Wrecked by Priscilla West

Wrecked by Priscilla West
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

 

It was okay. I wasn't amazed by this book or anything. But it wasn't terrible. That seems to be the norm for books these days. Or maybe I'm just getting bored with New Adult.

Lorrie seemed to have won the lottery for the most unlucky person in the world. Her stepfather murdered her mother. And as if that wasn't bad enough, her father committed suicide after the trail was over. Her stepfather was in jail, but the question still remained... why? He was just like any other guy. Why would he kill her mother? Now back at college, Lorrie is faced with the rumors and the looks of pity. No one is ever treating her like a regular person anymore, and she's sick of it. Then one day she trips over a black cat and falls into the frozen river at school. Afraid she's going to die and people will think she committed suicide just like her dad. Lorrie can only hope she makes it.

Hunter is a cage fighter. With a huge secret. He used to be in the Air Force ROTC, but is no longer. He lives off of girls and booze. Fighting is his life... because he doesn't have much of one. But then he see's a girl in the river, flailing about while he was on is morning jog. Time to save a little bit of crazy...

Like I said, it was okay. I think it started out good but then just went to hell. I hated the ending. I think both Lorrie and Hunter screwed up. And then they spent the entire weekend and some classes in bed? Okay, so I get new relationships often have a huge burst of sex, but yikes, I think these two went over the top. But the ending is killer.

It sort of leaves you wanting to read the next book, but not really, because you know how crappy these two characters were in this book. I think I'll skip the next book, since I wasn't too pleased with how this one turned out. And also I don't like series' in New Adult. Unless they feature different characters. I get the impression that this series will continue with these two characters. And I didn't like them enough to want to read them again.

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Synopsis:

“There would be no happy ending for us. He was too damaged. I was too broken.”

Two years ago, Lorrie’s mother was murdered. But that wasn’t the end of it. Reeling from the tragedy, Lorrie’s father spiraled into alcohol, depression, and finally suicide.

The two most important people in Lorrie’s life are both gone but she’s still alive.

Trying to recover from the tragedy, Lorrie returns to campus, ready to pick up the pieces of her life. All Lorrie wants is to get back to “normal.”

Then she meets Hunter. The man, the legend, “the Hammer.”

Hunter is a cage fighter who takes on every fight like he’s got nothing to lose. His life is a tangled mess of girls, booze, and fist fights. And while it may seem like he’s got a devil-may-care attitude, he’s fighting a private cage-match with a monster he can’t defeat.

Lorrie knows that Hunter is the exact type of guy she should stay away from, especially in her fragile state, but Hunter has other ideas.

As Hunter and Lorrie grow closer together, will they be able to overcome their pain and heal each other? Or will they both end up wrecked?

 

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Sweet Revenge by Rebecca Zanetti

Sweet Revenge by Rebecca Zanetti
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Matt was genetically engineered to kill. He's an awesome fighter, along with his brothers. He already lost one brother, protecting the other two is his main goal in life along with staying alive. When he and his brothers got out of the facility they were born and bred to fight in, they find out that they have chips in their shoulders that will kill them if they don't get a certain code.

And the only one who can help get them out is the one who helped put them there. Finally finding the town that the mysterious doctor is in, he now just has to find the doctor. Until he meets Laney. Laney has a secret. She's been on the run for years now, trying to escape a past and a mistake. Then Matt walks in. He's gorgeous and everything she could ever possibly want… except for a mistake that cost her her friends life.

Ugh, bad paraphrasing of the story, but it'll do. Anyways, a wonderful book. I just found out that there is a first one. I'll have to check it out. I love a good action romance story. One or the other is boring by itself, but together they are awesome.

Loved the book. I wonder if there will be another? I don't know, but I'm off to buy the first one :)

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Synopsis:

The One Man She Can't Have

Matt Dean was born to fight…and kill. A member of a secret black-ops military unit, he and his brothers were genetically engineered by the government to be the perfect soldiers with an expiration date. Now, with time running out, he's gone rogue in a relentless quest for the one person who can save them. His mission leads him to Charmed, Idaho…and to a beautiful woman with eyes like emeralds and a body made for pleasure.

