Genre: Romance

#BookReview: THE REPLACEMENT CRUSH by Lisa Brown Roberts

Trigger warning: physical and attempted sexual abuse This was a tough one for me, as some parts were good and some were not so good. In fact, one part was really not so good. In The Replacement Crush, Vivian gets “discarded” by a guy that she’d been crushing on since a kid. Hurt and frustrated with her hormones, she decides to approach relationships using logic, aiming to give herself a safe crush that won’t go too far and make her vulnerable again. But a new guy has shown up at school, the hot coder Dallas, and Viv has to work […]

Posted September 5th 2016 in Contemporary, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: FOR THE CLAN by Archer Kay Leah

For the Clan was a bit of an experiment for me. I had yet to make it through an M/M romance novel, though that was because the few I’ve tried had been poorly written, not because of the orientation. But I finished this one! I will admit to being a little nervous, but I actually enjoyed it! I think readers should go in knowing that, while the book is set in a dystopian world with magic (!!!), that was all secondary. Above all, this was a romance novel. Luckily, I like romances, and I liked reading an unusual one where the one character, Jace, […]

Posted September 1st 2016 in Blog Tours, Dystopian, Paranormal, Reviews, Romance, Science Fiction / / 2 Comments

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#BookReview: BEYOND YOUR TOUCH by Pat Esden

First off, if you haven’t read the first book yet, check out my review of A Hold on Me to see why you should definitely read it! I stand by what I said about the first book: this is a great New Adult paranormal series, one that I recommend to anyone who likes paranormal and a wants to try NA, or vice versa. Again, Annie was flawed and made plenty of mistakes. Plenty. She was jealous and paranoid and let it get the best of her, but I could understand why. The one relationship she’d had before had resulted in the guy ditching […]

Posted August 29th 2016 in Blog Tours, New Adult, New Adult August, Paranormal, Reviews, Romance / / 3 Comments

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#NAAugust #BookReview: SMUT by Karina Halle

Smut exceeded my expectations; where I thought I’d get a fun little contemporary NA, I got comedy, commentary and chemistry. (Yes, I had fun with that little alliteration.) I thought it would be a nice 3-4 star read, but Jamie, having read the book before me, said she bet that I’d love it. AND I DID. I mean, it wasn’t without its flaws, but it made up for those with the great bits. Smut starts off with a hilarious, cringe-worthy prologue, setting up one of our characters: Amanda, AKA Sir Pukes-A-Lot. An aspiring author, Amanda works hard to ace her […]

Posted August 19th 2016 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, New Adult, New Adult August, Reviews, Romance / / 5 Comments

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#NAAugust #BookReview: THE WALL OF WINNIPEG AND ME by Mariana Zapata

Trigger warning: there is reference to past and present domestic abuse in this novel. Talk about slow burn. This book took 673 pages for two people to fall in love, which is sooooo unusual and amazing. Told from Vanessa’s point of view, we first meet Aiden as the stoic giant who doesn’t care about anything about his performance. He doesn’t have time to care about people or pleasantries, and I detested him at the beginning. And then…slowly…I don’t know how…I fell for him. It was such a slow thing, sneaking up on both me and Vanessa, but it was so […]

Posted August 8th 2016 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, New Adult, New Adult August, Reviews, Romance / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: YOU BEFORE ANYONE ELSE by Julie Cross & Mark Perini

I don’t know what I was expecting, but it wasn’t that. I thought it would be superficial fun, but You Before Anyone Else was incredibly deep and thought-provoking, while still maintaining a balance of fun and, well, sexiness. The story surrounds Eddie and Fin, two 18-year-old models in NYC. Fin is trying to ditch her good girl image, while Eddie is just trying to ditch his life. After meeting at a party, Fin takes Eddie back to her place to experience what a one night stand is like. And here’s where I thought it would be a simple love story […]

Posted August 4th 2016 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, New Adult, New Adult August, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 1 Comment

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#BAMFFriends Readathon Wrap-Up and #BookReviews: RESISTING THE REBEL by Lisa Brown Roberts and REFUSE by Joanne Macgregor

Around this time a year ago, thanks to the Air Awakens series, I began chatting online with Jamie of Books and Ladders. Since then, she and I have become beasties, and we wanted to celebrate our friendship. We couldn’t pinpoint the exact date, so we set our sights on July 24th. We’re there for each other 24/7, so it seemed fitting! Anyway, to mark the occasion, we decided to have a 24-hour readathon using the hashtag #BAMFFriends. A few people even joined us! (You guys are the coolest!) In true Jamie fashion, she finished 8 books, while I managed 2. […]

Posted July 25th 2016 in Contemporary, Dystopian, Read-a-thons, Reviews, Young Adult / / 1 Comment

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