RoomHate by Penelope Ward

There is nothing that beats that excited feeling when you know an author you love is getting ready to release a book. Once I started I couldn’t put it down. I fell asleep reading it and woke a few hours later reaching for my Kindle to finish. I was in love, then pissed off and then heartbroken and right back to in love. I cursed the hell out of Ms. Ward at some points. I just couldn’t imagine why they hell she would put me through the heartache. I mean Amelia and Justin not me. Yeah, that is who I meant.

We first meet Justin at an early age of ten and the connection is instant with his and Amelia’s friendship. To say I loved him when we met Justin as a grown man would be a lie. I thought he was a dick and was pissed off at him for the way he treated Amelia. Then I got it. I saw the pain and hurt and that is when I fell in love with him.

I flew through this book forgetting all about my wine chilling in the fridge. I just had to finish. Once I was invested in the humor, angst and of course cursing- I just couldn’t stop until I got to the end. I’m not usually the friends to romance type of reader, but Ms. Ward did it so superbly I could find myself becoming a quick fan of them.

The Mind by Kate Stewart

Going into this book I knew that my heart would be ripped out and chewed up all over again. Kate Stewart has this way of writing something so tragically beautiful that in the end you don’t know whether to be hopeful that she will piece you back together or just continue to shred what is left. It didn’t matter to me that Rose and Grant were back characters in the first book. They demanded attention and in the end you were left in love and wanting to know more.

Grant was everything I knew he would be. I didn’t care that he loved fast or rushed it an unhuman pace. I adored him even more for it. I would usually be the girl rolling her eyes, but I just couldn’t quit smiling long enough to roll them. Seeing Rose make him work for it even when she was so focused on her own career had me seeing that this relationship was what both of them needed.

I’m not sure where Ms. Stewart will go next with this story. I’m sure I will be crying and screaming about how mad I am at her within the first two chapters. Although, the writing is so beautifully done the emotional toll  on your heart can leave you with either hope or despair. So I'm hoping that Rose gets her happily ever after that she deserves and that I NEED.

A Love So Tragic

When Ms. Cole puts words on a page you feel every one of them. Beautiful… intense… hopeful. Tragic love quite possibly, tantalizing love story-definitely. Ms. Cole definitely brings a story that will have you cheering on the wrong people but for the better cause. She makes it feel so right when you know it should be so fucking wrong.

 Peyton and Nic started out just like you hope all love stories do- In love and deeply devoted. You don’t have long before the tables turn and what you thought was going to be a love story of all time turns into a fight to love the right one. Nic stole my heart from the beginning and he still had it in the end.

Peyton was not an easy sell for me. I wasn’t head over heels for her. Sometimes when you get so involved with the writing you find yourself pissed off at one character because you love another one so much. I wanted her to fight. Undo the wrongs. Go back in time. But that can’t happen or else we wouldn’t have a story. I can say that when she decided to start doing things for Peyton she started growing on me. I started to see the strong girl from the beginning.

 No matter what Stevie writes you feel like 100 percent of her words are from her soul. She pole vaults you somewhere in the future when time stands still and it’s just you and the story unfolding. I said it with the very first book she wrote that her writing has the ability to rip your heart up and this book about losing love and fighting to find it again is no different.

Distraction by Aurora Rose Reynolds

There is always a feeling of ease that sinks into your body when you start reading an Aurora book. You just know going in that you are going to get some laughs, a bossy man and a love story that is not full of drama. Her couples just simply demand attention. Once you pick up the book plan on nothing else for the day other than wine and a sweet smile that only a bossy man can bring to your face.

To say I have been waiting for Sven would be an understatement. I knew I would love him when he was first introduced, but to get a whole book of him just made me love him more. Always protective and always demanding that should be the stamp for all of ARR books. 

Maggie when we first met her was a hot mess but a sassy hot mess at that. I loved her spunk and knew she was going to give Sven a run for his money. It’s always nice reading about a female who is comfortable in her body and her capability to have some hot arm man candy. 

Although, at times this book felt a little pushed  at a fast rate with the story line I still enjoyed it. I would have loved a little more Sven and Maggie connection that is always a hit in all her other books.  Ms. Reynolds just knows how to make a reader happy. She gives you a couple hours to just get lost in a story that leaves you feeling completed, but yet wanting more

Black by T.L. Smith

I started reading this book not even bothering to read the blurb. I just dove in not knowing a damn thing about it. I was pleasantly surprised to find myself intrigued by the story line. I usually prefer more dialogue in my books, but this seemed to work. It started off just a little slow for me but toward the end I couldn’t wait to find out what was going to happen. 

 I had a lot of questions reading this book and a few went unanswered. I’m hoping that the next book will shed some light because I need to freaking know. Rose and Black started fast and didn’t last long. What looked like a promising relationship ended up determining their futures. 

 Black was mysterious and just had an air of power that stayed around him. He was quiet and scary and was head over heels for Rose even if he didn’t understand it. Two broken people who have the chance to heal each other, only if the secrets and lies don’t tear them apart first.

Dirty Together by Meghan March

It’s not lie, I’m a huge Megan March fan. I have read all of her books and silently sit back and stalk her like any crazy person who has a restraining order against them does. I get lost somewhere between her Alpha guys and her badass, witty chicks who make them all fall to their knees. Crey was no different. I loved seeing the softer side in book 3. Seeing him let his guard down and proving to Holly that she is the only one for him.

 I love how Ms. March wrapped this series up. Seeing both Holly and Crey break each other down all the while Holly finding her inner sassy girl and Crey learning to take the back seat for once. That is what Ms. March is good at. She makes you fall in love with not only the story but the characters by the time you hit “The End.”

Dirty Ugly Toy by K. Webster

It’s a bird… it’s a plane… no, it’s just Ms. Webster giving me what will UNDOUBTEDLY... be a top 2016 book for me. I could tell you that this book has your next book boyfriend in it, that this book will push your boundaries to what you think is right and wrong and that this book will have you reading the last page and immediately going right back to the beginning to reread. K. Webster not only pushes the boundaries, but she has you long jumping them along the way to discovering your inner freak.

To say that I loved to hate Brax would be an understatement. He is everything you never thought you would want and yet, everything that the dirty side of you craves. How can someone write a character that you hate and love at the same time, but yet, turns you on to the point you want to be his dirty ugly toy.. That is exactly what K. Webster did. She took a person you should despise and makes you want to curl up in his lap and whisper sweet nothings to possibly while grinding on him at the same time. .

Alright, I’m going to stop myself from getting carried away about Brax and move on to Jess. If you like your females to be brass and stand up for themselves when no one else will- then she is your girl. She never backs down. Even when you think, fuck just stop provoking him, she just keeps going. Strong, determined and begging for trouble. That is Jessica aka Bunny. Ok. Enough about that.

 If you are able to drop your reading guard and not get offended and just let the story of two broken people who learn to heal each other in their own broken way while becoming everything to each other than listen closely. READ THIS BOOK.