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kell_x's Reviews (531)
Ohhh, boy! I'm not ok after this one!
I gasped, I've cried, I've been so angry I wanted to get in the story to strangle some characters myself and also give some tight hugs of confort.
I can say that I felt so much in this book. So thank you! Thank you for making me feel so alive while reading this story! I've loved it!
My heart broke over and over again for Vel through out the book. He deserved to be worshiped, admired and loved. And for so long he was feared, and mistreated and hated. I kept wanting for the others thoughts to chance and for him to be accepted. He deserved that and so much more. He was not just a deamon. He was so much more! Just like Sypher and their vampire and human friends he felt it all, and loved fiercely. And he protected those he loved. Mainly Elda. We could see his passion and resolve when it came to her and feel how much he would do and to what lenghs he would go to keep her safe and happy.
"I will fight and die and bleed as many times as it takes to keep you safe. I will strip myself of everything that keeps me together, and I will drag the fractured pieces across this void-cursed wasteland to get you over that border."
Despite everything they went through, Elda was able to see what no other could and was the first to accept and love him for all he was.
“I want everything you have to give me,” she murmured. “Your rage, your pain, the blood you’ve shed, the lives you’ve taken. I see you at your core, and I want it all. I’m not afraid.”
Elda managed to grow as a person and evolve her powers. All those perils and suffering made her become more self assured, fierce and powerful. And together/bounded by love with both demon and angel was able to get some help and answers they desperatly needed.
I really loved and had missed Vel's and Sypher banter. They sounded like brother bickering with one another. And it was a nice chance to have their roles reversed and how they learned to value each other and how much they needed one another to be complete.
I also enjoyed the side characters once again. We grow to love them almost as much as the main ones and they are such an important part of this story. They really do complete it!
And, also.. those twists and some turn left me shattered. The one right before the end? Was it really needed? Come on!!! I'm sad about it. I really am! I sure wasn't expecting that!
And now? Now I'll be wondering what happens and how it will continue until book 3 arrives. Hopefully soon!!
This story had a different vibe from what I was expecting, and I was very pleasently surprised when I realised that it really seemed like I was watching reality tv while reading it.
It had drama, gossip, angst, laughter and love. It was just what I needed right now!
Baylor works in a reallity tv company. She has a passion for music, but never acted upon it (only in secret). When a video of her performing in a bar goes viral as an accident, her company makes her an ultimatum. She has to get into the dating competition she was organising to save her job.
Dusty wasn't a typical celebrity. He was sweet, down to earth, humble and caring.
He was forced to get into the Heart Strings reality tv show to try and save his career after being pressured by his record label. He never thought it would lead anywhere, both in his love life or in his future career, but he played along.
He had to date and try to have a relationship with several women, to find his future companion.
We follow both main characters as they start the competition, from both perspectives. Baylor from a contestant and Dusty as the male who choses the female winner. We follow them through the competition and have both points of view, and the confessionals also give us some inside notes on other character feelings and thoughts.
We can say that both main characters couldn't be more wrong when they thought the competition would be a fake and would end in nohing. With all the time spent together both found friendships and feelings that never would have emerged otherwise. Outside the tv show, they had to hide their attraction and relationship from the tv producers and sneek around and had to make difficult decisions in the name of tv and the industry. But can a relationship start with a lie? And survive all the pressure the industry gets? Do they even want to risk it?
I enjoyed the story and both main characters were relatable and easy to love. We could get where they come from and understand their past and reservations and also their dreams and expectations. We had a little drama from other side characters, but it added to the reality tv aspect and had a twist I actually wasn't expecting. I liked being surprised.
It is an easy and enjoyable read, for sure!
This was a delightful rom-com from an author that was new to me. It was a nice surprise to discover a new author that could make me get lost in a book for a couple of hours and desire to want to stretch these hours to keep bejng immersed in the story.
Holly was an intern at a non profit organization and was trying to be the best in order to get a job in a branch of the company in Glasgow. Holly was almost someone to look up to. She was determined and driven and when she had her mind set on something she worked and fought hard to get there. She always was prepared and had planed ahead of time to take all possibilities and managed to turn her life aroung after a major event and set up at her previous workplace.
As a last assignment she has to develop a project, a calendar and needs a media guy to help her.
Jonathan is a webdesigner working for the same nonprofit, and is the company ghost. He gets in and out, and barely talks or relates to his coworkers and is grumpy all the way.
They share a tiny secret, but they can put all that behind, right?
When Holly need to work with Jonathan they try to put their hookup behind and have a professional relationship. But as soon as they start spending time together and getting to know each other that is harder and harder. Holly starts to learn how to live and enjoy some happiness and Jonathan starts to realise that he can have good things in life even if it was not his first choice and plan.
But their relationship has a termination date, because if Holly wins, she will leave. How will they deal with that? Well... as expected not well and things get interesting and complicated and sometimes we want to shake Jonathan or Holly or both.
