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The Stranger by Kiersten Modglin
medium-paced
2.0
The authors books are hit or miss for me. This one unfortunately was a miss. I found it very lackluster and not jaw dropping at all. I feel like the storyline could have easily left me with my mouth agape but it missed the mark. The MCs weren’t likable at all and the twist was blah. It’s a quick audiobook (5-ish hours), so listen for yourself. I just wasn’t a fan.
4th Degree by Nikki Castle
medium-paced
5.0
Every time a new book releases from The Fight Game series I always get so giddy and excited because I know it will be so good. The very first gym scene makes me feel like I’m home. Every couple is great but Coach & Skylar are EVERYTHING. PERIOD. I felt every single emotion these two felt and had tightness in my chest because there was so much tension 10/10. When that happens I know the story/characters are checking all my boxes and this book went above and beyond that. At one point the tension was so intense I was sure I stopped breathing. Nikki knows what she’s doing and she’s damn good at it. Skylar is 19 and Coach is 36, I personally love that age gap. It left room for drama and issues to arise but was of legal age. It was so fun to see everyone at the gym from past books and it made me want to start the series over again 🤣 that hardly ever happens. I also appreciated that it was more slow burn. You get to see them struggle to not take it too far and that made the tension that much better 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻I’m going to go ahead and say that this is my favorite series of all time!!!
Always Isn't Forever by J.C. Cervantes
medium-paced
5.0
When I read that this is about a boy who dies and comes back in another body to be with the girl he loves, I knew I needed to read it. I was a little hesitant because it is YA but trust me it doesn’t matter. The storyline is that good! One of my favorite shows ever is Ghost Whisperer, something similar happens in that show but in a different way and I loved it just the same. I didn’t read the whole synopsis so I’m not sure what it all says. I won’t go into detail so it doesn’t spoil anything. I initially started reading it on my kindle but I found the audiobook on Spotify and it was included in my premium subscription so I switched to that. The audiobook was perfect, there are multiple POVs but it’s super easy to follow. I felt all the feels while reading this one and at one point I was crying. I know this is fiction but I always said if something happens to my husband he better come back to me and make me fall in love with him again. The storyline makes you feel that nothing can stand in the way of love and I’ll forever stay in my fantasy world and believe it. Everything about this plot is so captivating. I know it’s something that could never happen, I just loved feeling like it could while reading this book. It gave me the same feelings as You’ve reached Sam by Dustin Thao. Hart Augusto and Ruby Armenta will always have my heart🫶
Hide Away With You by Judy Corry
medium-paced
4.0
We met Addie in The Confession which is book 5 of Eden Falls Academy and her story intrigued me so I’m very happy her story got its own book.
I am a girl who loves text and emails in my books. I have another one to add, journal entries. I loved them and it gave us a glimpse from the beginning of when Addie & Evan met. This book does go from past to present but in a very unique way that gives us an insight into his thoughts without him actually being there in the beginning. I’m so happy we had those entries. I felt so many emotions while reading them and felt like we got to see how their relationship unfolded without living through it with them. Normally I need to live through it with the characters to fully connect, but in this case it wasn’t needed. Those entries were enough. I’m a reader who reads pretty much all romances from clean to down right filthy and this storyline left so much room to go towards the dirty side. Judy made it sexy without going all the way so it’s more fade to black. I really liked Addie’s character but when it came to Evan and his journal entries he sounded super young. Then at about the 45% mark his words were older, if that makes sense. I was however angry with Evan for most of the book. In my mind there is zero excuse for what he did and the way he did it 🤷🏻♀️ I always tend to fall in love with a side character. I absolutely LOVE Ian so much. The way he was with Addy was so sweet even if they were just friends. Did I secretly want the plot to go a different way? Yes, yes I did. 🤣 It’s that forbidden reader in me, can’t stop… won’t stop… 🤣 The storyline of this book is WILD and had my brain going the last half of the book. I would think it was going a certain direction and it would go a complete different way. I love that! I REALLY hope Ian gets a book 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Promise You Forever by Nichole Greene
medium-paced
3.5
It starts out so sad 😭😭 I feel like had I read book one and rolled right into book 2 I would have teared up. Eli has to go back to the ranch and it’s been 3 years since she’s been there. She knows for a fact she is going to see Luke and they haven’t talked since she left. The man Eli is with now is a complete douchebag! The fact that there are really men out there like him makes me physically ill. The way he talks about her body makes me want to reach through my kindle and handle him. Luke is everything and Brandon is trash. Period. Anyways, I’m realizing that second chance just isn’t my favorite. It’s fine but not something I end up loving most of the time. The first book was infinity stars. This one just didn’t do it for me as much 😔 I still love Luke but in this one I really didn’t like Eli. She annoyed me and by the end I thought he could do better 🙈 I said what I said. I’m still glad I finished the duet. I’m just bummed book 1 was infinity stars and this one is so low 😭 I might not be a duet kinda girl.