The One Woman He Can't Resist

Laney Jacobs knows the mysterious, handsome stranger is trouble from the moment he walks into her bar, looking for a job. She's spent years running from her own past—the last thing she needs is a romantic entanglement. But Matt's strong arms offer her protection, and his gentle touch promises passion unlike anything she's ever known. As lethal forces surround them, revealing explosive secrets about Matt's past and putting everything—and everyone—he holds dear in danger, can he save them all before time runs out?

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Shadow Allegiance by Lacy Yager

Shadow Allegiance by Lacy Yager
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I liked this book so much better than the last one.

Rachel is a Chaser, someone born to hunt down and kill vampires. Until she's turned into one of the things he hates the most. Alex was a Chaser. Two hundred years ago. Now he's a vampire. Together they find themselves... and a love like no other.

Still not a fan of the insta-love. But I did like the story. I was reading it during my math class (okay, I hate math, and I suck at it. But since I'm doing well and would rather read than listen, I said why not). I got all chocked up at the part where Alex kills a guy and Rachel drinks his blood. Okay, so he's already dead, but still! I was not a fan. I think I was drawing weird looks from my classmates when I started whispering under my breath how horrible it was that she had done that.

But you know what? I liked this book. I thought that Rival was okay, but this one was so much better. I am so glad I got a chance to read and review it and I can't wait to see what happens next. And I just found out about the fist book, so I'll probably borrow/buy that as well.

Definitely worth the read! I'd advise reading this book before Rival though. I almost didn't read this one because that book was such a disappointment. And it was short. I don't like short books. This one was pretty good though. And I guess I'll see how the first one turns out to be.

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Synopsis:

A vampire hunter-turned-vampire seeks to destroy her enemies. Until she falls for one of them.

A Chaser born to kill vampires, sixteen-year-old Rachel Campton has grown up in her older brother's shadow. Until she wakes up a vampire, her own mortal foe. She's stronger, faster than her human self, but haunted by bloodlust and the loss of her beloved younger sister. Friendless and lost in enemy territory, Rachel must rely on Alex Wellington, a former nemesis and centuries old vampire who looks like a college football player.

As Rachel goes deep into vamp territory, she learns there is more to the vampire life than killing humans. She also discovers another side to Alex. He is more than a murderer, he is someone that she starts to fall for. Rachel faces the ultimate choice--her new life and unexpected love or the family she left behind, the family that may now want her dead.

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Rival by Lacy Yager

Rival by Lacy Yager
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

 

Vampires have become so popular and a little too clichéd for vampire stories to ever really be different. This one is a little. A vampire Chaser family, Emily is just about to turn 18. Her mother wants to have a cotillion. Emily hates dresses. She loves to fight. She wants to be a chaser, just like her dad was, until he got killed by a vampire. Brett has juvenile arthritis. But he doesn't want anyone to know, because he doesn't want them to think that he is weak. He's been in love with Emily since he was 14 and she first threw him down on the mat. But he thinks its time to move on. She obviously interested. But some vampire attacks draw them closer together and with the martial arts competition coming up they turn towards each other rather than apart.

Not a bad book, just not a great one either. I think if vampires hadn't been so overused this would've seemed better to me. As it was it was just okay. I wasn't a fan of the insta-love either. But other than that the book was alright.

I'd say read it if you can't find anything good to read, but probably don't go out of your way for it. Maybe pick it up from the library or borrow from a friend.

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Synopsis:

Her destiny. His determination.
Born a fifth generation vampire Chaser, seventeen-year-old Emily Santos wants nothing more than to join the family business. But Emily's mother refuses, so Emily must channel her aggression into her martial arts training.

Black belt senior Brett Carson has decided it's time to rid himself of his unrequited feelings for Emily. But when he finds himself in the middle of an altercation with Emily and a gang of vampires, he is drawn into a world he never expected. And Brett is hiding a secret of his own...

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A SEAL's Salvation by Tawny Weber

A SEAL's Salvation by Tawny Weber
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

 

Not too shabby.

