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3.5 - This bitch is crazy stars

The whole time I read this book I kept thinking with regards to Lil:



I mean she has these multiple slut vs good girl personalities. Some parts of this book were a little confusing but overall I enjoyed reading it. It saddened me how hard of a life Lil had and how much shit she had to deal with. This book spans over twenty years too so keep that in mind. What is also weird is growing up in small town Louisiana I have seen half of the same shit she went through. And I did enjoy the writing on this book. I laughed numerous times and felt some flashbacks. I remember listening to Boyz II Men and I remember my sister walking down the aisle to Butterfly Kisses and my dad boohooing.

That being said I have many thoughts regarding this book.... SPOILERS SPOILERS SO READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!!


I have no idea what happened with Michael. Was he secretly gay? Was he mad that she wouldn't do it with him?



What was the deal with Wesley? Was he there for her to learn and experiment? Did she even really like him or was he just there?



Leo creeped me out a little bit....Ok a lot...I mean he was trying to get her pregnant at 16.



I did realize she never had the same relationship with anyone else since she didn't get closure with their relationship. You know its true love when he cleans blood off the motel wall for you. Right?



And then there was Clark.....Clark was a filler rebound love to distract her from Leo...But it didn't work very well.



How ironic she didn't want Leo knocking her up considering she got knocked up at 18, by Nick. The one good thing is they actually had a relationship and he loved her



I loved loved loved Nick...But then he did a complete 180. So sad. I'm wasn't surprised though that (view spoiler)[ he kept Bella. (hide spoiler)] Lil treated him like shit and he did everything for her.



And then she saw Leo again...I can't say I was surprised. Am I the only one who was a little creeped out that he has been basically stalking and keeping tabs on her the whole time? He did truly love her though and I'm glad he made something of himself.




I felt that Lillian was selfish and that was part of her problem. Almost to the point that I hated her character. But then again, that's how she was written.



And Allen....Awww I loved Allen's character. He was a great little brother!



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And finally at the end my heart broke for Lil...



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I am highly anticipating what happens in the next book!

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Lovely Vicious by Sara Wolf
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This book was by no means realistic but it was still decent. I would say its definitely YA and if you are against immaturity do not read this because there was a ton of that.

Isis, former fat girl, has moved to small town Ohio from Florida with her mom. This is her chance to start over. She has a good personality and is loud and talks a ton.



Almost to the point where she won't shut up....Most of the time its hilarious though...But other times you are like



She has sworn off love because of Nameless who totally ruined her. She sees Jack Hunter, aka Ice Prince, one night at a party. Jack is a conceited asshole and all the girls fall over him.



Isis gets pissed when she sees him be rude to her new friend, Kayla.



You see, Kayla is the first friend Isis has ever really had and Jack is totally rude to her so she declares war on him.



Their war is pretty messed up....a rumor, public kiss, fat pics posted around school, drugs in a locker, small dick rumors, etc. etc etc...I kept waiting for something to go down with the animal she sleeps with at night, Mr. Muffins or whatever....



Through her hate for Jack she winds up liking him. (You know that is gonna happen) And she winds up kissing him at a party but of course she's drunk....



I will say I was a little annoyed with the whole thing about her getting him to take Kayla on a date and then Isis throwing up and him then taking her to eat Sushi? Wasn't she just puking her guts up? And you want to feed her Sushi??



And then towards the end when the drama goes down, Jack just happens to be there to apologize.....



I didn't know this book had a cliffhanger and honestly the cliffhanger pissed me off. (view spoiler)[ How can she remember every single person except Jack? (hide spoiler)]



I will likely read book two though to find out what happens between Jack and Isis.

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Ignite by R.J. Lewis
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

4.5 WTF just happened stars...


I love going into a book and not really expecting anything and then being totally blown away with how much I like it...I will say starting off this book is a cliffhanger but I knew that and I also knew book two is coming out January 30th. But I must say I NEED BOOK 2 NOW! I want to know what happens!!! The teaser at the end is killing me!



Ok so Sara and Jaxson meet when they are little kids and Sara is being bullied by a redhead named Jade. She is making fun of Sara and calling her ugly so Jaxson takes up for Sara and kinda brings her under his wing of protection. They wind up becoming great friends and Sara is somewhat adopted by Jaxson's mom Lucinda since her parents are pieces of shit.



Jaxson is a bad kid. He steals and does things that Sara doesn't approve of. Finally when they realize there is more there than just a friendship, Jaxson promises to change and be good for Sara. And he does. He had such a great heart.



But then Sara went into megabitch mode. She acts as if Jaxson is holding her back. She turns into the monster she lived with growing up and started taking things out on Jaxson. Once she realized this she leaves.



