Review "Brave by Jennifer L. Armentrout"

Ivy Morgan hasn't been feeling like herself lately. Not like anyone can blame her. After all, being held captive by a psychotic fae prince hell-bent on permanently opening the gates to the Otherworld is bound to leave some mental scars. 

It’s more than that, though. Something dark and insidious is spreading throughout Ivy, more powerful than she could ever imagine... and it’s coming between her and the man she’s fallen deeply in love with, elite Order member Ren Owens. 

Ren would do anything to keep Ivy safe. Anything. But when he makes a life altering choice for her, the fallout of his act has far reaching consequences that threaten to tear their lives apart. 

If Ivy is going to have any hope of surviving this, she must put aside the hurt and betrayal she feels, and work with not only those she loves, but with an enemy she would rather kill than ever trust. War is coming, and it soon becomes clear that what Ivy and Ren thought they knew about the Order, themselves, and even their enemies, has been nothing but a cluster of dangerous, deadly lies. 

Ivy knows she must be more than just brave to save those she loves--and, ultimately, to save herself. 

Because behind every evil fae Prince, there’s a Queen….

Review
This is the first book I've managed to read after my brain injury ( I got a bloodcloth in my brain) and I just couldn't focuse enough to read. But I managed to read this one and I'm so glad I did. 
In hindsight it might have been better to reread the first two books before reading this one because I noticed I was a little hazy on the details. 

What is this book all about
This book picks up where the last one ended. Ivy got rescued from the evil prince and is now hiding with people that she never thought would exist, good fae that don't feed on humans. 
Ivy has been through some horrible stuff and it's not something one just gets over. She is struggeling and the people around here are struggeling to help her.  But excaping the clutched of the evil prince doesn't mean it's over. He still wants to make apocolyps baby and Ivy isn't down with that.
The prince is hunting her down, but are things really what they seem? Are the things you were told the actual truth?  

What did I like about this book
I liked how real this book was. Eventhough fae aren't real, ptsd and trauma is and it was portrayed in a very realistic manner in my opinion. In some books we see heroines struggle for a page and then be totally fine with everything and all is good again. It's not that I wanted Ivy to struggle but for the sake of the story i'm glad she did. 
I just love Ren, I mean who doesn't melt when a tall, hot, muscled guy with piercing green eyes calls you "sweetness", and don't lie to me, I know you do.  I love how he was willing to stay with Ivy to the end, through everything. Yes they faught but he never gave up.
I absolutely adore Tink, he might be one of my favorite characters Jen's ever written. He is so funny and eccentric and full of live. And weird, just love him. It was so funny to see how other fae were reacting to him, especially in his 'adult' form. 

Overall I really enjoyed this book. But it doesn't  feel like a definite ending to me. I feel like this could be the third book in the series and there could be another one. Not that i'm not pleased with the ending because I am. I just miss a 100% closure. 
Also like I hinted at above, be aware of the cliffhangers. There was stuff happening that I did not see coming, ever. 

I can't wait for the novella that comes out in 2018 called the prince. You might think 'what the hell, why are you excited to read about that asshole', well read the book and find out why. 

Review "Millions by Pepper Winters"

ARC

"Tragedy, turmoil, and the ultimate sacrifice. It's not a question of what I'm willing to sacrifice but who to deserve her...

Can love truly conquer all? Even when so many truths say no?











Title: Millions (Dollar #5)
Author: Pepper Winters
Publisher: Createspace 
Amount of Pages: 370
Genre: Dark, Romance, Contemporary

Date Read: 20-11-2017

Favorite Quote:“Our fatal flaw was to pick on ourselves. To tear ourselves apart by tearing others apart who remind you of you.”

Review:
What a great ending for a great series. I was so incredibly happy to be chosen to review this book early. The second I knew it sat on my kindle, I started reading it. I had to put it down for a bit to go to work but luckily I was able to finish tonight. Don't tell my boss that i'm reading on the job haha.

What is this book about:
This book picks up immediately where the last book ended thank go. Pim was taken by some idiot French guy we know and love by the name of Q mercer. Elder was shot and fell over board and we don't know whether he's alive or not. So yeah that ending.

Anyhow I wish I could tell you more but that would be spoiler, something most of you maybe expect but a spoiler non the less so I can't tell.

