Showing posts with label Kickass Heroine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kickass Heroine. Show all posts
I am such a massive KA fan it’s hard to do anything but squeal that I got an ARC. However I will try to reel that in. The 1001 dark nights series are the perfect way to meet new authors. You get a great feel for their writing style and meet a few of their characters and some teasers for their series while getting to read a complete standalone. In the case of this novella, I already knew all the secondary characters from previous books but I adored the way each set of characters from each different series was introduced. Even those that weren’t in the book were referenced.
This was the perfect shallow dive into the Kristen Ashley writing world. Firstly it had almost all of her characters either mentioned or present. Secondly and this one is kinda a double edged sword, but being a novella it wasn’t as wordy as KA is want to be. I will admit that KA is one of those authors that sucks me in so hard I normally appreciate the wordiness of her novels but sometimes I just don’t care about the throw cushions and want to get to the story. And lets be honest a KA novella is a normal sized novel for most authors so it wasn’t missing a thing.
Lottie Mac has always been on the fringes of the Rock Chicks and I loved that she was apart of them but separate. So I got heaps of the Rock Chicks and Hot Bunch but it wasn’t about them. Which meant we also got heaps of Hawk’s commandos but again it wasn’t about them either. The whole story was Lottie and Mo and they were perfect. Mo was a typical KA hero, alpha, macho, sweet and amazing.
So if you’ve heard great things but don’t want to commit to a 500 page novel, which I can understand, this is the perfect starting point. And if you’re already a KA fan you know what your getting here. A kickarse heroine, an ultra macho, alpha male commando, a bit of action, a load of awesome chemistry and a whole mess of secondary characters you know and love. Oh and a fair bit of Tex, and seriously who doesn’t love Tex?
Now that I have put this down and the fog is lifting, I have a serious itch to do a reread of every KA novel ever written so now I am off to stalk her shelves for an hour trying to figure out which one I want to read more before falling asleep without reading a word. Toodles.
Aurora Rose Reynolds is an auto one click insta read author. She writes the best romance. Every single one of her books has everything I need to make the book unputdownable. You have a feisty, intelligent heroine; an over the top, growling, protective alpha; no relationship angst or drama; and enough going on to keep the book interesting. I just love her writing so much.
So this book was everything I could have expected. Leah was an awesome leading lady. She was sweet and smart. She knew what she wanted and wasn’t prepared to settle for less than she deserved and from the first page I wanted to adopt her as my BFF. Leah and her crazy cat made me laugh. Mainly because I have a very similar arsehole cat that we all love to hate. And I loved her family and friends. Personally she could have been a little less forgiving of certain people but that’s my character flaw.
Tyler was everything you could want in an alpha hero. From his first interaction with Leah he was perfect. And when the jealous, possessive growling made an appearance I was pretty much ready to hand over my ovaries. I seriously love a man who puts his woman first and he went above and beyond to make sure everyone knew Leah was the center of his world and it just made me a swoony, melted mess.
And of course I loved Bruce. Throw in a well loved dog who is as protective and possessive of his loved ones as the hero and the book gets an automatic extra star. I can’t wait to see where this series is going to go.
As soon as I
read the blurb for this the grabby hands came out and I was dying to see how
Katee Roberts was going to go on her first foray into romantic suspense. I mean
it’s no surprise I love her contemporary romance novels; I can’t get enough of
her writing style. That said everything I love about Katee’s books wasn’t
included in this one but I enjoyed it so much I didn’t even notice until I had
put down the book and sat down to review it.
That’s
probably because I was so absorbed in the suspense and couldn’t put the book
down for long enough to remember my own name. The story was so gripping and I
had so many theories on who had done it and how things were going to play out.
It kept me guessing until the very end and I really enjoyed the cult setting.
Eden was
such a kick arse character. I thoroughly enjoyed being in her head hearing her
inner monologues made her feel so genuine and I liked that while she was so
tough and self-reliant she wasn’t afraid to let her insecurities show and do
what needed to be done.
And then
there was Zack. He was so sweet yet still so strong and alpha. He didn’t try to
wrap her up in cotton wool despite the fact he had legitimate concerns for her
safety. It was so great to see a strong alpha male who fought his own instincts
to do what was right for everyone involved.