At this point I am so heartbroken for Jaxson. He loved her sooooo much.



Then we go five years later.... FIVE FREAKING YEARS!!! and no contact...Sara is working as a lawyer's secretary and dating her boss, Daniel. She is fuck buddies with Daniel but that's about it. She is attempting to fill the void in her life of missing Jaxson.



Sara winds up going back to her hometown and guess who she sees!!! JAXSON! And he has a girlfriend!



Jaxson acts disgusted to see her and he should be. She abandoned him. But he's just hurt and taking it out on her. It's been five years and a lot has changed with him.



Of course you know what is gonna happen....





But is Sara going to stay with Jaxson or leave him once again?


But then...the twists that came up along the way...



And then at the end.....



Guess what too? It's only .99 currently on Amazon!! WOOHOO!

http://www.amazon.com/Ignite-R-J-Lewi...

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Fighting Destiny by Amelia Hutchins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Ok, so this book is about a fairy



and a witch.



No, no, no. Not that type of fairy and witch....More like

this: (Fae: Ryder aka The Dark Prince)


and

this: (Witch: Synthia)


Synthia hates the Fae because they killed her family. She winds up getting screwed and has to work for the Dark Prince of the Fae thanks to the Guild. They do meet under some odd circumstances.



They team together to determine who is after the Light Heir, Arianna. Unfortunately for Synthia, every time she is around Ryder she gets his Fae juju and wants him to do her. Fae have the ability to make you want them so badly you beg to be fucked.



But she hates the Fae and is disgusted with herself for wanting him and pissed at him for making her want to jump his bones.



She has been alone since her love, Adrian, died though and she needs to get laid.



It seems like she goes stupid every time she's around him though and tells him something about her powers and more and more about her coven and the Guild she works for.



She's determined she won't have sex with him



and its almost a love/hate relationship between the two of them...



but then she screws up and signs a contract basically saying she is his for her own protection against other Fae.



Over time we find out a few things we didn't know about Synthia



And then finally.....







But then all of a sudden we get our cliffy ending!!! Were they both set up? Who did that? What just happened?



Onward I go to book 2!


All in all I really enjoyed this storyline. I did wind up skimming through a few parts just because I got a little annoyed with how much this bitch moaned....



I mean she moaned,



and moaned,



and moaned.




ALSO Never, ever EVER refer to a penis as an engorged mushroom cap or bulbous head. And please refrain from any and all womb clenching. It grosses me out. K. Thanks!




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It's been awhile booklikes peeps....Life has been busy and I've been hanging on the site that will not be named more than I probably should....But hopefully I won't completely spam you with my book review posts :)

4.5 Stars! 

I absolutely love this series! This was a great addition to it as well. I am married to a car guy so I could relate to many of the car things in this book. I will say I wish Isaiah could so the car work around my house b/c my husband's car is currently in 50 million pieces in our garage since he's taking his sweet time doing stuff to it.

Ok on to the actual book....Rachel is trying to be a perfect replacement daughter/sister for Colleen who died from Leukemia before she was born.

She has panic attacks

and hates speaking in public and also has some puking and crying problems.....(she only got on my nerves a little bit)

but she loves her car and loves to drive

so she decides what better way to be bad than to street race! And that's where she meets Isaiah.

Sparks fly and they fall for each other

and because of the car race they both wind up in a predicament.

but they are teenagers so that's not going to happen....So they work on getting themselves out of the predicament but of course things happen to prevent this from happening. SIDENOTE: If I was Rachel I would have bitch slapped my brothers

Her family finds out about Isaiah and she is banned from seeing him.

Anyways we work our way towards the end of the book to get our HEA and all is right in the world again.

4.5 stars!

I really enjoyed this one! It definitely made me laugh with quotes such as

"You look like a troll doll, a fucking demented troll doll."

and

"They always tell you to do what you love. And I love not working."

You have college senior Hadley Arrington who is so focused on her future journalism career she doesn't have much of a social life other than hanging with her gay BFF she lives with named David...

She also has a anti-relationship/love stance based off her mother's multiple marriages and her father being absent in her life.

You have hottie Jack Diamond who is the lucky guy who Hadley kisses after a dare. He seems to fall head over heels for her. There is just something about Hadley that draws him in....

They decide to be friends with benefits

and Hadley and Jack are enjoying those benefits....

but of course one is going to fall in love...

And how will that work out since Hadley will be leaving to report in war zones?

So what will be decided??

I will say Hadley seemed to drink.....

ALOT....I mean you are in college but damn....

The supporting characters were pretty awesome in this book, except for Ben......Ben

Should you read this book??