This book is about realizing family doesn't always mean blood. You can create your own family. It's also about excepting help and love, while it's scary it can also be the most liberating thing in your life. This book is about overcoming intense hardship and creating a life time of happiness.

What did I like about this book:
Again I can't say much because that would be a spoiler. I did love this book. I love to see Pim being herself and growing as a person. Growing and overcoming her past.

I really loved seeing other characters from Peppers book in this one. It's fun to see those characters again and tie together in some way.

I wish I could tell you exactly why I love this book, what made me love this book, but I can't. So you'll just have to take my word for it. Read the book and see for your self how Pim's story ends.

Rating:

update

Hii guys!! I'm so sorry I'm been MIA for a while! I haven't stopped reading though, I just didn't review and post about it.
Anyhow I want to get back to reviewing more and being more active as a blogger because I do like it :D

Anyhow since I last posted, which was in February I believe I've been to Apollycon2017 in Orlando Florida, and it was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. After that I've been to Harry Potter world which was a dream come true. If you follow me on instagram (www.instagram.com/the_blonde_book_lover) you might have seen the picture.
In june I went to another book signing, Romance Author Reader Event in Berlin and it was so much fun. I went with fellow book friends whom I've met at other signings

I haven't been in a good place for while, lots of up and downs, and I'm not better yet but I'm working hard on it. So while I'm going to try to be more active on here I can't promise anything.

Anyhow, I'm gonna post review I've wrote for all the books I've read this year soon. I've bought this most adorable little book journal called "The Book Lover's Journal" which I bought on amazon uk. In that journal you can keep track of the books you've written, what you thought of it, how many stars you rated it, what books you want to read, favorite books, favorite authors, signings, literary places you want to visit etc. etc.  I'm in love with it! It's basically a kind of goodreads but then smaller and in the form of a cute little book

Release blitz "Cheater by Rachel van Dyken"

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Blurb

Lucas Thorn wasn’t born a cheater. All it took was a single moment—say, a certain disastrous incident on the night before his wedding—and boom. Reputation destroyed forever and always. So now he owns it. He has a lady friend for every night of the week (except Sundays—God’s day and all), and his rules are simple: No commitments. No exceptions.

But a certain smart-mouthed, strawberry blonde vixen is about to blow that all to hell.

Avery Black has never forgiven Lucas for cheating on her sister. And suddenly being forced to work with him is pretty much a nightmare on steroids. Of course, it does afford her the opportunity to make his life as difficult as possible. But no good revenge scheme comes without payback. Because he didn’t become the Lucas Thorn without learning a few things about women.

Now Avery’s lust for vengeance has turned into, well, lust. And if Lucas stops cheating, it’s definitely not because he’s falling in love…

Excerpt

One night.

It was all I needed anyway, right? It’s not as if he was going to really commit to me, marry me, offer to impregnate me and father all our children.

“Are you sure about this, Avery?” He cupped my face with his rough hands. “You still have a choice. You can turn that cute ass around and march out that door—hell, you can even slam it on the way out. I’ll even let you keep the steak.”

“Are you offering me an out?”

He nodded.

“Do you offer that to every girl?”

Another nod.

“Do they ever take it?”

“Sometimes.”

“What do you want me to do?”

He paused. “You know, nobody has ever asked me that before.”

Probably because nobody cared about what else he had to offer besides what was dangling between his legs.

“I’m asking. Right now.” I wrapped my arms around his neck. “What does Thorn want?”

“You didn’t full-name me.”

“It seems to make you even more arrogant, God forbid.”

His grin made me weak, so weak that I had to hold on to him for strength. Funny how things come full circle. How he’d always been my rock.

Dependable.

Loving.

And now?

He held all the power. Lucas Thorn . . . could destroy me.

“Stay.” He brushed a soft kiss across my lower lip. “I want you to stay.”

About the Author:

Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she's not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.

She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers! She loves to hear from readers!

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Release day "Throne of Truth by Pepper Winters"

Throne of Truth, the thrilling conclusion to Crown of Lies from New York Times Bestseller, Pepper Winters, is now LIVE!

Throne of Truth by Pepper Winters

Publication Date: February 28^th, 2017
Genre: Contemporary Romance

TWO YEARS

Since my life changed for the second time and not necessarily for the better. Two years since I traded prison bars for streets and hunted a runaway who I’d met in an alley.

