Paradise Hops (overall – 4 stars)
I think I’m liking this book even more… after the fact. After I’ve had time to sit and think about it, knowing everything I now know. I can’t tell what happened to me while I was reading this (another mostly all nighter read for me – with a 4 hour night-nap in between) but at times, I couldn’t wrap my head around my feelings for it as I was reading it. I was fluctuating between a “good” read to a “very good read”.
contemporary romance
Nicole Williams – Crash Trilogy Reading Order
Much loved older YA “bad-boy” series that had so many of us swooning! Definitely a great option on my “What to Read After Beautiful Disaster” list! Check out my review of book #1 (Crash), and these enthusiastic recommendations, below! PLUS scroll all the way down for the awesome breaking news about the series!
Jessica: Looking for a good tug on the heart strings? Nicole Williams writes a couple good ones! Crash and then Clash. LOVED THEM! Clash is especially good. Im sure you have already read these but if not, they are a must read! Put em’ on top of your pile…..NOW 🙂 Yes, I know i’m bossy but I don’t want you to miss out. Jude is sexy as hell!!
Book Review – Butterfly Weeds by Laura Miller
Another superb book find that kept me reading non-stop until I was done. I want to say “WOW!” but this book deserves more then just a wow, for me. And anyway, “wow” is almost a little too loud for this serene yet agitating read. Deep, but in a “hopeless romantic” kind of way. Beautifully written and gentle in it’s approach. Angst-y, yes, but bathed in a delicate, reassuring tone.
It’s subdued, building slowly until your heart just can’t take it anymore, until finally you say ENOUGH please… it hurts. A little give, a lot of take, when it comes to the readers emotions, but, isn’t that what us book-angst-addicts are all about? Moments of sweet relief only to be “caught up” again in the heroine’s head. Seeing things from our perspective, and yet feeling things from hers.
Tara Sivec – The Chocolate Lovers Series Reading Order
The funniest contemporary romance/erotic series ever! I’m sure of it! Okay, I admit, I don’t have that much experience in romance comedy reads, but if you judge by the way I chuckled, hooted and snorted while reading book #1 (check out my review), I’m quite confident in giving it that title! THE PERFECT read when you’re in the need for a pick-me-up. Perfect to pull you out of that “dark-read” brood-mood. And just an all out *eyebrow raising* sexy, & romantic sugary-sweet, tantalizing treat (umm… and you can take that description as innocently or as innuendo-y as you want… hehe 😉 )
Book Review – Losing It by Cora Carmack
Losing It (NOTE: this review was written around 1am – that’s how much I loved this book.)
Hey!!! Hey everybody. I just finished this book… two minutes ago. And I’m hyped. It was good. Great. No. Brilliant. Just perfect for me. Exactly exactly what I was looking for, and not what I’m usually seeking in a read (you know my usual… super-angsty, tattooed bad boys, rock stars or alpha men). This one had none of those and yet ABSOLUTELY thrilled me and pulled me right out of a slight reading slump.