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4.5 This shit is crazy stars....

Samantha Matthews and best friend Jen are on the run.

"Something dark haunts us all. What darkness haunts you at night? What do you squeeze your eyes closed to when the darkness bites against your back when you're alone at night? Because I was married to mine. I was daughter to mine, and I refused to look in the mirror and see it make me as dark as them, so I walked away from it all."

They are battered, broken and bloody and wind up at a strip bar in the middle of BFE. They become Lainey and Bree as their cover.There they meet bar owner, Dylan, and talk him into giving them both jobs.

Dylan's brother, Kade, happens to come by the bar and is immediately attracted to Lainey (Samantha) when he sees her confrontation with a drunk bar patron.

Kade is some kind of fucked up...Yeah, he's got some issues.....Girls always wind up attracted to the ones with some problems though....And he's hot so of course that helps.

He had a traumatic experience as a child and is haunted by it every day. This has led him to be a successful writer but he is constantly battling his demons and somewhat of a hermit.

For some reason Lainey goes on a few dates with hippie weirdo, Fran aka Francis

Francis wants to be with her but she doesn't want a relationship. He is absolutely no competition for Kade, he just gets in the way a little bit.

Lainey and Kade have some MAJOR sexual tension.

I love the way she is a smart ass and challenges him constantly

"You’re acting like a bitch, and if I wanted a bitch, I would have adopted a dog."

"I pity you for defining yourself because of the four walls you box yourself into."

Kade tries to stay away but its impossible

"Like a wrecking ball, she came in, crumbling my walls into dust… She was as broken as I was…I could see some sort of pain in those green depths, some sort of mirrored knowledge that the world sucked. And, I thought to myself…finally…finally someone on my side of the fishbowl. I wanted to know what haunted her and hold hands in the darkness…together…"

Sorry but this was the first thing that came to my mind....HAHAHAHA!

And they are just hot together...

But the question is will they heal each other or will their pasts catch up to them and they remain broken?

I loved Christine's writing. Lainey was a very relatable character in my opinion. Also we share the Starbucks love. :)

I will say the only thing about this book is another book with fucking grey eyes....I mean really!! Anyways, should you read this book?

The book starts from the beginning when Audrey meets first meets Jace

"I can’t even call that a kiss because it was on a whole other level. He made me forget about everything... where I was, where I’m from, and even where he’s from. It was just my lips and his, dueling for more."

And then goes to how she winds up with Jaxxon

And then what led to their drama and breakup.

Then it leads into what causes Audrey and Lane to wind up in the same college as Jace and Jaxxon.

And she becomes great friends with Emerson and the rest of the gang.

And how the relationship between Jace and Audrey eventually progresses.

“Jace, I've always wanted you, and I've never pretended otherwise. No one has even come close to making me feel the way I do when I’m with you.”

And then Jace is a bit of a douchebag.

And how they eventually get their HEA. (It was a little cheesy towards the end but whatever..)

“Lucky to have found you. Blessed to have you.”

Overall I enjoyed this but my I only felt mild sympathy for Audrey. I mean she did have a shitty childhood but she was kinda easy. I mean she automatically slept with Jaxon thinking he was Jace and then just totally ditched Jace.

I will say I'm glad everything was a misunderstanding and she wound up with Jace b/c Jace is just awesome. I love him!

I also love protective "big brother" Lane. He was a great addition and I love his relationship with Audrey

.

Also thanks to Ms. Lauren for refraining from putting running in this book :)

So after reading .5 With You and being left with an awful cliffhanger I had to know what happens next. Like immediately!!!



So this book starts off with Emily being kidnapped.



"Kidnapped.
Starved.
Beaten.
I was alone and fighting to survive.
When I heard Sculpt's voice, I thought he was there to save me.

I was wrong."

Is Sculpt a good guy? or a bad guy? Please be good!!!



Nope. Not exactly...



Eventually, Emily gets free and tries to move on with her life.



"Some things can't be repaired. You break them bad enough, they can't be fixed."

And two years later back into her life comes Logan. She shouldn't want him but part of her still does since she at one time loved him.



"We're only broken when we're apart."



Can they ever get back to where they were before?

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5 WTF just happened stars???

This book is the back-story of Logan aka Sculpt and Emily. It is not required to read this before starting Torn from You but I do think it is beneficial.

Sculpt is an underground fighter and also a musician. He is taking fights to get money for his band to go on tour.



Emily is an insecure girl who is looking to learn to fight to protect herself after being attacked. She has always been put down by her mother for never being good enough so she's lacking confidence. So she talks Scuplt into helping her



Somewhere along the way they fall for each other.