Brody is a wounded soul, from seeing too much and feeling like he had failed not only himself but his fellow SEALS. Genna has a sheriff for a dad who shares control over her life with her mother. Both feel trapped, and the only ones who can open the door and let themselves out could just be each other...

I think this book is decent. You can feel how lost Brody is, and all you want to do is help. And Genna, you got to feel bad for her. But I also got super mad at her. I would never let anyone control my life. I'd put my foot down on that. And I get she feels guilty since her brother is the troublemaker, but someday you've got to start living your life on your own terms.

I think it was a sweet love story. A good read. Definitely something you can chill out with.

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Synopsis:

Subject: Navy SEAL Petty Officer Brody Lane

Current Status: On leave

Obstacle: The one girl who was off-limits…

Where navy SEAL "Bad Ass" Brody Lane goes, trouble follows. Being run out of his hometown years ago for misbehaving with Genna Reilly—the sheriff's daughter—was one thing. Now Brody is about to step into real danger. Not the suggestive letters he's been exchanging with Genna, but the kind of trouble that can send a soldier home injured and broken inside…

Genna's entire life has been orchestrated by her family. The right job. The right friends. Enough! Brody's return offers the promise of lust-filled pleasures. Of flesh teased and tasted. She's not expecting to find a soldier with distant eyes who has secluded himself from the world. But this good girl knows exactly how to bring a bad boy back to life….

Uniformly Hot! The Few. The Proud. The Sexy as Hell.

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Risk Taker by Lindsay McKenna

Risk Taker by Lindsay McKenna
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Such a sweet romance.

Ethan woos Sarah in a way I have never seen in a book, or in real life. He gives her the respect she deserves, and gives her the space a strong woman needs. But he also protects her and keeps her close. Sara is a medevac pilot and Ethan a SEAL. It's so heartbreakingly sweet.

The only thing I think this book lacked was conflict. There's all kinds of conflict, and without going back to 9th grade English and pointing out the person versus person, person versus self, person versus nature and all of the rest of those, I think I can explain that this book lacked a little person to person conflict. There was some, but I think I would've liked to see more.

I think this book was great. The love was believable, the story was achingly adorable, and the characters were fabulous. Overall an awesome book.

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Synopsis:

A Navy SEAL fights the most important battle of his life; love; in New York Times bestselling author Lindsay McKenna's Shadow Warriors miniseries.

In the mountains of Afghanistan, her daring rescues have made Medevac pilot Sarah Benson a legend. She loves taking her helicopter where others fear to fly;the danger, the adrenaline…and the distraction from thinking about her own hurt heart.

U.S. Navy SEAL Ethan Quinn is man enough to prize Sarah's valor as well as her beauty. But his efforts to reach his beautiful colleague cannot pierce her armor. Can he prove that it's possible to find love in a war zone?

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Fromage by Kathleen Donovan + Giveaway

Genre: Middle Grade Adventure
Date Published: January 1st 2014

Synopsis:

Fromage wishes to continue the family tradition of being a rat chaser on a ship but Mama Cat feels that rat catching is not a ladylike profession. When Fromage sneaks off to begin her adventures, she makes friends with an orphaned Scottish rat named Aloysius much to the dismay of her conventional Mama. Papa cat, however prepares his daughter and her new friend for a life of excitement by having a young lad named D'Artagnan teach them both how to swordfight. When they travel to meet the Queen of France, they meet up with a very lovely but naughty mermaid and a band of robbers. All of their quick thinking and sword fighting skills are needed to insure their survival.

I don't normally feature middle grade books on my blog, even though I've said I'm fine with doing just that. But this book is special. My grandmother wrote it. I published it for her and am currently helping her market it. But I've read it. And I gotta say, its good. And we book bloggers know what we're talking about, right? I'm not saying this because she's my grandmother either.

I have a proposition.

I love when things start like that, don't you? Anyways, any book blogger out there who would be interested in a free copy of Fromage to review will receive one. Just send me a link to your blog and an email asking for a copy. But please, do NOT pirate m grandmothers book. If you look to see what pages I have, you'll notice I have an anti-piracy page. So, no pirating.

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Fromage

by Kathleen Donovan

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