Review "Stalking Jack the Ripper Series by Kerri Maniscalco"

Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life.

Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. When her work on a string of savagely killed corpses drags Audrey into the investigation of a serial murderer, her search for answers brings her close to her own sheltered world.





Title: Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper #1)
Author: Kerri Maniscalco
Publisher: Jimmy Paterson
Amount of Pages: 326
Genre: Young Adult, Mystery, Historical

Date Read: 01-07-2018 - 02-07-2018

Favorite Quote: "“Fear is a hungry beast. The more you feed it, the more it grows.”

Review:
I was surprised by this book. I wasn't sure if I'd like it since it's young adult and historical but I did. This book was very captivating and it held by attention. I wasn't bothered by the fact that it was ya and there was no smut because it fit the time they were in and there was enough going on that was interesting. 

What is this book about:
This book is about a girl names Audry Rose. She is 17 years old and is quite the modern lady for someone that lives in the 1800. She is beautiful, but also very clever and smart. She doesn't want to be chained to what society deems good enough for a woman. She is an apprentice for her uncle and helps do autopsy's. She is eager to learn and to be independent. 
Ever since her mother died her father became over protective of her. He is terrified that she gets ill and something happens to her. He tries to shelter her as much as he can. Besides her father, she lives with her brother on their estate. 
Audry Rose isn't the only one apprenticing for her uncle, charming, witty and brilliant Thomas is as well. Audry Rose finds him as attractive as she finds him annoying. Thomas really isn't shy and makes it known that he is very interested and attracted to Audry Rose as well. 
Things are starting to get more and more dangerous on the streets in London as Jack the Ripper is on the lose. Together with Thomas, Audry Rose tries to discover who Jack the Ripper is and solve the murders. Shocking revelations come to light and Audry Rose realizes she is a woman that loves the Ripper.....

What did I like about this book:
I really liked how modern Audry Rose felt despite being an Victorian English noble women. I liked that she didn't let herself be pushed into being just a trophy wife. She wanted to learn and make a live for herself.
I really like Thomas. He is very charming and funny. I really liked how he was supporting Audry Rose and how he though and treated her as an equal.
One thing I also liked is how well the author kept the mystery going. It was hard to tell who the killer was. And the way she described the medical stuff going on was very interesting me as I to work in the medical field. 
I am very impressed with the author, she did an amazing job for her first novel. I can't wait to read more about these characters!

Rating:

                                                                     Characters                                                                   

Stalking Jack the Ripper Art. Credit: Phantomrin

Audry Rose & Thomas

Audry Rose & Thomas

____________________________________________________________________________

In this New York Times bestselling sequel to Kerri Maniscalco's haunting #1 debut Stalking Jack the Ripper, bizarre murders are discovered in the castle of Prince Vlad the Impaler, otherwise known as Dracula. Could it be a copycat killer...or has the depraved prince been brought back to life?

Following the grief and horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper's true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has no choice but to flee London and its memories. Together with the arrogant yet charming Thomas Cresswell, she journeys to the dark heart of Romania, home to one of Europe's best schools of forensic medicine...and to another notorious killer, Vlad the Impaler, whose thirst for blood became legend.

But her life's dream is soon tainted by blood-soaked discoveries in the halls of the school's forbidding castle, and Audrey Rose is compelled to investigate the strangely familiar murders. What she finds brings all her terrifying fears to life once again.

Title: Hunting Prince Dracula (Stalking Jack the Ripper #2)
Author: Kerri Maniscalco
Publisher: James Patterson
Amount of Pages: 430
Genre: Young Adult, Mystery, Historical, Romance

Date Read: 02-07-2018 - 03-07-2018

Favorite Quote: “For there are no limits to the stars, their numbers infinite. Which is precisely why I measure my love for you by the stars. An amount too boundless to count.”

Review:
Sometimes book can suffer from the "second book syndrome" in a series. Meaning they sometimes aren't as good as the first one. This was definitely not the case. The characters were still as good as they where in the first book, they got even better. The mystery was still there and it was as unpredictable as it was in the first book. 
One thing that did start to bother me a tiny bit is the amount of times Audry Rose would say they where being unchaperoned and how bad that was for their image and such, for her to be alone with Thomas. At some point I felt my self thing "Yes I know, you're being scandalous, I got it". 

