Wow I'm so sorry!

I seriously didn't realize it had been this long since I was last on here. I am so sorry to those of you that read this blog! Life gets crazy with 2 kids, one on the way, holidays, and being pregnant! Throw in fevers and some stomach bug and the days fly by with little to nothing getting accomplished it seems!  Have no fear. School starts in less than a month, so one kiddo will be gone all day and the other will be gone part of the day 3 days a week.  Hopefully I can get all caught up before that all changes or at least have time to do it when it happens. Then I have like a month and a half before things go crazy again with kiddo #3!  I'm getting a lot of things read, just not having the time to sit down and give my opinions!! 

OMG SOO Excited!!

Okay so I just had to share. I have 1 chapter left in Dirty by Megan Hart. Once I finish it I am soo not going to accomplish much in my life nor get much sleep because I have both Rock My World by Michelle Valentine and Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover on my Kindle waiting for me to read!  Sooo excited I can't stand it!! :)

Review: Savor You

Savor You by Emily Snow

Description:

Kylie Wolfe and bassist Wyatt McCrae have been bad for each other for the last several years, but it’s impossible for them to end their toxic push and pull. Not when their attraction is constantly fueled by lust and proximity—she’s her older brother’s Lucas’s assistant and Wyatt is his best friend and band mate.

So when Your Toxic Sequel makes a move to record a new album in Nashville, Kylie decides to make the latest break with Wyatt official by getting the hell out of town. She’ll spend a week in New Orleans. A week to immerse herself in the Mardi Gras scene. One week to not think about the last time she was in New Orleans, seven years ago with Wyatt. Seven days where she won’t have to see Wyatt every day just to fall ridiculously in love with him all over again—where, if she wants to, she can have a normal, no-strings attached fling that won’t end in heartbreak.

Too bad Wyatt ruins everything by showing up, as gorgeous and demanding and awful for her as ever.

Wyatt refuses to let Kylie give up on him. Not without reminding her why they both fell so far and hard in the first place. Not without making her savor the good memories and what could be their last chance with each other.

*Contains adult content

 

My Thoughts:

So, in order to understand this story, you will have needed to read Devoured at least and All Over You would help too.  Keep that in mind. :)  This is book 1 in the Savor Us series. I'm not sure how many books will be in this series. 

 

The main characters are Kylie and Wyatt.  Kylie's brother is Lucas, who is the lead singer in Your Toxic Sequel.  Wyatt is the bass guitarist for the band.  So that being said you can see how these two began their history together. 

 

The majority of this story takes place during the same time that things are occurring in Devoured, so there is a lot of seeing a new side to things that you would have read about in it.  It did help answer some questions that were looming in my mind after reading Devoured.  \

 

As much as I did like this story, I just had trouble totally falling for it.  I really enjoyed Devoured, so I guess I was looking for more of it when I read Savor You.  Wyatt and Kylie have what seems like a toxic relationship. Right from the start you get the feeling that there have been many bad moments between them. Yet by the end you are pulling for them to have a HEA. 

 

I loved how descriptive the author was when it came to the tattoos both characters have and she made sure to tell you what they meant too.  That was important to me because it didn't leave me wondering. 

 

Overall I did enjoy this book and it was a pretty quick read for me.  I thought it was well written and kept me involved, so I didn't put it down very easily.  It is definitely going to be one that I reread in the future when I don't have as many books waiting for me to read.  :) 

 

**One side note.  When reading this in my Kindle App, the book finished at 85%.  The rest was an unpublished version of events in Lucas' POV from Devoured and 2 excerpts from other books.  Keep that in mind when reading!**

 

Rating:  ©©©©

Just another Monday...

Yep, its Monday. Haven't gotten myself motivated just yet.  :)  Just wanted to pop in and say that I hope you have been enjoying my reviews that I've gotten posted last week!  I have 1 more book that I for sure need to get a review posted before I have to take it back to the library. Then I owe the awesome author Ashley Wilcox a review over her upcoming book Giving You Forever.  I was given an ARC for it and somehow didn't get the review for it typed up! I have 2 or 3 books that I need to read and return too because I am running out of time for them, so I guess I will be spending a lot of time with my nose in a book!!  If there is a book that you have been curious about and I haven't reviewed please feel free to comment about and I'll be happy to post a review if I've read it or see what I can do to read it and get back to you! Not sure how much I'll be on this week with all the reading I need to do, so until next time!!

Review: Hopeless

Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

Description:

Sometimes discovering the truth can leave you more hopeless than believing the lies…

That’s what seventeen-year-old Sky realizes after she meets Dean Holder. A guy with a reputation that rivals her own and an uncanny ability to invoke feelings in her she’s never had before. He terrifies her and captivates her all in the span of just one encounter, and something about the way he makes her feel sparks buried memories from a past that she wishes could just stay buried.

Sky struggles to keep him at a distance knowing he’s nothing but trouble, but Holder insists on learning everything about her. After finally caving to his unwavering pursuit, Sky soon finds that Holder isn’t at all who he’s been claiming to be. When the secrets he’s been keeping are finally revealed, every single facet of Sky’s life will change forever.

My Thoughts:

I am speechless, without words, in shock. That is the best way to describe how I feel after reading this book. Nothing happened in it the way I thought it would, which is why I loved it.

The story is about Sky, an almost 18 year old who has been home schooled her entire life.  In addition to not going to public school, she has also had very little exposure to technology, meaning no Internet, cell phone, television, etc.  Talk about not your typical teenager!!  Sky convinces her Mom to let her attend public school her senior year, but ends up attending minus her best friend and neighbor, Six.  After her first day that is not anything like she thought it would be she meets Dean Holder.  Her life will never be the same.

