’s funeral.

Two short weeks, and Meg would have survived her senior year relatively unscathed. But when her best and only friend—her brother—dies in a questionable road accident, being the loner in her year doesn’t fit as well as it used to.

One act of kindness from the man her small town isolated amidst rumors and lies, and her hope for a day where pain won’t overwhelm her doesn’t seem so far-fetched. Brett Carver is trouble with a capital T, but he’s also the only person who can get Meg to let go and smile.

Some good things are never meant to last.

Arrested for a crime he didn’t commit, the man who finally found a way to bring light back to her dark days is ripped away when she needs him most. Determined not to lose the only good thing to have come out of her year from hell, Meg sets out to prove Brett isn’t guilty. But first, she must accept the ugly truth …

… that the people who can prove his innocence are the same people who will do all it takes to keep them apart.

REVIEW:

I started this book knowing basically nothing. I had only read the synopsis and a couple of bookstagrammers had said that they enjoyed Max Henry’s books so I gave it a shot. 

It wasn’t a pity shot or a ‘’hm, let’s see if this is worth my time’’, none of that. The synopsis had awoken a huge curiosity inside me so I NEEDED to read this.

This was the first Max Henry book I read and I must say that I started with the right book, not that any other wouldn’t be a good introduction to the author’s books, but in a way, I connected to the story and some aspects of it.

Throughout the whole book my heart would beat so freaking fast. My concern for Meg and her life was so damn real that I was always worried of what would happen next because nothing seemed easy for her or at least less hard than it already was. What she thought she wanted wasn’t what she needed. Yes, she needed for her parents to love her and cherish her but she needed to find herself alone and by alone I mean without others influence. Once again, yes, Carver is in a way an influence in her life but he pushes her away so she fights for what she truly wants and must do to achieve everything in her life. He doesn’t want her to give up on her future for him.

I can genuinely say that this book made think of my own life choices and all the obstacles I’ve endured. This story shows us clearly, even though we already have a pretty good idea of it, that is quite hard to endure and that there will be a lot of ups and downs (mostly downs) but it doesn’t mean we should give and leave our dreams be just dreams and not a reality.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE You must read it!

BOOK REVIEW: The Elven Tales by Fabi Ghittoni

The Elven Tales by Fabi Ghittoni

Published date: 1st February, 2017

Genres: Fantasy

Format: Ebook

Rating: 3.5*

Synopsis: Prudence Clark lives a seemingly normal life in Cambridge with her best friend's family. But a series of strange events compounded by a wave of kidnappings is about to turn everything she believed about her existence upside down.

A brutal attack catapults her into a new reality - one that makes her the most important refugee of the Council of the Five Kingdoms. Now, she's charged with the task of finding the King's runes to stop Alanel, the most malicious and ruthless being, following his escape from prison.

Alanel has declared war on the king of Arkana. Now, even more shocking truths come forth, exposing long-held secrets about Prudence's past and her destiny. Her newfound knowledge will prompt her to embark on a treacherous journey to face dangerous beasts in the most inhospitable of places. But her journey will not be alone, she'll be joined by the Company of the Rose, brave warriors that will fight by her side, and hopefully, lead to the retrieval of the runes before it's too late.

REVIEW:

An ebook copy of the book was kindly sent to me by the author in exchange for an honest review.

Before moving into the review of the story let's just talk about that freaking cover. It's so so beautiful! It suit the book so well and I don't know how to describe the design besides TOTAL PERFECTION.

Now into the review.

Spoiler-free!

So I'm giving this book a 3.5* rating.

Why?

Well I did quite enjoy the plot itself and where the book was leading us readers. It made me so curious to keep reading so I couldn't just not finish it but I think the fact that Prudence, our main character, lacked some emotion killed a bit of the excitement of reading this book. 

What do I mean by lack of emotion? In the beginning she's worrying about one thing of her life and then suddenly it all changes dramatically but she doesn't question anything. She just enters this whole new world like: ''oh, okay''. Also, she does everything she's told to do, no questions asked. I think that aspect itself was what killed the reading buzz. But otherwise I completely enjoyed the story line and I'm pretty sure this series has a lot of potencial of getting better and better. 

The characters and also the description of the surroundings we encounter in the book need a bit more work on them. We need to have something that makes us even more attached to them so we get hooked on the book and a bit more description about the place(s) where the characters and/or the action is progressing. 

But hey, if you're into books filled with action please pick this one. This is one badass action packed book which will totally make you breathless!