What is this book about:
This book is about Audry Rose and Thomas. Both are traveling to Romania to attend a medical forensic school. Both of them could use some peace and quiet after the events in Stalking Jack the Ripper. Audry Rose is still very much struggling with everything that happend, and still mourning. However peace and quit just doesn't seem like that can happen for both of them as there has been a murder committed right outside their train compartment. And things don't end there. As if it isn't hard enough for Audry Rose to be in such a women unfriendly profession and school, students and maids go missing and end up murdered. Is the famous Vlad Dracula really back from the dead as the villagers are thinking, or is there a more scientific explanation for these odd deaths. 
As Audry Rose and Thomas work their best to secure a spot on the academy, and solving murders, they are also growing more close. Their friendship is getting stronger and there is also some change going on. Once again its up to our crime solving duo to figure out who is behind these murders before they themselves become a target....

What did I like about this book:
I really loved the banter between Audry Rose and Thomas. They would make an amazing couple and that needs to happen ASAP. They are just perfect for one another. 
I loved the mystery in this book. Once again I couldn't figure out who was behind these killings. It's very cleverly written. 
I just adore Thomas. He is such a funny, charming guy. I really like him. 
Another thing I liked seeing was how Audry Rose was struggling with what happend. Not that I liked to see her suffering but it made it more realistic. 

I can't wait to read more about them, especially after that ending. That ending made me so incredibly happy. 
Sadly that happiness changed into anxiety and took some of the magazines of these books away after I saw a bit of a spoiler regarding the next book. If its gonna go the way people are suggesting they are it might ruin the books for me. There are certain tropes that I just can't do and it seems like that might happen. 

Rating:

                                                                       Characters:                                                                 

Audry Rose & Thomas

Audry Rose and Thomas
Credit: Phantomrin

Audry Rose and Thomas 

_______________________________________________________________________________

The #1 New York Times bestselling series that started with Stalking Jack the Ripper and Hunting Prince Dracula continues in this third bloody installment! A luxurious ocean liner becomes a floating prison of madness and horror when passengers are murdered one by one...with nowhere to run from the killer. 

Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York to help solve another blood-soaked mystery. Embarking on a week-long voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, they're delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers, fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist entertaining the first-class passengers nightly.

But then, privileged young women begin to go missing without explanation, and a series of brutal slayings shocks the entire ship. The disturbing influence of the Moonlight Carnival pervades the decks as the murders grow ever more freakish, with nowhere to escape except the unforgiving sea. It's up to Audrey Rose and Thomas to piece together the gruesome investigation as even more passengers die before reaching their destination. But with clues to the next victim pointing to someone she loves, can Audrey Rose unravel the mystery before the killer's horrifying finale?

Title: Escaping From Houdini (Stalking Jack the Ripper #3)

Author: Kerri Maniscalco

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Edition: Hardback

Amount of Pages: 416

Genre: Young Adult, Historical, Romance, Mystery, Thriller 

Date Read: 15-10-2018 - 17-10-2018

Favorite Quote: “If you wish to go, I’ll never make you stay. I might not do and say the proper thing all the time, but I do know that I love you enough to set you free.” 

Review: 

I was a bit skeptical going into this book but also super excited. Why skeptical you ask? Well I read some of the ARC reviews and they really made me nervous. 

There where moments in this book when I really wanted to slap the shit out of Audrey Rose. She can be so frustrating! Thomas was his every loving and charming self as always. 

There where great moments between them too. Can't wait to see where the story will go from here.  

What is this book about: 

This book starts where the last book 'Hunting Prince Dracula' ended. Audrey Rose and Thomas are on board of a ship to America to assists Audrey Rose's uncle in a murder case. However the ship they are on becomes a floating crime scene when a young woman ends up being murdered during a carnival show. 

Audrey Rose and Thomas are trying to find out who the killer is before he strikes again. But time isn't on their side, they only have 7 days to figure it out before the ship arrives in America and unleashes the killer on main land. 

That's not the only thing Audrey Rose and Thomas are fighting against. No, there's also the mysterious and intriguing ringmaster named Mephistopheles.  

Thomas and Mephistopheles have something in common, they both want Audrey Rose.  Now Audrey Rose has to decide if she wants to be with the man that has been her partner in crime or the mysterious man that promises a live time of adventure.  

What did I like about this book: 

I loved Thomas and Audrey Rose moments. It was full of fun banter and steamy scenes. I loved the mystery and how well the book was written. 

