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[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: 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

[New Post] Review: Holding Up the Universe

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Title:  Holding Up the Universe

Author:  Jennifer Niven

Page count: 391

Published: October 2016

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Yonge Readers

Genre: Teen, Love and Romance

Received: Bought myelf

Purchase: Amazon

Add to: Goodreads

Rating:  5/5

Summary:

Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed “America’s Fattest Teen.” But no one’s taken the time to look past her weight to get to know who she really is. Following her mom’s death, she’s been picking up the pieces in the privacy of her home, dealing with her heartbroken father and her own grief. Now, Libby’s ready: for high school, for new friends, for love, and for every possibility life has to offer. In that moment, I know the part I want to play here at MVB High. I want to be the girl who can do anything. 

Everyone thinks they know Jack Masselin, too. Yes, he’s got swagger, but he’s also mastered the impossible art of giving people what they want, of fitting in. What no one knows is that Jack has a newly acquired secret: he can’t recognize faces. Even his own brothers are strangers to him. He’s the guy who can re-engineer and rebuild anything, but he can’t understand what’s going on with the inner workings of his brain. So he tells himself to play it cool: Be charming. Be hilarious. Don’t get too close to anyone.

Until he meets Libby. When the two get tangled up in a cruel high school game—which lands them in group counseling and community service—Libby and Jack are both pissed, and then surprised. Because the more time they spend together, the less alone they feel. Because sometimes when you meet someone, it changes the world, theirs and yours.

My Thoughts:
This book follows a girl named Libby and boy named Jack. Libby was formally “Americas fattest teen”. After her mom passed that’s when her whole life changed. Then one day after she has lost a significant amount of weight she decides that she wants to go back to school after being home school for so long.

Jack has everything in high school that he could want lots of friends and a pretty girlfriend. There is one secret that he has been hiding from everyone. Is that he can’t recognize peoples faces. Me personally I don’t know how I would handle that waking up every morning and not be able to recognize my family. That’s what Jack must do every day an he has found tips and tricks to remember peoples face. It turns out that Libby is the one that helps him because she is the only one that knows about it.

I loved how these two came together and there ending is kind of perfect if you ask me. This book has so many important messages behind it that everyone should read it.

This is a very unique story I don’t think that there are others like it, if there is I haven’t found them but I would love to read them. I completely fell in love it the whole idea is beautiful I just can’t get enough of it. I know that I will be for sure reading this in the future

[New Post]Review: Between the Sea and Stars

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Title:  Between the Sea and Stars

Author: Chantal Gadoury

Page count: 266

Published: June 2018

Publisher: The Parliament House

Genre: Fantasy

Received: From the author in exchange for an honest review

Purchase: Amazon

Add to  Goodreads

Rating: 4.5/5

Summary:

A Legend,
A Magical Shell
A Girl Who Dreamed Of Something More…

Lena, a Merrow girl, lives in the Skagerrak sea with her father, Carrick and her brother, Javelin who tells her of the legend of the Merrow Queen murdered by her human lover when greed takes over. But what’s worth spilling the queen’s blood? Gifted from Poseidon, himself, a magic shell gives any human the ability to control both land and sea.

When Javelin is called to join a clan of Merrow soldiers bent on protecting their waters from human invasion, Lena resists Merrow law and ventures to the shore with no choice but to swim to land.

With newfound legs, Lena is whisked away on a new adventure with new friends and new trouble. Everyone seems to want something from her as intrigue lurks around every corner.

Trying her best to hide who she is and remain safe from the dangers of the human world, will Lena finally find where she belongs, or will she be swept into a strong and stormy current by lust, greed, and jealousy?

My Thoughts:

I’m a huge Disnerd and when I first heard about this book by Chantal I knew I had to get my hands on it when I found out it was The Little Mermaid retelling. This is also the first mermaid book that I have read, and I loved it. Chantal just as a way with words, she grips you in to the story within a matter of pages and you don’t want to leave.

This story follows a Merrow named Lena who dreams of becoming human. She’s convinced that it can’t be that bad as fellow Merrow tell her Right?

Lena is a wonderful leading lady. She’s brave yet afraid and I absolutely loved that about her.

This book had me reading till the wee hours of the morning because I needed to know how it ended. I can’t wait to have the next book.

**I was sent and Arc copy from the author in exchange for an honest review**