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[New Post] Review: Even If I Fall

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Title:  Even If I Fall

Author:  Abigail Johnson

Page count: 384

Published: January 8, 2019

Publisher: Harlequin Teen (US & Canada)

Genre: YA

Received:  From Netgalley

Purchase: Amazon

Add to: Goodreads

Rating:  5/5

Summary:

Don’t miss this deeply emotional, romantic and layered novel from Abigail Johnson, whose stories have been described as “smart,” “heartfelt,” “genuine” and “complex,” featuring a boy and girl who should never have become friends, let alone fallen in love. Perfect for fans of Kasie West, Morgan Matson and Sarah Dessen.

A year ago, Brooke Covington lost everything when her beloved older brother, Jason, confessed to the murder of his best friend, Calvin. Brooke and her family became social pariahs, broken and unable to console one another. Brooke’s only solace remains the ice-skating rink, where she works but no longer lets herself dream about a future skating professionally.

When Brooke encounters Calvin’s younger brother, Heath, on the side of the road and offers him a ride, everything changes. She needs someone to talk to…and so does Heath. No one else understands what it’s like. Her brother, alive but gone; his brother, dead but everywhere. Soon, they’re meeting in secret, despite knowing that both families would be horrified if they found out. In the place of his anger and her guilt, something frighteningly tender begins to develop, drawing them ever closer together.

But when a new secret comes out about the murder, Brooke has to choose whose pain she’s willing to live with—her family’s or Heath’s. Because she can’t heal one without hurting the other

My Thoughts:

This is the first book that I have read buy this author. This book was so good. I stayed up all night reading it because I wanted to know how the story was going to end. Immediately after reading this I thought that it would be an amazing movie, because I don’t think that I have watched one like it.

While reading this I found that the characters were very relatable, Heath and Brooke have to mourn the loss of there brothers. In doing so Brooke is willing to give up her dream just to stay with her family and Heath feels trapped because now he has to take on the roll of big brother when he was perfectly fine with Calvin taking on that roll in the family.

Brooke is determined to find out what happed to her brother Jason that night and now he ended up in prison. The stuff that she goes though I can only imagine. While reading the book I did feel the pain that she went through right along with her. Because how can one deal with knowing that your brother murdered his best friend? I found myself thinking many times that I would help Brooke anyway that I can so that she can get the answers that she was looking for.

To see Heath and Brooke connect over something so tragic was heartwarming for me. They went though the same thing so why wouldn’t they bond over that?

After reading this I defiantly have to look into the other books that Abigail has written. If they’re anything like this one then I need to read them asap.

*I got this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*

[New Post] Review: What They Don’t Know

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Title:  What They Don’t Know

Author:  Nicole Maggi

Page count: 368

Published:  October 2, 2018

Publisher:  Sourcebooks Fire

Genre: YA

Received:  From Netgalley

Purchase: Amazon

Add to: Goodreads

Rating:  3.5/5

Summary:

Mellie has always been the reliable friend, the good student, the doting daughter. But when an unspeakable act leads her to withdraw from everyone she loves, she is faced with a life-altering choice―a choice she must face alone.

Lise stands up―and speaks out―for what she believes in. And when she notices Mellie acting strangely, she gets caught up in trying to save her…all while trying to protect her own secret. One that might be the key to helping Mellie.

Told through Mellie and Lise’s journal entries, this powerful, emotional novel chronicles Mellie’s struggle to decide what is right for her and the unbreakable bond formed by the two girls on their journey.

My Thoughts:

So, before I get into my review for this book I just want to say that there are some trigger warnings. There is talk about rape, abortion, bullying and verbal abuse.

When I read the description of the book I was really interested in to see where it was going to go. I have to say after reading the book, I was shocked. I really enjoyed this book. It is told in duel POV’s

Sixteen-year-old Mellie comes from a very conservative family. So, you can image what happened when she found out that she was pregnant. Mellie isn’t sure what she wants to do. She has always believed that having an abortion was wrong, but she knew she didn’t want to give the baby up to someone else.

Lise is Mellie’s friend, when she finds out that her friend pregnant she tries to help her out.

This book was told in a journal entry in Lise and Mellie’s English class. I thought that was an interesting to the story. I was a tad confused at first because I thought it was all from Mellie not just her and Lise.

I given this book as an Arc from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

[New Post] Review: Unlawful Entry

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Title:  Unlawful Entry

Author:  Ember Cole

Page count: 142

Published: July 17, 2018

Publisher:  One-Handed Reads

Genre: New Adult, Erotic

Received:  From Netgalley

Purchase: Amazon

Add to: Goodreads

Rating:  5/5

Summary:

Tonight, I’ll be her fantasy man…

I have a thing for my next-door neighbor’s sexy best friend. I like to picture all the things I’ll do to her, imagine the noises she’ll make as I own her gorgeous body in a hundred different ways, hear her screaming my name…

Okay, maybe it’s more than a thing.

Ryssa’s a knockout, sure, but she’s smart, and kind, and funny, and sweetly naïve, too. She triggers all of my protective instincts, but I won’t let myself have her. I may be one of NYPD’s finest, but in my mind, I’ll always be that worthless, troublemaking kid from Hell’s Kitchen.

She deserves better.

Which is why, when I find out her best friend’s setting her up with a night of anonymous, blindfolded sex, I lose my everloving mind.

If anyone is checking off every item on Ryssa’s secret fantasy list, it’s going to be me.