TWO DAYS

Since I forgot how to lie, woke to fists, and chased after the girl who’d been stolen from me.

TWO HOURS

To save her, rescue her, keep my lies intact. She looks at me full of hate. I look at her full of confession.

TWO MINUTES

For our relationship to switch from mutual dislike to floundering with unknowns. I’ve hurt her. Now, she’s hurt me. I guess we’re even.

TWO SECONDS

For her to listen, to see, to finally know who I am. The answer comes with hardship. The answer isn’t what she wants to hear.

TWO BREATHS

For me to walk out the door.

TWO HEARTBEATS

For it all to be over.

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Pepper Winters is a multiple New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today International Bestseller.

After chasing her dreams to become a full-time writer, Pepper has earned recognition with awards for best Dark Romance, best BDSM Series, and best Hero. She’s an multiple #1 iBooks bestseller, along with #1 in Erotic Romance, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary, and Erotica Thriller. With 19 books currently published, she has hit the bestseller charts twenty-six times in three years.

Pepper is a Hybrid Author of both Traditional and Self-published work. Her Pure Corruption Series was released by Grand Central, Hachette.

Her books have garnered foreign interest and are currently being translated into numerous languages, including already released titles in Italian and Turkish. Audio Books for her entire back-list will be available in 2017.

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Review "Fear of Falling by S.L. Jennings

I can’t remember the last time I felt completely safe. Security seemed more like a luxury to me, reserved for those who were fortunate enough to have picture perfect childhoods. For those who didn’t bear the ugly scars that keep me bound in constant, debilitating fear. I’ve run from that fear my entire life. But when I met him, for once, I couldn’t run anymore.

He scared the hell out of me in a way that excited every fiber of my being. It wasn’t the tattoos or the piercings. It wasn’t the warmth that seemed to radiate from his frame and blanket me whenever he was near. It was just…him. The scary beautiful man that threatened to alter 23 years of routine and rituals, and make me face my crippling fear.

My name is Kami and I am constantly afraid. And the thing that scares me the most is the very thing I want.



Review
I was going to give this book 5 starts but the length of the book made me change that to four. Why?, Well because it felt a bit to long at some points. I'm not talking about the important parts but some bits were a bit to slow for my liking. It caused me to skip pieces to get to dialog. Also it felt at times like I missed things, the flow of the story was a bit off at times. In the beginning I cared for Kami more and I really felt for her because of what she went through, but the more I got into the book the more I cared for Blaine because he was trying so hard, he was getting hurt over and over again because he cared and tried so hard to help Kami.
That being said I thing this book was amazing! It really show how crippling fear can be. It shows that you can't help someone unless they want to help themselves. It shows how hurtful it can be for the other party to love someone who won't let you love them, who can't let them in. 

What is this book all about
This book is written in dual pov, kami and Blaine. Kami sees herself as broken. She had a terrible past and she is still dealing with. Well not dealing with is because she never really got over what happens to her. Fear is consuming her. She is afraid to let anyone but her best friends angel and Dominic near her. Both who had difficult pasts of them own. Then she meets Blaine. Blaine didn't have an easy past either but where Kami doesn't want to feel at all, Blaine feels allot. He's really emphatic. 
They are immediate attracted to each other. And they fall for each other pretty fast. But where Blaine is willing to do anything to help Kami, to shoulder her fears, Kami is trying everything she can not to feel.

What did I like about this book
I'm not sure how I feel about this book. My head is so full right now that I find it hard to write this review. I want to look at is as pure fiction and if I do I find myself getting annoyed with Kami for hurting Blaine over and over again, for kind of stringing him along but that isn't the case. This book just doesn't feel as just fiction to me. It feels real. This is reality for allot of people. I find it hard to be annoyed at kami or mad at her without pointing at myself and say" you don't deal with emotions either, you don't let anyone near either". Maybe that's why this review is so hard for me because I see pieces of myself in Kami. It hurt me to see how hard it is for Kami to let someone in but it hurts even more to see how hard it was for Blaine. How difficult it is for him to deal with someone who refuses his love. And it scares me. It made me think if I'm ever able to do what Kami did in the end, love some one and let someone in. 
Anything I really liked about this book were Angel and Dominic. I'm not even going to call them side characters because they were so much more than that. They were amazing friends. I can't wait to read more about Dominic so I'm going to read his book for sure. I might have loved him even more than I did Kami. 
As the content of this book is raw, and emotional I would have loved it more if the story flowed a bit better in the beginning. I don't know how to explain it. This book isn't an easy read, due to the content of the book and the way it's written but it's worth the read. It definitely is!