Despite the
fact this isn’t my normal genre and it is miles away from what I expect from
Katee Roberts I hung on every word written and I can only hope that Katee has
something similar up her sleeve.
I feel like I need to start with a confession, I have
been waiting for this book for so long that I couldn't remember who Ace was
until about the half way point and I only really remembered the very bare minimum.
Luckily for my gold fish memory each of these books can be read as a stand
alone so it really didn't take anything away from the book so much as I just
missed out on being on the inside.
And although I loved Ace so hard (you know I love a
cocky bad boy with a side of arsehole) Bryant was one seriously kick arse
heroine. She was so confident and so completely sure of who she was and what
she wanted and she went after it so hard it was beautiful to watch.
This was such an awesome twist on a college romance.
It still had all the usual coming of age things but it missed all the usual
angst and drama of other people and it just added to the romance when it was
all about them as a couple but also them growing as individuals.
I just loved it and I can’t wait for the next installment.
This series just keeps going from strength to strength.
This seems to be the month for amazeballs books. It’s
like all my favorite authors got together to see if they could blow my mind
with their awesome.
It goes without saying that if Rebecca Yarros writes
it, I will read it. But damn did this book have all the action and emotion I
could handle and then some.
Wilder was everything I could ask for in a new adult
hero. Cocky, arrogant, wild, man whore who knows what he wants and gives his whole
heart and soul into getting it. He was so fearless and full of life it was hard
not to fall in love with him as soon as I met him. He is one of those people
who pulls you into his orbit without effort and I loved the fact that I could
feel the pull between Wilder and Leah from their first meeting.
Leah was struggling so hard to repair her broken
pieces and I loved that she never used everything she had gone through as an
excuse to avoid her feelings for Wilder. She was such an amazing character I
loved her as much as I loved Wilder. And despite a few tests and trials she
never made stupid drama or excuses, she just pulled up her big girl panties and
dealt with it. Her strength was awesome to watch.
There were a few things that upset me to no end and
for a while there I thought I might have to put the book down and walk away but
of course Rebecca is a goddess and she pulled me back to being on her stalker
list and I absolutely can’t wait to read the rest of the Renegades finding
their HEA.
I
don’t think I have read an Aly Martinez book that hasn’t stolen part of my
soul. So when I was awarded an ARC of Retrieval I was so excited and so
apprehensive. You see these are not books you can read for an hour here and 20
minutes there as you shuttle the kids to basketball and football and school and
soccer. These are books you need to clear a few hours of your day and find a
quiet room to hide out in as you become fully immersed in the story.
So
I had a plan. I was going to read it Saturday afternoon but then I slowly
watched the day dwindle away and when I sat down at 9pm I knew I had missed my
opportunity so I bitched to hubby and he cleared me a Sunday arvo. And now I am
sitting here with tears streaming down my face NEEDING to get my grabby hands
on Transfer.
Elisabeth
was so sweet and I loved that she was so filled with attitude and spirit, she didn’t
once do something stupid or try to punish Roman she just knew how she felt and
what she wanted and she went after it. I absolutely fell head over heels for
her. I loved knowing where she was coming from and how she got where she got in
her life and emotions.
But
damn was she one strong willed woman to walk away from the amazeballs of Roman.
Holy shit was he all that you could ever want in a book boyfriend and then just
a whole heap more. In fact I think he transcends book boyfriend by far. I just
could not get enough of him ever.
But I’d never, not once, seen Elisabeth with just my eyes. My heart was just as much a part of the way I viewed her as my retinas.
To
be completely honest, the concept of infertility is a hard one for me to grasp and
reading the absolute heartbreak Roman and Elisabeth went through in their
struggle my heart broke for them. But to continue the honesty I think most of
those emotions were pulled out of me by the amazing talent of Aly more so than
the subject. But damn did I feel their pain like a knife to my stomach.
I
can never get enough of the way Aly Martinez writes and I honestly think she
must have the map to my heart for the men that she writes have all got a piece
of it locked away. And now I am off to beg, borrow or steal to get my hands on Transfer
before I have a nervous breakdown waiting to see what is going to happen next.