What would you choose? Your career or your love?
I loved both main characters. They were relatable, had strong personalities and had a real feel and through out the story were able to see the change and growth in them. I loved their interactions and small moments, their banter and their love. Both had such big hearts!
And also.. a book with dogs is always a plus!
I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was awsome and definitly an excelent choice for Holly. She made both the story and the characters more alive and could transmit all those feelings and make me laugh, laugh and cry with them. A very good choice!
In this second book, we follow Beth, a coffee shop co-owner and super sweet woman. She is in a relationship with a Hockey player, but he never treated her right and after one more slip from his part she ended things for good.
James is a Hockey player for the Raptors, and is living his dream. The only thing missing is the woman he loves to realise that he is it for her. So even if they have an enemy-ish relationship going on, when she ends her relationship he believes he may have a chance.
They flirt and banter a lot, and is so enjoyable to see their back and forth. Everyone sees that they are perfect for one another, but Beth is kind of blind to it all. So when an injury puts them closer, some things start to shift.
What Beth soon realises is that there is so much more to James besides is Hockey persona. He is sweet, has a huge heart and loves to make people happy, mainly the ones he cares about. He is protective but kind, he is goofy and funny and just being aroung him makes you a little happier.
This was a bingeable read, extremly funny and with such a good vibe. I've read it in almost one sitting and loved it all.
And the Golden Age nursing home... it was priceless!
I can't wait for the next Raptor's stories.
Ohh, such a beachy read, that takes you to a summer beach town for a couple of hours. I really enjoyed this story and the vibe it sended. And since it's summer, time it came out in the best of times.
Here we have Chloe, who is a free spirited woman, and kind of a nomad, who ends up in a little beach town to work as a nanny for one month. And could it be any better? Summer, beach, and sunny days in a perfect little town? Well .. it would be if her new boss woulnd't be so grumpy and gave her a chance.
Maxime is a fisherman, and a local coffe /bar owner, who is trying to succed in his business. He has is dauther home for the summer, and wants to connect to her but just doesn’t know how. He hires a nanny to help, but she is just not what he expected.
They don’t click right away, having to mold themselfs into each others styles, but they soon not only addapt but thrive around each other. Can a free spirit be tamed? And grump learn to live and be free?
I have to be honest. I had a little trouble connecting with chloe at first. Maybe because we are polar opposites. Or maybe because I deep down envied her carefree attitude. But as the story developed I grew very fond of her and realised she had to be written this way for the character development and for the story to work as it did.
On the other hand, Maxime I liked from the start. I do love a grumpy man, with the softest heart inside. He had walls erected atound him to protect himself. And he had more than reasons to. But seeing them crumble with Chloe and Sophie, was priceless.
An then, as a cat person, I loved how the author included Bean in the story.
There aren't that many books and stories where we have a morally grey fmc. The male lead, yeah, we see often enough. But a good story where the sense of right or wrong is twisted in the fmc? Well.. I haven't read one of those in a while and I loved it!
I loved Poppy. She had a crappy past, but she grew above it and became strong, independent, sassy and extremly loyal and fierce. She knew what she wanted and was learning how to get it, even if some boundaries should be crossed.
When her aunt dies and she discovers a plot to kill her on her vacation she gets on that ship with a plan and new allies. What she doesn't expect is that that journey may cost her her life but will give her love and friendship for life.
Isaiah is a detective and suspects celebrity Poppy Roe is connected to several murders. No one seems to believe him, so when he is forced to back away he finds a way to get close to her in her holoday cruise as her bodyguard. He expects to learn all her secrets and arrest her if his suspitions come true.
What he doesn’t expect is to learn that she is not the murder on that ship.. but is a target! And also, as he gets to know her he can't help to start learning to love her.
During their stay on the cruise people around Poppy keep dying, and they must work together to stay alive and solve this puzzle.
This book had many twists and turns and I can honestly say I didn’t saw several of them coming, and yeah.. I didn't guess the killer right. But that added to the charm, because in a book like this who doesn't like the twists to make them gasp? I do!
And the laugh out loud moments were very well done and made the murder became more light.
Overall is is a light read, that can be binged in one sitting and give us a hell of a nice time enjoying it!
Can we have a story about Mina and Eckells next, please?
I love Tanria. I love how a strange little world can bring us such delightful characters and such amazing stories.
I fell in love with this world since Hart and Mercy's story (and I believe in a way they their story will always be my favorite) and kept loving it through the following books.
In this book we have Rosie. She is a demigod, immortal and a Tanrian marshal. She is sassy, funny, has no filter and is the perfect friend with an amazing big heart. She has had so much in her century life that she starts to believe that immortality is just not all that good.
She has a good life, good friends (with her best friend and partner being Duckers), but something's missing.