Overall I loved this book and I can't wait to read the last one! The wait will be torturous. Thomas better delivers his promise on getting Audrey Rose alone on his country estate so they'll have all the privacy in the world. 

This may contain spoilers, so don't read on if you don't want to know. 

What I didn't like where Audrey Rose's tricks and manipulation. I get her feeling doubts but she owed it to herself and thomas to be honest about it. I get that she wanted to learn new things, but is learning new things worth screwing with someones head and manipulating them. It was so well written that I forgot on multiple occasions that it was suppose to be an experiment, a learning opportunity for Audrey Rose. And I think she did too at certain points. 

I love the girl but I don't like how she played with Thomas feelings, and her own. Same with how she handled her cousin. 

It worked out just fine in the end. And I'm glad it didn't end the way I feared. I hate love triangles and that's why I was scared of reading this book, but the way it ended made it oke for me. No love triangle here. 

Rating: 

Review "Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco"

The #1 New York Times bestselling series that started with Stalking Jack the Ripper and Hunting Prince Dracula continues in this third bloody installment! A luxurious ocean liner becomes a floating prison of madness and horror when passengers are murdered one by one...with nowhere to run from the killer. 

Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York to help solve another blood-soaked mystery. Embarking on a week-long voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, they're delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers, fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist entertaining the first-class passengers nightly.

But then, privileged young women begin to go missing without explanation, and a series of brutal slayings shocks the entire ship. The disturbing influence of the Moonlight Carnival pervades the decks as the murders grow ever more freakish, with nowhere to escape except the unforgiving sea. It's up to Audrey Rose and Thomas to piece together the gruesome investigation as even more passengers die before reaching their destination. But with clues to the next victim pointing to someone she loves, can Audrey Rose unravel the mystery before the killer's horrifying finale?

Title: Escaping From Houdini (Stalking Jack the Ripper #3)
Author: Kerri Maniscalco
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Edition: Hardback
Amount of Pages: 416
Genre: Young Adult, Historical, Romance, Mystery, Thriller 

Date Read: 15-10-2018 - 17-10-2018

Favorite Quote: “If you wish to go, I’ll never make you stay. I might not do and say the proper thing all the time, but I do know that I love you enough to set you free.” 

Review: 
I was a bit skeptical going into this book but also super excited. Why skeptical you ask? Well I read some of the ARC reviews and they really made me nervous. 
There where moments in this book when I really wanted to slap the shit out of Audrey Rose. She can be so frustrating! Thomas was his every loving and charming self as always. 
There where great moments between them too. Can't wait to see where the story will go from here.  

What is this book about: 
This book starts where the last book 'Hunting Prince Dracula' ended. Audrey Rose and Thomas are on board of a ship to America to assists Audrey Rose's uncle in a murder case. However the ship they are on becomes a floating crime scene when a young woman ends up being murdered during a carnival show. 
Audrey Rose and Thomas are trying to find out who the killer is before he strikes again. But time isn't on their side, they only have 7 days to figure it out before the ship arrives in America and unleashes the killer on main land. 
That's not the only thing Audrey Rose and Thomas are fighting against. No, there's also the mysterious and intriguing ringmaster named Mephistopheles.  
Thomas and Mephistopheles have something in common, they both want Audrey Rose.  Now Audrey Rose has to decide if she wants to be with the man that has been her partner in crime or the mysterious man that promises a live time of adventure.  

What did I like about this book: 
I loved Thomas and Audrey Rose moments. It was full of fun banter and steamy scenes. I loved the mystery and how well the book was written. 
Overall I loved this book and I can't wait to read the last one! The wait will be torturous. Thomas better delivers his promise on getting Audrey Rose alone on his country estate so they'll have all the privacy in the world. 
This may contain spoilers, so don't read on if you don't want to know. 

What I didn't like where Audrey Rose's tricks and manipulation. I get her feeling doubts but she owed it to herself and thomas to be honest about it. I get that she wanted to learn new things, but is learning new things worth screwing with someones head and manipulating them. It was so well written that I forgot on multiple occasions that it was suppose to be an experiment, a learning opportunity for Audrey Rose. And I think she did too at certain points. 
I love the girl but I don't like how she played with Thomas feelings, and her own. Same with how she handled her cousin. 
It worked out just fine in the end. And I'm glad it didn't end the way I feared. I hate love triangles and that's why I was scared of reading this book, but the way it ended made it oke for me. No love triangle here. 