After a very interesting few meetings (Dean) Holder and Sky seem to be moving forward, but as is typical in teenage lives there are multiple bumps in the road.  I don’t even think bumps are the right word for it.  At times they are more like craters and endless black holes.  Life for these two will never be the same. 

I really don’t want to give anything away in this story, but I will say that it deals with very real life situations and is not for the weak at heart.  There is mild sex involved, but it is not described in the typical romance story way. It is a very mild exposure to sex in my opinion.  The other matters that occur in the storyline are far more involved and traumatic.  This story has multiple mentions of suicide and abuse of a minor, which is cause for discretion. 

However, do not let that keep you from reading this book!  I feel that this is such a moving book that everyone needs to take the time to read it.  It will touch your heart and cause you to think about life in ways you didn’t before.  I love how moved I was while reading it and how I couldn’t bear to put it down!  Please, go read this!!

One final note. There is a 2nd book coming out in July called Losing Hope which is written in Holders POV. I soo look forward to reading it and learning even more about both of their lives. 

Rating:  ©©©©©

Review: This Girl

This Girl by Colleen Hoover

Description:

Layken and Will’s love has managed to withstand the toughest of circumstances and the young lovers, now married, are beginning to feel safe and secure in their union. As much as Layken relishes their new life together, she finds herself wanting to know everything there is to know about her husband, even though Will makes it clear he prefers to keep the painful memories of the past where they belong. Still, he can’t resist his wife’s pleas and so he begins to untangle his side of the story, revealing for the first time his most intimate feelings and thoughts, retelling both the good and bad moments, and sharing a few shocking confessions of his own from the time when they first met.

In This Girl, Will tells the story of their complicated relationship from his point of view. Their future rests on how well they deal with the past in this final installment of the beloved Slammed series.

My Thoughts:

Well, I do have to say that I am not as in love with This Girl as I was with both Slammed and Point of Retreat. But there is a good reason for this.  Its not that it is a bad book because believe me it isn’t.  However, this book felt more like it was there for closure.  It answered many previous unanswered questions and just left you feeling like you knew Layken and Will were in the right place and that things were going to be just fine for them. 

This book is written in a different format from the other two.  It is still in Will’s POV, but does a LOT of flashing back to the past.  The majority of the current events take place during the weekend of their honeymoon.  Okay, so there is sex this time around, but the author spares us the details and leaves it out of the book. I liked that fact. I felt that if she had given us details it would have taken away from the whole story and feel of the series. 

Will still didn’t fail to shock me. At times I even thought Lake was going to smack him when he told her about the past.  I couldn’t believe some things that he told her, but understood their history a lot better.  It made you wonder if he would have done this different would they be together now? 

As I said, I am not nearly as emotionally tied to this book, as I was the other two.  I walked away from it feeling as though I now knew everything and there were no untold parts to the story.  However, it did make me want to reread Slammed and compare how he was dealing with things to how Lake handled them.  I love when an author does that! It brings me back to the beginning and I just know I could sit down and reread all three books and be just as in love with them now as I was the first time. 

This Girl is the end of the “Slammed” series.  I will say it again, GO READ THESE BOOKS!!  I plan to have them up on my bookshelf soon beside the other books that I have totally fallen in love with.  I also look forward to reading more books by Colleen Hoover and I hope that I will love them just as much as I loved these three. 

Rating:  ©©©©©

Review: Point of Retreat

Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover

Description:
Hardships and heartache brought them together…now it will tear them apart.

Layken and Will have proved their love can get them through anything; until someone from Will’s past re-emerges, leaving Layken questioning the very foundation on which their relationship was built. Will is forced to face the ultimate challenge…how to prove his love for a girl who refuses to stop ‘carving pumpkins.'

My Thoughts:

Again I am in shock. Emotions everywhere. This second book is just as good as the first, but pulls me in a totally different way. No longer am I hoping for Layken and Will to get together. That happens at the end of Slammed. However, I am still in shock about what happens in this book. Again, absolutely NO SEX, so the first thoughts of her becoming pregnant, get rid of them.  Which might I say I am so glad is not an issue in this book!!

Okay, so Point of Retreat is written in Will’s POV. Totally different from Slammed and took me a bit to adjust to.  Even though you should be pulling for him the entire time, since this is after all his book, I still wanted to smack him many times!!  LOL

Again the book is divided into 2 parts and again, part 2 hits you and you are floored. So much happens in this book. It mostly takes place a year or more after Slammed and Lake and Will have been together as a couple the entire time. However, with both of their lives anything but the usual it seems the world is working against them with every turn the story takes. 

Can I just say that while during Slammed I kept thinking Will is the biggest jerk in the world, in Point of Retreat I learned many things about him that just make you realize he is a guy (lol) and is just as new to everything as Lake is, but at times doesn’t use both his head and his heart to make decisions. 

I love love love Suck and Sweet time.  I am thinking about once all my kids are older and can understand that we need to do this. Such an easy way to keep up with their lives and how things progress.

We meet a new family, next door to Lake and Kiersten is the funniest thing ever!  Her mom, Sherry really reminds me of a hippie, but that explains a lot about Kiersten.  Who knew an 11 year old could have so many incites to an adult world!

When I reached the end of this book I felt that I had read their HEA.  I closed the book and was very content. Then I found out there was a third book.  Needless to say, I downloaded it right away!! J Stay tuned for my review of book 3, This Girl. 

Rating:  ©©©©©

**Note:  The cover I have pictured is the same cover I read. However, there are 2 other covers for this book as well. I have seen a different ebook cover that still has the butterfly on it and then there is the newest that has a picture of Will on it. Don’t let the cover fool you, its still the same great book!!**