And with her firm “no talking” rule, I’m going to have to get real creative once I decide to make this beautiful girl mine…

My Thoughts:
This being the 3rd book in the series. It just keeps getting more and more steamy. This book has a twist added to it. The main girl Ryssa works as a lab assistant and has a list of things that she wants to experience sexually but she doesn’t know who she wants to do it with. She’s shy and doesn’t want to do it with anyone that she may have a chance of running into while she’s out.  So, her friend takes it upon her self to find the perfect guy for her. In doing so she askes her hot cop friend Zach. Who Ryssa happens to have a crush on and happens to be her best friends neighbour. Ryssa doesn’t know who it is because she is blindfolded the whole time. Part of her rules are no talking, no mouth kissing.

I thought it was cute how Ryssa’s friend tricked Zach into agreeing. It worked out perfectly.

I also loved that at the end of the book we get to see the list that Zach made. I thought it was cute.

This book is filled with steamy, very steamy sex, it was passionate and sensual at the same time. So, if your looking for a short quick steamy read then this is the book for you. Or shall I say series.

[New Post]Review: Big Badd Wolf

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Title:  Big Badd Wolf

Author: Jasinda Wilder

Page count: 407

Published: February 2018

Publisher:  N/A

Genre:  Contemporary

Received: From the author in exchange for an honest review

Purchase: Amazon

Add to Goodreads

Rating: 5/5

Summary:

Lucian Badd saved my life. He jumped into the freezing water of the Ketchikan harbor after I fell in. He took me to his room, stripped my wet clothes off, and wrapped me in a warm blanket.

That should have been it. I should have hit the road as soon as I could, because I’m a vagabond, a drifter. A homeless orphan with no family and no future except what I create for myself. Which is why getting tangled up with a guy—no matter how tall, dark, quiet, and sexy he may be—is a really terrible idea.

Yet…I kissed him anyway. And that one kiss? It set my world on fire, turned everything upside down.

I know I shouldn’t get involved with him. I tell myself I won’t. Yet, I still get pulled in by him and his seven brothers and their wives and girlfriends—by the concept of family, something I haven’t had in a very, very long time. Something I never thought I’d have again.

Every moment I spend with Lucian turns my present into perfect, and puts my future at risk.

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As the second youngest Badd brother, I’ve lived my entire life in the long, broad shadows cast by my older brothers—the burly, bad boy bartender, the Navy SEAL, the trick pilot, the athlete, and the rock star twins. Even my younger brother, Xavier, finds a way to outshine everyone in the room with his unassuming charisma and dizzying intellect. More and more lately, I’ve been asking myself where I fit in.

And then Joss Mackenzie fell into the Inside Passage in the middle of a freak snowstorm, and in so doing, fell into my life. I saved her from the icy water, but can I can I save myself from falling for a girl I know is only going to end up doing the one thing she does best—leave?

It’s evident from the first kiss what the answer is—there’s no saving myself, not from the magnetic appeal of her wild, untamable spirit, or the exotic allure of her caramel skin and long dreadlocks and golden-brown eyes and perfect body. I’m helpless against this attraction.

But as I seek to find myself and my place among my larger-than-life brothers, will I lose my heart to the exotic beauty with walls a mile high and a tragic past?

 

My Thoughts:

Omg Jasinda as once done it again! I don’t know how she does it. What an emotional roller coaster. I love the Badd brothers I’m so happy that there’s going to be 8 books. I can’t wait to read the next one.

Lucian is such an amazing guy he’s the second youngest brother and you’re absolutely going to fall in love with him when you read this book. Lucian didn’t really fit in with his other brothers he was quite and reserved. When he had the chance to leave he did and didn’t look back, until he had to return home.

Joss as been running from her past for years but it’s slowly creeping up on her. When she meets Lucian, her world is flipped upside down. But in a good way.

I’m so happy that all the Badd men made an appearance in this book. I don’t know who I love more. I do know that I love them all for different reasons. These men are all just amazing.

*ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review.

[New Post] Review: Private Prick

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Title:  Private Prick

Author:  Ember Cole

Page count: 174

Published: July 2018

Publisher:  One-Handed Reads

Genre: New Adult, Erotic

Received:  Kindle Unlimited

Purchase: Amazon

Add to: Goodreads

Rating:  5/5

Summary:

I was only supposed to be a distraction…

When I get the call that a tenant is trapped in the building’s decrepit elevator, I climb down the shaft, drop in through the ceiling…and come face to face with Bekka Zoler, the sexy little redhead who’s starred in more than one of my fantasies.

And she’s pissed.

Turns out her boyfriend failed to mention he had a fiancée, and now she’s feeling all sorts of vulnerable…and claustrophobic. I have to do something to distract her while we wait for the repairman to get her out of this metal box.

So I kiss her.

It’s either the best or worst idea I’ve ever had, because next thing I know, I have her pinned to the wall and I’m doing wicked things to her body.

Bekka’s not even remotely ready for a relationship, and I can’t blame her. Problem is, the chemistry is insane between us, and I know she feels it, too.

It’s time to convince the gorgeous spitfire that I’m the man for her, and this thing between us will last longer than one night
My Thoughts:
Omg this book is steamy just like the first one in the series. We get to meet Bekka in the first book and she’s funny out-going girl.

When I read Stiff Discipline I knew I wanted to see Bekka’s story because she seemed like a very interesting character.

Now in the beginning of this book we find out that the guy that Bekka was dating is actually engaged to someone else. After going home an being pissed off at her now ex she gets stuck in the elevator. She calls the super to get someone to fix it and he calls his son Adam. When he arrives at the elevator she is yelling and screaming at her ex because she is just so frustrated. With some of the things that she was saying I loved. I knew then we needed to be friends.

Adam arrives and literally jumps down from the top of the elevator, to save her and keep her company until the repair man can fix it.

Things lead to one another and Adam gives Bekka a mind-blowing orgasm. I mean who doesn’t want to be stuck in an elevator for an hour an have that happen?

That is just were the book gets juicy. So, I’m not going to give away any more of the details because this is defiantly one that you want to read.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review