Rating: 

Review "Oblivion by Jennifer L. Armentrout"

I knew the moment Katy Swartz moved in next door, there was going to be trouble. Lots of it.

And trouble’s the last thing I need, since I’m not exactly from around here. My people arrived on Earth from Lux, a planet thirteen billion light years away. Plus, if there’s one thing I know, it’s that humans can’t be trusted. We scare them. We can do things they only dream about, and honestly, we make them look weak as hell. ‘Cuz they are.

But Kat is getting to me in ways no one else has, and I can't stop myself from wanting her—or wanting to use my powers to protect her. She makes me weak, and I’m the strongest of our kind, tasked with protecting us all. So this one simple girl…she can mean the end for us. Because the Luxen have an even bigger enemy—the Arum, and I need to stay on my game.

Falling for Katy—a human—won't just place her in danger. It could get us all killed, and that’s one thing I’ll never let happen...



Title: Oblivion (Lux #1.5, 2.5 & 3.5)
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Edition: Kindle 
Amount of pages: 1005
Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Paranormal 

Date Read: 16-11-2018 - 19-12-2018

Favorite Quote: "Truth be told, I fell for her the first time she mouthed off at me. I just hadn't fully admitted it to myself."

Review:
I loved it! I handled my reread a bit differently this time. I couldn't not read it all in Daemon's pov as well. 
So basically this book contains Obsidian, Onyx and Opal in Daemons pov. Most scenes are the same but there are some extra scenes as well that we didn't get in the original books. 
I loved seeing things from Daemon's point of view. To see what he was thinking in the beginning. How he feels about everything. It made me love him more. 

What is this book about:
Like I said above this book is the first three in Daemons point of view. You don't have to read Obsidian, Onyx and Opal. You could begin the series with this one but it would be more fun to read both. 

Oblivion 1.5 
Daemon black isn't your normal highschool guy. He is hot and arrogant and he knows it. What people don't know it that he isn't human, in fact he and his siblings are aliens . They came to earth many years ago after their own planet blew up and have lived on earth ever since. 
Deamon thought he was lucky that the house next to his was empty only to discover his luck has ran out. Not only did new people move it, it's a girl the same age as him and his sister. Knowing his sisters ability to be friends with anyone, and the risk of exposure he tries everything to keep the girl next door, Katy away from him and his sister. Not everything goes according to plan though. 
Daemon thought it would be easy, that Katy would just leave. What he didn't expect is that the girl he thought average wasn't so average, and as he likes to put it, kitten got claws. 

Oblivion 2.5 
The story picks up right where we left it in Oblivion 1.5. Katy and Daemon share a connection. Daemon knows that connection isn't what made him like Katy or make him attracted to her but Katy is hell bent on believing otherwise. Daemon however wouldn't be Daemon if he walked away from a challenge. He is trying his best to convince Katy they are perfect together and that he always liked her but indeed had a shitty way of showing it. 
When this new guy comes to town, bard, benny, what's is name, oh yeah Blake, Daemon thought it wouldn't get more complicated that that. But when Katy experiences things she shouldn't, and Blake seems awfully interested in her. Daemon tries his hardest to help katy and keep Blake away. However there are things that even Daemon can't keep from happening, nomatter how hard he tries or nomatter how different he wants things to be. 
Daemon knew he should have trusted his own gut, his instincts. Now things have changed, and it might not be for the better.

Oblivion 3.5 
Things happened in the second book that Daemon never expected. His brother wasn't dead. He's alive and he's home. If only that was the end of it. Instead of wanting to stay the hell away from Daedalus Dawson is hell bent on going back to get Beth. And Daemon is hell bent on not letting that happen. It's eating away from his time he gets to spend with Katy. 
However when Katy promises that they, she and daemon would help Dawson get Bethany back. They have to do things her rather not. But he can't complain, he got Katy. 
Now they need to get Bethany back for Dawson and all will be oke......he hopes. 

What did I like about this book:
I love seeing what goes around in Daemons head. Book 2 is still my least favorite. I got so frustrated and impatience with Katy. And seeing it through Daemons eyes didn't help. 
I loved seeing all my old favorite scenes again but also the new ones. It made me fall in love with daemon more. 
And my heart broke for him in certain scenes. 

In my opinion, If you love Daemon and the Lux series, you'd want to read this book! 

Rating:
5 Amazing Stars.