"I kiss you Emily...there's no going back. No other guy kisses you, touches you, or gets to taste what's mine. I don't share."



A few of Emily's friends aren't so sure about her relationship with Sculpt.



I mean she doesn't even know his real name. His past seems very shady and mysterious.



"My past isn't important. There's nothing to talk about. I want you. That's it, Eme. That's what's important."

But Emily doesn't care about Sculpt's(Logan's) past, she just wants him.



But does his past come back to hurt him? Or hurt Emily?



OMG! That Ending!





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3.5 YA Vampire stars....

This was a cute YA read about Laney who is head over heels for Oliver who she meets the first day of college.

Oliver is a hottie



Oliver winds up having every single class with Laney and shows up everywhere she is which is not weird at all....



so Laney should be



but instead she is




then later when she finds out he is a vampire and instead of



she's all



Oliver is a protector and has to protect Laney from his evil twin brother, Oscar who is seeking revenge.

anyways, it was decent, but not great...

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Ryan has had an awful childhood and has basically been adopted by brother and sister Jake and Finlay. Jake is Ryan's age and becomes his best friend.



Ryan is great but I will say Jake is an awesome character as well. He is an all around great guy and absolutely loves his sister!



Finlay is 3 years younger than both of them but has always been in love with Ryan.



Ryan thinks the best thing for him to do is to stay away from Finlay so he leaves for the Australian army and doesn't contact her for 6 years.



She grows up and tries to move on with her life but still has Ryan in the back of her heart.



Ryan comes back and its like he's never been gone and that spark is still there.

"For six years I fought every day not to think of you, and I lost, because every day you were all I could see."



Ryan still doesn't think he is good enough for her and wants her to move on with her life.



But will Finlay move on with her life or try to stay with Ryan and help him battle his demons, or will she eventually wind up by herself anyway?

"It doesn't matter if you live a billion years, or just a short handful. It's how bright you burn while living that really matters."



Oh and FYI you will at least tear up in this book. If you don't, you probably don't have a soul. ;)



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"I am Aundrea McCall, and I am a survivor."




Aundrea was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 17 and apparently it decides to come back again four years later.



She moves in with her adopted sister, Genna, to Rochester while getting treatment. While out one night with a friend at the club shaking her booty she meets hottie Parker. (Ok, technically she met him in the bathroom but whatever.)



They go back to his apartment and have some super hot sexxy times...



Aundrea tries to bail on her one night stand but fate allows them to meet again....



Parker falls head over heels but Aundrea isn't looking for a relationship. Aundrea hasn't considered marriage or kids in her future due to her worry about whether or not she will survive the cancer.



Aundrea didn't want Parker to know about her cancer b/c then he would show her the same sympathy as everyone else. That's part of why she kept him at an arm's length for so long. But then finally she lets him know.



And Parker is so awesome.....



"You're scared, but just because you can't see your future, doesn't mean that I can't. I see it clearly because I can see mine."





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Dear Emily by Trudy Stiles
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

OH MY GOD!



Where do I start on this book. I freaking devoured it...Like ignore my kids, ignore my husband, ignore my work until I could finish....and it is one of my favorites of the year....I'm reading and my husband looks over at me and I'm like....



I didn't really highlight anything because I was reading so fast so I'll just touch on the characters so as not to spoil it for anyone.

Carly



Kyle





Carly and Kyle together



Carly's Friends - Becca, Callie, and Manny





Tabitha







Alex



Alex and Tabitha together



Seth



Todd





And lastly to the author, Ms. Stiles



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5-Breaking my heart stars!



This was Wyatt and Tabitha's book. I never read book 1 of this series but I read book 2 and enjoyed it minus the hick talk. I was apprehensive about reading Wyatt's book since I didn't want his hickisms to come out but this book was mainly focused on Tabitha. And man what a great read.

Tabitha has an awful childhood and doesn't feel worthy of anyone, especially Wyatt Conner



Wyatt has been in love with Tabitha since kindergarten and over time tries to woo her.



"Just like he knew he was supposed to grow up, be sheriff, and marry Tabitha McMillen."



She finally gives into the love she is feeling for Wyatt. But everyone else doesn't like them together either




"She wanted the story to end with this one perfect moment.
And they lived happily ever after.
If only she believed it was that easy."

Unfortunately to save Wyatt from himself, Tabitha has to leave and get out of small town Garnet.



At this point I was





And then because Tabitha's mom is sick she comes back to town 13 years later...And Wyatt is sheriff.....Wyatt sees Tabitha and guess what....



And because I don't want to give away the whole story I'm stopping there but even if you haven't read the others in this series I would so urge you to read this one b/c I absolutely loved it.




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