Review "Lick by Kylie Scott"

Waking up in Vegas was never meant to be like this.

Evelyn Thomas's plans for celebrating her twenty-first birthday in Las Vegas were big. Huge. But she sure never meant to wake up on the bathroom floor with a hangover to rival the black plague, a very attractive half-naked tattooed man in her room, and a diamond on her finger large enough to scare King Kong. Now if she could just remember how it all happened.

One thing is certain, being married to one of the hottest rock stars on the planet is sure to be a wild ride.







Review
I expected more from this book than I've gotten. The beginning was very interesting. I like it but after that the characters became a bit to much? They were mussy and weepy, and a tad whiny at times. I think they went awfully fast from meeting to falling in love and being each other everything. It didn't feel real. 
The last bit of the book felt more real to me. Due to that I liked it more even though the characters were hurting. 
The way the story flowed didn't always made sense to me. It seemed a bit out of character, well not even that I don't know. The h was a bit naive and just unrealistic at times. and the H was similar to her in that way. It kept me from connecting with them.  
I feel like if the story was written a bit different, if the story flowed in a different way, I would have liked it more. 

You see the thing is I totally got that they got married drunk in Vegas because they had a connection. I got that after spending some time together they wanted to see if they could get a relationship and give the marriage a try. I liked that part of the story but after spending a view hours together, max a view days the h was talking about love, and the H was acting like a pussy whipped lad at times.  It felt like I missed a view chapters. 
Anyhow I did like the idea of the book, I liked the beginning and the last 1/3 of the book but the way they got to that point was just 'meh' for me. 

Review "Throne of Truth by Pepper Winters"

* ARC received in exchange of an honest review*

“My body blinded me while his lies destroyed me. Penn Everett swept me from my world and into his, and when his lies fell apart, I finally opened my eyes to the truth. The awful, terrible truth.” 

Noelle Charlston had it all: her company, a love affair, power and protection. 
However, she didn’t pay attention, and in one night, everything she believed in, everyone she trusted turned out to be worse than fake. 
Now, she has no one to help her. No one to free her. 
She’s on her own and has to make the choice. 
Who to believe? 
Who to fight? 

Review

I'm so grateful that I received an arc for this book! I was lucky to get one for the first one and that ending left me wanting more!.
I did a little happy dance, and I won't lie had a pretty smug smile on my face when I found out I was right!  I won't tell you what I was right about because that will spoil some things for you and I'm trying to keep this review spoiler free! All I can say read this book!  In my opinion it's so much better than the first one! The characters really developed and we got more background information.

What it this book all about
This book picks right up where the first one, crown of lies, ended. Noelle 'elle' ran from Penn's charity event after she discovers his little "step"brother with the necklace that was stolen from her all those years ago. Elle makes an assumption that terrifies her and she runs. At home her night gets even worse when her childhood friend kidnaps her. Greg always was obsessed with Elle and was told that he would end up with her. When that wasn't happening he took matters into his own hands and took her. Greg is a psychopath. He was so consumed with greed and delusion he thought what he was going wasn't wrong at all. I won't go into detail but he did some major creepy things.
Anyhow Penn is desperately trying to find Elle before he loses her forever.
In this book we will find out who nameless is, we find out more about Penn and we see who he is behind his dominant alfa male mask. Will Elle and Penn make it work or is the secret that separated them to big to overcome... that is if Greg will let her go......

What did I love about this book
What made me love this book more than the first one is that we get to know more about Penn's past. We really get to see more of him besides his alpha dirty talking self. We really get to know him, see him grow. I also loved how strong Elle was during this book. I really got more respect for her.
On thing I didn't like was her father. He seemed more like a child sometimes than a parent, and the way he changes his mind was weird in my opinion. I didn't like him much in the first book and that didn't change in this one.