Review "The Golden Dynasty by Kristen Ashley"

Circe Quinn goes to sleep at home and wakes up in a corral filled with women wearing sacrificial virgin attire - and she is one of them. She soon finds out that she’s not having a wild dream, she’s living a frightening nightmare where she’s been transported to a barren land populated by a primitive people and in short order, she’s installed very unwillingly on her white throne of horns as their Queen.

Dax Lahn is the king of Suh Tunak, The Horde of the nation of Korwahk and with one look at Circe, he knows she will be his bride and together they will start The Golden Dynasty of legend.

Circe and Lahn are separated by language, culture and the small fact she’s from a parallel universe and has no idea how she got there or how to get home. But facing challenge after challenge, Circe finds her footing as Queen of the brutal Korwahk Horde and wife to its King, then she makes friends then she finds herself falling in love with this primitive land, its people and especially their savage leader. 


Title: The Golden Dynasty (Fantasyland #2)
Author: Kristen Ashley
Publisher: Kristen Ashley
Edition: Paperback
Amount of Pages: 456
Genre: Fantasy, Adult, Romance

Date Read: 31-10-2018 - 01-11-2018

Favorite Quote: "I gave up a world for you."

Review:
I don't even know where to begin with this book. There are so many things wrong with it. For people with trigger warnings, there is rape and abuse in this book. 
My bestie, Jessica, suffered through reading this book and thought "I know what to do,I'll make Lisa read it so I won't have to suffer alone." So I went into reading this book knowing what happens but decided to keep an open mind. Well lets say Jessica had a great time watching me read this book. I had to put it down so often to wrap my mind around what was happening, couldn't keep my mouth shut while reading it. And I swear if I hear/read "It's their way" one more time, I'll lose it. 

Anyhow this isn't a spoiler free review. Like not even a little bit. So if you don't want any spoilers. Don't read my review. 

What is this book about:
This book is about Circe. She wakes up one morning in a cage, dressed in clothes she doesn't own, in a land she doesn't know, where people are speaking a language she doesn't know. 
Soon after they are being paraded through a town so the warriors can have a look at which bride they want to claim. Some of the woman want to help Circe and hide her from the brutal, cruel king but it didn't work. You see with Circe's fair skin, blonde hair and blue eyes she stands out from the dark skinned, dark haired, people she's around. 
That night they set the woman loose so the warriors can chase them. Once caught they rape the woman to claim them as their wives, because that's their way..... I'll let that sink in for a second. 

So Circe doesn't go down without a fight. The king claims her and continues to rape her for the next three days. Her woman slaves, who'm she calls her lady's in denial of them being slaves, try to help her, they keep telling her that it's their way. That she is their queen. Well after three days she starts to think "well maybe being queen isn't so bad" "At least I got pretty clothes and jewelry, I look awesome", "the sex is pretty good". So she starts to get on with it. 

Lots of stuff happens and Circe keeps talking about her pretty clothes, how she has more stuff than the others. How being queen isn't that bad. She troughs a temper tantrum a 2 year old would be jealous of, to get a tiger.... because they aren't dangerous at all or anything. 

Well she and her lady's go on a walk without telling Lahn, the king, her brutal husband that is hot so it's oke. And when they get back he hits her for leaving. She gets mad about it, says that it's unforgivable. That she forgave him for raping her but slapping her is unforgivable. She stays mad for a bit but at some point her lady tells her that her husband is beyond waiting so whether she wants to or not, they will have sex. So she forgives him and they have sex. 

So yeah she keeps getting more used to being queen, liking it. Using the therm "I am you queen" to get people to do what she wants when it's convenient. 

Another thing that stood out to me is how fast lahn learns english, and circe learns their language. 

One of the woman that was also in the hunt with Circe got it even worse. She gets raped still, used in public and beaten. Circe tries to do something but as that country has the same laws we did in the 50, he's her husband so he can do what he wants with her. This goes on for a while. One event the girl fights back and slashes her husbands face. Circe tries to help but can't really do much. So as a punishment for raping and hitting his wife the husband gets to live for two more weeks until he and lahn can fight till the death because that husband talked badly about Circe. 
But the girl, she gets murdered because she fought her rapist........ yeah......

Anyhow on with it. Circe doesn't want any children, Lahn does so she now does to and she gets pregnant. He dotes on her even more, more clothes and pretty jewelry. 
When they get to a town. Circe gets recognized while never having met the guy. So it turns out that the Circe that belongs in this universe switched places with this circe. 