This is absolutely one of the best books I have read this year, I honestly don’t
know how to put it down and continue functioning without knowing what happens
next but if you will excuse me for a bit I think I may start by going to cry in
the shower for Claire. Until I focus on the many assets of Roman to cheer
myself up that is.
What can I say? I am a sucker for a sexy cowboy.
And Katee Robert always gives me hot and steamy sex scenes and characters I
love that make a quick story into the perfect break from reality and this book
was right on the money for both.
Jules is sick of the pity she is receiving from
her small town neighbours when her high school boyfriend returns to town
thinking things will pick up where he left them when he left her heartbroken to
go off to college. So when he corners her at a bonfire she pretends to be
dating Adam.
Adam has no desire to be stuck in his home town,
he is only there to check in on his sick mum before he heads back on out to the
next rodeo but he is more than happy to help Jules get the town and her ex off
her back and have a little fun in the deal.
The relationship between Jules and Adam was so
sweet and sexy I inhaled this book. I spent the afternoon with a big smile on
my face and I just couldn’t wait to see where they were going to go next and
how they were going to overcome the hurdles between them and their happily ever
after.
The secondary characters were awesome and the
interplay between them and the main characters was so entertaining I could have
stayed in Devil’s Falls for days hanging out at the cat café and chatting with
the locals. Luckily I only have to wait a few weeks until the next book is
released and it’s Quinn and Aubry. Wooo Hooo.
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I don’t know where to start to explain to you how
amazing this book, this series and this author are. I feel like anything I say
at this point is redundant. Everything Katy Regnery writes has this ability to
crush me then make me feel like all is right in the world. And from the very
first book her Modern Fairytale series has been pure gold.
Dark Sexy Knight is no different. I knew I had to
have it from the second I saw the blurb and as soon as it landed on my kindle I
just had to pick it up and read it. I normally feel a little guilt when I one
click a new book knowing I already have
heaps of books on my kindle just waiting for me to read them but knowing
that a percentage of the sales from these books go to amazing causes I actually
feel like I have to buy them as quickly as possible.
Verity is sinking, drowning under the weight of a
life without luck and a special needs brother who is her whole world since the
death of her parents, until she meets Colt. Colt swoops in to play knight in
shining armour despite his feelings of self-loathing and his own battles with
his inner demons.
This book truly is a love story. And from their
very first meeting I could feel the chemistry between them like a string
pulling them together. I felt so
personally invested in their relationship that when everything seemed to be
perfect and I realised I was only at 50% my stomach was in knots trying to
guess what was going to go wrong or how these two were going to be tested. And
when it happened I was right even as I was entirely wrong and I loved it.
I spent half of this book with a huge smile on my
face and the other half with tears in my eyes or streaming down my face. The
only negative for me personally is I would have liked to see a little more
recompense for everything they went through. But then that epilogue was so
beautiful I guess I can live without it and just sit back and think about the
great things to come in their future.
Oh My Fucking god, I am speechless. This book has literally
run me through the full range of emotions. And left me with a serious heart on.
There I was for the first 40% with a big smile on my face
and the occasional giggle madly crushing on Soraya and having dirty thoughts
about the sexy as sin stuck up suit when I just knew the sky was about to fall
in and there were about to be some major plot twists. So as my stomach turned
itself into knots I promptly did what any self-respecting adult would do I put
the book down and went off to brace myself and clear my day so I could sit down
and read the rest in one sitting.
Sounds like a solid plan right? Yup. Except Vi &
Penelope are evil. And when I sat down all braced and ready to go I was
blindsided. My bracing was for nothing. The twists went in the opposite
direction and were not at all in the ways I thought I saw coming and they just
kept right on twisting.
Soraya was amazing, from the first page she was so full of
personality and attitude and everything I love in a heroine. Graham was a
slower burn but as he was revealed I am pretty sure I felt my ovaries explode a
few times and the secondary characters you just have to read the story and meet
them yourselves because they seriously rocked.
And they had a walk on appearance of the sexy Chance which
felt like an inside joke with my bestie to read. Serious sigh moment.
So despite all the tension I seriously would not have
gotten off the train if I could have. I
was completely hooked and I loved every single word of it. I just needed to see
what was going to happen in the next sentence and the next page and the next chapter
and damn I wish I could wipe the story from my brain so I could read it all
over again. Cause the smiles and sighs absolutely outweighed the negative and
then they added in a load of awesome sex scenes and I am in love. And I can’t
wait for you to read about Soraya and Graham and hear how much you love them
too.
