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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: 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: Love in C Minor

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Title:  Love in C Minor

Author: Mindy Michele

Page count: 378

Published: April 2018

Publisher:  Enchanted Ink Press

Genre:  Contemporary

Received: From the author in exchange for an honest review

Purchase: Amazon

Add to  Goodreads

Rating: 5/5

Summary:

From the co-writing duo of Mindy Michele comes a tale of small-town charm and backroads trouble.

Seventeen-year-old Reagan seems like the perfect small-town girl. Dubbed a saint by her older brother, Lincoln, she serves the community, makes straight A’s, attends church, spends her summers working with special needs children, and is a piano playing prodigy.

When you’re the daughter of the mayor and the police chief in a sleepy Kansas town, toeing the line is easier than the alternative.

That is, until her brother’s best friend changes the rules.

Reagan’s been subject to Ridley’s antics her entire life. Growing up, he tormented and teased her, but he kept his distance—until now. When Ridley breaks a promise, late night phone calls and secret rendezvous in the haystacks quickly transform into a reckless, all-consuming love.

Some promises are meant to be broken. Some secrets will not be contained, and sometimes the consequences we render are more than we can bear.

My Thoughts:

This is the first book that I have read by these authors and after reading this I know it’s not going to be my last.

I’m completely blown away by this, I can easily say that this book is in my top 10 so far this year. This book had my emotions all over the place just within a few pages. I love when an author can make you feel different emotions at different times.

I loved the relationship that Ridley and Reagan had, they have known one another for there entire lives which I think added an extra something special to the story. I loved how Ridley used to be a player and stopped all these shenanigans just to be with Reagan.

Reagan is a young sweet girl who has insecurities just like everyone does.

Ridley is a cocky cowboy, an also a musician. I loved the way his relationship with Reagan development it wasn’t to fast or too slow I think it was just perfect.

The ending to this book has gotten me so apprehensive for the next one. I’m still dying to read it though.

I’m looking forward to Looking into these ladies’ other books

[New Post]Review: The Darkness Within

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Title:  A Darkness Within

Author:  Alice J. Black

Page count: 125

Published: April 2018

Publisher: Parliament House Publishing

Genre: Horror

Received: From the author in exchange for an honest review

Purchase: Amazon

Add to Goodreads: Goodreads

Rating: 4.5/5

Summary:

The dead speak to Peyton. All her adult life, she’s used alcohol to drown out their spectral voices, but enough is enough! Peyton decides to turn her life around and stop drinking with the help of her best friend, Olivia. But without alcohol…the voices are back and they’re louder and more demanding than ever. But what do they want from her? Enlisting the help of local psychic, Sylvia, Peyton discovers that her weird ability…is actually a gift.

Just as she begins to settle in with the idea of accepting her ability, Peyton is thrust into a world of demons. The horror is paralyzing, and it soon becomes clear that it’s not just the voices of the dead that are going to haunt her. Peyton realizes that there is only one way to deal with her fears: facing them head on.

My Thoughts:
This is the first book in the Soul seekers series and it’s amazing. Don’t let the 125 pages fool you. There’s a lot of action and suspense. Payton is an alcoholic who sees spirits and she drinks to cope with that. One day her friend Olivia talks to her because she’s afraid that she will lose her best friend. Payton starts to go to AA meetings and becomes one month sober. This book had its moments where I thought it was going to be a book that was just going to be okie. I was completely shocked I was wrong. Near the end this book had me on the edge of my seat. I can’t wait to read the next one an see what happens to Payton