She explains this to lahn but he doens't believe her. He locks her up in their room. Telling her that she wil have his children and then he'll decide what to do with her and whether or not to believe her. 
Circe manages to get back home. Her dad is actually mad at her for leaving her husband while she was pregnant because she is in love with him and he didn't raise a runner. She tells him she doesn't want to go back and tries to pick up her live but it's not over. Lahn finds her and drags her back and makes sure to magically tie her to this world even though she doesn't want to be here. She won't leave him again, he keeps saying. 
After a while Circe starts thinking that she shouldn't have run. That Lahn didn't have time to get adjusted to the idea, to the truth. So when Lahn starts to say something that's close to an apology she tries to interrupt him and apologize for leaving! yeah that she was wrong....
So Lahn never apologized for the shit he pulls because it's their way. 

So the order of the events I described could be a bit off and I missed allot probably. It's been some time since I read it but this is what I recall and still am not over. Stuff kept adding and adding. I kept thinking this can't get any worse and Jessica kept telling me just keep reading. 
It's wrong on so many levels. It's hard to write rape in books, and I don't mind it as long as it's being written well. As long as it's handled well. Rape victims don't get over their rape after three days because their rapist is hot, they have pretty jewels and clothes and it's not that bad being queen. It sounds so much like stockholm syndrome to me. 

oh yeah and apparently she has magic so thats fun. 

What do I like:
So after that rant there couldn't possible be anything that I liked about this book. Well the writing style is good. The world building is interesting and there was something about this book that made me want to read on. I wanted to know what would happen next. 
I kept thinking about this book, so it left an impact on me. 

Rating:
2 it was decent stars

Review "Hotshot Doc by R.S. Grey"

Dr. Russell has a bad reputation around our hospital. The scrub techs say he’s cold-blooded, the nurses say he’s too cocky for his own good, and the residents say he’s the best surgeon in the world—really, just a swell guy!—on the off chance he’s within earshot. 

I try to avoid him and his temper at all costs. It’s just as easy to admire his sexy, grip-it-while-he’s-ravishing-you hair and chiseled jaw from a healthy distance, preferably from the other end of the hallway…half-hidden behind a plant. 

Unfortunately, my plan crumbles when my trusty ol’ boss decides to swap his white coat for a Hawaiian shirt. His retirement leaves me with two terrible options: switch specialties and spend months retraining, or take an open position as Dr. Russell’s surgical assistant. 

That means I have to stand near him in the OR for hours on end and anticipate his every need without letting his biting words and bad attitude intimidate me. Oh, and as if that’s not difficult enough, my silly crush on him—the one I’ve tried to stomp on until it disappears—might just be reciprocated. 

It’s fine. 
I’m fine. 

I take my job seriously. There will be no smoldering bedroom eyes across the operating table, no angry almost-kisses in the supply closet. (Well, no more of those.) 

What’s the phrase? An apple a day keeps the doctor away? 
Maybe I should go for a whole damn bushel. 

Title: Hotshot Doc
Author: R.S. Grey
Publisher:Amazon Digital Services
Edition: Kindle
Amount of Pages: / 
Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Comedy

Date Read: 08-12-2018 - 09-12-2018

Favorite Quote: “I think to myself that he could be such a heartbreaker at the exact moment he snaps an order at the device rep. Oh right, that isn’t a Casanova standing across from me; it’s Dr. Beep Boop Robot. I’m not even sure there’s a heart beating beneath those scrubs.” 

Review:
I saw someone talking about this book, they shared a small quote and I don't even remember what the quote said but I thought I have to read this book and so I did. It was hilarious! 
Grey's Anatomy with allot of banter, laughs and ofcourse sexy time. 