When the portals to Tanria start to fail and they are having trouble fixing them they have to ask for outside help.
Adam is the inventor of the portals, so that makes him the perfect person to fix them. He is an introvert and kind of grumpy, and has severall walls to not let people get close.
Once he gets to the portals and he realises it will be harder than they though, they get into Tanria to try fixing from the inside.
What they don't expect is being stuck there. And with all that is happening Rosie and Adam can't help being close to each other and realising that they have so much more in common than they think. And their slow, slow burn is so worth the wait!
"No one is better than you, because no one is you."
They work together to release Tanria, and themselves. But at what cost?
Well, I loved Rosie funny inner monologs. And not only the monologs but her perky sense of humor. She was direct, quirky, independent and extremly kind and supportive.
Adam was a little awkward at first. He was so closed off that it took me a while to understand him better, but with time and as the story developed we got to understand and love him better.
And I loved Duckers. I forgot how much of an important and special side character he was. It was so much fun to see his evolution. I loved him even more now!
I listened to this audiobook almost all at once, since I couldn't wait to know what was going to happen next. I was glued to the story and the narrative. I thing the narrator did an excelent job and managed to catch all the characters little details so we could get into those character better.
The only sad part is to let this world go, and know we'll stop being able to come back to it. But if it was to say goodbye, it was the perfect way to do it!
I can never get enough of Nyssa's stories and characters. Each one is my new favourite. And this happens every single time!
I love this story, its characters, the sweet and small town vibe and all the suspense in between the romance that made it work perfectly. It had the perfect balance and I just loved it.
Clara is a sweet woman, with a huge heart that loves to help people and make them happy. She had her life on the line and fought a serious disease and won the battle and since then she gave her best to live her life to the fullest. She is in love since forever with her brother's best friend, Holden. And now he is living permanently in Amber Ridge.
Holden is an ex- ghost ops military that decided to make his best friend's small town his own home. These people became is family over the years and now he sees no point in going away. But that also makes him more close to Clara, the one he can't let himself love. The one he can't stop thinking about. The one he would do anything and everything to cherish an protect.
When weird events start taking place and Clara is in danger, he has to make a choice.
We could feel the anguish in Holden when he thought of how badly he wanted Clara and how strongly he feared giving in to his love for her.
And during the book is so worth it to see them finally give in.
As usual all the other characters are perfectly mixed in the story and we almost want to move into town as well!
I love this story, its characters, the sweet and small town vibe and all the suspense in between the romance that made it work perfectly. It had the perfect balance and I just loved it.
Clara is a sweet woman, with a huge heart that loves to help people and make them happy. She had her life on the line and fought a serious disease and won the battle and since then she gave her best to live her life to the fullest. She is in love since forever with her brother's best friend, Holden. And now he is living permanently in Amber Ridge.
Holden is an ex- ghost ops military that decided to make his best friend's small town his own home. These people became is family over the years and now he sees no point in going away. But that also makes him more close to Clara, the one he can't let himself love. The one he can't stop thinking about. The one he would do anything and everything to cherish an protect.
When weird events start taking place and Clara is in danger, he has to make a choice.
We could feel the anguish in Holden when he thought of how badly he wanted Clara and how strongly he feared giving in to his love for her.
And during the book is so worth it to see them finally give in.
As usual all the other characters are perfectly mixed in the story and we almost want to move into town as well!
I believe the best word to describe this book is cozy. Because this story was a real cozy romance, with a feel good vibe and adorable characters and funny moments.
I really like the small town trope, and as I'm beggining to realize, I love ranch and cowboy romance as well.. who knew? 🤭
I liked Emma's previous books and her stories and her writing style is just my thing, so when I had the chance to read this one I was stoked. And I wasn't disaponted. She writes stories with heart, character and strenght, and we get lost in them. I will always recommend her books.
In this story we have Hadley, a young woman who returns home to her family small town ranch after her relationship ended. She and her ex found out she was infertile and things just didn't worked out. So a few days in her favorite place were just what she needed.
Declan was a ranch hand at her family's ranch, and he was the perfect golden retriever male character. Lovable, sweet, funny and a tiny bit jealous and possessive when needed. A perfect mix. He fell for Hadley as soon as he met her and as determined as he was he didn't let her go.
They had a love/lust at first sight, and after that moment their banter and every interaction led us to a really good relationship with her being more cautious and him being all in. But as soon as some fears were put aside, their love was beautiful to read.
They had some obstacles, for sure, mainly the ones Hadley's mind created, but Declan was good cleaning thos cobwebs.
The side characters such as Hadley's sister and best friends were perfect additions but the best of the best was Muddy. I loved Muddy. She was smart, funny and devilishly diabolical! 😅 She was probably the cherry on top of this book and it truly wouldn't be the same without her sass and her grandma knowledge.
I can't wait to see more of her in Salem's story.