Little Stranger by Leigh Rivers
medium-paced
3.5
Hmmmm… I’m not really sure how I felt about this one. I do know that I enjoyed the first part better than the second. Malachi was so mysterious and as a child he knew that Olivia was his. I hear people compare him to Zade from Haunting Adeline but I’ve never read that one. I felt like there was a disconnect between me and the writing. I didn’t have the feelings I normally would while reading a book like this. Did I believe their love? Maybe. I just honestly didn’t really care. I loved the taboo/forbidden aspect of Malachi being Olivia’s foster brother. One thing I hate about that trope is the constant mention of “big brother” “little sister” it gets super annoying. We know they are foster siblings we don’t need to hear about it every time they f**k. I guess this book annoyed me more than anything and I really didn’t care for Olivia. This book is only 207 pages and it took me 5 days to read. That’s wild because I normally binge these short books. So yeah… those are my thoughts. Oh wait, I almost forgot. There is a scene with a spider and that right f**king there would have ended any kind of relationship I had going with the guy. You can f**k me with a screwdriver but don’t you dare put a spider anywhere near me you f**king psycho! 🤣🤣🤣
Promise me never by Nichole Greene
medium-paced
5.0
Infinity stars!!!!! As most of you can tell by my current reads, I’m in my cowboy era. Eliana goes to stay with her grandparents on their ranch and the head rancher is no other than Luke Stone! Right off the bat I LOVED his character. He’s rough around the edges but you know damn well there is a sweet man underneath that tough exterior. Their banter is so good and the jealousy was top notch. I loved everything about Luke. He’s been through a lot of loss in his life so getting close to anyone is a struggle. There is just something about Eliana that captures his attention. My face hurts from smiling so much. I’m not going to go into anymore detail than that because you should go into this book as blind as possible. I binged it in one sitting and book 2 isn’t quite out yet and I’m about to have a mental breakdown. I need more Luke & Eli right now!!! This is my first book by Nichole Greene and it won’t be my last.
O'Hares Ranch by Lee Jacquot
funny
fast-paced
5.0
If you’re in your cowboy era, Read This Now!!! I’m completely obsessed with the vibes of this book. The setting of the ranch and the country bar just made me so giddy. Andrew Dawson runs the O’hare Ranch and Harper Cassidy is a Pre-K teacher who emails the ranch to see about scheduling a field trip. Well, that goes on for 5 years! Every year she takes her class and every year her and Mr Dawson flirt and they clearly have so much chemistry. Andrew calls her “darlin’” and I would melt every single time. This is a 106 page novella but it’s a SLOW BURN!!! They know each other are interested but nobody makes a move, until finally one does. Once the move is made I was constant smiles and blushing like crazy. The rope play🔥🔥🔥 I had all the feels reading this novella and I’m big sad it’s over.
Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems by Megan Fox
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Wow! This was so much deeper than any memoir could ever be. It’s so raw, sad, and very deep. I am not one for poems, I actually don’t really like them. This book of poems? Was so much more than just poems, they actually read like song lyrics. Listening to the audiobook made me feel more emotions than had I read it with my eyeballs. I’m happy she’s the one that read them. Was this really her normal life?? Has she ever NOT been abused? Has she ever been truly loved? Does she even know what love is? Why does she stay in relationships like this? This goes to show you that you don’t know what happens behind closed doors. At the end of the day some might say she’s the toxic one, all I know is everyone deserves to be happy and if being abused is “not boring” to her and that’s why she stays then there is nothing left to be said. I listened to the podcast Call Her Daddy where Megan was talking about her life. She claims that normal relationships are boring and she needs a toxic, “passionate” relationship to fully feel fulfilled (it was something along those lines, don’t quote me). That right there says a lot. I don’t know about you but I’ll keep my “normal, boring” relationship until the day I die and I guarantee it won’t be by the hands of my husband. Not sure she can say the same.