What is this book about:
This book is about Matt and Bailey. Matt is a young hot pediatric spinal doctor with huge chip on his shoulder and in need of an attitude adjustment. When another of his surgical assistent resigned he has to find a new one, the thing is finding one isn't the problem, them wanting to stay seems to be the issue. 
Bailey once entertained the idea to study medicine but when she was 20 her parents got killed in a car crash and she became her little sisters guardian. Since then she dropped out and became a surgical assistent. A job she loves, problem is her surgeon is retiring. Now she has to find a new job. 
And while Dr. Russel aka Matt is hiring she isn't sure she can or wants to handle his poor attitude and snide comments but if she wants to keep a roof over her and her sisters head, she has no other choice. 
Will matt be able to keep on a surgical assistent longer than a few weeks this time and will he be able to stop himself from getting interested in the attractive small blonde? Read this book and you'll see 

What did I like about this book:
I really liked the banter! I found Bailey hilarious. She is a very strong girl. I also liked her little sister, they both got along so well. 
I liked the medical setting, as I'm a nurse as well and it felt accurate enough to not bother me. The Author did a good job writing about that.
Matt grew on me, once he started to lossen up and we got to know him a bit more, know the way he ticks, is started to love him. 

I really enjoyed reading this book! It was sweet and funny and sexy! 

Rating:
4 1/2 I loved it Stars

Review "The Truth about Lies by Aly Martinez"

Truth: From over a thousand miles away, I watched on the screen of my phone as two men murdered my wife. And I was helpless to save her. 

Consumed by hate and rage, I spent four years running from my memories. 

Until a shattered woman gave me a reason to stop. 

Cora lived in a nightmare, but through sheer force of will, she’d turned it into something beautiful. She had a smile that could pierce the darkest soul. And with one glance, she shredded mine. 

Lie: I was only there for a fresh start. 
Lie: I had no idea what I was getting myself into. 
Lie: There was nothing I could do to save her, either. 

But that’s the thing about lies—you never know who to believe.

Title: The Truth About Lies (The Truth Duet #1)
Author: Aly Martinez
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services 
Edition: Kindle
Amount of Pages: 330
Genre: Contemporary, Romance

Date Read: 19-09-2018 - 20-09-2018

Favorite Quote: “In my world, where pain, filth, and fear were a way of life, why waste the possibility of finally feeling something incredible?”

Review:
I really liked this book. I had no idea it would be the kind of book that it is. When I started I was surprised and a tad skeptical but Aly proved me wrong. It was so good! 
If you don't like cliffhangers, make sure you get the second book ready to go because this ends with one. 

What is this book about:
This book is about Cora. Cora has hasn't had it easy. She's stuck with the Gurerro (not sure how you write it) and it's not good. The Guerro's are bad, bad people. 
Cora has been working for them, surviving them, for over 13 years. She's a house mother for over 30 working girls and it ain't easy.
Penn feels like he died the day his wife died. It didn't help that he watched her die through video chat and that there was nothing he could do about it. It killed him. 
When he and his brother Drew start a job as maintenance guys in a working girl house, they meet Cora. Penn could feel his dead heart starting to beat again and it scared the crap out of him. He came to that house with one goal in mind and Cora wasn't that. 

What did I like about this book:
I liked that the book caught me of guard. I'm happy that it made me change my mind and that it showed me my first thoughts and hesitant was way off. 
This is an amazing book and It's very thrilling. I cannot wait to read the second book. I have to know how the story ends. 
I really liked Cora, allot. She is an amazing girl. A strong girl. I admire how she handled the shit that got thrown at her since birth. How she continues try and make it work to the best of her ability. That shows allot of strength.
I liked Penn too, especially when he starts showing more bits and pieces of himself. 
I really liked the other characters in this book as well, Drew is also one of my favorites. I hope to see more of him in the next book. 

What I liked most about this book is that it wasn't predictable. I didn't guess what was happening or where the story would go. I like that allot. 

Rating:

Review "Anything you can do by R.S. Grey"

Lucas Thatcher has always been my enemy. 

It’s been a decade since I’ve seen him, but our years on opposite coasts were less of a lasting peace and more of a temporary cease-fire. Now that we’re both back in our small town, I know Lucas expects the same old war, but I’ve changed since high school—and from the looks of it, so has he. 

The arrogant boy who was my teenage rival is now a chiseled doctor armed with intimidating good looks. He is Lucas Thatcher 2.0, the new and improved version I’ll be competing with in the workplace instead of the schoolyard. 

I’m not worried; I’m a doctor now too, board-certified and sexy in a white coat. It almost feels like winning will be too easy—until Lucas unveils a tactic neither of us has ever used before: sexual warfare. 

The day he pushes me up against the wall and presses his lips to mine, I can’t help but wonder if he’s filling me with passion or poison. Every fleeting touch is perfect torture. With every stolen kiss, my walls crumble a little more. After all this time, Lucas knows exactly how to strip me of my defenses, but I’m in no hurry to surrender. 