I honestly don’t know where to start with this book. It was
kind of a love hate relationship from the first page for me. I wasn’t sure what
I was expecting from the blurb but I can say it wasn’t this.
I seriously love sports romance and I guess I went in with
the preconceived notion that this would be just like the multitude of others I
have read. And for the first quarter of the book I was struggling to be
invested in Dash. He came across as kind of an uncaring arsehole and I really
felt like Viv deserved so much better.
But as they explored their relationship I fell for him more
and more and got to know him better and see the world through his eyes. And it
helped that he was sexy as fuck and prepared to face his fuck ups and own his
issues.
Add in a whole heap of dirty talk and steamy as hell sex
scenes and I just kept falling further and further under the spell of Ms
Reiss’ writing.
Honestly though I absolutely loved everything about Viv.
She was sweet and caring and perfect but she still didn’t let it all go to her
head or not show her own strengths. She was so amazing, it was hard to watch
her come into her own without wanting to throw my kindle at Dash for the stupid
shit he thought and did.
Then came the second half and I literally couldn’t put the
damn thing down. I had to know how it was all going to play out and I so wanted
to see Viv get her much deserved happily ever after. And watching it play out
like it did I felt so invested in this couple I needed to see them work it all
out and get the shit out of the way and get to the happily ever after.
I am so glad I read this, you must grab your copy today and hide yourself away to read it.
Wow I am absolutely blown away that this is Scarlett Cole’s
debut novel. It was so well written and the characters were so well developed
and the story so gripping it felt like she has been doing this forever.
From the second I picked it up I was sucked in and I
couldn’t put it down until I had finished it at 3am this morning. Books like
this are why I read romance novels.
Unfortunately I was stupid and after reading the blurb I
figured this book was going to be super angsty and soul destroying and I put it
in the angst collection on my kindle and just haven’t been in the mood for
anything heavy since. But then yesterday I was in a mood and couldn’t figure
out what to read and this was the first one that jumped out at me and now I
have to confess I am a fucking idiot.
Despite the heavy theme and the sad circumstances this book
didn’t have me ugly crying (a few small tears don’t count right?) and I felt
nothing but warm fuzzies and love and hope for these beautiful characters.
Trent was beautiful and I loved that it wasn’t insta love but he felt a connection and he didn’t ignore it or do anything but build the connection and it just made me love him more and more and more. He was sweet and sensitive and just fucking perfect.
Harper started out broken and watching her growth and
strength was inspiring. She was such a beautiful, open, caring person from the
start but her journey was a hard one and I loved that she never gave in to her
fear or circumstances. Although most of the credit really should go to the
amazing and patient way Trent handled and treated her.
The secondary characters were such a part of the story I feel
as invested in them as I do Trent and Harper and I absolutely can’t wait until
January for the next installment in this amazing group of people.
However I am gonna be honest and say there were a few of my
pet peeves in this book that would normally have me spitting the dummy and
dropping this book to a 3 or 4 star rating they were completely understandable
and justified in this novel so I will mention them and build a bridge.
So heres my peeves.
Harper cried (a lot). I know that sounds cold the book is
about this traumatic thing she has been through that has led her to be standing
in front of Trent’s tattoo parlour but I am a suffer in silence, cry in your
pillow believer and Harper cried ………………… a lot. Now I can honestly say despite
the fact I am mentioning this yes it happened but when I found myself rolling
my eyes, rather than being annoyed at the book I was wondering WTF was wrong
with me that I was noticing she was crying and then I wanted to cuddle her and
give her chocolate and make it all better. So it worked and actually made me
respect her more. Weird right?
And the other thing is stupid misunderstandings from lack
of communication. Yeah this book had that. And normally that sends me off into
rant mode about the stupidity of humanity. But you know what they were stupid
misunderstandings but the lack of communication is 100% understandable and
added to the story perfectly rather than taking away from it.
So even though it had factors that are on my shit list this
book pulled a perfect 5 star rating because it made it well rounded and added
depth and made it more realistic and I loved it so hard, it will be with me for
ages.
You honestly need to run out and one click it right now.
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