Knowing thy enemy has never felt so good.

Title: Anything You Can Do 
Author: R.S. Grey 
Publisher: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Edition: Kindle
Amount of Pages: 277
Genre: New Adult, Romance, Comedy

Date Read: 09-12-2018

Favorite Quote: “Not so fast. I still have to shower."
"Why? Because you just worked out? Because you're still a little hot and sweaty and you have this masculine musk going on?"
He knows nothing. He is Jon Snow. 

Review:
I liked this book, it was a funny read. I read this because of the preview at the back of Hotshot Doc and I wanted to give it a go. 

What is this book about:
This book is about Daisey and Lucas. They grew up together and are arc Nemesis. Everything was a competition between the two. They always tried to one up each other. 
Both are back after being away for 11 years to get their medical degree. And they both want the same thing, to take over the local medical practice. Or is that all they want..? Let the war begin. 

What did I like about this book:
I liked the banter between Daisey and Lucas. I did feel from the beginning that Daisey took it more serious than Lucas did and I was right. Lucas's pov broke my heart! 
Daisey was a bit immature sometimes but it's her personality. 
I enjoyed reading this book, read it in one sitting. Even though it was a bit predictable I still enjoyed it. It gave me a good laugh and the sexy scenes where hot! 

Rating:
3 1/2 I liked it Stars

Review "Moonlight Scandals by Jennifer L. Armentrout"

It takes a fearless woman to love the most scandalous man alive in New York Times Bestselling Author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s breathtaking novel

Even a ghost hunter like Rosie Herpin couldn’t have foreseen the fateful meeting between two mourners that has brought her so intimately close to the notorious and seductive Devlin de Vincent. Everyone in New Orleans knows he’s heir to a dark family curse that both frightens and enthralls. To the locals, Devlin is the devil. To Rosie, he’s a man who’s stoking her wildest fantasies. When a brutal attack on her friend is linked to the de Vincents, he becomes a mystery she may be risking her life to solve.

Devlin knows what he wants from this sexy and adventurous woman. But what does Rosie want from him? It’s a question that becomes more pressing—and more dangerous—when he suspects her of prying into the shadows of his past.

Now, the legends surrounding the de Vincents may not be myths at all. But if she’s to discover the truth, she must follow them straight into the arms of the man she can’t resist—the handsome devil himself. 

Advanced Readers Copy 

Title: Moonlight Scandals (de Vincent #3)
Author:Jennifer L. Armentrout
Publisher: Avon
Number of Pages:400
Date Read: 06-12-2018 - 07-12-2018

Favorite Quote: It's like making out with a sushi roll" 

Review:
I'm really impressed with this book. If you'd told me this one, Dev's one ended up being my favorite, I wouldn't have believed you, but here we are. The other books in this series where good, I enjoyed reading them, but this one, is amazing! It's so so good. 
I laughed my ass of and what I find even more impressive I did not for the live of me saw those twist coming. Normally I can guess, or have a feeling something is gonna turn out in a certain way, but not this one. 

What is this book about:
I can't really tell you how this book begins because it gives away some thing. I can tell you what this book is about. This book is the third in the De Vincent series and focuses on the eldest of the brothers, the devil aka devlin. 
Dev's the one that everyone's scared of. The one that never smiles or hardly shows any emotions. That changed when he met Rosie. Rosie surprised him by calling him out on his bullshit, argued with him and didn't seem remotely scared or even impressed by him. Their banter is hilarious. 
Rosie is a smart, hard working, ghost hunter. You hear me, she is a ghost hunter. Together with her coworkers/friends they chase ghosts, and help people get rid of haunting in their homes/lives. 
They do say the de Vincent house is haunted and its inhabitants cursed. But that isn't the only thing that attracts Rosie to the de Vincents. No, as much as she doesn't want to admit it, she wants more from the de Vincents than a look in their house, she wants Dev, eventhough she absolutely hates him. 

What did I like about this book:
I absolutely loved this book. It was so incredibly good. I loved Rosie. She is a strong, steady, and hilarious character. I loved how she never backed down, how she spoke her mind. Her one liners made me laugh and snort so much my family must have thought I was crazy. It's been a while a book made me laugh so much. 
I loved Rosie and Dev's banter. I also fell in love with Dev, something that I didn't expect would happen!
Out of the three, this book is definitely my favorite!

Rating:
5 Amazing Stars